Nishimura Nantei
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Nishimura Nantei

1775-1834

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Nishimura Nantei
1775-1834
Nantei Gafu, (The Drawing Book of Nantei), 3 vols., original light blue covers, with designs of embossed butterflies and foliage; precafe, 2 sheets, dated Kinoe ne (1804); illustration of figures in sumi, with kyoka poems, sheets numbered 1-18; Vol.2: sheets numbered 1-17, sumi illustrations of figures, with kyoka poems; Vol. 3, sheets numbered 1-18, sumi illustrations of figures, last page colophon, dated Kyowa 4 (1804), Artist: Nishimura Nantei, sealed Nishi Yosho; published by Umemura Ihei, Yawataya Kinshichi, O-tsuya Genbei and Hokiya Gihei of Kyoto; fine impression in good state; with cloth covered case and collectors seal
26.3 x 18.2 cm. (3)
Provenance
Ex De Roos Collection, Ex Kaempfer Collection
Literature
C.H. Mitchell,The illustrated books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and other related schools of Japan, 1972, p. 431-2
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Lot Essay

Sold at Sotheby's London, 18 December 1986
It is generally agreed that the editions with kyoka poems are earlier than those without.

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