The first a color bookplate from Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts of the Ebb Tide), also known as 'The Shell Book,' depicting the shell-gathering at low tide in Shinagawa Bay and with a verse by Yomibito Shirazu, circa 1789, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo – some fading and staining, center crease, framed and glazed; the second an aiban tate-e of a herd boy and ox, signed Utamaro hitsu, publisher mark of Moriya Jihei – faded, stained, soiled, framed and glazed; together with two double-page mid-18th century monochrome printed bookplates, framed and glazed. [4] 8 7/8 x 14 3/8in (22.5 x 36.6cm) [sight (1)] 13 x 8 1/2in (33 x 21.7cm) [sight (2)]
The first a color bookplate from Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts of the Ebb Tide), also known as 'The Shell Book,' depicting the shell-gathering at low tide in Shinagawa Bay and with a verse by Yomibito Shirazu, circa 1789, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo – some fading and staining, center crease, framed and glazed; the second an aiban tate-e of a herd boy and ox, signed Utamaro hitsu, publisher mark of Moriya Jihei – faded, stained, soiled, framed and glazed; together with two double-page mid-18th century monochrome printed bookplates, framed and glazed. [4] 8 7/8 x 14 3/8in (22.5 x 36.6cm) [sight (1)] 13 x 8 1/2in (33 x 21.7cm) [sight (2)]
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