Imao: First Edition (5 results)

Stapled Card Covers. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. 12 exquisite pictures chosen from Keinen's four woodblock-printed albums published in Kyoto in 1892. Covers rubbed around the staples. Perfectly clean internally. All profits to Amnesty International. Imao Keinen (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Taipei: Art Book Company, 1979. Four volume set. Small quartos. Soft covers in a slipcase. All volumes in near fine condition except for the volume titled "Winter," which bears an ex library sticker on the heel of the spine but contains no other library markings save for a number in pencil on the last end paper. The slipcase has a couple of bumps and is very good. Overall a nice set.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Four volume softcover boxed set: 8"x11". First edition. Volume titles: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. 210 full page color plates. Illustrated wrappers, illustrated box. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition , four soft cover paperbacks in near fine slipcase , the "spring" volume has very slight humidity effect causing slight bit of wavy paper , Four volume set , color reproductions of bird paintings , it seems to be about 155 pages of bird painting reproductions in color , in 4 volumes . the slipcase has one nick on it's edge .…

Edition : First Edition, Bound in contemporary blue thick paper covers., Imao Keinen (1845 - 1923) was born in Kyoto and studied various traditional Japanese art styles, including 'ukiyo e', meaning 'floating world', classical Japanese painting, calligraphy and printmaking. The upheaval of the transitional phase between the Edo and Meiji periods around 1868 resulted in bankruptcy of the family business forcing him to make a living as textile designer. Keinen founded his own studio and established himself as a painter and printmaker; later serving as professor at the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting in the 1880?s. In 1904, he was appointed member of the Imperial Household?s Art Committee, and in 1919, of the Imperial Art Academy. Keinen specialized in and taught kacho ga; he is known for his four-part or volume album on birds and flowers known as the ?Keinen Kacho Gafu?, published in Kyoto between 1891 and 1892, the parts named after the four seasons. Known little in the West, the work demonstrates the height of the Shin Hanga movement. The prints are made from woodblocks in manifold colour. The present set is part of the album in hand-colour. , Size : folio (368x248mm), The hand-painted album includes 32 woodblock plates depicting of birds in their natural seasonal settings and habitats, surrounded by flowers and often blossoms, such as depictions of a Parakeet on flowering branch; Siberian Ruby Throat on peach blossoms; Calliope Calliope also known as Luscinia Calliope; black bird on Wisteria twig; bird on a rose branch with bamboo; Brambling; Starlings, Day Lily; Morning Sparrows and young Peony; Chestnut Bunting; cranes on pine; flock of sparrows on a rose bush; Golden Pheasant; Long Tail Tit on Forsythia; Noble Orchid and Swallow; Canary; Eurasian Skylark; plum blossom and white-bellied green pigeon; Rufous-Tailed Robin; Rooster and Hen; Rustic Bunting most or all from the Spring Album. Signed woodblock prints, References : Faith; not Freer, BMC, Mansell In very good condition; plates are clean and crisp.…