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Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792) and Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820)
Picture Book of Brocades with Precious Threads (Ehon takara no itosuji), 1786
1 volume (complete), blue cover with designs of grass, 7 leaves comprising 2 preface pages signed and dated 1786, followed by 12 single-page colour illustrations of women engaged in the different stages of the production of silk, with the title Kaiko Yashinaigusa, each with a number and explanatory text above, inside the back cover there is an announcement for a publication, editor Maekawa Chuemon, Hayashi and Berès seals
29.2 x 20.4cm.

Provenance
Henri Vever (Paris, 1948)
Huguette Berès

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Scenes 1,3,6,8,11,12 are designed by Katsukawa Shunsho and scenes 2,4,5,7,9,10 by Kitao Shigemasa.

For a fully illustrated copy in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number JIB88, go to www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online