Japanese Go Book from Meiji Period ?

[Mage]

Just saw this on ebay (no affiliation)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPANESE-PRINT- ... 35cae1c6e7

Not sure of the authenticity and there appears to be smudges all over the diagrams.

[John Fairbairn]

It's Gokyo Shumyo which is easily available in old and modern editions. In any case most of the problems turn up in other books such as the Chinese 1001 Problems or Cho's Life & Death.

This edition may be Meiji but technically it's an Edo-period book (1817).

[Mage]

Oh bummer ! Thanks John.

[gowan]

I'd be wary of the "smudges", too. They might be due to mildew. If it were a modern book made with acidic paper I'd think the smudges were signs of deterioartion of the paper.

[Bill Spight]

The apparent smudges are the result of Xeroxing, is my guess. (Xeroxing works by contrast, which is low in the middle of the black stones.)