Imperial Gardens of Japan, Teiji Itoh, Very Good + HC & DJ

Itoh, Teiji, New York, Tokyo: Walker/Weatherhill, 1970, Very Good+

Near Fine folio purple cloth over boards, blue title to front cover with gilt flower, gilt to spine, sunning to pages, sticker to back free endpaper of previous owner, pictorial paper wrap dust jacket, front cover Path Through Lower Garden, Shugaku-in and back cover Steppingstone Path in Middle Garden, Shugaku-in, white title to front cover, spine, and back cover, edgewear, sunning, protected in Mylar, jacket design by Takeeji Iwamiya, 290 pp. 210 pages of photos, 138 in full-color and 72 in black-and-white. First edition. An overview of the history and function of the three imperial gardens when Kyoto was the capital of Japan: the Sento Imperial Palace, the Katsura Detached Palace, and the Shugaku-in Detached Palace.