[Japan] Honminatocho Tokyo

Japanese woodcut book on the Honminatocho district, 1834-1836, Edo Meisho Zue. Illustrations of the famous sights of the city of Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Woodcuts mostly by Hasegawa Settan (1778-1843).

Text in Chinese and Japanese. Japanese binding, 26 x 17 cm. Part of a series of 20 vols. on the city of Edo. This vol. concerns the Honminatocho district. Wrapper sl. soiled and dam., inside a few water stains. *One of the better-quality descriptions of the city of Edo.