Japanese Types Illustrated by Mrs Yuko Watanabe, No 68 Naka-Okachimachi Sanchome
Tokyo: Yuko Watanabe, 1887. Yuko Watanabe. First edition. Bound in original paper covers; sewn Japanese style, oriented Western. 9"x12" pp. [52] including 25 lithographic plates, one text leaf, and one tissue guard. A Meiji era collection of illustrations by Yuko Watanabe, a female artist and educator who taught Western-style painting. Illustrations feature "daily life" Japanese scenes of cooking, dressing, breastfeeding, gardening, home decorating, and samurai; all likely with a Western audience in mind. Printed in Sienna or black ink; wrappers worn which affect ink at the imprint mark; a tidemark appears on the fore-edge. Small book plate from Kelly & Walsh, Ltd. from Yokohama. Stand-out fashion motifs and the feminine daily life, all collected by a Japanese female artist. Item #387
Price: $1,800.00