Ike no Taiga
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Ike no Taiga

1723-1776

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Ike no Taiga
1723-1776
Taigado Gafu, 'The Taigado Picture-album;, 1 vol, 32 folds, colour printed, new light brown covers, no title slip, publisher's names not given; Preface, as well as third and fourth postface dated Kyowa 3 (1803); 23 double-page illustrations; 1st closing note, undated, signed Kyuka-sansho, sealed Ikeno Arina(go) and Kyuka-sanjin, second closing note undated, signed Shinryo, sealed Geppo; third closing note signed Tosho, sealed Kain and Chuzo; fourth closing note signed Minagawa Gen, sealed same and Hakkyo-uji (Minagawa Kien); colophon reading on the right, Higashiyama Taigado zohan (blocks owned by), sealed Taigado Shozo Ki (seal of the Taigado collection), and on the left, Bunka gannen hinoe-ne sangatsu (third month, Bunka 1 (1804)); fine impression, some worm holes, but generally in good state, with a Japanese collector's seal, unidentified
29.2 x 19.2 cm.
Provenance
Ex Tikotin Collection, Ex Kaempfer Collection
Literature
C.H. Mitchell, The illustrated books of Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and other related schools of Japan, 1972, p. 509-510; J. Hillier, The art of the Japanese book, 1987, p.617-633.
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Lot Essay

Sold at Sotheby's London, 18 December 1986

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