Live auction - Lot 881
Lot description
1-2. Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1758) - Ehon kotowasa gusa [Picture Book of Proverbs]. Hôreki era (1752). Vol. 1: 20 pp., vol. jô 18 pp. b/w ill., 22,5 x 15,7 cm. Blind embossed wrappers, title cartouche (binding loose, some areas with pale print). - 3-4. Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750) - Ehon Makuzugahara. Hôreki 9 (1759), 2 vol., vol. chû 24 pp. b/w ill., vol. ge 26 pp. b/w ill., 22 x 16,5 cm (stains and foxing, paper rubbed in vol. ge pp. 3-4). Binding loose, maybe later wrappers. Ref. MFA Boston RES.53.224. - 5. Picture book. Early 19th c. 104 pp. b/w ill. from an undefined artist.