Antique Edo 1841 Japanese woodblock book, illustrated, Shōtei Kinsui, Utagawa school, single volume

“Shiji yūkan – Hanagatami” — “Seasonal Observations: The Flower Basket”

Antique Japanese illustrated book produced using traditional woodblock printing.
Single volume from the series Shiji yūkan – Hanagatami.
Illustrated Japanese book printed from carved wooden blocks on traditional paper.

Period: Edo period, 1841
Technique: woodblock print
Format: illustrated book, single volume

Author
The work was written by Shōtei Kinsui, a writer associated with popular narrative literature of the late Edo period.

Illustrations
The book contains woodblock-printed illustrations produced by artists of the Utagawa school.

Significance
Shiji yūkan – Hanagatami represents Edo-period popular illustrated literature and provides material for the study of commercial publishing, reading culture, and visual traditions of nineteenth-century Japan.

Condition
Antique condition. Natural signs of age are present, including paper toning, localized traces of moisture, damage to individual pages, and traces of insect activity, consistent with the historical use of an authentic Edo-period woodblock-printed book.

Size (approx.): 12 × 18 × 0.8 cm

Safe and tracked shipping from Latvia (Riga Gallery of Japanese Art CloudyYokomido)

For US buyers: this item enters the United States duty-free.