Ehon Kusa Nishiki 繪本草錦 The Picture-Book of Brocade Plants

by SekkŌSai Kitao Tatsunobu 雪坑齋北尾辰宣, or Tokinobu

$1,350 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

39 leaves. Two parts in one vol. 8vo, orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers wrappers a little wormed , new stitching. Osaka: Kashiwabaraya Seiemon, 1764. First edition. Sekkōsai was an artist active in Osaka, ca. 1740-50. He illustrated books and theater programs and also designed a number of prints. This is “the best of Sekkōsai’s sumi-printed books, consisting of a wide range of miscellaneous pictures, some in Kanō or even Itchō style. The

• Binding: Wrappers

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