A SET OF NINE ALBUMS OF RUBBING (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
Dou Sha Jing
29.3 x 16.8 cm. (11 ¹⁄₂ x 6 ⁵⁄₈ in.)
Colophons by Ding Renwei and Ouyang Ai, dated wuxu year of Guangxu period (1898)
With colophon and collector’s seals of Tokutomi Sohō (1863-1957)

Xing Feng Lou Tie
28 x 16 cm. (11 x 6 ¹⁄₄ in.)
With collector’s seals of Tokutomi Sohō (1863-1957)

Gu Yuan Mo Gu, 3 albums
Each 29.2 x 13.3 cm. (11 ¹⁄₂ x 5 ¹⁄₄ in.)
With colophon and collector’s seals of Tokutomi Sohō (1863-1957)

Kuai Xue Tang
31.5 x 16 cm. (12 ³⁄₈ x 6 ¹⁄₄ in.)

Dao De Jing
25 x 12.5 cm. (9 ⁷⁄₈ x 4 ⁷⁄₈ in.)

Mu Zhi Ming
22 x 12.6 cm. (8 ⁵⁄₈ x 5 in.)
With colophon 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.