5212 - 5421 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- With sm. pinholes and sm. ruststains from pushpins in corners (5x). = Comprises nos 1, 2, 4, 6-9.
AND 1 anonymous (foxed) col. woodcut of a Heian period court lady.
- Two vols. w. (remnants of) title-strip, other vols. wrs. blank. Portfolio worn/ sl. dam. and lacks one clasp.
= A manual of geomancy, with numerous ills. depicting various shapes and configurations of rocks, mountains and water.
- Trifle/ sl. foxed; w. sl. later owner's entry on first textp. Wrs. (sl.) worn/ waterst. = Rare.
- No. 7: contents sl. yellowed; wr. sl. stained/ faded; frontwr. partially open at seam; backstrip (sl.) dam. No. 8: frontwr. partially open at seam and w. 2,5 cm. tear near foot of spine.
- Slighlty faded/ soiled. = From an unidentified series.
Eizan (1787-1867). (Oiran with a pipe). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Eizan-hitsu, publisher Moriya Jihei, w. kiwame seal, ±1830s.
- Faded; (sl.) foxed.
AND 5 e-hon lvs. w. woodcuts showing Heian era court scenes.
- Waterstained in lower inner corner; partly trifle/ sl. foxed.
Idem. Sensai Eitaku gafu. Tokyo, Ôkura Magobei, 1884 (Meiji 17), (22) lvs., (col.) woodcut ills. by KOBAYASHI (SENSAI) EITAKU, bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. hashira-title.
- Contents sl. foxed. Wr. loose.
(Book of poems). Ehon, n.pl., n.publ., 1865(?), col. woodcut ills. and poems by various artists, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title.
- Binding worn.
AND 1 other ehon.
- Occasionally trifle foxed.
- Sl. soiled and agetoned.
- One vol. sl. waterst., the other sl. foxed. One vol. covers loosening.
= Chaïkin 34, illustrated at p.142.
AND one other triptych showing a battle scene from the same war by WATANABE NOBUKAZU.
= Two figures copied from a print by GEKKÔ, one of which is Yasuke, a black African man who was brought to Japan in 1579 in service to Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano. In 1581, Valignano had an audience with Oda Nobunaga, who wished to see the man, subsequently taking him into his service and naming him Yasuke. Yasuke lived and fought as a samurai in Oda Nobunaga's service until the latter died in 1582. After that Yasuke was sent back to the Jesuits. Not much is known about him besides his short time in Japan. He possibly originated from present day Sudan, or possibly Mozambique.
- Slightly foxed/ soiled, particularly along edges.
Hiroshige (1797-1858) (after). (Trout). Col. woodcut, 25x36,5 cm., signed Hiroshige-hitsu w. (unread) red seal, modern recut after the 1832 original.
- Sl. foxed and w. remnants of sellotape on blank margins.
AND 2 other woodcut bookills. on 3 lvs.
- All vols. sl. fingersoiled; one vol. partly (sl.) waterst./ soiled. One vol. modern binding string.
= Brown 165, with copyright seal A. Probably a postwar edition.
= Brown 425, with the copryright Watanabe seal A. Probably a postwar edition.
= Brown 223, with copyright seal A. Probably a postwar edition.
- One print w. crease in blank margin; both trifle soiled. With remnants of gold foil decorations.
- No. 2: Blank margins sl.dam.; sl. stained, mostly in right blank margin. No. 10: With a closed hole 1x1 cm., doubled w. thin Japanese; blank margins trimmed. No. 24: With a few sm. tears in blank margins (1x in lower right corner of image, unobtrusive); paper trifle yellowed.
= Comprises: No. 2 Shinagawa. Goten-yama yori ekijû o miru (Shinagawa: View of the Station from Goten-yama), No. 10 Odawara. Kaigan gyosha (Odawara: Fishing Huts on the Beach) and No. 24 Shimada. Ôigawa sungan (Shimada: The Suruga Side of the Ôi River).
AND 1 other by HIROSHIGE IV (1849-1925).
- Trimmed on borderline w. loss of publishing information; w. two light spots/ stains.
= From the series Edo meisho (Famous Places of Edo).
Kunisada (1786-1865). (Oiran in the Red-light District). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Jôshûya Jûzô, w. aratame date seal, 1861.
- With (large) tears in upper corners.
AND 2 others.