1799
by [EHON] Yamaguchi SO^KEN, artist
1799. [EHON] Yamaguchi SO^KEN, artist. YAMATO JIMBUTSU GAFU. 3 vols., blue-grey covers string-bound fukuro-toji with printed paper title labels. So^ken (1759-1818) was one of O^kyo^'s most important students and his YAMATO JIMBUTSU GAFU is one of the early classics of the Shijo^ genre. Published in three volumes in 1799-1800, a second series of 3 volumes followed in 1804. Our copy of the first series has a preface dated Kansei 12 and a colophon dated Kansei 11, crediting Kawachiya Kihei, and Hishiya Magobei of Osaka and Kyoto. A final advertisement page credits the two booksellers from the colophon and adds 4 more, including one from Edo. The second series (truncated)