174 Sheets Of Exquisite Paintings Of Insects Using Brush Ink Washes Of Many Colors Well Mounted In

by Insects

$22,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Japan : 19th century. This is a beautiful collection of 174 nineteenth-century paintings of insects, apparently all by the same skilled artist or artists of the same school, recently mounted in modern archival folders. The artist was clearly inspired by and indebted to Tanshu Kurimoto 1756-1834 , the artist and compiler of the famous Risshi Senchufu 1000 Insects Picture Book , completed in 1805. Indeed, several images are direct copies.

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