5212 - 5421 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- Binding sl. worn and w. stickers. Unread red collector's(?) mark on first and last page.
= A popular Edo-period story about a fisherman and a mermaid. The term "Daughter in a box" refers to a woman with a sheltered upbringing. Menya was a popular dollstore in Edo, which ties into the fact that ningyo (mermaid) sounds the same as ningyô (doll). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
- All tipped onto mount along top.
AND 1 other woodcut.
- Each w. vertical centre fold; a few prints trifle foxed, otherwise fine.
- Partly w. a few wormholes in blank margins; occas. sl. browned; most lvs. w. binding holes.
= Shows a variety of flora and fauna, scenery and people in their daily lives. Ehon unidentified.
- Right panel w. purple offsetting from left panel; trifle stained.
= Good impressions. Depicting Danshichi as a fishmonger, and his lover Otomi.
- Occasionally w. a few sm. wormholes or stains, otherwise in good condition. Binding sl. soiled.
Morikuni. Ehon ôshukubai. Vol. 1. Osaka, Bunkyokudô, n.d., 1 vol. of 7(?), 2; 27 lvs., 27 (mostly double-p.) woodcut ills by TACHIBANA MORIKUNI, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title.
- Contents fine. Binding trifle soiled.
= Showing illustrations of Heian-era court figures.
AND 1 other ehon.
- Sl. yellowed; paper sl. thin on spot in upper right corner. = Provenance: Polak Works of Art (1999).
= Depicting various traditional motifs such as flowers and birds, as well as warriors and other figures. Partly in two paper sleeves: "Chinese paper-cutouts. China National Light Industrial Products imp. & exp. corp.. Tientsin Arts & Crafts Branch" and "Paper-cuts of Yangchow, China".
ADDED: 2 col. prints on fabric.
- Thin brown line in mid-upper margin (paperflaw?); silk borders w. a few spots and remnants of glue in upper corner.
- Slightly soiled and rubbed; closed wormhole in upper left corner.
Ashiyuki (act. 1813-1833). (Actor Nakamura Utaemon III in various roles). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ashiyuki-ga, publisher unknown.
- Cut within borderline w. loss of publishing information and part of text.
AND 1 other by KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861).
- Partly sl. foxed.
= No. 2 from the Japanese Fairy Tales series. Although the editions on crêped paper are more widely known, the plain paper editions are the first editions. Rare Dutch edition.
= Kasyapa is shown in a long robe, standing on a lotus pedestal, his hands folded before his body with his thumbs up.
- Trifle soiled and w. sl. crease along lower right margin.
AND 3 double-p. woodcuts by WATANABE SEITEI from Seitei kachô gafu (Seitei's album of flowers and birds), all on 2 attached lvs., all w. red artist's seal, publisher Ôgura Shoten, 1890-1891.
- With horizontal crease in the centre; sl. soiled, mostly in corners.
= One of a series of seven prints depicting the characters performed by Nakamura Utaemon III in a shichihenka ("seven changes", a performance of seven dances with quick changes in between) in Osaka in 1829.
Kunisada (1786-1865). (Actor with a pipe). Col. woodcut ôban, signed gototei Kunisada-ga, publisher Ezakiya Kichibei, w. kiwame seal.
- With a few sm. wormholes; strengthened along left margin; trifle/ sl. soiled.
- All cut-out and tipped onto mount w. tape.
- One vol. a few pages w. a sm. wormhole. Bindings sl. rubbed/ worn; 4 vols. lack title-strip.
- (Slightly) wrinkled.
- Under passepartout; trifle warped/ wrinkled.
AND 3 others, i.a. 2 modern recuts of a bathhouse scene by TORII KIYONAGA (1752-1815).
- With a few (sm.) wormholes.
Anonymous (19th cent.). (Two lovers on a boat). Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., 18,5x26,5 cm.
- Waterstained; sl. worn in lower left corner.
- With some wormholes along margins.
AND 3 others, i.a. ANONYMOUS (19th cent.), (Woman having sex with a ghost) (col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs.).