Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) | Six volumes of Random Sketches by Hokusai (Hokusai manga); A set of One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei); Picture Book of the Floating World (Ukiyo gafu); together with three further illustrated books | Edo period - Meiji period, 19th century

Property from the Japan Society Library, London

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

Six volumes of Random Sketches by Hokusai (Hokusai manga); A set of One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei); Picture Book of the Floating World (Ukiyo gafu); together with three further illustrated books

Edo period - Meiji period, 19th century

comprising:

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Random Sketches by Hokusai (Hokusai manga)

woodblock printed illustrated books, volumes 2, 5, 9, 13, 14 (incomplete), later editions volumes 2, 5, 13 and 14 with colophon dated 1878 (Meiji 11), 9 with no colophon or title slip; publisher Eirakuya Toshiro (Tohekido), 1878; and another volume 5, no colophon or title slip, publisher Eirakuya Toshiro (Tohekido), 1816

One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei)

woodblock printed illustrated book, 3 volumes (complete), later editions, each volume with colophon dated 1875 (Meiji 8), publisher Eirakuya Toshiro (Tohekido), 1875

A Picture Album of The (53 Stations of the) Tokaido ([Gojusantsugiha] Hokusai dochu gafu)

woodblock printed illustrated book, volume 2 of 2 (incomplete), no colophon, later edition, Meiji period (late 19^th century)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

Picture Book of the Floating World (Ukiyo gafu)

woodblock printed illustrated book, 3 volumes, no colophon, later edition, Meiji period (late 19^th century)

Together with two woodblock printed illustrated books, title slips worn, no colophons, Edo period (19^th century)

all the above books are bound as fukurotoji (pouch binding), encased in a single 20^th century fitted blue linen board case with impressed gold leaf Japan Society Imperial chrysanthemum crest labelled Hokusai Manga