旭陽山人書画帖. Asahi Sanjin shogachō . Asahi Sanjin's Sketch Book

by Asahi Sanjin, 旭陽山人

A$2,500 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Japan . Showa 13 1938 . Stock ID #219852 Sketch book, black and white original ink drawings with captions, ink writing, accordion style binding, 24 x 680cm, hand written title labels upper and lower covers. Silk at corners of covers worn with minor loss, occasional light foxing. A fascinating and poignant album. This evocative album of forty-eight pen-and-ink sketches was created by a Japanese soldier stationed in northern China in 1938, the paintings

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