LITERATURE, NINE PUBLICATIONS BY THE SHIMBI SHOIN PUBLISHING HOUSE

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LITERATURE
NINE PUBLICATIONS BY THE SHIMBI SHOIN PUBLISHING HOUSE
MEIJI ERA, 1904-1909

Comprising: a set of Masterpieces Selected from the Ukiyoe School, volumes I-V, edition de luxe, n.38/100; a set of Masterpieces by Motonobu, volumes I-II, limited edition, n.100/2,000; and two copies of Old Masterpieces Reproduced by The Shimbi Shoin. (9)

Provenance: one set with a presentation slip dedicated to Mrs C W Christie-Miller and dated June 1909. Alice Wakefield Christie-Miller was an important collector of Japanese art, which she notably lent to the Red Cross Exhibition (1915).