Kodo Zuroku: Book on the Smelting of Copper Women's Biographies Edition: Books of Wonder

Edition:  Books of Wonder

first published in 1973

including the John Marin Award

and we hear his gentle words of comfort and reassurance spoken at the funeral of a saintly woman

Kodo Zuroku: Book on the Smelting of Copper Women's Biographies Edition: Books of WonderKodo Zuroku (Illustrated Book on the Smelting of Copper), published around 1801 by Masuda Tsuna, is a detailed, illustrated guide documenting the entire Japanese copper smelting process, particularly at the Sumitomo related Besshi mine. It highlights advanced Edo period technology, featuring color woodcuts of mining, roasting, and smelting techniques derived from Western and domestic methods.