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Handbook of Fashionable Cuisine for the Epicures of Edo (Edo ryūkō ryōri tsū taizen)

Kitao, Masayoshi, 1764-1824 · 1822 · Edo: Yaozen Shujin 八百善主人 · 42 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed handbook of seasonal cuisine compiled in 1822 in Edo by Kitao Masayoshi and published by the Yaozen restaurant, aimed at urban epicures. The pages are dense black-ink columns of kana and kanji in ruled frames, organised under spring and winter headings with section titles, and the marginal decoration is sparse rough sketched foliage.

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