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応挙聚美画譜(おうきょしゅうびがふ)(Okyo shuubi gafu)Collection of Beautiful Paintings of Okyo 36 woodblock prints
応挙聚美画譜(おうきょしゅうびがふ)(Okyo shuubi gafu)Collection of Beautiful Paintings of Okyo 36 woodblock prints
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応挙聚美画譜(おうきょしゅうびがふ)(Okyo shuubi gafu)Collection of Beautiful Paintings of Okyo
Another title: 應需取美畫譜 (Picture Album on Request for Aesthetic Selection)
Meiji 明治25-27 1892-1894
Publisher: 大坂〉青木/恒三郎 Osaka/ Aoki / Tsunesaburo
36 woodblock prints + 1 cover
On the cover is mentioned: Fukui Gessai 福井月斎 . He did the reproductions after Okyo.
Side cartouche on prints reads:
應需取美畫譜後編四
Ōju Toyobi Gafu – Kōhen Yon (4)
"Picture Album on Request: Later Compilation, Volume 4"
Publisher: Fukui Kinsaburō (福井金三郎)
Distributor: Aoki Kōzaburō (青木恒三郎), Tōyōdō, Tokyo
It’s definitely a strange volume because all available volumes in databases or for sale list the volumes as a 12 or 24 compilation of prints. This one has 36 prints
https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp/biblio/100261896/28?ln=en
Also none of the albums online have the titles of prints on the right side in black kanji. You can compare here with the British Museum version:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1973-0723-0-40?selectedImageId=800656001
Some of the prints (4 of them) are handpainted over with gofun, especially in the bird’s feathers details
A superb compilation for any serious collector!
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