[First Edition] The Art of Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Keyes, Roger

[First Edition] The Art of Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Keyes, Roger
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First Edition, 1985.
570 pages.
Books measures 10 x 13.25 inches.
Red cloth.
Two volumes in black slipcase.
Illustrated throughout with black and white & color illustrations.
This publication provides an illustrated catalogue for the collection compiled by the English Scholar Jack Hillier for the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
The first and largest of its three sections includes surimono in the Ukiyo-e style procuced in the Edo between the 1760s and 1840s.
The second includes the privately printed illustrated books and albuns which are also in the library.
The third consists of prints by artists of the Shijo school, mostly created in Osaka 1850-70.
The catalogue is preceded by a historical introduction; biographies of the artists are given before the relevant entries and two final sections are devoted respectively to an index of the kyoka poets whose verses appear on the surimono in the first section and to later copies of the prints.
Both volumes are Near Fine in Near Fine dust jackets.
Slipcase is Very Good, showing light wear.
A very clean set.
Due to its size and weight, International shipping is not available.

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