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Subject:Set of early chinese pamphlets
Posted By: sun Tue, May 19, 2015 IP: 68.108.250.120
Anyone know what these are? Age? What they mean or who made them.

They appear to be fairly old

Thanks!







Subject:Re: Set of early chinese pamphlets
Posted By: Rémy DOUKHAN Thu, May 21, 2015
Dear Sun,Your book is not chinese but japanese.It dates from late XIX or early XXth century,that's all I can say.
Best regards,Rémy

Subject:Re: Set of early chinese pamphlets
Posted By: Stan Thu, May 21, 2015
Your books are Japanese ehon (book). The colored one dates from the second half of the 1800s. If you show us the title page, we may be able to tell you more.

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: Set of early chinese pamphlets
Posted By: sun Fri, May 22, 2015
there are 7 books total, 6 with the the red/orange covers and 1 with the blue cover.

Ill attach below a pic of the first 2 pages I see when i open the book as well as the last 2 pages at the end of the book. Maybe that will show some more information on who the author is and the title of the book.

Thanks so much!





Subject:Re: Set of early chinese pamphlets
Posted By: sun Fri, May 22, 2015
more pics







Subject:Re: Set of early chinese pamphlets
Posted By: Stan Sat, May 23, 2015
The last picture looks to be signed by Utagawa Kunisato who died in 1858.

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: Set of early chinese pamphlets
Posted By: Stan Wed, May 27, 2015
I think the next to last one is signed Kunimasa. I don't know which Kunimasa however. There were at least 5 of them.

The one before that is signed by Kunisato.

These identifications are tentative given that I don't speak Japanese.

Cheers,
Stan

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