Details
KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792), illustrator: Nishiki hyakunin isshu azuma ori "Brocades of the east: a collection of the hundred poets"; colophon dated Anei 4 (1775), published by Karigeneya Yoshisuke of Koishikawa Denstuin-mae, illustrator Ririn Katsukawa Yusuke To Shunsho and engraved by Inoue Shinshichiro; fukurotoji-bon, 1 vol. (28.5 x 19.5 cm.), block-printed in color, in original pale blue wrappers embossed with a cloth pattern, original title slip printed in black on yellow, title as above, sewn, in chitsu; good impressions and color
Contents: 51 leaves, 1 page title sheet, 2 pp. preface signed Katsukawa Shunsho and two artist's seals, 49 leaves numbered 1-20 and 22-50 each containing two portraits of one of the poets of classical literature, inside back cover colophon
Contents: 51 leaves, 1 page title sheet, 2 pp. preface signed Katsukawa Shunsho and two artist's seals, 49 leaves numbered 1-20 and 22-50 each containing two portraits of one of the poets of classical literature, inside back cover colophon
Literature
Binyon and O'Brien Sexton, Japanese Colour Prints (1923), p. 213, where the authors state that this is the only copy of the first edition they have found
The same illustrated book was sold in these rooms October 16 and 17, 1990, lot 519
The same illustrated book was sold in these rooms October 16 and 17, 1990, lot 519
Further details
Property from the Collection of the late Bartlett Wells