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Artist:

Asai Chu (1856-1907)
Title: Tosei fuzoku gojuban uta awase (Fifty Modern genre scenes compared in verse). Two volumes, complete.
Date: Meiji 40 (1907)
Publisher: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Tokyo.
Size: 25x18 cm
Remarks: First edition. These books were later reprinted in Kyoto by Unsodo.
Reference: Charles H. Mitchell. The Illustrated Books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and Other Related Schools of Japan. Los Angeles 1972, p.534. 
Jack Hillier. The Art of the Japanese Book. 2 voll.. London 1987, p.996.
Conditions: Fine impression, colour and conditions.
Item no. M 100
Price: Euro 1500


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