Item #29221 The manashi-katama or meshless basket. Shinji Nishimura.
The manashi-katama or meshless basket
The manashi-katama or meshless basket

The manashi-katama or meshless basket

Tokyo: Society of Naval Architects, 1928. First edition, large, slim 8vo, pp. [6], 60, [2]; vignette title page, 7 plates and 16 illustrations in the text; generally fine in original printed beige paper-covered boards. Issued as Part IV, Section 1 of Vol. V in the publisher's A Study of Ancient Ships of Japan series. Includes basket-boats in ancient China, modern basket-boats in French Indo-China, Japanese myths connected with basket-boats, etc. Item #29221

Price: $125.00

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