KYOSAI RAKUGA: KYOSAI'S DRAWINGS FOR PLEASURE.
KAWANABE, Kyosai.
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[Tokyo 1881, Takeda]. Red silk spine, stiff wrs., 2 vols set title labels, very clean, [36] double folded pages [18 per volume], 33 double page color woodblock prints, 14 x 21.5 cm solid,center gutter tight on a few pp. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** *** *** . . . KYOSAI'S BOOK ON HOW TO DO EASY DRAWINGS . . . "THE RAREST OF KYOSAI'S BOOKS" . . *** Kyosai's rarest illustrated book. This is a very nice copy of an exceptionally RARE work. . The contents consists of various subjects from nature i.e.: fish, birds, geese, monkeys, turtles, foxes, mice, rabbits, bats, crayfish, fish, crabs, lobsters, insects, flowers, bamboo, landscapes, scholar's rocks, persimmon, fruits, snake, mole &c. . * This is one of Kyosai's more obscure works & perhaps one of his last books. Kyosai has been widely collected by world museums and especially appreciated in Japan,where there is a museum devoted to him exclusively. . * A charming and delicate work, done in pastel-colors, woodblock printed on hand made thin tissue type paper. The work was roughly color printed, each painting covers two pages with a center fold, and is signed in the block by the aritst. . *** INDIGO BLUE CLOTH CHITSU: A recent folding case is present in the best of condition. . *** CONDITION: By and large this work is in remarkably very good and clean condition. Even though it was printed very fine, thin Washi hand-made paper. . Volume 2 has a few center gutters which are a bit stuck together, this was common for books of this format and age. There were a couple of very small, closed tears, expertly mended from the verso, otherwise a very nice example. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . MITCHELL, C.H. et al.: THE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE NANGA, MARUYAMA, SHIJO AND OTHER RELATED SCHOOLS OF JAPAN: A Bibliography, p.113. * L. Roberts: DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS p.100. * BUCKLAND, Rosina. et al. A JAPANESE MENAGERIE: Animal Pictures of Kawanabe Kyosai. * Josiah Conder: PAINTINGS AND STUDIES, Tokyo 1911. * T. Clark: DEMON OF PAINTING: The Art of Kawanabe Kyosai, Londdon [1993], British Museum: illustrated on p.144, plate #97. * H. Kerlen: CATALGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS AND MAPS.p.198, items #477 & 448. * BROWN, Louise N.: BLOCK PRINTING AND BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN, p.196, she stated: "The rarest of Kyosai's books." * J. Meech-Pekarik: THE WORLD OF THE MEIJI PRINT * L. Dawes: CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, p.93. * * Riccar Art Museum's: EXHIBITION OF KAWANABE KYOSAI'S PRINTS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM FUKTOMI TARO COLLECTION: p.36-38, illustrating 4 pages from this work, 2 are in full color. * [KAWANABE KYOSAI MEMORIAL MUSEUM]. KAWANABE KYOSAI DOKU HON. * Mitchell [p.940] stataes about the RAKUGA: "Kyosai's finest work in book form." . *. Seller Inventory # 85132001
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