SOKEN SANSUI GAFU 素絢山水画譜
1818. Item #91189
[EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN 山口素絢 (1759-1818), artist. SOKEN SANSUI GAFU 素絢山水画譜. Heian [Kyoto]: Bunka 15 [1818]. 2 volumes, 25.6 x 18.3 cm, dark blue stiff paper covers, no title slips, bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. This copy appears not to be in original covers, else, it is identical in collation to the copy in Mitchell, p.499. See also Hillier, volume one, pp.537-9. A well-printed early copy. With a few childish sketches on the final blanks, not effecting any pages with text or images. A bit of thumbing, else very good condition. A handsome and important book of landscapes printed with great elegance. Soken was one of Maruyama Okyo's most skilled disciples. 2 vols., complete, with defects noted.
Price: $1,450.00