Beschreibung:

Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912), late 18th to late 19th century
17 colour illustration bookplates of various sizes and formats, some single page and some double-page, a pair of Hyakunin isshu karuta (100 Poets, One Poem Each Card Game), and one watercolour painting, by various artists, comprising: four plates by Harunobu, two hanshibon-size from the book Ehon haruno nishiki (Picture Book: The Brocade of Spring), two ohon-size from the book Seiro bijin awase (A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters); three ohon-size plates from the book Ehon butai no ogi (A Picture Book of Stage Fans), one by Buncho and two by Shunsho; three ohon-size plates by Shunsho and Shigemasa, from the book Seiro Bjin awase sugata kagami (A Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses Compared); two ohon-size plates by Masanobu from the book Azumaburi kyoka gojunin isshu (Collection of Kyoka Poems by 50 Poets from the Eastern Provinces); one chubon-size plate from the book Itako zekkushu (Songs of Itako) by Hokusai; a hanshibon-size, attributed to Toyokuni, of townspeople; one hanshibon-size depicting a kabuki performance; two oban-size prints from the album Keinen kacho gafu (Keinen's Flower-and-Bird Painting Manual) by Imao Keinen; one watercolour depicting a sparrow and a maple tree; the last, one set of a reading and a playing card from the card game Hyakunin isshu karuta; variously published and all unsigned; all mounted on card. The smallest: 8cm x 5.5cm (3 1/8in x 2 1/8in); the largest: 36.7cm x 25.5cm (14 7/16in x 10 1/16in). (19).