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78/5232 Calligraphy Micro carved calligraphed poem 78/5232 Calligraphy Micro carved calligraphed poem
78/5232 [Calligraphy]. Micro-carved calligraphed poem, w. black and red ink by 20th cent. artist BAI YUNFENG, in/on jade, 0,4x0,2 cm., supplied w. transcribed text (ink on paper) and small magnifying glass, under glass in orig. wooden box decorated w. silk and w. bone clasp, 14x7x2 cm., in board box w. lid.

= A modern example of the 3000 year old Chinese tradition of highly skillful micro-carving.

€ (50-70) 50
78/5233 Chinese export watercolours Album with 13 watercolours 78/5233 Chinese export watercolours Album with 13 watercolours
78/5233 Chinese export watercolours Album with 13 watercolours 78/5233 Chinese export watercolours Album with 13 watercolours
78/5233 [Chinese export watercolours]. Album with 13 watercolours, ±1880-1900, ±20x29 cm. each (watercolour incl. silk borders), on pith paper, contemp. wr., folio.

- Four drawings (sl.) dam., the others partly w. sm. undisturbing sm. cracks/ sm. holes in blank area and occas. sl. foxed. Lacks backwrapper; frontwrapper worn and sl. stained. Nevertheless a very attractive series of watercolours.

= Contains watercolours of birds (5x) and noble men and ladies in splendid costume (7x), all in sparkling bright colours. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.

€ (250-350)
78/5234 Chinese export watercolours Collection of 42 small watercolours 78/5234 Chinese export watercolours Collection of 42 small watercolours
78/5234 [Chinese export watercolours]. Collection of 42 small watercolours, ±1880-1900, from 4x7,5 tot 8x7,5 cm., on pith paper, framed together.

- Occas. sl. chipped/ w. sm. tears.

= Comprising 3 series: 12x tortures, 11x ships and 19x crafts and professions.

€ (200-300)
78/5235 Chinese prints and drawings Fan decorated with an oriental scene 78/5235 Chinese prints and drawings Fan decorated with an oriental scene
78/5235 [Chinese prints and drawings]. (Fan decorated with an oriental scene). Watercolour w. gold on pith paper, 61x23 cm., Chinese, prob. 1st half 19th cent.

- Tipped onto later paper mount.

€ (100-150)
78 5236 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5236 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78/5236 [Chinese prints and drawings]. Qi Baishi (1864-1957). Album with 22 woodcuts, Beijing, R. Baozhai, 1952, colophon leaf w. woodcut ill. and 22 col. woodcuts by QI BAISHI, bound as a leporello between orig. dec. silk covers w. paper title-piece, 4to.

- Some bleeding and transfer of the coloured ink. Edges sl. foxed.

€ (400-600)
78 5237 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5237 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78 5237 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5237 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78 5237 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5237 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78/5237 [Chinese prints and drawings]. Qi Baishi (1864-1957). Album with 22 woodcuts, Beijing, R. Baozhai, 1952, colophon leaf w. woodcut ill. and 22 col. woodcuts by QI BAISHI, bound as a leporello between orig. dec. silk covers w. paper title-piece, 4to.

- Fine copy. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.

€ (500-700)
78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957 78 5238 Chinese prints and drawings Qi Baishi 1864 1957
78/5238 [Chinese prints and drawings]. Qi Baishi (1864-1957). Album with 120 woodcuts, (China), 1953, 2 vols., each w. 60 col. woodcuts by QI BAISHI and resp. 5 and 2 textp., both bound as a leporello between orig. unif. gold speckled blue wrappers w. paper title-ticket, together in orig. decorated silk brocade chemise w. gold speckled paper title-piece, bone clasps, 4to.

- Both title-pieces w. (sm.) tear. Chemise yellowed along inner edges and silk brocade partly sunned.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.

€ (1.200-1.500) 1200
78 5239 Chinese scrolls Anonymous 19th/ 20th ? cent 78 5239 Chinese scrolls Anonymous 19th/ 20th ? cent
78/5239 [Chinese scrolls]. Anonymous (19th/ 20th(?) cent.). (Two carps). hanging scroll, brush and ink and watercolour on silk, 110x28 cm., framed.

- Slightly soiled; a few creases.

€ (60-80) 70
78 5240 Crêped paper books James K transl 78 5240 Crêped paper books James K transl
78/5240 [Crêped paper books]. James, K. (transl.). The Princes Fire-Flash and Fire-Fade. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa & Son, n.d. (±1890), (28)p. [incl. wr.], English text, (full-p.) col. woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook, orig. cordbound wr.

- Wrappers faded and sl. creased; first and last leaf opened at fore-edge. = Japanese Fairy Tale Series No.14.

AND a crêped-paper leporello w. col. woodcut ills., Japanese text, between contemp. plain board covers (sl. soiled; a few lvs. sl. waterstained).

€ (40-60) 375
78/5241 Ehon facsimiles Japanese culture in pictures 78/5241 Ehon facsimiles Japanese culture in pictures
78/5241 [Ehon facsimiles]. (Japanese culture in pictures). Series of 12 facsimile vols., all w. (full-p.) woodcut ills. (approx. 2114 woodcuts in total), (Tokyo, n.publ., 1914), orig. unif. col. woodcut wr. in 12 orig. unif. cl. portfolios w. bone clasps and cloth catches.

- Portfolios partly rubbed/ sl. worn; hashira-e title occas. worn off.

= Series title unread. A fine series containing woodcuts by famous 17th-19th cent. Japanese artists, Moronobu onwards.

AND 21 other facsimile vols., published in the same series, all but 4 in simple unif. blue paper wrappers (2x 2 parts in orig. cl. portfolios, containing works illustrated by i.a. Harunobu, Sukenobu, Kiyonaga and Shunshô.

€ (150-250) 170
78/5242 Erotica Chinese round wooden box with carved erotic scene on lid 78/5242 Erotica Chinese round wooden box with carved erotic scene on lid
78/5242 [Erotica]. Chinese round wooden box with carved erotic scene on lid, Ø 11,2 cm., 4 cm. (height), prob. 19th cent. Folding bone object in 10 rectangular sections, attached w. string, each w. a carved Chinese erotic scene (recto only), 11x36,5 cm., 19th/ 20th cent. (?). - AND a framed erotic mughal drawing on bone and a leporello booklet with drawings showing bestiality scenes.
€ (100-150)
78 5243 Ginkô Adachi act 1874 1897 78 5243 Ginkô Adachi act 1874 1897
78 5243 Ginkô Adachi act 1874 1897 78 5243 Ginkô Adachi act 1874 1897
78/5243 Ginkô, Adachi (act. 1874-1897). "Dai Nihon Shi Ryaku Zue" (Picture of Abbreviated Japanese History). Vol .1 and 2. Ehon, 1885, 2 vols., bound as a blockbook, 21/ 20 double-p. col. woodcuts, each 17,5x23,5 cm. (leaf size), orig. unif. wr.

- Both vols. spine broken. Otherwise fine.

AND 1 other 19th cent. ehon.

€ (100-150) 375
78 5244 Hasui 1883 1957 78 5244 Hasui 1883 1957
78/5244 Hasui (1883-1957). Chûzenji, Utagahama. Col. woodcut, 1931, 36,4x24,2 cm., signed Hasui, w. Kawase seal, publ. Watanabe Shôzaburô (copyright round seal A).

= Brown 264. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.

€ (300-500) 550
78 5245 Hiroshige 1797 1858 78 5245 Hiroshige 1797 1858
78 5245 Hiroshige 1797 1858 78 5245 Hiroshige 1797 1858
78/5245 Hiroshige (1797-1858). Tokaido goju-santsugi. (Fifty-three sceneries of Tokaido. Miniature edition). N.pl. (Tokyo), Takamizawa, n.d. (1924), 55 mounted col. woodcut plates (8x12,5 cm. each) with mounted text labels below, bound as a leporello, orig. board covers w. mounted title-piece, obl. 8vo.
€ (50-70) 110
78 5246 Hiroshige II 1829 1869 78 5246 Hiroshige II 1829 1869
78/5246 Hiroshige II (1829-1869). (Travellers crossing the Oi river). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed Shigenobu ga, printed by Sanoya Kihei, date and censor's seals of 1852.

- Sheets attached; in the right and centre sheet closed wormholes in the sky; right edge (±1,5 cm. width) of the right sheet rubbed/ sl. worn. Nevertheless, all-in-all a good copy with strong and bright colours.

€ (100-150) 150
78 5247 Hokusai 1760 1849 78 5247 Hokusai 1760 1849
78 5247 Hokusai 1760 1849 78 5247 Hokusai 1760 1849
78 5247 Hokusai 1760 1849 78 5247 Hokusai 1760 1849
78/5247 Hokusai (1760-1849). Manga. Vol. 14 and ?. Two ehon, n.pl., n.d. (prob. late 19th/ earl 20th cent. reprints), each w. title leaf and 29 lvs., each containing 56 tinted woodcut pages (incl. 14 double-p. plates), orig. unif. wr. w. hashira-title (printed in red).

- Vol. 14 binding cord partly loose.

AND 6 other unidentified ehon, all w. (double-p.) (col.) woodcuts, all in orig. wr. w. hashira-title.

€ (100-150) 400
78 5248 Hokusai 1760 1849 78 5248 Hokusai 1760 1849
78 5248 Hokusai 1760 1849 78 5248 Hokusai 1760 1849
78/5248 Hokusai (1760-1849). (Shûga ichiran). Lot of 5 (double) woodcut lvs., ±22x16 and 22x28,5 cm.

- Closed wormholes. = Title-page and scenes from the ehon Shuga Ichiran.

€ (100-150)
78/5249 Kanga sogaku Haru/ Aki 78/5249 Kanga sogaku Haru/ Aki
78/5249 Kanga sogaku Haru/ Aki 78/5249 Kanga sogaku Haru/ Aki
78/5249 Kanga sogaku. Haru/ Aki. Osaka, Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 13 (1880), 2 vols., 29/ 30 lvs., (double-p.) (col.) woodcut ills. of trees and landscapes, orig. unif. cordbound wr. w. hashira-title.

- Both vols. sl. wormholed (repaired).

AND 2 similar reprint vols. from the BAIGAKU series (chrysantemum/ plum blossom).

€ (40-60) 100
78 5250 Kasamatsu S 1898 1991 78 5250 Kasamatsu S 1898 1991
78/5250 Kasamatsu, S. (1898-1991). Ameni Kururu Tou (Yanaka Pagoda in Rain at Dusk). Col. woodcut, 36,5x24 cm., signed Shiro with artist's seal, publ. Watanabe Shôzaburô (copyright round seal A).
€ (200-300) 240
78 5251 Kasamatsu S 1898 1991 78 5251 Kasamatsu S 1898 1991
78/5251 Kasamatsu, S. (1898-1991). The Great Lantern of the Kannon Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon-do o-chochin) Col. woodcut, 36x24,2 cm., signed Shiro with artist's seal Shiro saku, published by Watanabe Shôzaburo (copyright round seal A), 1934.

= Perhaps a postwar impression. On the Watanabe seals and possible date, cf. Watanabe Tadasu in: Kawase Hasui (2003), p.45-47. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.

€ (500-700) 500
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