Description
KACHO GA DEN “Sketchbook of Flowers and Birds”: ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BOOK WITH BIRDS & FLOWERS FROM MEIJI PERIOD by Katsushika Taito (“Dog Hokusai”). Japan, Meiji Period (1868-1912). Original binding, 15,5×22,5cm app. Colors are black and white and “flesh” plus a very fine “colophon” page printed with blue. Complete. Very well preserved
Rare original Meiji period woodblock printed ukiyo-e on original handmade paper. With birds and flowers throughout (mainly birds) and a few pages text. Very beautiful book and an attractive copy
Kacho-ga is a Japanese art sub-genre of Ukiyo-e which depicts birds and flowers
