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Japanese Go Book from Meiji Period ?
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:19 am
by Mage
Just saw this on ebay (no affiliation)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPANESE-PRINT- ... 35cae1c6e7Not sure of the authenticity and there appears to be smudges all over the diagrams.
Re: Japanese Go Book from Meiji Period ?
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:42 am
by John Fairbairn
It's Gokyo Shumyo which is easily available in old and modern editions. In any case most of the problems turn up in other books such as the Chinese 1001 Problems or Cho's Life & Death.
This edition may be Meiji but technically it's an Edo-period book (1817).
Re: Japanese Go Book from Meiji Period ?
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:32 am
by Mage
Oh bummer ! Thanks John.
Re: Japanese Go Book from Meiji Period ?
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:14 pm
by gowan
I'd be wary of the "smudges", too. They might be due to mildew. If it were a modern book made with acidic paper I'd think the smudges were signs of deterioartion of the paper.
Re: Japanese Go Book from Meiji Period ?
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:15 pm
by Bill Spight
The apparent smudges are the result of Xeroxing, is my guess. (Xeroxing works by contrast, which is low in the middle of the black stones.)