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[Kyoto nd. ca. 1902, Unsodo]. Stiff buff stitched wrs., very good, 25 double-folded leaves, 50p. color woodblock-printed illustrations, 18 x 25 cm., Japanese introductory page and colophon. *** *** *** . . . KITAO MASAYOSHI ILLUSTRATES THE METHODS OF DRAWING . . *** WHO WAS THE ARTIST KEISAI KITAO [1764-1824: Kitao aka. by studio names: Kuwagata Keisai et al., was a celebrated Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker and illustrator born in Suruga province. He was also the star pupil of Kitao Shigemasa, and worked until 1797 as an Ukiyo-e artist under the 'Go' or studio name of Kitao Masayoshi, designing numerous prints & and illustrating books. . *. In 1797 Keisai became the official painter to the Daimyo of Tsuyama, he was also given some training by Kano Eisen'in. He took his grandmother's name of Kuwagata and then began to work in the Kano school style. Eventually retired and became a lay monk. He is known for his subtle and tender lines, his prints of lowers done with delicacy. His work is charming, expressing innocence and with remarkable delicacy and softness. . * This is a another famous book by Kitao Masayoshi. Per Lawrence [below] and we summarize, he was a celebrated Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker and illustrator born in Suruga province. . He was also the star pupil of Kitao Shigemasa, and worked until 1797 as an Ukiyo-e artist under the 'Go' or studio name of Kitao Masayoshi, designing numerous prints & and illustrating books. In 1797, he became the official painter to the Daimyo of Tsuyama & was also given some training by Kano Eisen'in. He took his grandmother's name of Kuwagata and then began to work in the Kano school style. Eventually retired and became a lay monk. He is known for his subtle and tender lines, his prints of lowers done with delicacy. His work is charming, expressing innocence and with remarkable delicacy and softness. . * The current work is a collection of his color drawings of mostly of animals [mammals], birds, insects, frogs, fish, turtles, shrimp, lobster, shell-fish, whales and other sea creatures. For a companion volume in the same style on human figures please inquire for his RYAKU GASHIKI. . * Hokusai was greatly influenced by his unique style, which found its way into the his famous series title: HOKUSAI MANGA. These caricature were done with naive innocence, with a dash of fun intended, and some irony. The work shows a great diversity in his ability to draw and perceive nature as it actually was, during the late 18th century. The work is delicately pastel colored, revealing his keen sense of nature's animals, wide variety and large number of his quaint drawings are presented in this book. A delight to behold ! . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . H. Kerlen: CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS AND MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS, p.57-8, #140, cites the 1797 edition. * KSM 5-687-3 * Kraft vol.1, no.55, vol.3, no.60 * C.H. Mitchell: THE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE NANGA, MARUYAMA, SHIJO AND OTHER RELATED SCHOOLS OF JAPAN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, p.240 * Duret 181 * Hayashi 1558 * Javal [II] 140 * Odin 108 * L. Brown, p.124 * Toda. 213, cites 1797 edition *. Strange, illustrations reproduced [1897], p.88. . ***.
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