Stock ID #164510 小麥粉全盛双六. [Komugiko zensei sugoroku]. [Prime Wheat Flour Sugoroku]. YOKOYAMA TOKU, 横山徳.

小麥粉全盛双六. [Komugiko zensei sugoroku].
[Prime Wheat Flour Sugoroku].

[Miyagawa Tonesuke]. 宮川常助, Meiji 42 [ 1909]. Stock ID #164510

Folding colour sugoroku or Japanese game. 55.5 x 79.4cm. Minor wear along folds, some browning on reverse particularly along folds.

An unusual sugoroku featuring all the varieties of flour commonly available in Japan at the time. The squares on the sheet show the designs of each company's flour sack, while the central square has a picture of businessmen in top-hats drinking wine in the midst of a cornfield, their faces covered with images representing American and Japanese currency. There is also a photograph of a flour mill in each corner of the sheet.

When referring to this item please quote stockid 164510.

Price: $450.00 AU

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