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From Vine to Wine: Highlights from Special Collections

豊年酒教草 Hōnenshu oshiegusa

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4. 葡萄培養法摘要 : 全 Budō baiyōhō tekiyō: zen "The first and only edition of this illustrated guide to grape cultivation written by Ozawa Zenpei (1840-1904), an important pioneer of wine in Japan. Ozawa was responsible for introducing over one hundred varieties of grapes to Japan from overseas, especially from America. The current work discusses plant cultivation; preparation of the soil; care of the vines (one chapter devoted to the first year, another to the second year); and the importance of selecting the variety of grape according to the weather of the region. The several woodcut illustrations depict the Delaware grape; grape leaves (five different types of vines, one of which is the Japanese variety "Edo"); and various planting and grafting techniques. Interestingly ... there is quite a bit about Andrew Fuller (1828-1896), the extremely influential American viticulturist whose work The Grape culturist (first ed.: 1864) was a nineteenth century best-seller. [Ozawa] ... has translated numerous parts of Fuller's text into Japanese (beginning on leaf "14," i.e. 16); this is then followed by an exhaustive list of grape varieties (including early American varieties such as Catawba, Clinton, Concord, Delaware & Isabella) and a summary of Fuller's viticultural practices."