Kaishien Gaden: (Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection)
by [Wang Gai]
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good-/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Item Price
£328.88£279.55
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About This Item
Kaishien Gaden (Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden) is an Edo-Era Japanese edition of the very popular Chinese painting guide Jieziyuan Huazhaun by Wang Gai, first published in the Qing Dynasty in China (1701). The manual was reprinted many times from 1748 onwards in Japan.
Four volumes from the Second Collection, with drawing instructions and examples for ume plums and kiku chrysanthemums. (Lacks the four volumes on ran orchids and take bamboo.)
Vol. 1 Plums: 28pp text, 22 b/w plates; 6pp text, 40 color plates
Vol. 2 Chrysanthemums: 16pp text, 22 b/w plates; 12pp text, 20 b/w plates
The woodblock prints in the plum volume, part 2, are double-page full-color reproductions of botanical art by famous Chinese artists with their seals.
Condition: Covers browned and scuffed with some minor worm damage, interior solid and woodcuts mostly clean and bright, but with some browning and worming mostly outside the image.
Four volumes from the Second Collection, with drawing instructions and examples for ume plums and kiku chrysanthemums. (Lacks the four volumes on ran orchids and take bamboo.)
Vol. 1 Plums: 28pp text, 22 b/w plates; 6pp text, 40 color plates
Vol. 2 Chrysanthemums: 16pp text, 22 b/w plates; 12pp text, 20 b/w plates
The woodblock prints in the plum volume, part 2, are double-page full-color reproductions of botanical art by famous Chinese artists with their seals.
Condition: Covers browned and scuffed with some minor worm damage, interior solid and woodcuts mostly clean and bright, but with some browning and worming mostly outside the image.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo123
- Title
- Kaishien Gaden
- Author
- [Wang Gai]
- Format/Binding
- Japanese four-hole binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ichimura Bunko
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 19thC
- Size
- Octavo, 19 x 12cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ukiyo-e, plum, chrysanthemum, Kaishien Gaden, drawing manual, art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Japanese Woodblock;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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