Mr. Ito is obviously very happy, or proud that his old bookstore can have something to do with Mr. Lu Xun. In his words, he is more respectful and admiring Lu Xun, and he is also familiar with various versions of Lu Xun's works. In addition to these, Mr. Ito is very eloquent and also intersperses some interesting stories from time to time, making the content he tells richer and more vivid.

Seeing that Lin Yi was fascinated by the story of Lu Xun and the old bookstore, Mr. Ito knew that these good books would never miss the collection of Lu Xun's versions, so he reminded Lin Yi in advance: "I'm very sorry, sir. What I just said to you are all the Lu Xun versions collected by our own home, so they are not for sale."

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

I didn't expect Ito to say, "I basically have the version of the Republic of China you mentioned, especially the "Collection of Extraterritorial Novels" that you are very scarce, which we also have."

Lin Yi fainted. You should know that the collection of novels was auctioned for more than 200,000 yuan, which is scarce in China, not to mention in places like Japan... the heart that was already very enthusiastic was even more popular.

I didn't give it to Lin Yi, and I knew that since these books were collected by others, I was embarrassed to buy them, so I could only see them. But there was another problem here. As the saying goes, you don't have to worry about not seeing them, but you're afraid that you can't pull them out after seeing them, and it will be even more uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi gave up the idea of ​​seeing these collections, and instead said to Mr. Ito: "We'd better go to your warehouse just now. I'm itchy when you said it. You have to search for books to relieve itch."

Mr. Ito's old-fashioned face showed a smile for the first time, which looked very vivid.

The long row of wooden houses are all warehouses of Mr. Ito’s old bookstore. When Mr. Opens the door, according to Lin Yi’s experience in China, he must immediately cover his nostrils and eyes to avoid dust coming to his face.

Mr. Ito also reminded: "Please forgive me if I am dirty inside."

The wooden house was opened, and there was no dust inside. On the contrary, waves of books came to the nose. This smell was undoubtedly as pleasant as the mellow wine in the cellar.

He couldn't help but take a deep breath intoxication, and then said, "It seems that you have a lot of good books here, and the fragrance is steep."

Mr. Ito didn't understand what his words meant, and thought it was a Chinese compliment, so he said modestly: "Most of these books were collected by my old father. I used to work in a company and never bought old books. Until my company went bankrupt, I was considered to have completely taken over the family's old book business... I don't know what it means to do this kind of business in China. In our place, most of the old book business are people with relatively difficult economic life, especially now that the old book business is not easy to do, electronics in Japan are developing rapidly, and many high-end products are emerging one after another. In addition to mobile phones and the Internet, young people basically don't read books, and they stay at home and don't go out..."

After saying this, Mr. Ito sighed and said, "Like my son, he is now a very popular otakus. I asked him to come out to help with business, but he just refused to agree. He would just bury his head at home and play games online..."

Every family has a difficult sutra to recite, but I didn’t expect it to be the same in Japan.

After hearing Mr. Ito say this, Lin Yi sympathized with him. It seems that the paper reading materials in all countries around the world are similar in their condition, and they have been impacted by electronic products and mobile phones. Basically, no one will read books anymore, let alone those old books of old age. Perhaps, as antiques, old books will sooner or later be put into museums. Think about it, it is also a kind of sadness for these ancient books. After all, their greatest value is reading.

Without thinking too much, Lin Yi walked straight into the old book warehouse. The first thing he saw was not the piles of old books, but various Japanese movie posters hanging on the walls of the house. Some of them were known to Lin Yi, and some didn't know. He knew Miyazaki Hayao's cartoons "Hal's Moving Castle" and "Tongkat", as well as "Detective Conan", and the more popular "Hot-Blooded College" series in Japan. Those who didn't know were some older Japanese movies, and Lin Yi didn't know the Japanese characters on it. He just guessed the content of the movie's poster through some Chinese characters on it.

One of the posters seems to be "Saptum". If you remember well, this drama should be the work of Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi.

"Sapped Belly" is a Japanese movie that Lin Yi loves more. The poster is printed in the center of the courtyard covered with fine sand. Tsumoto Hanshiro sat on a square white mat, with a handful of flanks in front of him, and a wooden barrel behind him. The black and white tones are contrasting, which is very eye-catching, making people feel a nervous sense of ritual.

Dong Kang, who was away from Japan ninety years ago, was quite interested in the ritual of separatism while visiting famous places and searching for old books. He spent a lot of time in his diary recording the ritual of separatism and the separatism of Toyotomi Hideji. Lin Yi sometimes wondered why Dong Kang was so interested in the ritual of samurai? I am afraid that the literati's calligraphy, pen and sword of warrior have some similar symbolism, and they are not separated in a moment. When older scholars visited rare and lonely books overseas, they may also have the sense of "the ritual is here" under the green lamp and the satisfaction of "it's enough to die in the evening", which is somewhat similar to the spirit of the samurai.

At this moment, Lin Yi's mind was filled with posters, which made this trip to Xiantai feel a little sacred, but he was not going to seduce the stomach, but to buy books - buying them, these are things that book lovers like to do more.

As for finding so many posters here, it can be seen that in Japan and China, poster collections have become a consensus - collections that can win profits will sooner or later become new investment projects.

If these movie posters hanging on the walls are nothing, what makes Lin Yi’s eyes shine is a specially set up glass display cabinet in the warehouse, with exquisite prints and engravings. Around this display cabinet, there are framed Ukiyo-e hanging on the walls. Under the walls are placed in the cabinets for purchase, including from Edo to the Meiji period. Each drawer is labeled, divided by painter and subject matter.

Is this still a warehouse?

It is obviously another larger used bookstore.

This is Lin Yi’s biggest idea.

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

Ukiyo-e is a Japanese custom painting and printmaking. It is a unique national art that emerged in the Edo period of Japan, also known as the Tokugawa Shogunate Period. It is a typical flower street and willow alley art. It mainly depicts people's daily lives, scenery, and dramas.

The art of Ukiyo-e was originally a painting made by Ukiyo-e in the early days, which is a painting made by painters with the colors of brush and ink, rather than woodcuts. Ukiyo-e with the meat brush was popular in Kyoto and Osaka. The beginning of this school of painting was decorative. It used murals for luxurious buildings and decorate the screens in the interior. The content of the painting has a strong local atmosphere, four seasons of scenery, and places of interest in various places. It is especially good at expressing the beauty of women. It has high realistic skills and is appreciated by the society. The technical achievements of these Yamato painters have been passed down from generation to generation, thus guiding the art of Ukiyo-e later.

The Edo period was the late Japanese feudal society, which coincided with the Qing Dynasty in China. Due to the economic growth, a "machi culture" first emerged in the city - that is, citizen culture. As the citizen culture developed rapidly, the authors rose, the demand increased, and the quantity was printed in large quantities to provide demand. This made the meat-brushed Ukiyo-e enter the stage of printmaking Ukiyo-e. The printing techniques of Ukiyo-e prints were initially simple ink-rolled, but later they developed elixir painting and lacquer painting, which were added with colored pens.

The Ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e themes are extremely widespread, including social and current events, folk legends, historical anecdotes, opera scenes and classical classic drawings. Some painters also specialize in depicting women's lives, recording war events or expressing mountains, rivers and scenery... It is almost an encyclopedia of people's lives in the Edo era.

The authors of Ukiyoe were all from the folk, and there was no royal painter. However, in the 1820s, due to the prevalence of capitalist management, this art lost its healthy content, pursued pornography and low-level interests, and gradually declined. Although Ukiyoe has been replaced by modern printing, its rich artistic achievements are still cherished by people of all countries.

At least at this time, Lin Yi was already fascinated by these extremely exquisite Ukiyo-e paintings. In the end, he couldn't help but choose a photo of "The Beautiful Women of the Times, My Wife" written by Kosato Ogawa, which was actually a woman washing her feet. Unlike many Ukiyo-e paintings, this work has a dynamic beauty and a life-like atmosphere, which easily reminds Lin Yi of the woman written by Nishitoshi Ihara.

After choosing Ukiyoe, Lin Yi then calmed down and focused on the old books in the warehouse. Compared with the gorgeousness of those movie posters and Ukiyoe, the old books in the warehouse seemed very "low-key".

Lin Yi looked through it carefully. In addition to the literature and history research books related to China, the most eye-catching thing in the room was the whole line-coated ancient books against the wall, with Tang and engraved books each accounting for half. Since it was a book that opened, he could take it down at will without being disturbed, which made people feel very comfortable. This state is almost impossible in China.

However, when Lin Yi carefully examined the books on the shelf, he still felt a little disappointed. Most of them were printed in late Qing Dynasty, and most of them were not well-written. The price of books was quite high, and the late Qing Dynasty bookstores were printed in more than 100,000 yen.

The three volumes of "Miscellaneous Notes on the Exposing Books" by Youqian Taiji, which was a finely engraved version of Tongzhi Wuchen. The beginning of the volume is a small portrait of Youqian. The painting style is elegant and gratifying, and most of the rest come down from the throne. In addition to Li and Du poems, the books on the bookshelf are mostly from the Qing Dynasty classics, primary school works, and exquisite collections of soft-written and engraved collections are very rare, which shows the Japanese's obsession with the tradition of Qianjia and Jiaqing.

Lin Yi has always believed that in this era, if you collect ancient books only with the purpose of a literary sentiment, the artistic nature brought by the exquisite engraving should be the primary condition, while practicality is second. From a practical point of view, modern publications have more advantages in using them. There is no need to spend a lot of money to buy ancient books by purely studying the classics. Therefore, classics and elementary school ancient books are far less attractive to me than to be pleasing to the eye.

Lin Yi moved quickly and quickly picked two kinds of books to read. One of them was Shanqi's "The Collection of Prince Zhongsu's Relics", a Wuchen version of the Republic of China, written by the Japanese general Xiaoping. The font is very beautiful. However, the book in one volume seems extremely thin.

Lin Yi asked Mr. Ito how much money this book costs. Unexpectedly, Mr. Ito asked for a price not low. He said that it was printed by famous Japanese artists, and it is more valuable for collection and is also popular in Japan. It costs at least 30,000 yen, which is about 1,800 yuan to convert it into RMB.

Only then did Lin Yi realize that the books in this warehouse were so precious. No wonder Mr. Ito didn't place them in his old bookstore to attract Chinese tourists. I believe that Chinese tourists are not familiar with "Governor Xiaoping" and therefore cannot be sold at high prices.

However, for Lin Yi, a thousand dollars can still be used, which should be said to be a drizzle. After all, he really likes this version. He can't let the Japanese always collect the treasures of our Chinese people, and we also need to collect some of theirs.

Then Lin Yi carefully looked through the old books on the bookshelf. Seeing that Lin Yi was so generous, Mr. Ito became even more enthusiastic and carefully introduced him as he was reading.

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

In addition, Lin Yi also purchased the six volumes of "Family Words and Certifications" by Sun Zhizu, the Guangxu-style Exercise Collection. This book is a fine white paper print, with a wide sky, which is different from the common bamboo paper prints. Ito also has a high price for this book, which is about 30,000 yen, saying that the book was passed down from China to Japan, and does not belong to the Ji-chip version, and has a relatively high value.

Lin Yi just smiled and still didn't make a price. Because he knew clearly that if a version like this and such a quality were about four or five thousand yuan in China, it would definitely be much more expensive than here.

Lin Yi put the selected old books together and asked Mr. Ito to package the books first. When packaging them, Lin Yi picked up another set of "A Collection of Qing Poetry" by Aung Matsumura, whom he had long been interested in.

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

From the heart, it doesn't seem like a compliment.

Lin Yi felt quite comfortable about this, after all, everyone liked to listen to good-sounding words. But just as Lin Yi turned around and was about to leave, suddenly, a rich fragrance of Shu came to his nose.'

Rare book!

This is a super rare taste!
Chapter completed!