Beschreibung
Osaka 1827, Kawachi-ya. Stitched red wrs., 18 x 26.5 cm., 65 double-folded leaves, top 1/4 of each page is illustrated, frontispiece, covers rubbed, edge, corner wear, bit of usual thumbing, contents clean, bright & solid. RARE FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . WITH STUNNING WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATIONS BY . . . THE EMINENT GREAT MASTER, HOKUSAI . . * THE BOOK ILLUSTRATOR: . Superbly illustrated by the eminent, celebrated & prolific woodblock artist KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI Taito [1760-1849]. . "TAITO" was one of Hokusai's "Go" [studio] names, used 1811-1820. See Lane & Roberts below. . On the last page is the colophon, with the artist's signature reading: "Taito Sensei Ga Zu" or "Master Taito's Illustrated Pictures." . Encyclopedic in coverage, this book was profusely illustrated with over 400 individual sketches and drawings, covering all aspects of Edo period Japanese life, life style, articles of daily usage, clothing: Kimono, clothing boxes Hakama, architecture, sword-making, military weapons, armor, archery, Kendo practice, Samurai battles, textile weaving, landscape, all forms of edibles: fruit, greens, giant Daikon, monkeys, foxes, fish, shell fish, animals & birds of all varieties, cormorant [fishing] birds, Buddhist deities, courtiers, Samurai, merchants, farmers, commoners, men, women, children, road trips shanks mare, lacquer ware, Mt. Fuji drawings, games, poetry, fans, dancing, music, musical instruments: Shamisen, Taiko, Tsutsumi [drums], Koto, bells, houses, bridges, farming tools, techniques, cooking utensils, Hibachi, Chado: tea, tea ceremony, tea utensils; carpenters, their tools, horses, equestrians, their fittings, umbrella makers, Ama [abalone diving women], fishermen, fishing, Sake drinking, Sumo wrestlers, bronze bowls, basins, bells, Gyoretsu [Royal Processions, the Emperor], Shinto shrines & priests, furniture, offering tables; Buddhist rites, temples, deities, sculptures, Kakemono, kinds of people, the four classes of society: Samurai, peasants, merchants, outcast or Burakumin and ethnic minorities; furniture, textiles, flower arrangement vessels: bamboo, bronze &c.; candelabras, grinding mills, and more! . Hokusai had no concern for the book content, he simply went wild drawing and sketching things of common usage and examples of everything he saw around him. The work is more of a reflection of Edo period culture than the laws of family, per the title. The work is similar to the famous "Hokusai Manga" showing similar subjects. . *** WOODBLOCK PRINTED: The work is entirely hand printed from woodblocks, on handmade Washi paper from mulberry fibers. . *** AUTHOR: GENYE Hoohshi [ -1350]: The FIRST EDITION was titled: TEIKIN WORAI [OHRAI]: . The original edition was written by Genye. . "GENYE.was a Buddhist priest, of the Tendai sect. The purpose of this book was to show the models for letter writing, commonly used in the Ashikaga period, but as these letters give useful words, and acknowledge of things necessary for cultured people, the book was used as a text book for Terakoya schools in the Tokugawa period. Consequently there were many popular illustrated editions of the book, of which this is an example. The illustrations in this publication have no direct relationship to the letters, only suggesting some points mentioned in the writings." Quoted from Toda below. . *** MINEGISHI Ryuufu was the "corrector & calligrapher" for the 1828 edition. See Kerlen below. . *** NOTE: Please visit our website, see our book #870574, a 3 volume set of the Meiji edition of this title. . Please review photographs posted to our website. . *** CONTAINED IN A RECENT CHITSU: This work is contained in an indigo-blue Washi paper covered Chitsu [folding case] with 2 bone clasps, in excellent condition. . *** THE EDITIONS: There were two editions: FIRST EDITION: Bunsei 10th = [1827] [Our example] SECOND EDITION: Kaei 1st. = [1848] . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCES: . L. Roberts: DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22075101
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