Three beautifully illustrated scrolls of The Tale of Sumiyoshi

by Sumiyoshi Monogatari Nara Emaki 住吉物語 奈良絵巻

$55,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

15 ink & polychrome paintings, alternating with text in a fine calligraphic cursive hand. Three scrolls 28 sheets, 330 x 14,370 mm.; 25 sheets, 330 x 12,460 mm.; 34 sheets, 330 x 16,810 mm. , on fine & smooth torinoko paper, speckled with cut gold leaf on reverse, each with an inner front endpaper of gold-patterned paper, outsides covered in blue silk brocade with the devices of the phoenix longevity & mandarin ducks fidelity woven in gold, modern core rollers.

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