Kôrin ehon michi shirube: Korin: An Illustrated Guidebook - 3 vol in one

Kôrin ehon michi shirube, 3 volumes bound together, Kyoho 20 (1735); Japanese stab binding; 16, 16, 15 double sheets; 2 page of text, 92 pages of woodblock prints; covers and title slip, a little worn; inside in fine condition, only very few stains, 4 sheets of vol 2 (10 – 13) with a little worming at lower margin; otherwise almost mint.

The first publication of drawings by Korin. Browns mentions that this book is very rare !!!

Reference: KSM 26620; Brown, page 59; for comparison, see Mfa, Boston, Accession Number 2008.1594

Ogata Kōrin (1658 –1716) was a Japanesepainter, lacquerer and designer of the Rinpa school. Kōrin is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms (both registered National Treasures), and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware produced by his brother Kenzan (1663–1743). Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, makie writing boxes or inrō medicine cases. He is also credited with reviving and consolidating the Rinpa school of Japanese painting, fifty years after its foundation by Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558–1637) and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (c. 1570 – c. 1640). In fact the term "Rinpa", coined in the Meiji period, means "school of [Kō]rin". In particular he had a lasting influence on Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828), who replicated many of his paintings and popularized his work, organizing the first exhibition of Kōrin's paintings at the hundredth anniversary of his death. (from Wikipedia)