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Two volumes of Rikka-zu [Illustrations of Rikka flower arrangements], Fukurotojibon, two volumes of an illustrated collection of Rikka-style flower arrangements, the first volume, dated to Kanbun 13 (1673) which is complete, is the oldest edition of printed collections of Rikka flower arrangements and contains 51 hand-coloured woodblock printed illustrations by such masters as Ikenobo Senko of the Rokkakudo branch of Ikenobo, in each illustration the vases have been coloured in grey using mica, and green, red, brown, yellow and white have been employed for the flowers and branches, the second volume, possibly of a slightly later date, contains 49 hand-coloured wood-block printed designs of flower arrangements some by Ikenobo Senko and compiled by the Rokkakudo branch of the Ikenobo school. In this volume a more limited palette is used-mica grey for the vases and shades of yellow and brown for the flowers, both volumes are in good condition, some pages
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Two volumes of Rikka-zu [Illustrations of Rikka flower arrangements], Fukurotojibon, two volumes of an illustrated collection of Rikka-style flower arrangements, the first volume, dated to Kanbun 13 (1673) which is complete, is the oldest edition of printed collections of Rikka flower arrangements and contains 51 hand-coloured woodblock printed illustrations by such masters as Ikenobo Senko of the Rokkakudo branch of Ikenobo, in each illustration the vases have been coloured in grey using mica, and green, red, brown, yellow and white have been employed for the flowers and branches, the second volume, possibly of a slightly later date, contains 49 hand-coloured wood-block printed designs of flower arrangements some by Ikenobo Senko and compiled by the Rokkakudo branch of the Ikenobo school. In this volume a more limited palette is used-mica grey for the vases and shades of yellow and brown for the flowers, both volumes are in good condition, some pages with slight wormhole damage

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Two volumes of Rikka-zu [Illustrations of Rikka flower arrangements], Fukurotojibon, two volumes of an illustrated collection of Rikka-style flower arrangements, the first volume, dated to Kanbun 13 (1673) which is complete, is the oldest edition of printed collections of Rikka flower arrangements and contains 51 hand-coloured woodblock printed illustrations by such masters as Ikenobo Senko of the Rokkakudo branch of Ikenobo, in each illustration the vases have been coloured in grey using mica, and green, red, brown, yellow and white have been employed for the flowers and branches, the second volume, possibly of a slightly later date, contains 49 hand-coloured wood-block printed designs of flower arrangements some by Ikenobo Senko and compiled by the Rokkakudo branch of the Ikenobo school. In this volume a more limited palette is used-mica grey for the vases and shades of yellow and brown for the flowers, both volumes are in good condition, some pages with slight wormhole damage
Approximately 32 x 23cm. each (2)
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Lot Essay

Another copy of the first volume was published in Sorimachi Shigeo, Catalogue of Japanese Illustrated Books and Manuscripts in the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library (1968), no. 316

A somewhat similar set of two volumes dated Genroku 11 (1698) was sold at Christie's New York 24 October 1991, lot 747

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