Books of era and meaning - antique Japanese woodblock book, geography, Meiji, 1900

This school geography book belongs to the part of Japanese educational culture in which knowledge was reinforced not only through the main course, but also through a separate review volume. This separate volume 4 is devoted to supplementary geography and completes a series in which the student moved from the geography of Japan toward a broader understanding of the world. What matters here is not only the educational content, but also the form of Meiji-period school knowledge itself - strict, compact, and concrete.

This is an authentic object of its time, carrying not only text but also the material presence of Japanese educational culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Such books matter not as abstract bibliographic material, but as real carriers of cultural memory, everyday education, and historical experience. They preserve the connection between printed form, the visual discipline of the page, and the inner structure of knowledge that shaped a Japanese student’s understanding of country and world. Its age, authenticity, and the density of its era remain present in the paper, printing, and format.

Year: Meiji, 1900
Volume: separate volume 4
Series: from a 4-volume school geography set
Subject: supplementary geography
Size (approx.): 15 x 23 cm.
Condition: Antique condition. Natural age-related wear is present, including paper toning, signs of time to the cover and edges, and general handling wear consistent with an authentic old Japanese book. Please review the photos carefully.
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For US buyers: this item enters the United States duty-free.