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KATSUMA RYUSUI (1711-1796), illustrator: Umi no sachi "Treasures of the sea"; colophon dated Horeiki 12 mizunoye uma toshi (1762) nigatsu "second month"; fukurotoji-bon, 2 vols. (26 x 20 cm.), block-printed, in blue paper wrappers, title slips written in ink on decorated paper ehon umi no sachi, sewn; good impression, finger soiled and stained
Contents: Vol. I, 25 leaves and l page, first page unnumbered, 25 leaves, numbered on the hashira 1-3 (4th leaf unnumbered), 4-24, first two pages a preface dated Horeki mizunoye uma (1762), signed Ryusui shi, followed by 10 double page illustrations with poems and 29 single page illustrations with poems
Vol. II, 28 leaves numbered on the hashira 1-28, 23 single page illustrations with poems and 8 double page illustrations with poems, 1 double page with poems, 1 double page illustration with poems, 5 double page poems, 1 double page postscript, last single page colophon dated as above, signed Shorin ["publisher"] Kameya Tahei Chokoku narabini saishikizuri "engraver and prints Sekiguchi Jinshiro, Sekiguchi Tokichi", the inside of the back cover text
Contents: Vol. I, 25 leaves and l page, first page unnumbered, 25 leaves, numbered on the hashira 1-3 (4th leaf unnumbered), 4-24, first two pages a preface dated Horeki mizunoye uma (1762), signed Ryusui shi, followed by 10 double page illustrations with poems and 29 single page illustrations with poems
Vol. II, 28 leaves numbered on the hashira 1-28, 23 single page illustrations with poems and 8 double page illustrations with poems, 1 double page with poems, 1 double page illustration with poems, 5 double page poems, 1 double page postscript, last single page colophon dated as above, signed Shorin ["publisher"] Kameya Tahei Chokoku narabini saishikizuri "engraver and prints Sekiguchi Jinshiro, Sekiguchi Tokichi", the inside of the back cover text