5002 - 5118 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- Covers sl. stained; cord replaced; title-strip (sl.) faded.
= Contains woodcut reproductions of calligraphed Chinese poems from the Tang dynasty in different styles, accompanied by explanations of the poems in Japanese and double-page illustrations.
- Sl. foxed in lower margin; tipped onto mount along upper and lower margin. Otherwise fine.
AND 1 other by KUNICHIKA (A masked actor holding a dagger in his hand) (part of an ōban triptych. Cut short).
- Image and signature/ caption cut short.
Eitoku Tatsunobu, Kano (1814-1891) (?). (The sage Lin Ho-Ch'ing feeding a crane). Drawing, brush and ink, 19,5x25,5 cm., signed "(...) Eitoku hitsu". Anonymous (19th cent.). (Immortal standing on a sword crossing a river). Drawing, 26,5x22 cm. - AND 5 other drawings, i.a. a man with a pack horse (Shijô-school).
- Occas. trifle/ sl. foxed, otherwise contents fine. One wormhole (±2x1cm.) in back cover.
= Woodcuts after many famous artists, such as Harunobu, Eisen, Koryûsai, and Toyokuni.
- Lacks vol. 4. One vol. (sl.) wormholed. Wrs. sl. worn, one vol. lacks hashira strip.
= Each vol. is about a different region of Japan, e.g. the Tôkaidô-area, the Tôsandô-area, the Hokurikudô-area, Hokkaidô and the Saikaidô-area (Kyûshû). The views are of rivers, mountains, deltas, and cityscapes.
- With brown spot on the lower inner blank margin, but otherwise a fine impression.
= This print also has a variant for "night". Provenance: from the Robert O. Muller Estate.
- With some sl. creasing in the upper left corner. Otherwise fine.
= From the series Sakura hachi-dai (Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms).
- With two sm. holes in the inner blank margin, probably from the printing process (registration marks). A fine impression.
- Rebacked. A fine impression.
= From the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon). "The warrior Yamanaka Shikanosuke Yukimori (sixteenth century), a vassal of Amako Yoshihisa, and the crescent moon of faith as seen on his helmet." Van den Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence 54.22.
- Rebacked w. Japanese; cut sl. short along right margin, not affecting image; sl. foxed, mostly unobtrusive but visible in the top half of the image.
= Showing nice gauffrage patterns in Fujiwara no Sanekata's black overcoat and white collar. From the series Shinkei sanjûroku kaisen (The New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts), a series of yôkai-prints, featuring ghost-stories of Japanese folklore. Van den Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence 65.14.
- Lacking sm. portion along middle of left margin (sl. affecting image); cut sl. short on the left margin, w. partial loss of the publisher's information; reinforced w. Japanese along left and right margin; w. some light bleeding in red dye in the upper left corner. Nevertheless a vibrant and attractive print.
= From the series Shinkei sanjûroku kaisen (The New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts), a series of yôkai-prints, featuring ghost-stories of Japanese folklore. Van den Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence 65.11.
= From the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon). Van der Ing/ Schaap 98. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.
- With a closed wormhole in the upper left corner (blank margin); paper (sl.) soiled, but still a good impression.
= From the series Shinkei sanjûroku kaisen (The New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts), a series of yôkai-prints, featuring ghost-stories of Japanese folklore. Van den Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence 65.21.
- With a few sm. (unobtrusive) foxed spots; two sm. pinholes in upper corners and one invisible perforation at the woman's neck due to a paper flaw; w. some sl. creasing. A good impression.
= From the series Fûzoku sanjûnisô (Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners), showing women from various time periods and varying social standing, each representing a trait or mannerism. Van den Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence 63.13.
- With one weak spot in the paper in the upper left corner, otherwise a fine print.
= From the series Shinkei sanjûroku kaisen (The New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts), a series of yôkai-prints, featuring ghost-stories of Japanese folklore. Van den Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence 65.3.
- Reinforced w. Japanese along left margin; publisher's information lacking, only showing traces of red dye; w. a few sm. wormholes in blank margins; two sm. foxed spots in lower left corner of image and some in the blank margins. A detailed and vibrant print.
= From the series Shinkei sanjûroku kaisen (The New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts), a series of yôkai-prints, featuring ghost-stories of Japanese folklore. Van den Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence 65.19.
- With a vertical fold in the centre; a few soiled spots in blank lower margin, othewise fine.