SET OF TWO BOOKS ON JAPANESE PAINTING: - KASEN: SANJÛROKU KASEN-E (The Thirty-Six Immortal Poets). A History of Portrait Paintings of the Thirty-Six Poets, by Tôru Mori, published by Tokyo Bijutsu Seinenkai, 1972. A book in Japanese describing and illustrating the various versions of the portraits of the thirty-six poets (i.e. the Satake, Agedatami, Narikane, Gotobain, Tamie, Mitsunaga and Keiun versions). Accompanied by a small booklet in English, translated from Japanese by Sô Yamaoka Hardback with a cloth slipcase (minor soiling on the slipcase). - KANÔ-RYÛ TAIKAN, ‘An Overview of the Kanô School’. Illustrated with 106 plates, including 2 in colour, labelled in Japanese and English; Japanese-style binding, cloth-bound covers (with some wear).