Lot Essay
For a painting once in the collection of the Kuriyama family, owners of the Yaozen restaurant, see lot 639.
Details
VARIOUS ILLUSTRATORS, Edo ryuko ryori-zu taizen (Handbook of fashionable cuisine for the epicures of Edo), 4 vols. bound as 2 (18.5 x 13cm.), published by Shorin, dated in the colophon Tempo 6 (1835), fukurotoji-bon, ink and some color on paper, title slips in black printed on buff paper, blue paper wrappers embossed with turnips, sewn, corners dog-eared, light rubbing, worming, finger soil and stains toward edges of some pages, pages lightly toned and wrappers stained
Contents: Vol. I, numbered, single-p. color ill. of clam shells, signed Hoitsu; 3 leaves text; b/w ill. of radish, signed Buncho; 3 double-page b/w ills. of bird's-eye view of Shin Yoshiwara from Matsuchiyama, signed Keisai, view of the Yaozen restaurant, sealed Shoshin (Kuwagata Keisai); 1 p. text, signed Yaozen (proprietor of the restaurant); 19 leaves text (menus and recipes); 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of diners on a veranda, sealed Shoshin (Kuwagata Keisai); Vol. II, numbered, 1 p. text, 13 leaves text, 1 p. text; single-page b/w ill. of new construction of annex of the Yaozen restaurant, signed Hokusai; double-page color ill. of ginger root, signed Hoitsu, inscription by Shokusanjin; double-page color ill. of fish, signed Buncho; single-page b/w ill. of bamboo root and clams, signed Keisai; 18 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of shrimp, signed Meimon; 1 p. text, 13 leaves text; Vol. III, numbered, 3 leaves, 1 p. text, double-page b/w ill. of turnip, signed Nanko; single-page color ill. of vegetables, signed Nammei; single-page color illustration of lotus roots and tuberous vegetable, signed Keisai; 1 p. text; single-page color illustration of vegetables, signed Yushin; 18 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page color ill. of ferns, signed Buncho; 1 p., 13 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of diners, signed Oju (by request) Kunisada; Vol. IV, numbered, 1 p., 9 leaves text; 1 p. color illustr. of vegetables, signed Rien; double-page color ill. of grapes, signed Buncho; 2 double-page b/w ills. of Chinese teahouse, unsigned (style of Hokusai); double-page b/w ill. of fish, signed Nanko; single-page b/w ill. of mushrooms, signed Nammei; 2 leaves, 1 p. text; single-page b/w ill. of Chinese man drinking from a bowl, unsigned (style of Hokusai); 8 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of private room in a restaurant with table set for a Chinese meal, unsigned (style of Hokusai); single-page color ill. of fruit, signed Baika sanjin; 4 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page color ill. of fish, signed Chinnen; 1 p., 16 leaves text; colophon
ANONYMOUS (19th century)
Sketchbook
Album of drawings; ink or ink and slight color on paper, 99 pp., in paper wrapper
Each page 9 3/8 x 6¾in. (23.8 x 17.2cm.) approx. (3)
Contents: Vol. I, numbered, single-p. color ill. of clam shells, signed Hoitsu; 3 leaves text; b/w ill. of radish, signed Buncho; 3 double-page b/w ills. of bird's-eye view of Shin Yoshiwara from Matsuchiyama, signed Keisai, view of the Yaozen restaurant, sealed Shoshin (Kuwagata Keisai); 1 p. text, signed Yaozen (proprietor of the restaurant); 19 leaves text (menus and recipes); 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of diners on a veranda, sealed Shoshin (Kuwagata Keisai); Vol. II, numbered, 1 p. text, 13 leaves text, 1 p. text; single-page b/w ill. of new construction of annex of the Yaozen restaurant, signed Hokusai; double-page color ill. of ginger root, signed Hoitsu, inscription by Shokusanjin; double-page color ill. of fish, signed Buncho; single-page b/w ill. of bamboo root and clams, signed Keisai; 18 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of shrimp, signed Meimon; 1 p. text, 13 leaves text; Vol. III, numbered, 3 leaves, 1 p. text, double-page b/w ill. of turnip, signed Nanko; single-page color ill. of vegetables, signed Nammei; single-page color illustration of lotus roots and tuberous vegetable, signed Keisai; 1 p. text; single-page color illustration of vegetables, signed Yushin; 18 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page color ill. of ferns, signed Buncho; 1 p., 13 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of diners, signed Oju (by request) Kunisada; Vol. IV, numbered, 1 p., 9 leaves text; 1 p. color illustr. of vegetables, signed Rien; double-page color ill. of grapes, signed Buncho; 2 double-page b/w ills. of Chinese teahouse, unsigned (style of Hokusai); double-page b/w ill. of fish, signed Nanko; single-page b/w ill. of mushrooms, signed Nammei; 2 leaves, 1 p. text; single-page b/w ill. of Chinese man drinking from a bowl, unsigned (style of Hokusai); 8 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page b/w ill. of private room in a restaurant with table set for a Chinese meal, unsigned (style of Hokusai); single-page color ill. of fruit, signed Baika sanjin; 4 leaves, 1 p. text; double-page color ill. of fish, signed Chinnen; 1 p., 16 leaves text; colophon
ANONYMOUS (19th century)
Sketchbook
Album of drawings; ink or ink and slight color on paper, 99 pp., in paper wrapper
Each page 9 3/8 x 6¾in. (23.8 x 17.2cm.) approx. (3)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 1986, lot 174.