Kamisaka Sekka 神�雪佳

Uta-E ��絵

1934. Uta-E ã�†ã�Ÿçµµ Kamisaka Sekka 神å�‚雪佳 Kyoto & Tokyo: UnsÅ�dÅ� 芸艸堂, publisher Showa 9 [1934] [Design] Kamisaka Sekka 神å�‚雪佳. Uta-E ã�†ã�Ÿçµµ. Kyoto & Tokyo: UnsÅ�dÅ� 芸艸堂, Showa 9 [1934]. 1 volume (complete). 31 x 22 cm, cloth, ribbon bound covers, paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Kamisaka Sekka 神å�‚雪佳 (1866-1942). As Sekka's last work, it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Hon'ami KÅ�etsu's æoe¬é˜¿å¼¥å-‰æ‚¦ (1558-1637) Saga-bon 嵯峨æoe¬. (For more on this important work, see Hillier's description on p. 976 of the second volume of his "Art of the Japanese Book.") The condition is a bit better than average, with relatively little of the offsetting from the prints to the poems that is usual in this book. Slight foxing and slight edge wear. Housed in the original, professionally repaired, chitsu case with title label that shows general soiling all over and is lacking its clasps. The printing is very good, the colors lovely - a very good copy overall. .

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Book number: 84906

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[Kamisaka SEKKA]

Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master - Pioneer of Modern Design

2003. [Kamisaka SEKKA]. Ikeda & Wood, editors. KAMISAKA SEKKA: RIMPA MASTER - PIONEER OF MODERN DESIGN, Kyoto, Birmingham, Alabama & Tokyo, 2003. Folio, wrappers. Profusely illustrated, bilingual catalogue of the finest exhibit ever assembled of this artist's work. Sekka needs no introduction, he may well be the most important traditional artist of the 20th century in Japan. His contributions to painting, illustrated books, prints and design are legion. This important and useful catalogue has become virtually unobtainable. Very fine. .

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Book number: 85534

Catalogue: Japan and East Asia

[DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist

Momoyogusa

1909. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto: Unsodo, Meiji 42-43 [1909-10]. 3 volumes. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. Most consider it the finest Japanese design book of all time, this exquisite suite of 60 double-page color-printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous surface. This is an early impression with woodgrain showing in a few prints. The condition is internally superb, with almost none of the gutter fading and metallic ink transfer common to this work. One of the finest printings we have seen. Volume one has been meticulously restored.. Some paper fill-in and other work has been so successfully accomplished as to be unnoticeable. Some paper overlay is chipped away on the front covers of volumes one and three, though they retain the original printed titles, and the paper overlay on the back of one volume is restores/replaced. A complete copy of this cornerstone of any Japanese design collection. .

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Book number: 90870

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[DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA

Nihon Joso^ 7vols

1906. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. NIHON JOSO 7 vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 39 [1906]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title labels. An interesting visual history of women's fashion in traditional Japan. The b+w woodblock prints were supervised by the master himself, Kamisaka Sekka. A good impression, some cover soiling, in very good condition overall. Complete. .

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Book number: 87918

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[KAKEMONO - HANGING SCROLL] Kamisaka SEKKA, art

Painting on the Theme of a Mountain Cottage at Evening

[KAKEMONO - HANGING SCROLL] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. "YAMAGA YU^KEIZU" PAINTING ON THE THEME OF A MOUNTAIN COTTAGE AT EVENING. Hanging scroll, image size 120 X 37.5 cm. Beautifully mounted on brocade with dark wooden jiku. The painting is signed and sealed by Sekka (1866-1942), the foremost master of Rimpa painting in the 20th Century in Japan. The style is that of late Sekka Rimpa quite reminiscent of his work in the book UTA-E, which was published in 1934. Probably from the late 1920s to the very beginning of the 30s. The brushwork and calligraphy are first-rate, the presentation impeccable. A lovely evocation of tradition in 20th century Japan as the pictured woman and her child work and play out of doors in the moonlight (an echo of Yamamba and Kintaro^, perhaps?) In a newish wooden box and outer cardboard slipcase with written title label. .

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Book number: 87804

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[DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA

Uta-E

1934. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. UTA-E Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Showa 9 [1934]. 1 volume, 31 x 22 cm, cloth, ribbon bound covers, paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Sekka. As Sekka's last work, it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Koetsu's Saga-bon. (For more on this important work, see Hillier's description on p.976 of the second volume of his ART OF THE JAPANESE BOOK.) The condition is a bit better than average, with relatively little of the offsetting from the prints to the poems that is usual in this book. Slight foxing and slight edgewear. The printing is very good, the colors lovely. It is a good copy overall, but the back cover has an ownership note in Japanese upon it. Without the original publishers clasped case, but otherwise complete. Priced accordingly. One volume:. .

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Book number: 91244

Catalogue: Japan and East Asia

[DESIGN BOOK] Kamisaka SEKKA [Yoshitaka]

Shikishi

1901. [DESIGN BOOK] Kamisaka SEKKA [Yoshitaka]. SHIKISHI. Kyoto: Tanaka jihei, Meiji 34 [1901]. 2 folios, each 31.2 x 21.5 cm. Volume one has 2 color prints and 30 b+w sumi prints, volume two has 30 b+w sumi prints. An interesting design book of subtlety. The covers are quite worn and stained and there is some internal wear and spotting as well. But overall a good early printing. Cord-bound fukuro-toji Japanese style with the title printed on the covers. Complete. .

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Book number: 84030

Catalogue: Japan and East Asia