A Japanese Binding
Title
A Japanese Binding
Description
One significant new direction in my collection since A History of Fish debuted is my effort to collect books in less-common languages and from non-Western authors. This set, purchased from a bookseller in Japan, includes the complete fish section of the Wakan Sansai Zue encyclopedia. Including non-Western titles in my collection reveals interesting ways that various cultures have viewed and classified fish. For example, these volumes divide fish into four main classes: “Fish in rivers and lakes with scales,” “Fish in estuaries and seas with scales,” “Fish in rivers and lakes without scales,” and “Fish in estuaries and seas without scales.”
Creator
Justin Hanisch (photographer)
Source
Wakan Sansai Zue [Volumes 48-51, comprising the complete fish section of the encyclopedia]
Publisher
Ryōan Terajima (compiler)
Date
n. d. [ca. 18th or 19th century]
Contributor
Ryōan Terajima (compiler)
Format
Small quarto
Language
Japanese (日本語)
Type
Encyclopedia
Coverage
Japan (published)
Citation
Justin Hanisch (photographer), “A Japanese Binding,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed July 11, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/3322.