4611 - 4784 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL and TRIBAL ARTS
- Fine.
- Very fine copy. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
- Righthand panel trimmed in left margin. Otherwise very fine.
- Lefthand panel has a very vague waterstain in lower (mainly blank) margin and a (printing?) crease in left (extending into image). Otherwise fine.
= Attractive print.
- All three woodcuts w. album backing and sl. trimmed. Fine copy.
- 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.