
Ehon Imayo Sugata: (Picture Book of Modern Forms and Figures)
by Beisai Kubota, Shikitei Sanba
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
-
Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Early 20th-century reprint of Utagawa's famous book on Japanese women's fashions originally published in 1802.
Volume 1 only of the 2 volume set.
With 25 full-color woodblock prints depicting 12 scenes over double pages with different classes of women, 23 pages of Japanese text.
Includes woodcuts of noble courtiers under cherry blossom, samurai wives relaxing, concubines, merchant women, servants at bathhouse, dancers, laundress, nursemaid, etc.
Condition: blue embossed paper boards scuffed and discolored, but interior clean and bright, woodcuts free of foxing.
Traditional Yotsume Toji four-hole stab binding stitched on the right-margin.
Toyokuni Utagawa (1769-1825), was a grand master ukiyo-e print designer and woodblock artist, known for his portraits of kabuki actors.
Volume 1 only of the 2 volume set.
With 25 full-color woodblock prints depicting 12 scenes over double pages with different classes of women, 23 pages of Japanese text.
Includes woodcuts of noble courtiers under cherry blossom, samurai wives relaxing, concubines, merchant women, servants at bathhouse, dancers, laundress, nursemaid, etc.
Condition: blue embossed paper boards scuffed and discolored, but interior clean and bright, woodcuts free of foxing.
Traditional Yotsume Toji four-hole stab binding stitched on the right-margin.
Toyokuni Utagawa (1769-1825), was a grand master ukiyo-e print designer and woodblock artist, known for his portraits of kabuki actors.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo110
- Title
- Ehon Imayo Sugata
- Author
- Beisai Kubota, Shikitei Sanba
- Illustrator
- Toyokuni Utagawa
- Format/Binding
- Japanese four-hole binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- Quarto, 30 x 20.5cm
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- illustrated, ukiyo-e, Toyokuni Utagawa, water trade
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ukiyo-e;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo
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About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.