Book title: Kabuki fan-prints from Edo: Genroku–Enkyō periods (1688–1748) [江戸歌舞伎團扇繪] (Edo kabuki uchiwa-e: Genroku–Enkyō hen)
Author: Shigeo Miyao [宮尾しげを] (Japanese, 1902 – 1982).
Comments by: Kimura Jūzō [木村拾三] (Japanese, 20th century)
Publisher: Inoue Shobō [井上書房] (Tokyo).
Oblong volume 187 x 265 mm, bound in black washi paper with silver kabuki face design to front and silver lettering to spine and to back; three-colour title, folding frontispiece, second frontispiece, pp.: [6] foreword, contents, [2] f.t.p./blank, 3-134 [2], 43 full-page black & white illustrations, colophon slip pasted, bookstore label to back pastedown, in a pink vertical slipcase with black lettering. Primitive fan prints from the Kaga collection, from 1691 to 1747.
Edition: 1st edition, limited to 500 copies.
Additional Information
| Collection | Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Japan: art, history, literature , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century , Shōwa era [昭和] (1926–1989) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | 17th century , 18th century , 19th century , Art , Art history , Artist , Edo period , Fan , Japan , Japanese art , Kabuki , Paintings and drawings , Publishers , Ukiyo-e , Woodblock printing |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1962 |
| Edition | 1st edition , Limited |
| Binding | Hardcover , Paper , Slipcase |
| Genre | Actor Prints (Yakusha-e, 役者絵) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
