Lot #1183 - Japanese Picture Books (3)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1183
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Lot Description:Japanese Picture Books (3)
TACHIBANA, Minko (1760's - 1770's) [facsimile] Saiga Shokunin Burui (Various Classes of Artisans in Coloured Pictures). 2 Volumes Tokyo, Fuzoku Emaki Zuga Kankokai, Taisho 5, (1916). Two volumes complete. Vol.1: 15 two-page color woodblock prints and 13pp. text on folded leaves, Japanesel style. Vol.2: 13 two-page color woodblock prints and 8pp. text. Decorative wrappers, Japanese four-hole thread binding (fukuro-toji) with white title labels, 30.5 x 21.5cms. Light rubbing to cover extremities, internally very clean and fresh. A fine facsimile printed from recut blocks. Originally published in 1770 with the woodcuts stencil-coloured. cf. Hillier 'The Art of the Japanese Book' p.305, and Hillier & Smith 'Japanese Prints.300 years of albums and books' No.42; KITAGAWA Utamaro [facsimile] Ehon Shiki no Hana (Picture book of the Flowers of the Four Seasons) Tokyo, Fuzoku Emaki Zuga Kankokai, Taisho 5, (1916). Two volumes complete.Vol.1: 7 two-page and 2 single-page colour woodblock print -
Estimate:A$400 - 550
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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