Nishikawa SUKENOBU 西川祐信.

EHON TOKIWA GUSA 絵本常盤草

Item #90687

[EHON] Nishikawa SUKENOBU 西川祐信. EHON TOKIWA GUSA 絵本常盤草. Osaka, Morita Shôtarô, Kyôho 15/16 [1720/21]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, gappon, 3 vols. in one. in [contemporary?] blind- stamped blue paper covers. Brushed paper title label. See Toda's Ryerson catalog pp. 131-3 for his extensive description of this important Ukiyo-e masterpiece. Here in a lovely early printing, in very good internal condition. With 47 double page illustrations of ladies and three single page frontispiece woodblock prints. All textual elements called for are present, as well, hence complete. [SJ].

Price: $6,750.00