TWO WOODBLOCK-PRINTED ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Katsukawa Shuncho (flourished circa 1780-1795)
Two woodblock-printed illustrated books
Picture-book of a Prosperous Household (Ehon sakaegusa)
1 volume (out of two) comprising 1 single-page and 7 double-pages in colour of important events in family life, a colophon giving details of the artist Churinsha Katsukawa Shuncho with seal, dated Kansei 2 (1790) and publisher Izumiya Ichibei of Edo, Hayashi seal

The Book of Everlasting Autumn (Ehon chiyo no aki)
1 volume (complete) comprising 15 leaves, comprising 3 pages of preface with the title Kyoka chiyo no aki, 6 double-pages of black and white illustrations of activities connected with chrysanthemums, 1 single page with an illustration of a chrysanthemum, 10 pages of kyoka poems by the members of the Yomogawa poetry circle, 2 pages of announcements and a colophon giving details of the artist, Katsukawa Shuncho, the engravers Fuji Kazumune, Yamaguchi Seiga and Ando Enshi, and the editor Tsutaya Juzaburo of Edo, Hayashi seal, blue cover (19th century replacement)
21.6 x 15cm. and 21.8 x 15.4cm. respectively

Provenance
The first:
Hayashi Tadamasa (Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1902, no. 1538)
Huguette Berès

The second:
Henri Vever (Paris, 29th April 1948)
Huguette Berès

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.