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200136416Newton Abbot:: David & Charles. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0715311808 . Over 200 color illustrations. First British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . David & Charles, hardcover books
653830 fine color paintings & 24 black ink drawings of various parts of the bamboo. 50 leaves. 4to 275 x 206 mm. modern bright silk brocade wrappers stitched as issued. Probably Japan: late Edo. A beautiful album of finely rendered drawings of bamboo accompanied by explanatory text. There has been a long tradition in both China since the eighth century and Japan of illustrating bamboo with much thought given to composition and the painting of the stems knots branches and leaves. A number of treatises were written on the subject. This handsomely painted manuscript contains many illustrations all finely painted or brush-drawn of bamboo. Following the title there are two leaves which are somewhat soiled illustrating the yin and yang of the three variations of bamboo painting. They include how to place the brush on the drawing surface and how to maneuver the brush and lift it at just the right moment the calligraphy techniques are named. These are followed two fine calligraphic illustrations using black ink of bamboo branches again the calligraphy methods are named followed by a leaf of instructions. Next there are 18 pages of illustrations of leaves with each illustration becoming increasingly more complex. Then the manuscript text turns to the botanical aspects of bamboo: where it grows the genera and uses appearance how to propagate etc. Both Chinese and Japanese names are given with references to the classic botanical guide Ben cao gang mu Compendium of Materia Medica. Next we have 28 fine full-page illustrations of many genera of bamboo some pages contain multiple images each preceded by text describing the examples depicted. They are very vividly colored and finely painted using many techniques including the application of mica. Among the elaborate and richly colored illustrations are cross-sections roots sprouts leaves and fruits. Some of the examples are very exotic. Now we come upon two full-page color illustrations of tools for cutting and trimming bamboo and for the extraction and preparation of medicines with two pages of explanatory text. Finally we have a section with six artistic renderings of bamboo in art and literature. They include various iconic Chinese scenes including variations of literati in bamboo groves and the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Each painting is preceded by a leaf of text with a description and historical background of the scene. In fine condition. A contemporary reader has made some neat annotations in red ink. Final leaf has the artist's pen name written "Seigetsu an." Several minor and marginal wormholes. Preserved in a chitsu. unknown books
8327118. ALBUM PAINTING NAKAJIMA Yûshô ä¸å³¶æœ‰ç« . SHÔKEI GAFU å‹æ™¯ç”»èœã€€Orihon folding painting album in gafu style full of lovely views of Japan. 28.2 x 16.8 CM. Preliminary and final decorated pages plus a 2 page table of contents and 42 double page color paintings each 28.2 X 33.4 CM ~11" X 13". In a late Shijô Kyoto-school style by Nakajima Yûshô 1837-1905 the son of Nakajima Raishô ä¸å³¶æ¥ç« 1796-1871　 and a talented artist in his own right who has been collected by the British Museum among other places.<br /> <br /> The 42 paintings illustrate the beauties of Japan mostly of western Japan with an emphasis on the beauty spots around the old capital at Kyoto. Yûshô has a wonderful way with his brush - pointillist dot leaf trees the delicate colors. you can see the quiet of the temple hear the urgent plash of waters at the waterfall. lake scenes ocean scenes mountains. Mostly empty of human figures. A natural and largely silent world. An examination reveals views entitled: Fresh Breeze at Kurise Evenglow at Seta Geese landing at Katata. some being scenes from canonical series. The geese landing at Katata is traditionally one of the EIGHT VIEWS OF OMI.<br /> <br /> Wonderful evocations of the past in traditional style with the lovely brush control of the Maruyama/Shijou School. Yûshô gives a world that must have been vanishing right before his eyes. But a world he could still see the essentials of. and give to us.<br /> <br /> In brocade covers with a brushed title label and enclosed in a clasped chitsu case. Lovely throughout delicate colors skilled brushwork. Overall a very nice presentation of the work of a skilled Shijo artist. unknown books
