$2,074
A collection of eighteenth-century hand-copied Japanese ehon pertaining to falconry. Genbun 1 (1736). 2 vols. With eight woodcuts of falcons, uncolored. n.d., but reference to sixteenth-century, likely eighteenth-century hand-copy. With numerous in-text woodcuts of shelters, falcon caps and gloves. n.d. With six full figure woodcuts of falcons, hand-colored. Tanmei 5 (1785). With numerous in-text woodcuts, uncolored. Together with five other ehon, without woodcut illustrations, pertaining to falconry, comprising Kyoruku 2 (1529), eighteenth-century hand-copied work. No woodcuts. n.d. No plates. (Multiple works bound as one): n.d., circa eighteenth-century. No woodcuts. Einin (c. 1504), likely eighteenth-century hand-copy. 2 vols. No woodcuts. (Multiple works bound as one): By Nijo ke Motofusa, n.d. No woodcuts. (11)
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-11-15
