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SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891), illustrator, KANAGAKI ROBUN (1829-1894), author, KYOKYOSHA BAIGAI KOMEI, editor: Kumanaki kage "Shadows everywhere", preface dated Keio 3 (1867) summer, published by Hirookaya Kosuke Azusa in Edo, fukurotoji-bon, 1 vol. complete (24.9 x 17.7 cm.), block printed in color, buff wrapper printed with bush, title slip in black on buff paper, sewn, in chitsu, good impression, color and condition
Contents: 48 leaves, 2-leaf preface numbered jo 1-2, signed Hoamidabutsu Koi (Hosoki Koi) and Miyagi Gengyo and sealed in red, dated Keio 3 (1867) summer, 3 pp. preface signed Sanzantei Arihito and sealed in red, 1 double page illustration depicting a silhouette on a hanging scroll signed Baigai Komei sha and sealed Ume in an interior overlooking the sea, signed Zeshin and sealed Shin in red, 1 p. introduction signed Kyokyo Baigai and sealed in red, 31 leaves of silhouette portraits of poets accompanied by their Kyoka poems, various-subject prints in small cartouches with text above, 15th leaf numbered, 2-leaf postscript numbered batsu 1-2, signed Kanagaki Robun and sealed in red, inside back cover with advertizement of the publisher
Contents: 48 leaves, 2-leaf preface numbered jo 1-2, signed Hoamidabutsu Koi (Hosoki Koi) and Miyagi Gengyo and sealed in red, dated Keio 3 (1867) summer, 3 pp. preface signed Sanzantei Arihito and sealed in red, 1 double page illustration depicting a silhouette on a hanging scroll signed Baigai Komei sha and sealed Ume in an interior overlooking the sea, signed Zeshin and sealed Shin in red, 1 p. introduction signed Kyokyo Baigai and sealed in red, 31 leaves of silhouette portraits of poets accompanied by their Kyoka poems, various-subject prints in small cartouches with text above, 15th leaf numbered, 2-leaf postscript numbered batsu 1-2, signed Kanagaki Robun and sealed in red, inside back cover with advertizement of the publisher