Rinpa kaiga zenshu. 5 volume set.

Yuzo Yamane

Tokyo : Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1970.

No. 798 of 1000. Five folio volumes. Illustrations (some color) ; 39 cm. English summaries with the title Paintings of Rinpa, text in Japanese. Hardcovers in original cases. Housed in accompanying cardboard boxes. Light wear to boxes. Fine bindings and covers. Clean, unmarked pages.

Contents: [1]. Sotatsuha 1; [2]. Sotatsuha 2; [3]. Korinha 1; [4]. Korinha 2; [5] Hoitsuha. Rinpa artists worked in various formats, notably screens, fans and hanging scrolls, woodblock printed books, lacquerware, ceramics, and kimono textiles. The Subject matter and style were often borrowed from Heian period traditions of yamato-e, with elements from Muromachi ink paintings, Chinese Ming dynasty flower-and-bird paintings, as well as Momoyama-period Kanō school developments. The stereotypical standard painting in the Rinpa style involves simple natural subjects such as birds, plants and flowers, with the background filled in with gold leaf. Emphasis on refined design and technique became more pronounced as the Rinpa style developed.A fine and desirable set on the 17th century Sotatsu-Korin School of Japanese painting.

This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.