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KOSHO, illustrator and calligrapher: Nichiren-shonin Gyoden ekotoba "Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest, Nichiren"; signed Kosho Shoga hitsu and dated Kawi go mizunoe ne toshi junigatsu sha "Painted in December, 1852"; emakimono, 8 vols. (vol. I, 36.2 x 797.5 cm.; vol. II, 36.2 x 838.7 cm.; vol. III, 36.2 x 740 cm.; vol. IV, 36.2 x 674.5 cm.; vol. V, 36.2 x 740 cm.; vol. VI, 36.2 x 674.5 cm.; vol. VII, 36.2 x 757.2 cm.; vol. VII, 36.2 x 653.7 cm.), text written in ink on paper with illustrations painted in ink and color on paper, with paper end papers decorated with cut gold leaf, outside brocade with title slips titled as above
Contents: vol. I, text with 4 illustrations dated and signed as above; vol. II, text with 5 illustrations; vol. III, text with 5 illustrations; vol. IV, text with 5 illustrations dated and signed as above; vol. V, text with 5 illustrations; vol. VI, text with 5 illustrations dated and signed as above; vol. VII, text with 5 illustrations signed Oson Kei sha; vol. VII, text with 2 illustrations dated Bunkyu Mizunoe Inu toshi chushun "Mid spring in 1862" and signed Joan (8)
Contents: vol. I, text with 4 illustrations dated and signed as above; vol. II, text with 5 illustrations; vol. III, text with 5 illustrations; vol. IV, text with 5 illustrations dated and signed as above; vol. V, text with 5 illustrations; vol. VI, text with 5 illustrations dated and signed as above; vol. VII, text with 5 illustrations signed Oson Kei sha; vol. VII, text with 2 illustrations dated Bunkyu Mizunoe Inu toshi chushun "Mid spring in 1862" and signed Joan (8)