Nishikawa Sukenobu - Nishikawa Sukenobu - 1914

There are two booklets. Very fine printing of the 1914 facsimile editions; all printed leaves look beautiful and undamaged. The case is damaged, but the booklets have been kept in good condition all these years. Stored in acid-free film. Length 26.5 cm (case) Width 20 cm (case) Thickness 2.4 cm (case) Weight including (case) 52 g Two volumes in a case titled: Nihon fuzoku'e, nisatsu 日本風俗絵二冊 (Manners and Customs of Japan in Pictures in two volumes). Facsimile edition from Taisho 3 (1914) of three of the best-known works by Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750), the early Japanese ukiyo-e master (from before the invention of color woodblock printing). Vol.1: Hyakunin jorô shinasadame 百人女品定下 (One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank, 1723), part 2. One hundred women from the empress to bathhouse workers and prostitutes, each depicted by their occupations. Ehon kagamiyama 絵本鏡見山 (Mount Kagami, a Picture-book, 1747, also known as Ehon Kawanagusa 絵本河名草). Women in kimono. Vol.2: Ehon Asakayama 絵本浅香山 (Mount Asaka, a Picture-book, 1739) Women in kimono and some wakashû (fashionable youths, in the West often mistaken for girls). Hyakunin jorô shinasadame 百人女品定上, part 1.

Estimate:£143.83

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