Nagahiro Toshio: KODAI SHINA KOGEISHI NI OKERU TAIKO NO KENKYU/DIE AGRAFFE UND IHRE STELLUNG IN DER ALTCHINESISCHEN KUNSTGESCHICHTE. (Ancient Chinese Arts: Research into Bronze Belthooks). 古代支那工藝史:帶鈎の研究。長廣姆雄 著. Kyoto, 1943. 13, 191 pp. Japanese text, 9 pp. German text. 61 pp. plates of which 2 in colour. 2 pp. line drawings. 26x18 cm. Cloth.


Limited edition of 500 copies. A detailed and early study in Japanese of Chinese belt hooks with a summary in German. Many fine belthooks illustrated. From the library of Professor Cheng Te-kun (Zheng Dekun) with his bookplate. Scarce.