13 ENVELOPES WITH VARIOUS WOODBLOCK PRINTS

Description:

Japan, 1890s
23,1 x 22 cm
13 envelopes , each with a different numbers of woodblock prints after famous painters by Fukui Gessai (1852-1935), published by Aoki Susadô in the 1890s, small shinhanga prints by Sozan and Shote, small prints after Hiroshige, and a fragment of a sample book with greeting cards, place cards and menu cards.
Formerly from the collection of the sea captain Schüz, family-owned since the early 20th c. - Minor wear, some of the envelopes slightly damaged