[Japan] Okubo Yoshitomo (under pseudonym Ichigaku, 19th century). Ichigaku Shasei no Tori Dzufu

("Ichigaku's album of birds drawn from the life"). Preface by Kimura Masakoto. Tokyo, Meiji 22, (April 1889), 79 orig. ink drawings of (parts of) birds, so-called hanshita-e (orig. drawings for woodblock printed book), on Japanese paper, all approx. 27 x 37 cm, all mounted on orig. large sheets of Japanese paper measuring 32.5 x 44.5 cm, together loose in wooden box (1x framed). Also incl. some lvs w. text in Japanese. A very fine series; a similar but larger collection with exactly the same date and other details was auctioned by Sotheby's in 1999.

(total 78 in 1 box, 1 framed)