5119 - 5225 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- Doubled w. Japanese paper; all margins strengthened on verso; trifle foxed and sl. yellowed.
- Sl. soiled; a few worn spots along upper edge.
- Trifle foxed in the lower right corner; sm. scratch on lower right of image, but otherwise fine.
= From the series Chûkô gishinden (Stories of Distinguished People Famous for Loyalty and Filial Piety).
- Rebacked; two sm. holes in margin.
= No. 16 from the series Meigi sanjûroku kasen (An Excellent Selection of Thirty-Six Noted Courtesans).
- Both prints w. binding holes and minor wormholes, all repaired; both w. a foxed spot, otherwise a fine set.
- Sl. browned; outer margins laid down under passepartout.
= Central part of the triptych with actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Weaver, on the right, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Night-crawling Star (centre), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Cowherd on the left. Part of the play Jitsugetsusei Chûya no Oriwake.
- Mounted on board under passepartout; sl. trimmed along top, bottom and right edge; some of the colour sl. faded; a tad foxed.
Idem. (A man sitting, looking outside). Col. woodcut aiban, signature cut off (likely "fuchôan Toyokuni-ga"), publ. Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô), censor seals of Hama Yahei and Magomi Kangeyu, between 1849 and 1853, left panel of a triptych.
- Mounted on board under passepartout; sl. trimmed along edges, w. loss of signature; some colours sl. faded; a tad foxed.
- Very fine.
= Triptych showing Genjis paramour Lady Fujitsubo and an attendant watching Prince Genji walking through the reeds near Akashi Bay. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
- Covers a smidge soiled, but otherwise fine.
= Shaka hassou yamato bunkou is a 58 volume series of popular literature from the Edo period about the Eight Great Events in the life of Buddha, who is also known as Shaka. The series is written in a humorous and accesible manner, for the general public of Edo to enjoy while learning about Buddhism.
- Trimmed short on left edge with loss of image (±1,5 cm); edges strengthened on verso w. blue paper.
= From the Suikoden series.
Hokusai (1760-1849). Onmayagashi yori Ryôgokubashi sekiyô o miru (Viewing the Sunset over Ryôgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu.
= Printed from a later/ modern recut block, copied after the original.
AND 10 others, incl. a modern reprint of Utamaro.
- Laid down on thin paper mount; partly rubbed in lower part and (sl.) soiled along the edges; dam. spot at upper right corner left sheet and upper left corner central sheet.
= Robinson T53.
- Doubled on later laid paper; sl. yellowed; a few tiny wormholes in corners.
= Twelfth print of the series Genji kumo ukiyoe awase (Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji).
AND 1 other warrior print by KUNISADA (?), signed Toyokuni ga.
- Some sm. binding holes (?) along left margin.
= The left side of a tryptich, showing Arashi Kichisaburô on the right and an actor with the name Nakamura on the left (first name unread).
= A hashira-e with annotations for the colour. With the collector's mark of Japanese art dealer and collector Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) on mount. According to the annotation below, the hunter is Ôta Dôkan (1423-1486) and perhaps the Japanese text translates as "I am sorry that I have no umbrella".
- Sl. soiled/browned; all sheets folded; one sheet a tad foxed; one sheet doubled w. Japanese closing some wormholes.
= A watercolour of a robin with yellow flowers, an ink drawing of a bird by a pond and one sheet with practice ink drawings of roosters.
- Poor copy, right margin cut short, sl. within the image; holes near left margin; left lower corner dam. Sold w.a.f.
= From the ehon Raikin zui (Pictures of Imported Birds), published by Matsumoto Zenbei.
= Buzen Yabakei shinshuzu can be translated as "Views showing the true charm of Yabakei in Buzen". Buzen was a province of Japan until 1871, which was eventually added to Fukuoka prefecture in 1876, which still exists today. The town of Yabakei was a part of present day Ôita prefecture until 2005, when it was merged with another village into the city of Nakatsu.
- Fine copy. = Rare first edition of this first vol. in the series Japanese Fairy Tales.