Kondo Ariyoshi (active circa 1830 - 1880) Nambara Keisho (active circa 1880)

Name: Comprehensive Album of Realistic Sketches
Brand: Kondo Ariyoshi (active circa 1830 - 1880) Nambara Keisho (active circa 1880)
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Comprehensive Album of Realistic Sketches

Kondo Ariyoshi (active circa 1830 - 1880) Nambara Keisho (active circa 1880)

Price Realised GBP 3,250

Closed: 7 Aug 2014

Price Realised GBP 3,250

Closed: 7 Aug 2014

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Kondo Ariyoshi (active circa 1830 - 1880)
Nambara Keisho (active circa 1880)
Taisei shinsha fu [Comprehensive Album of Realistic Sketches]

Woodblock-printed book, 2 volumes, published by Maekawa Zenbei, 1888, comprising: volume 1 - twenty-five double-page illustrations and one single-page illustration of flora, volume 2 - twenty-five double-page illustrations and one single-page illustration of fauna
Each book 30.3 x 21.2cm.

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Lot Essay

The original paintings by Kondo Ariyoshi from which the designs within this book were taken were owned by the Osaka collector, Shibakawa Matauemon, who commissioned the contemporary artist, Nambara Keisho, to produce this finely-printed reproduction of his collection, and to provide a preface for it. Although produced for an art-orientated audience, the level of detail displays a naturalist's eye, with multiple angles of each specimen along with inscriptions identifying the plant or animal and giving the date the picture was originally made.

For another copy in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, The University of Kansas, and for further reading, go to http://liblamp.vm.ku.edu/spencer/exhibits/easternBotanicals/kondoariyoshi/5ellisavese72221rbats_4.html, and for another set in the collection of the British Museum, go to www.britishmuseum.org, museum number 2011,3010.16.