- Very fine copy.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
- Two (practically invisible) pin size holes in image. Otherwise fine.
- Very fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
- Frontcover loose; backstrip dam. Contents fine.
= Contains woodcuts by i.a. Toyohiro, Gakutei, Shigenobu, Hokusaï, Hokkei, Utamaro, Hokuun, Katsuchika Sori, Sadatora, Kuninao, Kubo, Shunman and Eishi. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- Sl. browned and figersoiled.
AND another surimono print by HOKKEI: Kabuto helmet with flower (browned and soiled). - ADDED: 6 other small prints.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- Two pinholes in centre (hardly visible). Otherwise fine. = Attractive view.
AND 1 other attributed to the same: (Huntsman walking through a moonlit forest) (col. woodcut chuban, w. unidentified artist's(?) seal. Prob. doubled w. Japanese).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- Each vol. accompanied by an explanatory leaflet by the artist (in Japanese), of which one is missing. Some stains and an inksmudge on front of slipcase. Otherwise in fine condition.
= A collection of works produced by the artist/author between 1966 and 1974 (Shôwa 41-49), each dealing with a different theme, such as 'East and West' or 'All sorts of dogs'. The vols. generally contain the artist's musings on the subject, accompanied by illustrations, all executed as woodcuts and printed in sumptuous colours. The text vol. is a collection of short writings on various topics, in the same vein as the illustrated vols. Woodcut printed page marker included in text vol.
- Horizontal fold (only visible on verso), otherwise fine.
- All (sl.) yellowed; one drawing browned.
- Backed. Otherwise fine.
= From the series Sansho Goshi (Portraits of Sansho). The blue robe with nice shomen-zuri (burnishing) pattern.
- Laid down on board; browned; corners rubbed. = Possibly an 18th cent. copy.
AND 4 others, i.a. MIZUNO, (Two women at snowy bank) (col. woodcut kuchi-e, printed w. silver pigment, artist's seal printed in red. Fine) and SHONEN, (Locomotive and steamboats) (fanshaped col. woodcut, signed Shonen. Sl. yellowed and a few sl. dustsoiled spots; central fold).