Relaxing The Mind Will Refresh The Spirit

$1,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Japan? : c. early 20th century . Accordion-bound, large octavo artist's sketchbook, containing 25 double-page, hand-painted color images, including nature scenes, portraits of Hotei and Daruma, and village life. The images are minimalist and bold, with heavy influence from Chinese brush painting. The artist is anonymous, but clearly quite talented and likely Buddhist. Bound in blue cloth-covered boards with paper label on upper cover; board edges rubbed, water stain to lower right corner of

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