Yamagaiko yōhō
By: Saeki Gimon
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II
Publisher: Kitabatakemohee
Published: 1873
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Sericulture; Silkworms; Breeding
Other titles: Sansan yōhō
Description: The first section of the book describes the method of raising silkworms and briefly introduces the manufacture of silk. The second section comprises 11 leaves of colour illustrations of how to keep silkworms and extract silk from cocoons.
Notes: Reading of the title according to bibliographic information from National Diet Library, Tokyo, and Webcat Plus.

Reproduction of the original from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta.