MOUNTAINS OF THE HEART (BOSAI SENSEI GAFU) KYOCHUZAN, 1816

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Kameda Bosai (1754-1826)
Mountains of the Heart (Bosai sensei gafu) Kyochuzan, 1816
1 volume (complete) with a pale green cover with embossing, the title printed in black on a dark blue background, bound in a late 19th century decorated silk wrapper

The book comprising 21 pages, the title page printed in black on pale pink paper inside the front cover giving the title Kyochuzan and a secondary title Bosai sensei gafu, a 2 page preface dated hinoe ne (1816) and signed Bosai kanjin and Chokowa, 33 pages of illustrations of landscapes, sixteen of which are double-pages, followed by 2 pages of postscript, the first page dated 1816 and signed Ko with the seal Chokowa (Bosai), the second page signed Shinbaiso kikuto-rojin, calligraphy by Ogasa (Shoryu Sanso), the colophon is erroneously dated Bunka 8 (1809) and gives the publisher's name as Suwaraya Shimbei of Edo
25.5 x 18.5cm.

Provenance
Ulrich Odin (Collection sold Hotel Drouot, Paris 1928, lot 153)
Huguette Berès

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