Koide Toushou's paintings of Buddhist imagery, figures, and landscapes

by Toushou Koide

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

1927. Large accordion bound folio, 14.5 x 17 , 15 color prints on linen with some details finished by hand, brocade covered boards; minor corner wear, a couple small worm lines on edges with negligible effect to images, near fine in a very good purple cloth cover. Koide Toushou 1823-1889 was a member of the Japanese literati. By trade he was the publisher of the Shizuoka Newspaper. Like many of his peers he was also an amateur artist in the sense that he did not need to debase himself by

• Binding: Hardcover

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