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JAPANESE BOOKS: OTA SABURO
Gallery East94
Stirling Highway
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ASAGIRI (Morning Mist) Two volume book of popular poetry & songs, much of it about the pleasure quarter and its joys. The preface, by Ota Saburo, recounts that this is a record of 300 years of poetry & old people's stories. This is followed by small illustrations of scenes from daily life, still lifes, etc on the opposite page in a style suggesting quick pen strokes with subtle watercolour washes. |
published by Ohashi Mitsukichi in 1912 $2,200 |
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