Tale of the Wandering Monk Four Woodcuts by Setsuko. Translation by Charles Shiro Inouye.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1995. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Full Description:

KOYKA, Izumi. [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. The Tale of the Wandering Monk. Four Woodcuts by Setsuko. Translation by Charles Shiro Inouye. New York: Limited Editions Club, [1995].

Limited to 300 copies, signed by the artist Setsuko on limitation page. This being number 190. Folio (16 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches; 426 x 335 mm). With four color woodcut prints by Setsuko. Printed on finely-textured hand-made Japanese mulberry paper. With publisher's prospectus laid in.

Bound in publisher's purple fabric. White printed paper label on front board. "The 'pouch (truncated) binding'- or Fukuro toji- is the traditional Japanese. Pages are securely 'bound' across an open spine with bookbinding thread, in a pattern which suggests a delicate Japanese screen." (Publisher). Housed in a black fabric clamshell, with printed paper label on front. A fine copy.

Illustrated with four paintings by Setsuko Ideta, wife of Balthus, that were converted into wood blocks by Keiji Shinohara in his California studio.

LEC Bibliography.

HBS 69367.

$1,500. (Inventory #: 69367)