Kabuki: A Set of Six Pictures with Stories

  • Hardcover
  • Kyoto: Hanga In, 1964
By Shiraishi, Fumio, ed; Gekko Ohashi
Kyoto: Hanga In, 1964. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Portfolio is 9.5 x 12 in. in a striped paper cover, with a color woodblock print mounted on upper board, dark brown silk ties.


The story booklet is (6] pp. in printed wraps with photo illustrations and sewn with white silk braid.


There are also six woodblock prints in full vivid color, each w/ tissue guard. The woodblock prints are after Shinagawa ans printed by Hanga.


First edition of this second installment of beautifully rendered Japanese woodblock prints illustrating actors and scenes from such Kabuki dramas as Ibaraki, about Yoritomo Minamoto's fight against a female demon, Meido no Hikyaku, Honcho Niju Shiko, and more.


The portfolio is rubbed at edges with wear to the spine tips. The interior booklet and woodblock prints are in fine condition.

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Details

Title

Kabuki: A Set of Six Pictures with Stories

Author

Shiraishi, Fumio, ed; Gekko Ohashi

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Publisher

Hanga In: Kyoto

Date

1964


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