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Maekawa, Senpan (1888 - 1960)

No no musume-tachi (野の娘たち ) - Daughters of the field
Cassette with ten prints, each 32.8 x 42 cm. Published by the Nihon Aishokai (日本愛書会), Japan Bibliophile Society, in 1961, in an edition of 170. Each print has an imprint verso:前川千帆作 野の娘たち(Maekawa Senpan saku: No no musume-tachi). However, unlike other sets the first print (shown large) does not have this imprint, but is signed in pencil and has the red Maekawa Senpan lifetime seal bottom left, so this is a lifetime impression, made shortly before his death. Detail 1 shows the other nine prints, detail 2 the linen cassette, the flyleaf showing the title, and the imprint verso on nine of the ten prints.

Euro SOLD

Fine impressions and colours, very good to fine condition: The first print has a small piece of tape residue top, a few of the other nine prints have a few very light foxing spots.