4611 - 4784 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL and TRIBAL ARTS
- Some foxing/ soiling.
AND a small collection of 25 prints, all but a few chromolithogr. bookillustrations, all w. religious/ esoterical subject, all framed.
- Fine copy.
- Trifle foxed.
- Chemise spine sl. discoloured. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.
- Red colour of the flower trifle bleeding. Otherwise fine.
- Some lvs. w. sm. wormholes.
= Seitei was one of the first Japanese Nihonga painters to visit Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal. Bijutsu Sekai was one of the most influential Japanese art magazines of the Meiji period, published between 1890 and 1894.
= Later edition by Unsodo from the original block.
Shunko (20th cent.). Moon at Miyajima. Col. woodcut chûban, signed Shunko and w. artist's seal in red in the block, without publisher (fine).
- Fine copy.
= Bon festivals are held during the summer when the spirits of the deceased visit their relatives in this world and are entertained by them.
































