Japanese Woodblock Print Book

A book you open from the right, and you do not skim.

This Japanese woodblock print book is printed in ink on paper. Books of this type were commonly bound along the right edge in a stab-stitched style. The cover is a mottled green-gray paper with a printed label strip at left, carrying vertical characters that we leave unread here. A short notation appears in the center, and the pages are held by dark stitching at the right. The paper shows soft wear, fold marks and a pleasantly dusty tone.

About 9 inches tall and 6 wide. A worn paperback, only several generations older.