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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, illustrator: Fugaku hyakkei "One hundred views of Mount Fuji"; colophon signed (Vol. 2) Zen Hokusai Iitsu aratame nanajugo rei Gakyorojin Manji hitsu with Fuji seal and dated Tempo 5 (1834); fukurotoji-bon, three volumes complete (22.6 x 15.7cm.), block printed, Vol. 1 and 2 in original pink paper wrappers embossed with an 'Omi hakkei' landscape design, with original title slips with falcon feather design above and below in blue on buff, title as above, sewn; and Vol. 3, no colophon, in orange paper wrappers with a title slip--Vol. 1, very good impression, cover slightly soiled and creased, with some worm holes, Vol. 2, very good impression, cover soiled, the inside front page torn, Vol 3, good impressions, covers soiled, torn, and loose
Contents: Vol. 1, inside front cover title page on yellow ground, 26 leaves numbered on the hashira 1-25, 1-leaf preface numbered jo, signed Ryutei Tanehiko and dated Tempo kino-e uma (1834), with double and single-page illustrations depicting Mount Fuji, last leaf colophon with 4-line postscript by Hokusai, advertisement of books, dated as above, publishers Eirakuya Toshiro of Nagoya, Sumimaruya Jinsuke of Edo, Nishimura Yohachi of Edo, Nishimura Yuzo of Edo; Vol. 2, inside front cover with part of title page on yellow ground, 26 leaves numbered on the hashira, 1-25, 1-leaf preface numbered jo, signed Rozan ko and dated Tempo roku, otsu hitsuji shogatsu (1835)., with double and single-page illustrations depicting Mount Fuji, last leaf colophon, the same as Vol. 1 except for the dates; and Vol. 3, inside front cover with names of books, 25 leaves numbered on the hashira 1-25, 1-leaf preface numbered jo, signed Shippo Sanka rojin shoritsu, undated, double and single-page illustrations depicting Mount Fuji, inside back cover advertisement (3)
Contents: Vol. 1, inside front cover title page on yellow ground, 26 leaves numbered on the hashira 1-25, 1-leaf preface numbered jo, signed Ryutei Tanehiko and dated Tempo kino-e uma (1834), with double and single-page illustrations depicting Mount Fuji, last leaf colophon with 4-line postscript by Hokusai, advertisement of books, dated as above, publishers Eirakuya Toshiro of Nagoya, Sumimaruya Jinsuke of Edo, Nishimura Yohachi of Edo, Nishimura Yuzo of Edo; Vol. 2, inside front cover with part of title page on yellow ground, 26 leaves numbered on the hashira, 1-25, 1-leaf preface numbered jo, signed Rozan ko and dated Tempo roku, otsu hitsuji shogatsu (1835)., with double and single-page illustrations depicting Mount Fuji, last leaf colophon, the same as Vol. 1 except for the dates; and Vol. 3, inside front cover with names of books, 25 leaves numbered on the hashira 1-25, 1-leaf preface numbered jo, signed Shippo Sanka rojin shoritsu, undated, double and single-page illustrations depicting Mount Fuji, inside back cover advertisement (3)