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278 - Ueno Kiyoe (Ueno Seiko), *Miyako no Hikari*, Vol. 3. Kyoto: Miyata Fuzando, 1899. Ehon album (365 x 225 mm). Color woodblock print (Nishike-e). A volume of kimono design sketches, containing 12 pages with illustrations on both sides, featuring 24 splendid color woodblock prints (with pronounced karazuri effects and silver accents) depicting beautiful motifs of birds, flowers, and landscapes. Third volume (of a three-volume series). The woodblock carver was Kinoshita Yūnosuke, and the printer was Tarui Kamejirō. Accordion-style binding. Ueno Kiyoe, also known by the pen name Ueno Seiko, was a leading applied arts designer, painter, and master of Japanese textile pattern design, active during the Meiji and Shōwa periods. Born in Kyoto as Jisaburō, he is celebrated as the founder of the renowned Ueno family, famous for the art of Kyō-Yūzen (the Kyoto yūzen dyeing technique). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Volume (260x180 mm). Black woodblock print (Sumizuri-e). From Tsukiyama Teizō Den, “Manual for the Creation of Hillside Gardens,” a treatise on the art of Japanese gardens. From a collection usually comprising 5 volumes. (2) VOLUME 1: Binding shows some signs of wear. Plates are in excellent condition with very fresh colors. A small trace of woodworm damage at the top margin. VOLUME 2: Numerous traces of woodworm damage. Defects.

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€140 - 280

Sale fees

30%

Ueno Kiyoe (Ueno Seiko), *Miyako no Hikari*, Vol. 3. Kyoto: Miyata Fuzando, 1899. Ehon album (365 x 225 mm). Color woodblock print (Nishike-e). A volume of kimono design sketches, containing 12 pages with illustrations on both sides, featuring 24 splendid color woodblock prints (with pronounced karazuri effects and silver accents) depicting beautiful motifs of birds, flowers, and landscapes. Third volume (of a three-volume series). The woodblock carver was Kinoshita Yūnosuke, and the printer was Tarui Kamejirō. Accordion-style binding. Ueno Kiyoe, also known by the pen name Ueno Seiko, was a leading applied arts designer, painter, and master of Japanese textile pattern design, active during the Meiji and Shōwa periods. Born in Kyoto as Jisaburō, he is celebrated as the founder of the renowned Ueno family, famous for the art of Kyō-Yūzen (the Kyoto yūzen dyeing technique). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Volume (260x180 mm). Black woodblock print (Sumizuri-e). From Tsukiyama Teizō Den, “Manual for the Creation of Hillside Gardens,” a treatise on the art of Japanese gardens. From a collection usually comprising 5 volumes. (2) VOLUME 1: Binding shows some signs of wear. Plates are in excellent condition with very fresh colors. A small trace of woodworm damage at the top margin. VOLUME 2: Numerous traces of woodworm damage. Defects.

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Auction details

Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Art - Session II
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
Via Fra Giovanni Angelico, 49
50121 Firenze, Italy

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Gonnelli Casa d'Aste +39 0 55 26 82 79 aste@gonnelli.it
On Drouot for 1 year avec More than 5,000 lots published

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