Woodblock Printed Book of Fish and other Sea Creatures Lovely work by Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
[Japan] Wonderful, colour, woodblock printed book by Keisai (1764-1824) showing a very nice variety of fish and other creatures of the sea. Illustrations inclue a whale, flatfish, tuna, lobster, blowfish (fugu), stingray, octopus, eel, shellfish, and turtles. The book is dated 1802 at rear (when the first edition was published) but this is clearly a late Meiji edition. The Japanese title is, 'Gyogu Ryaku Gashiki'.
Kyoto. Unsodo. ND (c1910).
31 leaves. 24.7 x 17.9cm.
In very good condition. Covers with minor wear. Internally very good with only minor age wear and an occasional minor crease. b34101272
