[Rarebooks] OFFER: KAWASE HASUI JAPANESE DOLLS GOSHO NINGYO IN ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO

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HASUI, KAWASE: GOSHO NINGYO JAPANESE DOLLS.. ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. 1935 
Meiji Shobo. 24 woodblock print Impressions, printed on a soft medium 
thickness Japanese paper, with embossed Colors and some colored 
metallic pigments. They were printed by Kato Junji and published by 
Meiji Shobo. Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The 
Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT 
Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - pg.149-50.  This is the 
portfolio complete with all of the prints, except one. Hasui is one 
of the most respected and avidly collected 20th century Japanese 
woodcut artists. Like his uki'oye ancestors, he did not cut his own 
blocks. These are thus original woodcuts by him, all signed and 
sealed in the block.  There are 24 prints, but in an original 
publisher's error one was included twice, therefore one print is 
lacking. The original box top included a second copy of another 
print, pasted on to it. OCLC notes 13 locations, several at museums 
in the USA and the UK, none of these are dated, thus tending to 
affirm that they are either later issues or not in the original 
portfolios on which the date of issue is prominently displayed.. It 
is however, now, rare on the market, except in the form of individual 
prints, sold one at a time.. The portfolio Rpd. at joints, the two 
text pages have folds at corners and edges. Plate 22 is repeated and 
plate 19 is lacking. Plates are mint. This top is also included. The 
two folded edges of the box are cracked, but holding. The box is also 
dusty. The prints are all in their original mats, and in fine 
condition. $1500.00

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