Ehon Kusa Nishiki 繪本草錦 [The Picture-Book of Brocade Plants]
by SEKKŌSAI KITAO TATSUNOBU (or TOKINOBU) 雪坑齋北尾辰宣
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About This Item
39 leaves. Two parts in one vol. 8vo, orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers (wrappers a little wormed), new stitching. Osaka: Kashiwabaraya Seiemon, 1764.
First edition. Sekkōsai was an artist active in Osaka, ca. 1740-50. He illustrated books and theater programs and also designed a number of prints. This is "the best of Sekkōsai's sumi-printed books, consisting of a wide range of miscellaneous pictures, some in Kanō or even Itchō style. The profile drawing of a girl wearing a kimono patterned with white hares and drooping willow wands is unusually winning."-Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, p. 299.
A fresh copy, with some worming, occasionally repaired, touching images. We do not find it offensive.
References
Brown, Louise Norton. Block Printing & Book Illustrations in Japan. London: 1924, p. 64.
First edition. Sekkōsai was an artist active in Osaka, ca. 1740-50. He illustrated books and theater programs and also designed a number of prints. This is "the best of Sekkōsai's sumi-printed books, consisting of a wide range of miscellaneous pictures, some in Kanō or even Itchō style. The profile drawing of a girl wearing a kimono patterned with white hares and drooping willow wands is unusually winning."-Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, p. 299.
A fresh copy, with some worming, occasionally repaired, touching images. We do not find it offensive.
References
Brown, Louise Norton. Block Printing & Book Illustrations in Japan. London: 1924, p. 64.
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- Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (US)
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- Title
- Ehon Kusa Nishiki 繪本草錦 [The Picture-Book of Brocade Plants]
- Author
- SEKKŌSAI KITAO TATSUNOBU (or TOKINOBU) 雪坑齋北尾辰宣
- Book Condition
- Used
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