Taito II, Katsushika (active 1810-53) - Lot 270

Taito II, Katsushika (active 1810-53) Banshoku Zukô (萬職圖考) Drawing templates for all crafts. 5 complete volumes. Signed Katsushika Taito sensei fude. Publisher Gungyoku-dô. 群玉堂 Suharaya Shinbei, Echigoya Jihei and Kawachiya Mohe. Date: 1827-1850 Format: 22.2 x 15.7 cm Covers very damaged, especially Volume I. Moisture stains, wear at bottom of pages. Provenance: former collection of Hayashi Tadamasa (large red stamp on first and last pages) and Henri Rivière (oval red stamp on first page) (volumes I, II, IV and V. Inscription in Indian ink on second cover: Sasaki zô (Sasaki collection). Bibliography: Frans Halsmuseum, Hokusai and his school, pp.82-83, n°57 - Brown, p.183, 188 (quoted on behalf of Hokusai) - Toda, p.281 - Duret, n°324. Gillot n°921-921bis - Gonse III 488 - NKSM, VI 702 - Dawes, 46 (ed. Suharaya Shimpei) - de Roos, 212 - Goncourt vol.2 and 3, 1835, 1524.