HISHIKAWA MORONOBU (1618 – 1694)

The Hundred Poems, One each by Hundred Poets.
(Kenyo Eiri Uta no ken zu) Hyakunin Isshu Zosansho, 'Pictures and Comments on the Hyakunin Isshu', 3 vols. Original covers and title slips; sheets numbered: in black and white. – Vol. 1. 19 sheets, double-page frontispiece of the poet Teika (anthologist) seated in his villa at Ogurayama, followed by pages of text and small illustrations of poets and their poems. – Vol. 2: sheets 20-44, 50 pages of similar illustrations. – Vol. 3: sheets 45-60, 32 pages of similar illustrations, and last page signed Hishikawa Kichibei Moronobu with date Enpo 6 (1678). – Publisher: Urokogataya. - VERKAUFT / SOLD / VENDU