Sharaku

Kurth, Julius. Sharaku. Munich: Piper, 1922. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. 4to. 215pp. 1/4 red cloth over beige paper covered boards with red lettering to cover and black illustration and lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners worn. Staining and browning to boards and endpapers. Minor browning and sporadic foxing to pages. Fascinating work on Toshusai Shraku, one of the great masters of the Japanese woodblock print (lived in 18th century). Magnificently illustrated with 7 in-text, 83 b/w full-page and 5 full-page color reprints of the woodcuts, the first one of which is protected by tissue guard. In German. In fair condition. fair. Hardcover. (15376) $45