Kasen e sho trans.: Pictures of Some of the Immortal Poets

by Busei Kita, Seikei Yamamoto, Artist, Author

$3,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

36 finely color-printed woodcut illus. in the text. 23 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. gold-flecked wrappers rubbed , orig. printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. N.p.: Preface dated “1810.” First edition of this finely illustrated work by Kita Busei 1776-1856 , a student of Tani Buncho. It is the first masterpiece by Kita; Hillier, describes the present book as “an attractive colour-printed book of poets” The Art of the Japanese

• Binding: Wrappers

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