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japanese painting album: sketchbook (Meiji)
6 double pages of birds and 19 double pages of landscapes, animals, flowers and people in sumi and colours on paper. Unsigned, seal absent. 30.2 x 21 cm. Condition: good
Euro 300,-

Painting albums

Japanese painting albums can be divided in three main groups:
- tan-gajo or jiteki-jo: painting albums made by a single artist according to his own insights. Among these are sketchbooks, practise books for pupils and books where the artists shows his accomplishment or oeuvre.
- gassaku-jo or Liber Amicorum: albums by different artist. These contain paintings often in combination with pages of calligraphy by several different artists. Sometimes they belong to same school but more commonly they are from diffent schools or amateur painters and poets from different cultural groups or circles. Often these albums were made for a special occasion such as a cherry blossom viewing or dinnerparty or composed around a special theme.
- shuga-jo: illustrated albums with paintings of different painters and calligraphers brought together by a collector. In some cases the album consists of pasted in drawings. Note that a shuga-jo (written with different kanji) could also be an album of paintings for practise purposes.
The size of the painting albums varies from miniature albums to large size sketchbooks. Some are done in ink only. In others ink and washes of colour were used.

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japanese painting album: sketchbook (Meiji)
25 double pages of animals, flowers and fruits in sumi and colours on paper. Covers: darkgrey paper, unsigned title slip; 30.5 x 21cm unsigned, seal absent. Condition: good
        Euro 300,-

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japanese painting album in Nanga style
24 pages of landscapes, flowers and plants in sumi and some colour. green brocade covers, signed title slip (unread); 18.4 x 12.3cm; sign and seal unread. Condition: good, foxing
Euro 350,-

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20 pages of landscapes, animals and flowers in sumi. Covers: lightbrown brocade covers, title slip; 11.4 x 15.2 cm; sign and seal unread. Condition: good

Euro 300,-

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28 double pages of animals, flowers and fruits in sumi and colours on paper. Covers: brown silk, signed title slip (unread); 30.5 x 21cm, unsigned, seal unread. Condition: good
Euro 300,-

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2 double pages with calligraphy and 12 double pages with fruits, plants and landscapes, lightblue brocade covers; 16.5x21cm; title slip: signed Katei, seal: Katei. Condition: good
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