Mr. Ito was obviously very happy, or rather proud, that his used bookstore had been associated with Mr. Lu Xun. Between the words www.biquge.info pen, fun and pavilion, it is more about the admiration and admiration of Lu Xun, and the various versions of Lu Xun's works, such as several family treasures. In addition to these, Mr. Ito is very eloquent, and from time to time he intersperses some interesting short stories, which makes the content he tells more rich and vivid.

Seeing that Lin Yi listened to the story of Lu Xun and the used bookstore, Mr. Ito knew that these people who were good at books would never miss Lu Xun's edition collection, so he reminded Lin Yi in advance: "I'm very sorry, sir." The ones I told you just now are our own collection of Lu Xun's versions, so they are not for sale. ”

Lin Yi said: "It's a pity." I like Lu Xun's works very much, and I also have a collection of his Republic of China version. ”

I don't want Ito to say: "I basically have the Republic of China version you said, especially the "Foreign Novel Collection" that you are very scarce, and we also have it." ”

Lin Yi fainted, you must know that the collection of novels was auctioned for more than 200,000 yuan, which is scarce in China, let alone in a place like Japan...... The heart that was already very enthusiastic was even hotter.

If you don't give it to Lin Yi, you also know that since these books are specially collected by others, I am embarrassed to buy them, at most I can see it. But there is a problem here, as the saying goes, you are not afraid that you will not be able to see it, but you are afraid that you will not be able to pull it out after seeing it, and it will be even more uncomfortable at that time.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi dispelled the idea of seeing these collections, and instead said to Mr. Ito: "Let's just go to your warehouse, what you said makes my heart itch, and I have to search for books to stop the itch." ”

For the first time, Mr. Ito's old-fashioned face showed a sinister expression, which was very vivid.

The long row of wooden houses was all the storeroom of Mr. Ito's second-hand bookstore, and when Mr. opened the door, according to Lin Yi's experience in China, he had to immediately cover his nostrils and eyes, so as not to dust his face.

Mr. Ito also reminded, "Please forgive me for being dirty inside." ”

The wooden house was opened, and there was no dust in it, on the contrary, the smell of books came to the nose. For Lin Yi, this kind of smell is undoubtedly as good as a mellow cellar wine.

He couldn't help but take a deep breath in intoxication, and then said, "It looks like you have a lot of good books here, and the fragrance is fragrant." ”

Mr. Ito didn't understand what he meant, and thought it was a Chinese compliment, so he said modestly: "Most of these books were collected by my old father, and I used to work in a company, so I didn't buy many used books, and I didn't take over the family's used book business completely until my company went bankrupt...... I don't know what it means to do this kind of business in your China, in our place, most of the used books are people who are in financial distress, especially now that the used book business is not easy to do, in Japan electronics is developing rapidly, many high-end products emerge in an endless stream, coupled with mobile phones and the Internet, young people basically do not study, they stay at home and do not go out......"

After saying this, Mr. Ito sighed and said: "Like my son, who is now a very popular otaku, I asked him to come out to help with some business, but he just didn't agree, he would just bury his head in playing games online at home......"

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, but I didn't expect it to be the same in Japan.

Hearing this Mr. Ito say this, Lin Yi was quite sympathetic to him, it seems that the situation of paper books in all countries in the world is almost the same, they have all suffered from the impact of electronic products and mobile phones, basically no one goes to read books anymore, let alone those old books, perhaps, old books as antiques, sooner or later will be put into museums--- think about it, for these ancient books, it is also a sadness, after all, their greatest value is reading.

Not wanting too much, Lin Yi walked straight into the old book warehouse, and the first thing he saw was not the mountain of old books, but various Japanese movie posters hanging on the walls of the room, some of which Lin Yi knew and some he didn't. I know Hayao Miyazaki's cartoons "Howl's Moving Castle" and "My Neighbor Totoro", as well as "Detective Conan", as well as the "Hot Blooded High School" series, which is more popular in Japan. What I don't know are some older Japanese movies, and Lin Yi doesn't know the Japanese characters on it, but just guesses the content of the movie poster through some Chinese characters on it.

One of the posters seems to be "Seppuku", and if you remember correctly, this play should be the work of Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi.

"Seppuku" is one of Hayashi's favorite Japanese films, and the poster shows a sand-covered courtyard in the middle of a square with a wooden barrel in front of him. The contrast of black and white tones in the picture is very eye-catching, which can make people feel a sense of tense ritual.

Ninety years ago, Dong Kang, who had taken refuge in Dongying, was interested in the ceremonial seppuku in addition to visiting famous places and searching for old books, and his diary did not hesitate to record the ceppuku ceremony and the seppuku incident of Toyotomi Shuji. Lin Yi sometimes wondered why Dong Kang was so interested in the rituals of the samurai? I am afraid that the books and pens of the literati and the swords of the warriors have a similar symbolism, and they are all inseparable. When the older generation of scholars visited overseas to find rare books, there may also be a sense of coexistence between the responsibility of "Sven is here" and the satisfaction of "dying at night", which is somewhat similar to the spirit of the samurai.

At this moment, Lin Yi has the picture of the poster in his mind, which makes this trip to Sendai somewhat sacred, but he is not going to seppuku, but to chop his hands--- chop his hands to buy books, these are all things that bookworms like to do.

As for the discovery of so many posters here, it can be seen that in Japan and China, as in Japan, poster collection has become a consensus --- can win profits, and sooner or later it will become a new type of investment.

If the movie posters hanging on these walls are nothing, then what catches Lin Yi's eyes is a specially set up glass display case in the storeroom, which contains exquisite engravings and engraved books, and around this display case, the surrounding walls are hung with framed ukiyo-e. In the cabinet under the wall are ukiyo-e prints from the Edo to the Meiji period, each of which has a label attached to it, some by artist and some by subject.

Is this still a storeroom?

Apparently it's another much bigger second-hand bookstore.

This is Lin Yi's biggest idea.

Looking at these exquisite ukiyo-e, Lin Yi was not moved that it was fake, not to mention that Mr. Ito was on the side to introduce the beautiful stories of these ukiyo-e. From Ito's explanation, Lin Yi learned about the past and present lives of ukiyo-e.

Ukiyo-e, that is, Japanese genre paintings, prints. It is a unique national art that arose in the Edo period of Japan, also known as the Tokugawa shogunate period, and is a typical flower street willow lane art. It mainly depicts people's daily life, landscapes, and dramas.

The art of ukiyo-e was originally a flesh-brush ukiyo-e, that is, paintings made by painters with brush and ink colors, rather than woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e with meat brushes, popular in Kyoto and Osaka, was the beginning of this school of painting, which was decorative. It painted murals for the magnificent buildings and decorated the screens in the interiors. In terms of the content of the painting, there is a strong local atmosphere, there are four seasons scenery, local scenic spots, especially good at expressing female beauty, there are high realistic skills, and it is appreciated by the society. The technical achievements of these Yamato painters have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have paved the way for ukiyo-e art that followed.

The Edo period is the late feudal period in Japan, which coincides with the Qing dynasty in China. Due to the growth of the economy, a kind of "townman culture" was first produced in the city--- that is, the culture of the citizens, and due to the rapid development of the culture of the citizens, the demand for the creation of the people, the demand was expanded, and a large number of prints were made to meet the demand. As a result, the flesh pen ukiyo-e entered the stage of printmaking ukiyo-e. The printing technique of ukiyo-e prints was originally a simple ink foldbook, and later developed with dan and lacquer paintings, which were added with colored pens.

Ukiyo-e ukiyo-e covers a wide range of subjects, including social events, folklore, historical anecdotes, opera scenes, and pictures of classical masterpieces...... It is almost an encyclopedia of the life of the people in the Edo period.

The authors of ukiyo-e were all from the people, and there was no royal painter, but in the twenties of the nineteenth century, due to the prevalence of capitalist business methods, this art lost its healthy content, pursued eroticism and low tastes, and gradually finally went into decline. Although ukiyo-e has been replaced by modern printing, its rich artistic achievements are still cherished by people from all over the world.

At least at this time, Lin Yi has been fascinated by these exquisite ukiyo-e, and finally couldn't help but choose a piece of Utagawa Kunisada's first "The Beauty of the World, My Wife Landscape", in fact, it is a woman who is wet, unlike many ukiyo-e depictions of demure beauties, this work has a dynamic beauty, and quite a breath of life, it is easy for Lin Yi to think of the woman in the pen of Ihara Nishizuru.

After choosing ukiyo-e, Lin Yi reined in his mind and put his mind on the old books in this warehouse. Compared with the magnificence of those movie posters and ukiyo-e, the old books in the warehouse are very "low-key".

Lin Yi looked through it carefully, in addition to the literature and history research books related to China in the room, the most eye-catching thing was the entire rack of wire-bound ancient books against the wall, half of which were Tang and half of them. Because it is an open-shelf book, he can take it down and read it at will without being disturbed, which makes people feel very comfortable, which is almost impossible in China.

However, when Lin Yi carefully examined the books on the shelves, he could not help but feel a little disappointed, most of them were late Qing Dynasty engravings, and most of the engravings were not very good. The price of the book is quite high, and the late Qing Dynasty Book Company often engraves more than 100,000 yen.

Lin Yi was deeply impressed by Qian Taiji's "Miscellaneous Notes on Exposed Books" three volumes, which were finely engraved by Wuchen of Tongzhi, with a small portrait of Qian at the frontispiece, and the painting style was elegant and gratifying, and most of the rest came down from Yi. In addition to Li and Du's poems, most of the books on the shelves are Qing scriptures and primary school works, and the exquisite collections of soft writing and engraving are very rare, which can be seen in the Japanese obsession with the Qianjia tradition.

Lin Yi has always believed that in this era, if the collection of ancient books is only for the purpose of a literati's feelings, the artistry brought by the exquisite engraving should be the primary condition, and the practicality should be the second. From a practical point of view, modern publications are more advantageous in terms of use, and there is no need to spend a lot of money on ancient books for pure study of the scriptures. Therefore, the ancient books of the scriptures and elementary schools are far less attractive to me than the other collections that are pleasing to the eye.

Lin Yi moved quickly, and quickly picked two books to read. One of them is Shanqi's "Prince Zhongsu's Posthumous Collection", the Republic of China Wuchen engraved book, by the Japanese Xiaoping Zongzhi handwritten edition, the font is very beautiful. But the one-volume book is unusually thin.

Lin Yi asked Mr. Ito, how much money does this book cost, but I didn't expect Mr. Ito to ask for a price that is not low, saying that this is engraved by a famous artist in Japan, which is more collectible and popular in Japan, at least more than 30,000 yen, which is converted into almost 1,800 yuan.

Only then did Lin Yi know that the books in this warehouse were so precious, it was no wonder that Mr. Ito did not place them in his used bookstore to attract Chinese tourists, presumably Chinese tourists were not familiar with "Kodaira Zongji", so they could not sell them at a high price.

However, for Lin Yi, a thousand dollars can still be taken out, it should be said that it belongs to the drizzle, after all, he really likes this version, and he can't let the Japanese always collect our Chinese's treasures, and they also have to collect some.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yi carefully looked through the old books on the shelf, and when he saw that Lin Yi was so bold, Mr. Ito became even more enthusiastic, and when he was flipping through it, he carefully made an introduction.

But among those ancient book versions, there are Daoguang's version of "Liu Libu Collection" and the Korean version of "Addition and Deletion of Lianluo Fengya", which are very popular. Lin Yi once again showed his crazy buying temperament and won them all.

In addition, Lin Yi also purchased six volumes of Sun Zhizu's "Family Language Evidence", a series of books in the Guangxu-style training hall, which is finely printed on white paper, with an open sky, which is different from the common bamboo paper prints. Mr. Ito's asking price for this book was also high, and it was about 30,000 yen, saying that this book was brought to Japan from China, and it did not belong to the Japanese engraved book, and the value was relatively high.

Lin Yi just smiled, still not making a price. Because he clearly knows that such a version, such a quality, if you get almost four or five thousand yuan in China, it will definitely be much more expensive than here.

Lin Yi put the selected old books together, and instructed Mr. Ito to pack the books first, and when packing, Lin Yi easily picked out a set of "Narratives of Qing Poems" by Matsumura Ang, who had been favorite for a long time.

Seeing Lin Yi pick out this set of books again, Mr. Ito's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but give Lin Yi a thumbs up and said, "Sir, you are really a person who understands books." ”

From the bottom of its heart, it doesn't look like a simple compliment.

Lin Yi also feels quite comfortable about this, after all, everyone loves to listen to good words. But just as Lin Yi turned around and was about to leave, suddenly, a strong Shu fragrance came to his nose. ‘

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