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Bamboo taken from ‘Chikufu shōroku’ (1756) by Kan Li.
Originally published in China. Revised for Japanese readers.
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Bamboo taken from ‘Chikufu shōroku’ (1756) by Kan Li.
Originally published in China. Revised for Japanese readers.
Smithsonian Libraries
archive.org
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