5219 - 5322 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL and TRIBAL ARTS
78 5279 Oriental miniatures Anonymous prob 19th cent 
78 5279 Oriental miniatures Anonymous prob 19th cent 
- A few tiny wormholes, otherwise contents fine. Binding worn.
= Attractive gouaches mainly showing crocodile-, deer- and tiger-hunting scenes (3x scenes of hunters(?) and their masters seated and resting on a terrace). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
AND a printed 20th century Persian book w. 10 gouaches of hunting scenes (modern hcl. Gouaches painted over printed text, and partly cut short).
78 5280 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 19th cent ? 
78 5280 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 19th cent ? 
78 5280 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 19th cent ? 
- Blank margins and corners partly strengthened w. paper.
= The two top scenes show two men in a rural scene. The four other scenes show a prince(?) with his lover. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
AND 6 other Persian miniatures, including two other courtly scenes with an amorous couple and a hunting scene.
78 5281 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 19th/ 20th cent 
78 5282 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 20th cent 
78 5282 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 20th cent 
78 5283 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 20th cent 
78 5283 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 20th cent 
78 5283 Oriental miniatures Anonymous 20th cent 
= Probably by 3 different artists. Including 2 curious drawings showing Japanese looking couples.
78/5284 Oriental miniatures Lot of 10 miniatures 
78/5284 Oriental miniatures Lot of 10 miniatures 
- Partly waterstained and/ or frayed in margins.
= Includes scene with a man hanging from a tree by his feet and being flogged to his soles, while another man is dragged from a pool; a scene with a sleeping man being attacked by a dragon, his companions looking on in fear and, finally, a tournament scene in which two horsemen fight each other, with musicians and soldiers in the background.
78/5285 Paper Fishnet full of fish 
78/5285 Paper Fishnet full of fish 
= Incredibly intricate design. Perhaps intended as endpapers for books.
AND 3 other similar decorated sheets, all w. vertical fold and w. sm. defects.
78 5286 Ranshû 18th cent 
78 5286 Ranshû 18th cent 
= Rare, one copy found in the Metropolitan Museum. Ranshû was a pupil of Shunshô (1726-1792).
Shunshô (1726-1792). (Scene from the tale of Genji). Col. woodcut, 21,5x15,7 cm., signed Katsukawa Shunshô.
- Sl. soiled.
78 5287 Sadanobu I 1809 1879 
- Sl. foxed; cut sl. short on all margins (34,7x34,5 cm.)
78 5288 Saito K 1907 1997 
- Narrow fold in lower left margin of image (printing flaw).
78/5289 Sanjo Hobi Korireki 
78/5289 Sanjo Hobi Korireki 
- Bindings and chemise sl. dam. by silverfish; upper joints chemise split(ting); one clasp broken.
78 5290 Scrolls Anonymous 19th cent 
78 5290 Scrolls Anonymous 19th cent 
78 5290 Scrolls Anonymous 19th cent 
= Image accompanied by classical 'waka' poetry.
Aigai, Takaku (1796-1843). (Nature studies). Makimono, horizontal picture handscroll w. 5 drawings, brush and black ink and grey wash/ watercolour, w. stamps, each ±24x35,5 cm., backed at one end w. brocade silk, rolled on two jikugi, in orig. wooden box w. hashira-title and Japanese text in brush and ink on verso lid.
- Creased.
AND 1 larger makimono.
78 5291 Scrolls Anonymous 2nd half 19th cent 
78 5291 Scrolls Anonymous 2nd half 19th cent 
78 5291 Scrolls Anonymous 2nd half 19th cent 
78 5291 Scrolls Anonymous 2nd half 19th cent 
78 5291 Scrolls Anonymous 2nd half 19th cent 
- Some creases and closed wormholes; silk frayed at edges; new ribbon.
= All pictures showing people, i.a. samurai warriors and oni.
AND 3 others, i.a. an earlier, anonymous makimono, possibly unfinished, showing people and a monkey, on unbacked paper (±28x276 cm.).
78 5292 Scrolls Anonymous 20th cent 
78 5292 Scrolls Anonymous 20th cent 
- Both with various defects outside the image, i.a. foxing and a few tears in margins.
78 5293 Scrolls Chikanobu Kano 1660 1728 after 
- Some (closed and open) wormholes in image of all three scrolls (partly unobtrusive); all three scrolls w. horizontal creases.
78 5294 Scrolls Kien Yanagisawa 1706 1758 
- Scattered faded specks. Possibly a later copy.
AND two others showing mountainous landscapes.
78 5295 Scrolls Ogimachi Kinmichi 1653 1733 
78 5295 Scrolls Ogimachi Kinmichi 1653 1733 
78 5295 Scrolls Ogimachi Kinmichi 1653 1733 
- One scroll w. big wormholes in paper (not affecting image); the other w. a few sm. wormholes; both scrolls borders creased.
Toyohiko, Okamoto (1773-1845). (Xi Wangmu). Kakejiku (hanging scroll), handpainted on paper within dec. silk border, 113x36 cm. (image), 183,5x51,5 cm. (total size), signed Toyohiko w. artist's stamp, rolled on jikugi, in wooden box.
- Image creased.
78 5296 Sharaku act 1794 1795 
78 5296 Sharaku act 1794 1795 
78 5296 Sharaku act 1794 1795 
78 5296 Sharaku act 1794 1795 
78 5296 Sharaku act 1794 1795 
78 5296 Sharaku act 1794 1795 
- Both modern reprints.
AND 4 others, all reprints, i.a. by SHUNSHÔ.
78 5297 Shoda K 1875 1946 
78 5297 Shoda K 1875 1946 
78 5297 Shoda K 1875 1946 
- Cut to the image; weak/ chafed spots near left edge.
Hiroshige (1797-1858). (Higo Province, Gokanoshô). Vertical col. woodcut chuban, signed Hiroshige hitsu.
- Later (20th cent.?) restrike chuban edition.
= Part of the series Rokujûyoshû meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces).
AND ±40 other small Japanese prints, partly taken from e-hon, i.a. by Hiroshige and G. Okuyama.
78 5298 Shôen Ikeda 1886 1917 
78 5298 Shôen Ikeda 1886 1917 
- With dedication on first free endpaper; each woodcut w. neatly written English translation of the Japanese caption below the print (as in the other copies traced by us). Frontcover loose. Otherwise fine.
= Ikeda Shôen was one of the most promising students of Mizuno Toshikata, but her premature death limited her oeuvre. The present series is remarkable for its use of silverprinting. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.