[Rarebooks] OFFER: EXTRAORDINARY JAPANESE MANUSCRIPT OF PAINTINGS FOR KIMONOS CA. 1850.

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JAPANESE HAND-PAINTED MANUSCRIPT VOLUME OF DESIGNS TO BE USED ON 
KIMONO  CA 1850.  The volume measures 7 3/4  X 10 1/2 inches (closed) 
and has 48 pages of very high quality paintings, in black and full 
but light colors. A book by a master whose style is connected to both 
Shijo and Nanga. He was influenced by both Northern and Southern 
Sung, so when needed there is exquisitely drawn detail, but it is 
mixed, also when needed by the broad brush stroke implying forms and 
movements of the Southern Sung. This is the most masterful collection 
of pictorial kimono designs I have ever seen, in either woodblock 
print book or sketch form. They are often in the form of complete 
landscapes, or landscapes made up of unusual objects. The final 
designs on the kimono would have been copied exactly from these 
drawings, either at this scale or enlarged. They are usually 
completely finished. The upper part of the page, where there is no 
design, but only the title of the drawing is wormed. But it almost 
never affects the drawings in any way, which are largely in the lower 
part of the page, and when they are in the upper part, in a different 
quadrant then the holes are.  The book has been heavily used, with a 
small red blotch on several pages. There also is a little smudging 
and an occasional dust mark, as well as very light foxing on a few 
pages. Original wrappers with quirky title [unread] in non-standard 
Japanese. Dog earing has been professionally removed, but light signs 
of it may still be seen at the unused corners of the leaves. A few 
typical JPEGS are available on request. $1000.00

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