TWO ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: . One based on the work *Bairei Hyakucho gafu*, ‘Album of the Hundred Birds of Bairei’, dated Meiji 23 (1890); . The other, a sketchbook with a bookplate at the end of the volume, ‘Collection of Chôryûsai Mitsuhisa’. (Dents, wear and tear, soiling). Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). TWO SKETCHBOOKS, ONE AFTER BAIREI, JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD. DIM. 26.3 x 18.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.) – 23.8 x 16.8 cm (9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)