A group of thirteen various sketch books, drawings and drawing exercises

Property from the Japan Society Library, London

A group of thirteen various sketch books, drawings and drawing exercises

each encased in 20^th century fitted blue linen board case with impressed gold leaf Japan Society Imperial chrysanthemum crest

Bumpo Kawamura, Sketches by Bumpo (Bumpo gafu), 1807

Hayashi Moriatsu, The Art of Drawing (Gasen), 5 vols., 1721

Itcho Hanabusa, Sketches by Itcho (Itcho kyoga-shu), 1888

Kubota Beisen, Textile Designs (Zuan fukusa aware), vol. 1,1894

Naito Michiori, Sketches (Fuso gafu), 5 vols., 1734

Takeuchi Suho, Japanese Drawing Exercises (Nihon gajo), 3 vols., 1901

Taki Katei, Tansei Ippan, A sketch book with various designs, parts 1, 2 and 4, 1894

[Anon.], Album of miscellaneous drawings, n. d.

[Anon.], Shinji andon, vol. 5, n.d.

[Anon.], Album of drawings by contemporary artists (Shotaika gashu), 1820

[Anon.], A Japanese concertina album of flowers, animals, mountainous landscapes, n. d.

; and two others