Title: Kanga shinan nihen????? Volume 1 of a set of three woodblock printed books. Important book in the history of Japanese picture books, treated in several of the main studies by Jack Hillier. This set by Bunpo was created to update the first series of Kanga Shinan by Ayatari Takebe, using color printing rather than black outline. The majority of the pages in this album focus on trees and plantlife, with huts, boats and figures treated in the latter pages. If you want to see what this books like in full, in a museum copy, you can try here: libmma. Contentdm. Oclc. Org/digital/collection/p16028coll7/id/9951. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “lots-of-books” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Color: Multi-Color
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Region of Origin: Japan
• Age: 1800-1849
• Maker: Kawamura Bunpo