Author: [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN, artist
Title: Soken Sansui Gafu
Description: 1818. [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN, artist. SOKEN SANSUI GAFU. Heian [Kyoto]: Bunka 15 [1818]. 2 volumes, 25.6 x 18.3 cm, dark blue stiff paper covers, no title slips, bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. This copy appears not to be in original covers, else, it is identical in collation to the copy in Mitchell, p.499. See also Hillier, volume one, pp.537-9. A well-printed early copy. With a few childish sketches on the final blanks, not effecting any pages with text or images. A bit of thumbing, else very good condition. A handsome and important book of landscapes printed with great elegance. Soken was one of Maruyama O^kyo^'s greatest disciples. 2 vols. complete, with defects noted. .

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