Kawanabe Kyôsai (1831-1889), Japan, 1887 Illustrated album, one of four volumes of "Kyôsai Gadan" (Kyôsai's Talks on Painting), in this case the Kyôsai Gadan gaihen 曉察畫談外篇 (卷之下), published in Tokyo by Iwamoto Shun in Meiji 20 i.e. 1887. Enclosed is one volume (No. 8 of 20) of the Edo meisho zue 江户名所图 (Illustrations of Famous Places in Edo) illustrated by Hasegawa Settan, and one volume (No. 4) of the Waikan Meigaen和漢名画苑 (Garden of Famous Japanese and Chinese Paintings) by Ooka Shunboku (1687-1763). H. 25 cm- W. 17.5 cm