Keika Hyakukiku

HASEGAWA, KEIKA. Keika Hyakukiku [Illustrations of Chrysanthemums]. 1904

Japan, Meji 36 (1904). 3 volumes. 4to (315 x 225mm). With 75 colour woodblock prints, 9 prints on double page. In original stitched bindings (preserved in a recent Japanese style cloth box). A reissue of the Kyoto 1893 edition. A beautiful and decorative album of Japanese chrysanthemums, several of the plates have hand finishing. The chrysanthenum is probably the most popular Japanese flower and of great symbolic importance. A yearly festival of 'happiness' is held in Japan to celebrate this magnificent flower. The present work is one of the most attractive Japanse flower books, printed in lovely delicate colours, and of a high artistic level. The work is rare and Kerlen only quotes the first volume of the 1893 edition. The 1904 and 1893 editions are identical. A fine copy. Kerlen 814.

[SW: Flower Books (Illustrated)/Gardening / Gardens / Horticulture/Japan]

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HASEGAWA KEIKA (tätig 1893-1905). Keika hyakukiku [Illustrations of Chrysanthemums]. (Japan, 1905).
Band 3 von 3 Bänden "One Hundred Chrysanthemums" (Hundert Chrysanthemen). Als Blockbuch gebunden.
Bankverbindung in Deutschland vorhanden.

4°. 26 nn.Bll. Mit 25 Orig.-Farbholzschnitten, davon 5 doppelblattgross. Orig.-Fadenheftung (etwas fleckig, berieben, mit kleinem Eckabriss, Kapitale mit kleinen Fehlstellen).,

[SW: Asiatica japanische Kunst japanese art]

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