Kesyo Mayuzukuri Kuden. Makeup instructions as handed down

by Japanese Scroll, Bokuya Mizushima, artist and scribe

$12,000 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Kyoto: ca 1690. Calligraphic scroll 20 x 650 cm in Japanese. With 33 brilliant illustrations, ten in color. Title inscription at beginning and signature of scribe at end. Enclosed in a handsome paulownia wood box certified with seal and signature inside top cover by Sigemi Komatsu, an expert in “old writing.” In excellent condition, with only two small marginal repairs and light discoloration at the beginning of the scroll. Item #15641

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