A Fine Woodblock 113 X 180 X 15 Mm With Carved Text Of An Advertisement For An All Purpose Pesticide
$950 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller
Japan : late Edo. This powdered pesticide, “Anmin no mitori” 安眠のみとり, was manufactured by Akadaira Tōjiro 赤平藤次郎, whose eponymous company was based in the Tsugaru area of Mutsu province today’s Aomori prefecture . In the text, the manufacturer describes its many uses, methods of preparation and application, and warnings that this was a strong medicine, to be used on humans’ scalps and skin with care. Fine
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