[FAN ALBUM]

[Taisho Era Woodcut Fan Album From Kyoto]

192. Item #84620

[Fan Album]

[Taisho Era Woodcut Fan Album From Kyoto]

C. 1920s

[Taisho Era Woodcut Fan Album From Kyoto]. Fan albums are an interesting genre. Created as marketing tools for deluxe fan makers, they are a compilation of a season's available designs, commissioned from some of the most eminent artists of the day. Done in a very limited production, once the season was over, the sample books were sold. They have largely disappeared from the market, almost before anyone noticed how interesting they really are. This particular example is very nice, with 57 prints in all, by such important artists as Takeuchi Seihō 竹内栖鳳 (1864-1942), Yokoyama Taikan 横山大観 (1868-1958), Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎, (1836/7-1924), and others, plus a number of unsigned and quite striking abstract designs, as well. Black and white and color designs, some with metallic pigment. Likely created in the 1920s.

One or two of the prints are damaged, a few others are a bit foxed and browned, and the brocade covers are nibbled at a corner. Lovely printings and colors in generally good condition.

Price: $1,950.00