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Title: [Rikukaigun fukuseizu].
Description: Tokyo, Kawai Genzo 1889 (Meiji 22). 18x13cm publisher's boards with title label; [32]pp accordian folded, with colour illustrations throughout. Covers grubby with an ink inscription on the back, some old repairs to folds, marks and smudges inside. A used copy, but. ¶ An appealing little illustrated guide to the uniforms and accoutrements of soldier and sailor. Worldcat finds an 1892 edition in the Diet library but nothing else.

Keywords: applied arts costume fashion military uniforms c19th Japan modernity meiji