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Lot Essay
Sold at Sotheby's London, 18 December 1986
Details
Kawamura Kiho
1778-1852
Goitsu Gafu, (formerly Kafuku Ninpitsu, 'The Ups and Downs of Life Represented by the Brush') 1 vol.; light brown covers with embossed medallion designs, title prined in black on white; inside front-cover, title page giving the title Goitsu Gafu, and shogaku haya-geiko, 'quick lessons for beginners', pulishers, Gungyokudo and Bunrindo, sheets numbered 1-26, double-page illustrations in sumi and light brown colours; last page, closing note, 1 p., dated Bunka 5 (1808), signed Kawamura Kiho, sealed Kiho; inside back-cover, colophon, undated, giving publishers: Kawachiya Mohei, Kawachiya Shinsuke of Naniwa, and Kawachiya Toshiro of Kyoto; good impression and state, bound with brocade cover, with hand written notes by Kaempfer
25.6 x 17.6 cm.
1778-1852
Goitsu Gafu, (formerly Kafuku Ninpitsu, 'The Ups and Downs of Life Represented by the Brush') 1 vol.; light brown covers with embossed medallion designs, title prined in black on white; inside front-cover, title page giving the title Goitsu Gafu, and shogaku haya-geiko, 'quick lessons for beginners', pulishers, Gungyokudo and Bunrindo, sheets numbered 1-26, double-page illustrations in sumi and light brown colours; last page, closing note, 1 p., dated Bunka 5 (1808), signed Kawamura Kiho, sealed Kiho; inside back-cover, colophon, undated, giving publishers: Kawachiya Mohei, Kawachiya Shinsuke of Naniwa, and Kawachiya Toshiro of Kyoto; good impression and state, bound with brocade cover, with hand written notes by Kaempfer
25.6 x 17.6 cm.
Provenance
Ex Gillet Collection, Ex Kaempfer Collection
Literature
C.H. Mitchell, The illustrated books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and other related schools of Japan, 1972, p. 322
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