Sketches of Landscapes

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"山水略画式"

[Kuwagata], Keisai [Kitao, Masayoshi; Keisai, Masayoshi] [illustrated by].

Naniwa, [Ōsaka]: Fukusada Tōhē, Bunka 10 [1813].

A Fukusada edition of Keisai's "guide to drawing landscapes simply". Keisai Masayoshi (1764-1824), who also worked under the names of Kitao Masayoshi and Kuwagata Keisai, provides a range of half-, single-, and double-page illustrations of mountains and rivers in a captivating red and orange colour scheme in this volume. A printing of a famous Keisai work in rich, earthy tones.

On double leaves, fukurotoji-style. Wrappers possibly original, lacking title slip, soiled, extremities chipped. This copy does not have a title page, and it is unclear whether it was originally published with one or not. Light thumbing, minor offsetting, small marks. 1 v., complete. 30 leaves. 26.1 x 17.9 cm.

Sketches of Landscapes
Price: $985.00 (USD)