BEISEN  (1852-1906). Bijutsu Hoko. (Sold)

BEISEN (1852-1906). Bijutsu Hoko. (Sold)

Artist: Kubota Beisen (1852-1906) (editor)
Title: Bijutsu Hoko (The Art Treasury). Eleven volumes, complete with modern cloth case.
Description: A fine set of this early art magazine with high quality woodblock reproductions of ukiyo-e prints and paintings by Utamaro, Hokusai and others famous artists. Including several folded prints of hashira-e, nagaban and long surimono, plus original works by painters from the Meiji period like Shibata Zeshin and Kawanabe Kyosai.
Date: 1895
Publisher: Matsui Eikichi, Tokyo.
Size: 25x16 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print with use of lacquer and mica.
Conditions: Very good.
Item no: M 03
Status: Sold