A SET OF THIRTY-EIGHT BOOKS (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
Poems by Ou Bei
23.8 x 15.5 cm. (9 ³⁄₈ x 6 ¹⁄₈ in.)
Two albums, edited by Zhao Yi (1727-1814)

Gu Wen Xi Yi
26.2 x 15.5 cm. (10 ³⁄₈ x 6 ¹⁄₈ in.)
Sixteen albums, inscribed by Lin Liyu and dated bingshen year of Kangxi period (1716)

Gu Jin Xiao Pin
18 x 11.1 cm. (7 ¹⁄₈ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.)
Eight albums, edited by Chen Tianting and dated ninth year of Daoguang period (1829)

Collected Works of Zhan Ran Jushi
25.8 x 16.5 cm. (10 ¹⁄₈ x 6 ¹⁄₂ in.)
Four albums, printed yihai year of Guangxu period (1875)

Hui Cun Zhai Poems
25.8 x 16.5 cm. (10 ¹⁄₈x 6 ¹⁄₂ in.)
Two albums, edited by Huang Jingren (1749-1783), printed bingchen year of Jiaqing period (1796)

Liang Dang Xuan
23.8 x 15.5 cm. (9 ³⁄₈ x 6 ¹⁄₈ in.)
Six albums, edited by Huang Jingren (1749-1783), printed second year of Guangxu period (1876)

NOTE:
All books with colophons and collector’s seals of Tokutomi Sohō (1863-1957)

Mr Tokutomi Sohō (1863 - 1957) was a famous journalist, who was very active between the Meiji and Showa periods. At the age of 28, he founded "Kokumin (People's) Newspaper" and worked as a chief editor and managing director for many years. As a historian he was extremely famous known especially for his The Modern Japanese History volume 1-100.

Mr Tokutomi deeply appreciated Chinese culture, as he was acquainted with Tang dynasty Poem Selection, and he was highly respected by policy-makers, business leaders and Chinese poem specialist Shinpei Goto (1857-1929).

He was able to form a major collection of important Chinese paintings with a help from his great circle of friends, such as the Chinese seal maker Senro Kawai (1871-1945), historian Konan Naito (1866-1934) and graduates from University of Toa Doubunshoin.