Beschreibung:

Japan, 1896-1910 The book, titled Meike Hyakusen Gafu, Kohen, shita (‘Album of fan paintings by famous painters, the second half of the lower volume’), consists of 26 pages illustrated in color on both sides, showing 25 prints of fan paintings as well as the publisher’s details. The paintings illustrated comprise (in sequence): pines by Matsumura Keibun; a pigeon perched on a tree branch by Matsubura Goshun; a stag and doe standing side by side as well as a flowering pink bush, both by Ito Jakuchu; a pair of crows by Maruyama Okyo; two woodcutters resting by a pine forest as well as a seashell at Nishinoura Bay, both by Matsumura Hoshun; Jurojin riding a minogame, a snowy winter landscape, and a puppy and peony flower, all three by Matsumura Keibun; a grasshopper by Matsumura Goshun; a dragon emerging from a cloud by Senrei (Maruyama Okyo); a mountain landscape with small houses by Tani Buncho; a street vendor by Matsumura Gekkei; a mountain landscape (unsigned); the Chinese poet To Ho (Du Fu) riding a donkey by Kano Tan’yu; a snowy mountain landscape by Maruyama Okyo; a white eagle perched on a pine tree (unsigned); a green bird perched on a magnolia tree by Matsumura Goshun; a mountain landscape by Tani Buncho; a tiger by Kishi Ganku; a bamboo grove by Matsumura Goshun; a white egret wading in water by Nagasawa Rosetsu; Hotei pointing toward the sky (unsigned); and butterflies in flight by Matsumura Goshun. The book was published by Unsodo in Kyoto between Meiji 29 and 43 (1896-1910). SIZE 16.5 x 24.5 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few small losses, little creasing, minor soiling, and some browning mostly around the edges. Provenance: German private collection.