JIPPENSHA IKKU (1765-1831). Edo Meisho Ehon. (Sold)

JIPPENSHA IKKU (1765-1831). Edo Meisho Ehon. (Sold)

Artist: Jippensha Ikku (1765-1831)
Title: Edo Meisho Ehon. Two volumes in one, complete.
Description: A kyoka book showing the everyday life in Edo. Originally published in 1810 in two volumes this is the reprint edition in one volume of 1813. Twenty-two double page and eight single page illustrations.
Signature: Jippensha Ikku ga on last page.
Date: Preface dated Bunka 10 (1813)
Publisher: No publisher. Nansōsha, Edo according the Kokusho Sōmokoroku.
Size: 21,5x15 cm
Medium: Woodblock printing.
Literature: Eva Kraft, Japanische Handschriften und traditionelle Drucke aus der Zeit vor 1868. Vol. 2, no. 55. Henri Kerlen, Catalogue of Pre-Meiji Japanese Books and Maps in Public Collections in the Netherlands. Amsterdam, 1996, no. 255.
Conditions: Good impression, very good conditions
Item no: CVV
Status: Sold