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Anti-Japanese: Songs and the War of Resistance by China Culture Construction Association 1938-Zhong Zitong
Changsha: Published and distributed by The Commercial Press, February 1938, third edition, 62 pages, 8vo, slight tears and colophon page stuck to inside rear cover, overall good condition.
The author describes the dangerous situation that all Chinese are facing and appeals the importance of learning resistance songs for students. The book contains 24 music of songs in total.
《抗战与歌曲》，仲子通著
出版于1938年2月商务印书馆，第三版。由仲子通著，中国文化建设协会主编。共62页，末页有撕裂，部分粘连在书皮上。作者描述了当时被日本侵略和杀戮的时代背景，呼吁人们起来进行反抗，并阐明了学生需要学习歌曲的重要性。书中包括了24首曲谱。

(Etiquette Manual)
Shogaku Jorei Shikizukai [Elementary Illustrated Etiquette Book for Young Women].
Tokyo: Sonbe Okura, 1880.
Composed and pictured by Adachi GINKO (1853-1908).
12mo, 7 inches high; 10 double-page accordion-style binding with vertical printed label on colored pictorial wrappers (small splits in a few folds, a couple neatly mended).
First edition.
Highly elaborate series of hand-colored woodblock diptych illustrations depicting etiquette lessons at a "finishing" school for young Japanese women. This comprises a series of illustrated "how to" lessons regarding talking with elders, praying, opening doors, conducting a tea ceremony, playing Go, &c. The final illustration shows women receiving their certificates after training is completed.
The artist GINKO worked between 1873 and 1908 under several studio names and is best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school. Working in a variety of genres, he often depicted beautiful women and actors,… Read More