Kyodo risshi no motoi [Instruction in the Fundamentals of Success].

£6,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

This beautiful album contains prints by various Meiji artists including two by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 12 by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) and 13 by Mizuno Toshikata (1886-1908), depicting famous individuals throughout Japanese history, including Sano Tsuneyo (Kamakura period [1185-1333]) making a fire with pine branches, Minamoto Yoshitsune's mistress, Shizuka Gozen (1165-1211), the sumo wrestler Tanikaze Kajinosuke (1750-1795) and the legendary samurai Takasugi Shinsaku (1839-1867). An album of 36 Japanese coloured woodblock prints, oban tate-e (35.5 x 24 cm.) some signed and dated, bound in concertina style with contemporary decorative silk boards; a very good copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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