An Old Accounting Book: Kanji

early twentieth century
9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 3/4", 24 cm x 16.5 cm x 2 cm

This is a very nice daifukucho, a hand written book which could have originally been used for inventories, for accounting, for ledgers or as a record of loans.

This one is filled with many pages of hand writing done in sumi or charcoal-based ink.  One of its two abraded covers shows hand written kanji or Chinese characters. 

A good example of a traditional daifukucho with many pages of dense writing and notes.

Really attractive.