SANTAI SENJIMON (ONE THOUSAND CHINESE CHARACTERS IN THREE STYLES) BY MURATA KAISEKI.

拍品描述

Complete in two volumes. Drab pale brown card covers, side stitched binding. Pasted on title labels. Meiji 14, 1881. The Thousand Character in Three Styles was a Chinese classic dating back to the Song Dynasty. It was designed to educate students in the different styles of representing the characters and was subsequently adopted by the Japanese. Kaiseki was a Meiji era calligrapher. Woodblock printed in reverse, white on black script, on folded leaves, in three columns. Each character in each column has a different style, from right to left, of standard or block script (Kaisho); Running Script (Gyosho), and Grass or Cursive Script (Sosho). Provenance: Private collection, Japan. 品相： Both volumes have a brushstroke to the cover, covering some earlier text. Light wear to covers, otherwise both volumes in very good condition.

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