4-Sheet Letter [written on rectos only] from Hana Takeuchi to Berith Clapham; Each Sheet with Original Artwork.
by (JAPAN: ILLUSTRATED ALS)
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: N.p., 1924. A charming and chatty letter from Miss Takeuchi of Tokyo to Miss Claphman of Arlington, MA. The sheets are of onion-skin paper and tinted blue. Each sheet measures 11 x 7 inches and each sheet has a finely executed gouache of a Japanese woman in traditional garb on the right margin. Original canceled envelope still present. The expected fold-lines, else a wonderful survivor.The letter was penned in late June of 1924. We know Berith was born in in 1904 and thus she was twenty when she received this letter. Hana writes of how much she enjoyed her stay in Boston so that is likely where the two met and thus became pen pals, The letter is full of the trivial things new pen pals write to each other but the real highlight of this item are the guoaches painted by Hana Takeuchi on the left margin of every sheet. All four of the paintings are of high society Japanese women in kimonos. A sentence from Hana's letter lays out the obvious - "I am studying a little of Japanese painting and should I become more of an artist some day, I will send you one of my works."
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75093
- Title
- 4-Sheet Letter [written on rectos only] from Hana Takeuchi to Berith Clapham; Each Sheet with Original Artwork.
- Author
- (JAPAN: ILLUSTRATED ALS)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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