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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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