Jun 03, 2021 - Sale 2571

Sale 2571 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 2,860
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(JAPAN.) Bunka era manuscript scroll with 11 colored differentiations of Japanese feudal Daimyo land holdings. Ink and watercolor on thin paper joined with sheets of heavier contemporary stock; 11 1/2x412 inches overall (approximately 34 feet); wear to terminal edges but no major damages. Japan, Bunka 12 (1815)

Additional Details

together with: A similar theme, but here color-printed woodblocks of the 11 maps describing Japanese regions of the Daimyo. Small folio, 12x8 1/2 inches, original blue paper wrappers with printed title label, contents mounted on later card and bound in a leporello format; occasional small worm track stabilized by backing, but still quite nice. Japan, Bunka 12 (1815).