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SHIBATA ZESHIN illustrator, KANAGAKI ROBUN author, KYOKYOSAI BAIGAI KOMEI, editor: Kumanaki kage "Shadows everywhere", preface dated Keio 3 (1867) summer, published by Hirookaya Kosuke Azusa in Edo, fukurotoji-bon, 1 vol. complete (24.9 x 17.9cm.), block printed in color, buff wrapper printed with bushes and embossed, title slip in black on buff paper, sewn, in chitsu; KAWAMURA BUMPO illustrator: Kimpaen gafu "Kimpaen sketchbook", colophon dated Bunsei kanoe tatsu (1820), summer, published by Hishiya Magobei (Kotoshorin), fukurotoji-bon, 1 vol. complete (26 x 17.6cm.), block printed in color, yellow wrapper, title slip in black, sewn, in chitsu; and HIROSHIGE, illustrator: Fujimi hyakuzu "A hundred Mount Fuji", 3 pp. preface signed Ryuryusenka, fukurotoji-bon, 1 vol. incomplete (21.3 x 15.1cm.) block printed in color, green paper wrapper, title slip in black on buff--good impressions and color, cover soiled, binding loose
Contents: Kumanaki kage, 41 leaves, 2-leaf preface numbered jo 1-2, signed Hoamidabutsu Koi (Hosoki Koi) ki and Miyagi Gengyo sho and sealed in red, dated Keio 3 (1867) summer, 3 pp. preface signed Sanzantei Arihito and sealed in red, 1 double page illustration depicting a silhouette on a hanging scroll in a tokonoma signed Baigai Komei sha and sealed Ume in a room overlooking the sea, signed Zeshin and sealed Shin in red, 1 p. introduction signed Kyokyo Baigai and sealed in red, 34 leaves of silhouette portraits of poets accompanied by their kyoka poems, various-subjects prints in small cartouches with text above, 2-leaf postscript numbered batsu 1-2, signed Kanagaki Robun and sealed in red; Kimpaen gafu, 37 leaves numbered on the hashira, 2-leaf preface numbered jo 1-2, signed Kawamura Bumpo and sealed, 1 p. with an introduction of inscription Zokamyoyo and signed Kiho, sealed in red, double-page illustrations of flowers, birds and creatures, and 1 page colophon signed Bumpo Umo and dated Bunsei kanoe tatsu (1820) summer and sealed in red; and Fujimi hyakuzu, 23 leaves, 3 pp. preface unnumbered, signed Ryuryu Senka, 1 p. introduction signed Ryusai shi, 1 page depicting a scene from Taketori monogatari, double-page illustrations of Mount Fuji and a single-page illustration of a straw ornament, signed Hiroshige ga (3)
Contents: Kumanaki kage, 41 leaves, 2-leaf preface numbered jo 1-2, signed Hoamidabutsu Koi (Hosoki Koi) ki and Miyagi Gengyo sho and sealed in red, dated Keio 3 (1867) summer, 3 pp. preface signed Sanzantei Arihito and sealed in red, 1 double page illustration depicting a silhouette on a hanging scroll in a tokonoma signed Baigai Komei sha and sealed Ume in a room overlooking the sea, signed Zeshin and sealed Shin in red, 1 p. introduction signed Kyokyo Baigai and sealed in red, 34 leaves of silhouette portraits of poets accompanied by their kyoka poems, various-subjects prints in small cartouches with text above, 2-leaf postscript numbered batsu 1-2, signed Kanagaki Robun and sealed in red; Kimpaen gafu, 37 leaves numbered on the hashira, 2-leaf preface numbered jo 1-2, signed Kawamura Bumpo and sealed, 1 p. with an introduction of inscription Zokamyoyo and signed Kiho, sealed in red, double-page illustrations of flowers, birds and creatures, and 1 page colophon signed Bumpo Umo and dated Bunsei kanoe tatsu (1820) summer and sealed in red; and Fujimi hyakuzu, 23 leaves, 3 pp. preface unnumbered, signed Ryuryu Senka, 1 p. introduction signed Ryusai shi, 1 page depicting a scene from Taketori monogatari, double-page illustrations of Mount Fuji and a single-page illustration of a straw ornament, signed Hiroshige ga (3)