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Paul CLAUDEL, Rihakou HARADA

Dodoitzu

Gallimard, Paris 1945, 21,5x28cm, broché.

First bilingual edition, one of 75 numbered copies on vélin blanc Lafuma paper, the tirage de tête.
With 30 color illustrations by Rihakou Harada.
Two snags and tears to spine, one small stain to head of upper cover, but otherwise a good copy.

1 200 €

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Pierre LOTI, Luigi ROSSI

Madame Chrysanthème

Calmann Lévy, Paris 1888, 15,5x24cm, relié.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only large paper copies.
Elegant brown morocco, spine in six compartments with gilt fillets to bands and double gilt-ruled compartments richly decorated, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, a frame of triple gilt fillets to [...]

2 500 €

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Utagawa SADAHIDE

Procession

ca 1860, 36x48, en feuilles.

Original Japanese print. Two sheets of certainly a great set of huit.Impression on mulberry paper. The leaves were doubled back, due to a weakened at the top by galleries vers.Membre the Utagawa school paper, and probably the best student of the founder of the school, Utagawa Kunisada I. He [...]

200 €

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Utagawa SADAHIDE

Abe no sadato (Samuraï)

Ca 1860, 25x37, une feuille.

Original print First printing. Left part of a triptych. Rare.Une sheet. No. 2 thin pliures.Abe Sadato (1019-1062) was a samurai in the Heian contemporary of Japan; he is best known for his role in the Battle of Kawazaki.Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873) between early as Utagawa Kunisada I student and [...]

250 €

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MIGITA TOSHIHIDE

Le meurtre de Kudo Suketsune par Goro Tokimune

Matsunaga Sakujiro 1880, 35x72cm (Oban triptyque), une feuille.

Original print. Triptych of three interconnected prints (taped to the back of a strip of paper) .Three sheets joined into one. Hole at each end. A lack in the left margin. A twelfth century central.Au fold Tokimune avenge the death of his father by killing his murderer, Kudo Suketsune. Toshihide [...]

600 €

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Utagawa SADAHIDE, Utagawa SADAHIDE & Batei SHUJIN

Nanchou Gaishi Buyuden

Sadahide, Edo 1856, 10 Vol. (14,5x23cm), cousu.

First edition, rare, with 35 engravings, many double page in black, grey, and white (several with grey and black ink wash). The title may be translated as: A History of the Braves of the Southern Court.
10 accordion-stitched volumes. Three different printed covers, the first series comprising [...]

1 200 €

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YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU II

Yanagawa Gafu. Sansui no bu

Shubundo, Edo [Tokyo] 1856, 12x18cm, 50p., cousu.

First edition, rare. Illustrated with 44 plates including a double page, totaling 110 enhanced color figures of the time by Yanagawa Jushin. Vintage brochure, original binding embossed green cold cloud patterns paper. Excellent condition. The author has published five volumes of its kind addressing [...]

500 €

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COLLECTIF

Catalogue de vente de la collection de C. Havilland d'estampes japonaises, peintures des écoles ...

S.n., Paris 1922, 23x31cm, broché.

First edition of this auction catalog is being held on 27, 28 and 29 November 1922 a 'Hotel Drouot. Iconography. A small tear in mind a bit, small spots on the front cover, nice condition inside. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are [...]

50 €

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