Sansui, First Edition (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This compilation of landscape poetry is a mutual project of the poet Inoue Yasufumi (1897-1973) and a designer and founder of the sosaku-hanga movement Onchi Koshiro (1891-1955). 23 poems are written by 22 poets, including Ito Sei (1905-1969), Kitahara Hakushu (1885-1942), Muro Saisei (1889-1962), Katamura Kotaro (1883-1956). The poems are linked to the main natural sites of the Japanese archipelago. Beautiful post-war meditation. Three woodcuts are made by different woodblock artists and represent the mountain views from famous Japanese National parks. Text in Japanese. In 8vo. 1vol. complete. 25,5x18cm. 66+3+[3]pp. Woodblock + machine printed book on washi paper. 3 plates of craft paper with the paste down multicoloured woodcuts. Signature in black ink on the free endpaper. Creasing on the free end paper. Woodblock printed dust jacket. Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

couverture souple. Shubundo | Edo [Tokyo] 1856 | 12 x 18 cm | cousu | Edition originale, rare. Illustrée de 44 planches dont une à double page, totalisant 110 figures rehaussées en couleurs de l'époque par Yanagawa Jushin. Brochure d'époque, reliure d'origine en papier gaufré à froid vert à motifs de nuages. Excellent état. L'auteur a publié 5 volumes de ce genre abordant chaque fois un thème différent, les animaux, les fleurs ; il s'agit ici des montagnes et rivières du Japon représentées en estampes par l'artiste. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] Rare first edition. Illustrated with 44 plates including one double-page, totaling 110 figures enhanced in period colors by Yanagawa Jushin. Contemporary wrappers, original binding in cold-embossed green paper with cloud motifs. Excellent condition. The author published 5 volumes of this type, each addressing a different themeanimals, flowers; this one depicts the mountains and rivers of Japan represented in prints by the artist. * 50p.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A first edition of this delightful set of colour woodblock-printed books on the famous mountains of Europe. The artist, Takashima Hokkai (1850-1931), was a 'Japanese-style' (nihonga) painter who heavily influenced the Nancy School of Art Nouveau. Also a botanist, Hokkai studied overseas at the French National School of Forestry. This set is Hokkai's study of the mountainous regions of Scotland, Italy, and France that he saw between 1884-88 when he was a student. Hokkai's illustrations were published in two formats at the same time: a one-volume format and a two-volume format. This is the two-volume format, with volume one dedicated to France and volume two dedicated to Italy and Scotland. The two books include lightly coloured woodblock prints of famous mountains like Mont Blanc, the Pyrenees, Vesuvius, Glen Coe, Ben Lomond, the Five Sisters, and so on. A set of beautiful albums of foreign mountains as seen through the eyes of a Meiji period Japanese artist. Text in Japanese. 2 v., complete. 31, 27 leaves. 24.8 x 18.3 cm. Orihon accordion-folding bindings. Occasional wormholes, repaired. Red fish author's stamp on the last page. Original boards. Ex-ownership note and stamp to upper endpaper of volume one. Comes with the original envelope and custom-made slipcase. Very good condition.