19th century graphic art: symbolist lithographs, romantic engravings and Belle Epoque prints

Les Maîtres de l'Affiche – imprimerie Chaix | Paris 1896 | plate: 29 x 39.9 cm | frame: 38 x4 3.5 cm | framed lithograph poster on vélin fin paper

NB: The poster is sold framed, but would have to be shipped without the frame.

Rare suite of woodcuts by Itchô Hanabusa (英一蝶) on Japanese folk tales, printed in black ink. Only one volume of a three-volume set, possible 19th-century reprint.

Bound in Japanese style, pages bound by a seam, blue soft cover with title label, folds, small stains and lacks of blue paper to corners, ink stain in title piece not affecting the text.

Itchô Hanabusa was part of the Kanō school and studied under Kanō Yasunobu, however he rejected this training to become a renowned painter and calligrapher.

Illustrations of Japanese legends with genre scenes, animals and flowers. The technique of Ukiyo-e, or Japanese printmaking, is very close...

Original color lithograph printed on fine laid paper. Dry stamp of the printer at bottom right of the plate.
A few tiny pinholes at the four corners and in the upper margin of the poster, without consequence.
Superb French monthly publication, Maîtres de l'Affiche, appeared between 1895 and 1900 on the initiative of Jules Chéret.
Each issue of the review includes four posters reproduced in bell format and in chromolithography, each presenting a dry stamp of authentication.
Very handsome copy of this poster by the English painter Maurice Greiffenhagen for the review Illustrated Pall Mall Budget.