TWO BOOKS OF CARICATURES: . TÔSEI FÛZOKU GOJUBAN UTA-AWASE “Fifty caricatures on modern Japan compared with poems by various authors”, vol. 1/2. Dated Meiji 40 (1907), ed. Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Tokyo. This is a parody of traditional uta-awase (poetry contests), juxtaposing poems and caricatures that contrast ancient Japan with the Westernised Japan of the Meiji period; . SHIN “MIZU YA SORA”, the New “Water or Air”, by Okamoto Ippei (1886–1948), an album of caricatures of kabuki actors, 1929. Okamoto Ippei was a famous caricaturist of the Taishō–Shōwa period. Japan, early 20th century. TWO CARICATURE BOOKS, JAPAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. DIM. 24.8 x 18.2 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.) – 16.8 x 12 cm (6 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)