Illustrated books

Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824)

Abbreviated sketches of fish and shellfish (Gyokai ryakuga shiki), 1802

Woodblock printed book, one volume (complete), comprising: frontispiece, 30 double-page illustrations of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, a whale and 2 turtles, followed by a one-page colophon
Signed: 'Keisai hitsu'
Publisher: Suharaya Ichibe
Colophon dated: 1802 (Kyowa 2)
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), blue covers printed with pine trees

25.8 x 17.8 cm.

£ 2,000.00

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Kawamura Kiho (1778-1852)

Kiho’s Picture Book (Kiho gafu), 1827

Woodblock-printed illustrated book
One volume, complete
Publisher: Yoshida Shinbei (Bunchodo), Kyoto
Date: 1827 (Bunsei 7)
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), original pale blue covers printed with waves in mica

25.8 x 17.7 cm. (10 ⅛ x 7 in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

Picture Album Transmitting the Spirit: The Hokusai Drawing Style ([Denshin Kaishu] Hokusai gashiki), 1818

Woodblock-printed illustrated book
One volume, complete, 1st edition
Preface dated: 1818 (Bunsei 1)
Preface signed: Keizan Shoshi
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), brown covers

26.7 x 18.1 cm. (10 ½ x 7 ⅛ in.)

£ 4,000.00

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Takahara Shunshosai (act. circa 1772-1801) (artist) Akisato Rito (act. circa 1780-1814) (author)

A Collection of Pictures of Famous Places in Izumi Province (Izumi meisho zue), 1796

Woodblock printed illustrated book, 4 volumes (complete)
Dated: 1796 (Kansei 8)
Publishers: Takahashi Heisuke, Ogawa Tazaemon, and three others
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), light blue embossed covers

25.8 x 18.2 cm. (10 ⅛ x 7 ⅛ in.) (each volume)

£ 880.00

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Attributed to Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Picture Book of Flowers of Pleasure (Tanoshimi Gusa), 1796

Woodblock-printed illustrated book, 3 volumes, complete
Dated: 1796 (Kansei 8)
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding)

22.5 x 15.4 cm. (8 ⅞ x 6 in.) (each volume)

£ 2,000.00

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Kawamura Bumpo (1779-1821)

Album of Drawings by Bumpo, Third Series (Bumpo gafu [sampan]), 1813

Woodblock-printed illustrated book
One volume, complete
Signed: Bumpo
Dated: 1813 (Bunka 10)
Publishers: Kawachiya Kihei and Yoshidaya Shimbei
Engraver: Inouye Jihei
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), dark green covers, title slip lacking

26 x 18 cm. (10 ¼ x 7 ⅛ in.)

£ 800.00

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Shiba Kokan (1747-1818) (artist) Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824) (artist) Morishima Churyo (1754-1810) (author and editor)

A Miscellany on the Red-Hairs (Komo zatsuwa), 1787

Woodblock-printed book, 5 volumes (complete), preface by Otsuki Bansui (1757-1827)
Dated: Tenmei 7 (1787)
Various publishers, no colophon
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), pale blue covers embossed imitating Dutch leather

22 x 15.8 cm. (8 ⅝ x 6 ¼ in.) (each volume)

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Fukuchi Hakuei (active circa 1799-1828)

Album of Rapid Drawings, Second Volume (Soseki gafu nihen), 1852

Woodblock-printed illustrated book
Volume two of two volumes, 2nd edition
Preface dated: 1852 (Kaei 5)
Publisher: Buneido
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), blue covers with pattern, later brocade outer cover

17.5 x 11.5 cm.
6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.

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Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden) (1761-1816)

Anthology of 'Crazy Verses' (kyoka) by Fifty Poets of the Tenmei Era ([Tenmei shinsen gojunin isshu] azumaburi kyoka bunko), 1786

Woodblock-printed illustrated book
One volume, complete
Dated: 1786 (Tenmei 6)
Publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo)
Editor: Ishikawa Masamochi
Block carver: Seki Jiemon
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), orange covers, brocade-covered outer covers added by the collector E. Gillet

27.5 x 18.3 cm.
10 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.

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