Kaisenshu

Title Variants

Alternative: Illustrations of a thousand shells

Alternative: Kai Chigusa

Alternative: Kai Sen Shu

Alternative: One thousand shells in life color

By

Hirase, Yoichiro, 1859-1925 , author,

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Kyoto, Yamada Naozōburō, 1914-1915

Notes

This publication was originally planned to consist of ten volumes, although only four volumes were published. See Calomon, Paul. "Dates of publication of Yochiro Hirase's Kai Chigusa." The nautilus, 118 (2004), pages 175-176, for more information on the publishing history of this work

English translation: One thousand shells in life color [or] Illustrations of a thousand shells

Printed on accordion-folded, double leaves (fukurotoji)

The plates are hand-colored

The explanation of plates is provided in English and Japanese

Subjects

Catalogs and collections , Japan , Mollusks , Pictorial works , Shells

Call Number

QL404 .H66 1914

Language

Japanese

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35860
OCLC: 21359132
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51497161