Reiko Chiba - Japanese Screens in Miniature: Six Masterpieces of the Momoyama Period. With introduction and commentary
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Reiko Chiba - Japanese Screens in Miniature: Six Masterpieces of the Momoyama Period. With introduction and commentary - Rutland VT / Tokyo, Japan - Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publishers - 1972 - Reprint - Leporello's in box - 6 x 16 cm.
Condition: Good set - COMPLETE.
Fold-out box with leporello text booklet (with bibliography) and six miniature folding screens, with reproductions of Japanese silkscreen paintings from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1603). The first edition appeared in 1960; this is the 'Fifteenth printing'. Nice oriental touristic curiosity.
¶ Contents: Birds and Flowers in the Four Seasons; Arched Bridge and Spring Willows (in 2 parts); Five Stallions and a Mare; empty sleeves; Hawk, Snow, and Plum (Nichokan Soga).