[NONOMURA, CHUBE / OGATA, KÍRIN]:

Ehon K›rin (K›rin Patterns). Three volumes (complete). Ky›to, Suma Kanbe, early 19th century (ca 1800-30).

. An album (24.3 x 17.7 cm) containing 95 b/w woodblock-printed designs of plants and animals in the "K›rin style". Lvs 16; 16; 17, double folded in the Japanese fashion. Includes two prefaces and one colophon. Ex-ownership red stamps. Text in Japanese. Original wrappers, with some minor wear, printed paper labels on covers. Housed in cloth slipcase. We believe this sketch book is a reproduction of a work titled "K›rin Ehon Michi Shirube" by the artist Nonomura Chube published in 1735. Nonomura issued several design manuals (edehon) influenced by the Rinpa school master Ogata K›rin (1658-1716). The Rinpa is a style within Japanese art based on nature which was developed during the 17th century. The typical K›rin patterns are characterised by simplified forms with prominent and smooth outlines. A well-preserved album with charming designs of animals, insects, flowers and plants.

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Book number: 121081

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, illustrated, woodblock, designs, patterns, manual, rinpa,

[KABUKI].

Programme of Entertainment in Honour of H.I.H. Prince Pu Lun. Given by Baron S. Goto at the Kabukiza on December 11th, 1907. Tokyo 1907.

. Tall 8vo (15 x 22,5 cm). Pp. 28 bound in the fukuro-toji style, and two colour woodcut prints highlighted with gold. Text in English, Japanese and Chinese. Original coloured pictorial wrappers highlighted, silk ties. A very attractive programme of a Kabuki play "The Battle of Yashima". The play was arranged in connection with a visit by Prince Pu Lun, the nephew of the Chinese emperor and heir to the throne at the time. Count Got› Shinpei (1857-1929) was a prominent Japanese statesman and cabinet minister. A rare survival in lovely condition.

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Book number: 120266

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, theatre, theater, travel, exploration, illustration, woodcut, kabuki,

[NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA / MENUS].

Six woodblock-printed cruise ship menus for the Nippon Yusen Company]. Harozaki Maru and Taiyo Maru, July and August 1936.

. Six dinner menus wrapped in beautiful decorated paper covers for the two ships Harozaki Maru and Taiyo Maru, ocean liners owned by the Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). Size of covers: ca 13.5 x 19 cm. Text in English. The wrappers are beautifully printed in vivid colours depicting Enryakuji Temple, a Kago (palanquin), Mount Fuji, Kegon Fall, a Maru vessel, and a couple of ducks. The contents of the menus would have been printed on board the ships, only the wrappers being woodblock-printed ashore before departure.

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Book number: 121284