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Katsushika, Isai (1821 - 1880)

Kacho Sansui Hosoga Zukushi (Pictures of Fine Diagrams of Flowers & Birds, Mountains & Rivers)

Medium: Ehon
Date: Designed 1864, published 1866
Size (H x W): 4.75 x 7 (inches)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Sabei (Gyokuzando)
Signature: Katsushika Isai ga
Condition: Very good impression, light soiling and wear, tears on title cartouche, includes roughly 26 pages of illustrations.
$240.00

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The ehon (illustrated book) Kacho Sansui Hosoga Zukushi (Pictures of Fine Diagrams of Flowers & Birds, Mountains & Rivers) by Isai Katsushika presents designs for decorative ornaments such as tsuba, combs, and more. It is bound in the fukurotoji (pouch binding) style.

About the artist

from BM: Painter and print artist, pupil of Katsushika Hokusai (q.v.). Produced woodblock prints, illustrated books and paintings. Said to have profitted from designing prints for the new export market in Yokohama (1859).