HOKNY1 Hkusai Katsushita: HOKUSAI GAHON NANKA YUME. (Paintings by Hokusai of Scenes from the Chinese Story: Dreams on the Southern Bough). 北斋畫本南柯之夢. N.p. Tokyo), n.d. (Meiji) 1, 21 folded leaves. Full page b/w woodblock prints throughput. 23x15 cm. Stitched. Later cloth case. GBP 800.00 A Japanese rendering by Hokusai of the popular Chinese tale Nanke Meng - Dreams on the Southern Bough. Predominantly double page black-and-white woodblock illustrations. Complete in one volume. Preface with a Bunka reign cyclical date equating to 1807. Later Meiji reprint. Published in Tokyo by Kobayashi Bunshichi. Some wear and abrasion to covers. Inside generally fine with just the occasional mark. Very rare. Conforms exactly to Kerlen: Catalogue of Pre-Meiji Japanese Books pp.473-4. Subjects: Illustrated Books Item 326 in List 213. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?h/HOKNY1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |