{"product_id":"nomura-bunkyo-shozo-gako-shasei-nomura-bunkyos-collection-of-sketches-circa-1868-1875-early-meiji-sketchbook-by-a-japanese-painter-of-the-shijo-school-with-roughly-57-pages-of-landscape-sketches-and-sumi-e-ink-wash-painting","title":"Nomura Bunkyo Shozō Gakō Shasei (Nomura Bunkyo's Collection of Sketches), Circa 1868-1875. Early Meiji Sketchbook by a Japanese Painter of the Shijo School, With Roughly 57 Pages of Landscape Sketches and Sumi-E Ink Wash Painting","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eNomura Bunkyo Shozō Gakō Shasei (Nomura Bunkyo's Collection of Sketches), \u003ca name=\"_Hlk206259149\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eCirca 1868-1875. Early Meiji Sketchbook by a Japanese Painter of the Shijo School, With Roughly 57 Pages of Landscape Sketches and Sumi-E Ink Wash Paintings, Many Full Page and Some in Color\u003cbr\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eNomura Bunkyo \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAn Early Meiji Period, mid to late 19th century manuscript sketchbook entitled Nomura Bunkyo Shozō Gakō Shasei, or \u003cb\u003eNomura Bunkyo's\u003c\/b\u003e Collection of Sketches, an original collection of pen and ink sketches and paintings by the Japanese painter of the Shijo School when he was still relatively younger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThere are roughly 57 pages of sketches, as well as some sumi-e ink wash paintings, many being full page or even double page spreads, and some in color. Included depictions are that of the North Bank of the Uji River, a Panoramic View of the Higashiyama District, Yasaka Shrine, Mount Daimonji, and more. Based on the subject matter chosen, this is likely a series of sketches he made while in his home city of Kyoto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eNomura Bunkyo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e(1854-1911) was born in the Shimogyo Ward of Kyoto Prefecture. His father, one Nomura Ubei, ran a kimono shop in Shijo Omiya. At the age of 14 in April 1867, he began studying ukiyo -e under Umekawa Tokyo, but in September 1869, he began studying painting in earnest under Shiokawa Bunrin of the Maruyama-Shijo School. While traveling through 19 provinces in the Kinai (a name for the ancient provinces around the capital Nara and Heian-kyō) region, he made detailed sketches and added Western-style realism to the landscape painting techniques he learned from Bunrin. Later moving to Tokyo in 1889, he became a prize-winner at the first Bunten, or Ministry of Education Arts Exhibition, a prestigious and influential annual national arts competition. One of his more notable pupils includes Yamamoto Shunkyo, who painted for Emperor Showa, and later became a professor at the Kyoto College of Fine Arts and one of the founders of the modern Kyoto school.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eOne manuscript in quarto (24.1 x 16.5 cm), 33 leaves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThis manuscript is in very good shape, with minor rubbing and old ink staining to the covers. There is a single worm track beginning at the inner margins, slowly becoming larger by the second half of the manuscript, and affecting some of the illustrations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51632564470071,"sku":null,"price":2075.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20251219_185050.jpg?v=1769895132","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/nomura-bunkyo-shozo-gako-shasei-nomura-bunkyos-collection-of-sketches-circa-1868-1875-early-meiji-sketchbook-by-a-japanese-painter-of-the-shijo-school-with-roughly-57-pages-of-landscape-sketches-and-sumi-e-ink-wash-painting","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}