The Jane Carnegie Oriental Art Library

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Item
3434
Ho, Amidabutsu Koi; Sansatei, Arino; Kanagaki, Robun; Zeshin, Shibata (illus); Yoshiiku (illus)
Kuma naki kage
Edo, Not known   1867 
80pp; 68 col illus; 25x18cm   Japanese   Stitch-bound paper   Binding loose

Original woodblock printed book of 68 portrait silhouettes with poems and biographies of the subjects and small genre scenes, known as `No shadow in any nook or corner'. The silhouettes have been atrributed to Yoshiiku and there is a double-page colour frontispiece by Zeshin. The embossed front cover is faded and rubbed. Compare Mitchell (1972, pp379-380)