Shunsui, Tamenaga: Iroha bunko. [Based on The forty-seven ronin]. Volume I and II. Two blockbooks.

No place and publisher information, no year, 2 volumes. 606 unn. pp.; 606 unn.pp. with numerous woodblock prints in black and white and color, mostly double sided, by Kesai Eisen.. 8°, contemporary half leather with gilt spine.

Seltene Ausgabe dieses Romans von Tamenaga Shunsui, basierend auf einer Erzählung über die 47 Ronin, mit den beeindruckenden Holzschnitten von Kesai Eisen. - Von den 47 Ronin, ein japanischer Nationalroman über Vasallentreue, gibt es zahlreiche verschiedene Bearbeitungen, darunter die Erzählung »Irohabunko« des japanischen Schriftstellers Tamenaga. - Keisai Eisen (1790–1848) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women). His best works, including his okubi-e ("large head pictures"), are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–1830). He was also known as Ikeda Eisen, and wrote under the name of Ippitsuan. The tragedy of the forty-seven ronin has been one of the most popular themes in Japanese art and has lately even begun to make its way into Western art. - Einband etwas berieben, Schnitt angestaubt, wenige Blätter minimal gestaucht, sonst gutes Exemplar.