Book, Original woodblock print - Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) - "Kyōsai suiga, shohen" 暁斎酔画初編 (Dronken tekeningen van Kyōsai, vol. 1) - 1882 (Meiji 15)

Book, Original woodblock print - Kawanabe Kyosai (1831–1889) - "Kyōsai suiga, shohen" 暁斎酔画初編 (Drunk drawings by Kyōsai, volume 1) - 1882 (Meiji 15)

. Illustrator: Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 (1831–1889)

. Publisher: Matsuzaki Hanzō 松崎半造, Tokyo

. Date: Meiji 15 (1882)

. Foreword by Seishō Gyosō, dated Meiji 15 (1882)

. The back flyleaf features a colophon and an advertisement for other works by Kyōsai.

19 folded pages
32 woodcuts, including 4 diptychs
. Size: 12. 5 x 18. 6 cm (chūbon)
. Part 1 of 3, complete

. Woodblock prints with subtle and detailed used of grey and pink shades.

. Cover with minor signs of wear. A page with two light stains. Otherwise in very good condition.

"The book contains . . comic drawings . . the full range of Kyōsai's habitual subjects . . last double-page . . animals act out the riotous passage of a festival float. The holy treausure they are transporting is an impression of Kyōsai's 'Intoxicated Demon of painting' . . seal. "
(T. Clark - Demon of Painting, The Art of Kawanabe Kyōsai, page 154)

. The booklet will be packaged with care and sent insured with Track & Trace.