4511 - 4665 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- One lacks tiny portion of robe.
- Lacks the first part of the first volume and volume 4. Wrs. soiled and creased.
= Volume 1 (in 2 parts) showing the events in Spring, volume 2 the summer events and volume 3 the Autumn events and volume 4 (not present) the Winter.
= Early 20th century reprint.
AND another copy of the same print, but from a different (later) edition.
- All vols. thumbed in lower outer corner(s), occas. (finger)soiled and occas. restored in lower margin. Wrappers sl. dampstained (not affecting contents).
= Impressive series of woodcuts (without the text), made by Hokusai's son-in-law for Kyokutei Bakin's famous novel Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, which consists of 106 parts. Hillier p.718f and p.726.
= Collection of famous painting by Shigenobu.
- A few (closed) wormholes; sl. duststained/ foxed; tipped-on typewritten label on verso; small unidentified red Japanse (collector's ?) seal on verso.
= Part of a diptych showing actor Sakata Hangoro III on the left.
- Fingersoiled.
AND a similar print by SHUNZAN: (Three ladies and a child playing instruments).
= Vol. 1-3 of the series of 7 vols. of Shibai kinmô zue (Illustrated guide to the theater), originally published in 1803.
- Fingersoiled and offsetting from a different plate.
Kunisada (1786- 1865). (Couple having an exciting boat trip, accompanied by a child). Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., 18x21 cm.
= Showing four scenes (3, 6, 9 and 12) in a house of pleasure.
- Somewhat fingersoiled in lower part.
= Part of Michiyuki koi no futosao (Love scenes from kabuki plays).
- Sl. fingersoiled; closed wormhole. = Later impression.
AND 2 others, a 20th cent restrike of a print by SHUNCHÔ (act. 1780-1795) and a modern landscape print (seal unread).
- Wrappers rubbed. = Richly illustrated collection of songs.
AND 1 other (some wormholing) (with transcribed and translated title on upper pastedown: "Houa wen tching kong cheou (Des lettres officielles reproduites facsimile à la main, avec de la gouache blanche sur fond noir)".
- Upper edge trimmed short, touching the text.
Kubo Shunman (1757-1820). (A saddle, fan, sword and other attributes). Col. woodcut surimono, 1810.
= Meji copy, dated 1880.
- Foxed; narrow waterstain in upper part; tipped onto mount; creases in corners.
= Poems by Yoshien Sugemino and Shiseido Sutena. From the series Goshiki no uchi (Five Colors).
- Formerly folded; foxed.
AND 1 other surimono (fully laid down on mount; signature partly faded away).
- Sl. waterstained. Hashira-title partly worn off.Utamaro (1754-1806). Shiki no hana (Flowers of the Four Seasons). Ehon, hanshibon, place unread, Yoshikawa Kobukan, Taisho 5 (1916), 2 vols., (10); (9) lvs., 18 (double-p.) col. woodcuts by UTAMARO, orig. unif. col. dec. wr. w. hashira-title.
= Facsimile edition of the edition publ. in 1801.