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[EHON] Kawanabe GYO^SAI, Artist : Tsuuzoku^ ISOPPU MONOGATARI

[EHON] Kawanabe GYO^SAI, Artist. Tsuuzoku ISOPPU MONOGATARI. Tokyo: Inada Sahei, Meiji 8 [1875] (Meiji 5-8). 6 volumes. Hanshibon, 22.5 x 15 cm. Blindstamped patterned yellow paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The interesting and now very scarce translation of Aesop's Fables into Japanese from the English version of Thomas James. Illustrated throughout in b+w (without the grey block) woodcuts by the famed artist Kawanabe Gyo^sai, the illustrations based on the English original. (For more on this work, see Scott Johnson's article, "The Illustrations for a Victorian Aesop and a Meiji Isoppu", 1983, Kansai University). Good impressions, very good condition. Enclosed in a modern clasped chitsu case, complete:, Very Good

[EHON] Kawanabe GYO^SAI, artist : Tsuuzoku^ ISOPPU MONOGATARI

[EHON] Kawanabe GYOSAI, artist. Tsuuzoku ISOPPU MONOGATARI. Tokyo & Numazu, Meiji 5 & 6 [1872,3]. 6 volumes. Hanshibon, 22.5 x 15 cm. Blindstamped patterned yellow paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The interesting and now scarce translation of Aesop's Fables into Japanese by Watabe Godo from the English version of Thomas James. Illustrated throughout in b+w (with some use of grey scale and colored blocks, as well) woodcuts, mostly by the famed artist Kawanabe Gyosai. The illustrations are largely based on the English original, though a few are original to the Japanese edition. Fujisawa Bainan and an artist named Koson (Oshima Koson? Sakaki Koson?). For more on this work, see Scott Johnson's article, "The Illustrations for a Victorian Aesop and a Meiji Isoppu", 1983, Kansai University. Good impressions, very good condition. Early copies with the added blocks are very unusual. Complete., Very Good

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