Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes girl praying and with a wonderful face

and with a wonderful face that gives him a bit of a seal-like aspect

6 7/8" x 3 3/8" and in good condition

which I am sure replaced the original the rivet or metal loop

and a vehicle for the use of lots of gold

Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes girl praying and with a wonderful faceOf course I wish I could read Japanese to know what is written on the right hand page of each spread in this lovely early 20th century manuscript notebook, but the sumi ink drawings on the left of the spread (58 total by my count) more than stand on their own. Each drawing painting is of a landscape view framed by an oval border, with each seeming like a portrait of a specific place at a specific moment sometimes with rain streaming down, sometimes