Soken Yamaguchi (1759-1818) - Lot 86

Soken Yamaguchi (1759-1818) Yamato Jimbutsu Gafu (倭人物画譜) Album of Japanese character drawings. 3 complete volumes. Blue covers with beige title labels printed in black. Brown cardboard slipcase. Undated on book (1800, after Mitchell). Size: 25.3 x 17.9 cm A delightful, fresh copy of a good edition. Provenance: S. Bing Bibliography: Mitchell, p.552-3 - Toda, p.371-2 - de Roos, A-y-44 - Duret, 482 - Gillot, 634 (cited as Wajimbutsu Gafu) - Gonse, III 445 (pl. III) - Hayashi 1636 - Holloway, 45 (fig. 5, 63, 119) - Isaac, 408 (pl. II) - Javal II 166 - Odin, 146 - Brown, p.99-100 - Fritz Rumpf, Meister des Japanischen Farbholzschnittes (Berlin & Leipzig, 1924), fig. 65, 66 - Hillier, p.532-6, 705 (pl. 344, 345) - Nakata, 213, 214 - Dawes 145 - SOAS 260 (1 vol.) - Hillier et Smith, n°83 - NKSM, VII 803.