Details
NISHIKAWA SUKENOBU (1671-1751), illustrator: Hyakunin joro shinasadame "An estimation of one hundred women"; colophon dated Kyoho 8 (1783), signed Hachimonjiya Hachizae(mon), publisher; fukurotoji-bon, block printed in ink, in blue paper wrappers, sewn; very good impression, stained and rubbed
Contents: Vol. I, 36 leaves, 2 leaves preface signed Hachimon Jisho Kinjo and sealed, also signed Yamato eshi Nishikawa Sukenobu and sealed, dated Kyoho 8 (1783), 1 leaf contents, 7 leaves text, 7 columns per page, half-leaf frontispiece, 25 double page illustrations, last half-leaf and inside of back cover text; Vol. II, 25 leaves, first 1 leaf contents, 3 leaves text, 7 columns per page, a half-leaf frontispiece, 20 double page illustrations, last half-leaf and inside of back cover text and colophon dated and signed as above
Contents: Vol. I, 36 leaves, 2 leaves preface signed Hachimon Jisho Kinjo and sealed, also signed Yamato eshi Nishikawa Sukenobu and sealed, dated Kyoho 8 (1783), 1 leaf contents, 7 leaves text, 7 columns per page, half-leaf frontispiece, 25 double page illustrations, last half-leaf and inside of back cover text; Vol. II, 25 leaves, first 1 leaf contents, 3 leaves text, 7 columns per page, a half-leaf frontispiece, 20 double page illustrations, last half-leaf and inside of back cover text and colophon dated and signed as above
Provenance
Hayashi Tadamasa (collector's seal Hayashi Tadamasa Shozo in)