“Bath house house scene with geisha” Early 19th Century Japanese Preparatory drawing or Shita-e/Gako Engraving preferred death

preferred death

This is therefore a foundational text marking the beginning of written literature on Vanuatu

The first two volumes describe the voyage to Japan from Europe

This is a nice example of a 16th Century legal tract on Roman law in a fine early 17th Century German monastic binding

-Wear to corners and crack to binding but holding firm

“Bath house house scene with geisha” Early 19th Century Japanese Preparatory drawing or Shita-e/Gako Engraving preferred deathBath house house scene with geisha Early 19th Century Japanese Preparatory drawing or Shita e Gako Anonymous Utagawa school possibly Hokuba 1771 1844 Oban tate e 37 x 26cm Drawn in Chinese Ink not signed Marks and losses to the corners, creases and old fold. Generally good condition. This preparatory drawing shows a bath house scene. At the centre of the composition, a geisha holds court with a shamisen on her knee and a table full of food. Behind her