Details
MAEDA YUGURE, author, ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955), illustrator: Shinsho Fuji "New Praise of Fuji", colophon dated Showa 21 (1946); Fugaku Honsha, Tokyo, publisher; Uemura Masuro, in charge of production; Ichijo Michiaki, printer; fukurotoji-bon, 1 vol., complete (28.8 x 20 cm.), printed in black ink within blue wood-blocked cartouches, in original blue paper covers printed with cloud patterns with rectangular title slip printed in black on buff, in original paper outer wrapper printed in black with Mt. Fuji, sealed Onchi and with author, title and publisher printed in blue; very good impression and color, several pages with slight and very small stains, otherwise very good condition
Contents: 1 leaf, unnumbered, inside title page, blank leaf, 2 pp. preface, numbered 1-2, dated Showa 21 (1946), signed Maeda Yugure; 1 p. title, unnumbered, 1 p. text, unnumbered; 1 p. calligraphic text, unnumbered; blank page; pp. 1-36 text; following p. 10 a single page color woodblock illustration of Mt. Fuji by Onchi; following p. 24 a single page color woodblock illustration of Mt. Fuji by Onchi; single page postscript, numbered 37; colophon and publisher's label
Contents: 1 leaf, unnumbered, inside title page, blank leaf, 2 pp. preface, numbered 1-2, dated Showa 21 (1946), signed Maeda Yugure; 1 p. title, unnumbered, 1 p. text, unnumbered; 1 p. calligraphic text, unnumbered; blank page; pp. 1-36 text; following p. 10 a single page color woodblock illustration of Mt. Fuji by Onchi; following p. 24 a single page color woodblock illustration of Mt. Fuji by Onchi; single page postscript, numbered 37; colophon and publisher's label
Provenance
Charles H. Mitchell
Literature
Both illustrations of Mount Fuji by Onchi contained in Shinsho Fuji are published in Prints of Koshiro Onchi, Keishosha, Tokyo, 1977, nos. 245 and 283