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NISHIKAWA SUKENOBU (1671-1751), illustrator: Kyokun Chukai Ehon Kaigasen "Poems of shells"; colophon signed Nishikawa Jitokuso Sukenobu, sealed Koto, illustrator, signed Niwa Shobei sealed Rakugyo, engraver, dated Enkyo 5 (1748), signed Urokogataya Magobei and Hishiya Jihei, publishers; fukurotoji-bon, 3 vols. (21.7 x 16cm. each), block printed in ink, embossed dark blue paper wrappers, sewn; good impression, tears, soiled and stained
Contents: Vol. I, 14 leaves numbered 1-6, 1 leaf numbered 7 and 9, 10-16, 1 1/2-leaf preface dated Enkyo 5 (1748), signed Kingo, text with 12 double-page illustrations and 1 single-page illustration; Vol. II, 14 leaves numbered 1-6, l leaf numbered 7 and 9, 10-16, text with 2 single-page illustrations and 13 double-page illustrations; Vol. III, 12 leaves numbered 1-6, 1 leaf numbered 7 and 9, 10-14, text with 11 double-page illustrations and 1 single-page illustration, last 1/2 leaf colophon signed and dated as above, inside back cover lists books published by Hishiya Jihei (3)
Contents: Vol. I, 14 leaves numbered 1-6, 1 leaf numbered 7 and 9, 10-16, 1 1/2-leaf preface dated Enkyo 5 (1748), signed Kingo, text with 12 double-page illustrations and 1 single-page illustration; Vol. II, 14 leaves numbered 1-6, l leaf numbered 7 and 9, 10-16, text with 2 single-page illustrations and 13 double-page illustrations; Vol. III, 12 leaves numbered 1-6, 1 leaf numbered 7 and 9, 10-14, text with 11 double-page illustrations and 1 single-page illustration, last 1/2 leaf colophon signed and dated as above, inside back cover lists books published by Hishiya Jihei (3)