[Rarebooks] FS: Kyoka's TALE OF THE WANDERING MONK Illustrated & SIGNED by Setsuko Ideta, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $1250 NET

KYOKA, Izumi (Setsuko IDETA). THE TALE OF THE WANDERING MONK. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1995. Folio (14" x 17") bound in a lush violet 
Japanese book-binding cloth. First Edition in English of this mystical 
masterpiece by the supreme romanticist of the Meiji period (1868-1912) 
which coincided with Japan's emergence from a feudal society. The "pouch 
binding"--or Fukuro toji--is the traditional Japanese with pages 
securely "bound" across an open spine with thread in a pattern that 
suggests a delicate Japanese screen and with the traditional title strip 
on the cover. The format has been modified so that the spine is on the 
left, Western style, rather than the right. Illustrated with four 
paintings by Setsuko Ideta, wife of Balthus, that were converted into 
wood blocks by Keiji Shinohara in his California studio. These were then 
aligned and overlaid to print the images on hand-made Japanese mulberry 
paper. Copy #78 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Setsuko. Monthly Letter 
laid in. Fine in a Fine slipcase. (#007847)        $2,000.00

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