Live auction - Lot 877
[Ehon]
3 books and 1 album.
Hammer price: €
450
€ 550 / 600
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Lot description
1. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Ehon Chûkyô [Illustrated Classics of Loyality]. Publ.: Kobayashi Shimbei, woodcutter: Sugita Kinsuke, Tempô 5 (1834) [maybe later ed.]. 51 pp. with text and b/w ill., first two pages with pattern coloured frame, 22,7 x 16 cm (letters of title slip sl. rubbed). Very good condition. - 2. Idem - Ehon sakigake shôhen [Picture book of Warriors]. Tempô 7 (1836) [later ed.]. 30 double pp. with b/w ill, 21,9 x 15 cm (title slip without title on it). Very good condition. First and last pp. differ from other editions. Ref. Metropolitan Museum of Art. - 3. Idem - Ehon kokyô [Picture book of the Canon of Filial Piety]. Ganji Gannen (1864) ed. Vol. 2 (of 2), 22 double pp. with text and b/w ill., 21,7 x 15,2 cm (wrap rubbed, wormholes). Pp. and print very good. - 4. Album with 56 cutouts from a picture book by Hokusai (?). Japanese patterned fabric over cover. Size of images: 12,7 x 12,7 cm, size of book: 18,0 x 16,3 cm.