- Eisen Keisai (1790-1848) and Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) - Lot 283

- Eisen Keisai (1790-1848) and Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) Ukiyo Gafu (浮世画譜) Album of images from the floating world. 3 complete volumes. Decoratively embossed orange covers with title labels printed in turquoise blue on white background. Signed Keisai Yoshinobu fude. Hiroshige fude. Publisher Eirakuya Tôshirô. Date: circa 1830. Format: 22.8 x 15.8 cm Bibliography: Hillier, p.821, 825-6 (1 illus. reprod) - Duret, n°206 - Toda, p.303 (vol. I) - Brown, p.193. - Akatsuki Kanenari (1792-1860) Ogura Hyakushu Ruidai Banashi (小倉百首類題話) Tales inspired by poems from the Hyakunin-Isshu, "One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems". Volume I of 3. Unlabeled beige cover, title handwritten, directly on the cover, in India ink. Signed Akatsuki Kanenari saku hei zuga (in the colophon of Volume III.) Date: 1823 (Bunsei 5) Publisher not indicated on the book (from another copy, Kawachiya Heishichi (Osaka)) Format: 25.6 x 18.2 cm An attractive copy in a good edition. Bibliography: Hillier, p.861 - Toda, p.285 - Brown, p.79 - NKSM, I 635 (6 copies) - Duret, 393 (1823). - Anonymous Dai Nippon Enkai Jissoku Roku (大日本沿海実測録) Hydrographic report off the coast of Japan. Volume 0, I-XI and XIII (lacking XII). Black embossed covers decorated with chain motifs with title labels printed in black on white background. Date: 1870 (Meiji 3). Publisher: Daigaku Minami-kô. Format: 25.4 x 17.9 cm Copy in mint condition. - Yôsai Kikuchi (1781-1878) Zenken Kojitsu Biographies of famous men. Volume: 18 of 20 volumes (10 double volumes). White embossed covers with rounded motifs. Signed Kikuchi Takeyasu. Publisher Kikuchi Takeyasu; Edo. Date: 1836 (Tempo 7) to 1868 (Meiji 1) Format: 25.8 x 18.3 cm A good copy of a good edition, very fresh. Volume 1 slightly soiled and poorly bound covers of volumes 1 and 10. Bibliography: Mitchell, p.561 - Brown, p.101 - Other copies: Odin 225 - BM (1898), p.59, (2 vols, 1836; 10 vols, 1868) - Duret 516 - Gonse (III), 568 (8 vols.) - Happer (I), 703 - Havilland (XVIII), 750. The whole set.