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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Mountains upon Mountains: Picture Book with kyoka (Ehon kyoka-yama mata yama)
3 volumes (complete), with blue covers

Volume 1, 12 leaves, the first page inside the cover gives the title Ehon kyoka yama-mata-yama, as well as the name of the poet "Master" Benbenkan (Koryu 1749 - 1818), the name of the man who chose the poems Daigentai (Sumikata) and the publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo, followed by 3 pages of preface signed Benbenkan Koryu, undated, followed by 10 double-page and 1 single page of illustrations of life in Edo with kyoka poems above

Volume 2, 10 leaves, comprising 9 double-page and 2 single page illustrations in colour of life in Edo with kyoka poems above
Volume 3, 10 leaves, comprising 9 double-page and 1 single-page illustration in Edo with kyoka poems above, followed by a single-page postscript
Each volume 26.3 x 17.3cm.

Provenance
Huguette Berès

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