Author: Sasama Yoshihiko [笹間良彦] (Japanese, 1916–2005)

Title: Shiryō Nihon Rekishi Zuroku (資料 日本歴史図録) – Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japanese History

Publisher: Tokyo: Hakubundō (柏書房株式会社)

Publication date: February 15, 2014. (Ninth printing; first published November 25, 1992.)

Printing: Dai-Sei Printing Co., Ltd. (大盛印刷)

Binding: Kodai Bookbinding Industry Co., Ltd. (小高製本工業)

ISBN: 4-7601-0850-5

Hardcover, 263 × 190 mm (10.35 × 7.48 inches); blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket printed in colour; blue paper wraparound obi with white lettering. Brown pictorial endpapers. Pagination: [2]  title page, 1–248 pages of text and illustrations, plus [4] unnumbered terminal pages. Profusely illustrated throughout with monochrome and colour in-text figures. Adhesive binding. Text in Japanese.

The main text presents a richly illustrated panorama of Japanese daily life and culture from ancient times through the Edo period. Covering topics such as clothing, housing, commerce, transportation, festivals, and military gear, the volume uses historical prints, paintings, and diagrams to reconstruct the material world of premodern Japan. Includes comprehensive indexes and bibliographic references.