Whang Ji Hyun, Huh Dong Hwa, Cha Su, Die Kunst der koreanischen Stickerei, Sammlung Huh Dong Hwa, Museum für Koreanische Stickerei (Museum of Korean Embroidery, Seoul). With foreword by Roger Goepper. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Koeln, 1987.
136 pp., 39 colour ills., 86 b/w ills. 27.5 x 22 cm. Paper. German text.
Perfect condition.

The catalogue presents Korean embroidered objects from a private Korean collection. Shown are Buddhist banners, sutra covers and wrappers (kesa), as well as screens, badges of rank (hyungbae) and smaller items such as women’s accessories, various kinds of pouches, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The collector, Mr. Huh Dong Hwa describes the changing styles and materials seen in Korean embroidery over the centuries, as well as the materials and techniques used, and he gives hints concerning handling and care of old embroideries.
Including: Bibliography, Embroidery techniques, Glossary with translation of Korean characters, art-historical and technical terms.

Item location: Europe.

Eijer, Dieuwke, Kagamibuta, Mirrors of Japanese Life and Legend, The Baur Collection / Heinz Kaempfer Fund (Geneva / Leiden), 1994. 95 pages, numerous b/w and color illustrations. Extensive description of the history, materials, techniques of kagamibuta, its subject matter and kagamibuta makers, richly illustrated with excellent photos of pieces from the Baur Collection and from private collections. The appendix contains a list of kagamibuta makers with their signatures and biographic information.
New, in original shrink wrap.

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: A 564 THEATRE STREET AT YOKOHAMA. View of the street that leads to the theater. Left and right tall banners, a large crowd. In the background one can just see the facade of the theater. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.2 x 27.2 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4x 20 1/4 in. (46.4 x 51.6 cm).
Some creases, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge to matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato around 1861. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama. He had a retail store in Ginza, Tokyo.

Ex Prudential Art Program.

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: M 77. SANO. View of a fork in the river at Sano. In the background a large residence. To the right a bridge crossing the river. In the background waterfalls. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.2 x 26.4 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (46.2 x 51.2 cm).
Light crease in upper middle, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge to matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame).

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: A 278 HONMURA STREET, YOKOHAMA. View of a street with little shops in Yokohama. At the end of the street the stone steps to a shinto shrine. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.1 x 27 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (46.3 x 51.4 cm).
Creases at right side. Hinged at upper edge to matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: B 69 MATSUSHIMA, INLAND SEA (THREE VIEW IN JAPAN) PART I. View of a bridge over a river. Two travelers on the bridge. Part of the road has been hewn out of the rock (right). Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.1 x 26.5cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (46.3 x 51.4 cm).
Good condition. Hinged at upper edge to mat (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title is underneath mat. View over the pond at the 5 storied pagoda in Nara (?). Some houses. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 5/8 x 10 inches (19.3 x 25.5 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (46.3 x 51.4 cm).
Some light spots in the sky, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: E 52. FUJI FROM OTOMETOGE. In the foreground a man with a hores and a man with a chest on his back. To the left a man and a woman with child are resting at a tea stand. In the background the Fuji in full glory but in the haze. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.2 x 26.6 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (46.3 x 51.2 cm).
Good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Another, similar, composition from virtually the same spot is found in an album by Kusakawa Kimbei in the New York Public Library. It bears the title 'Fujiyama, from Otometoge' and is numbered 998 in white digits.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: A 309 SAKURAYA, (TEA HOUSE) HONMOKU YOKOHAMA. A geisha in a rikshaw in front of the house Sakuraya. In the door opening and on the 2nd floor three more young women and a servant. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.2 x 27.1 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (46.3 x 51.2 cm).
Some creasing in upper part, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: 1253 WISTERIA BLOSSOMS. A woman holding a baby sits on a bench next to a young girl, in front of a house. Over the entrance an abundantly flowering wisteria. To the left stands a woman with a young child on the back. Next to her a young girl. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.2 x 26.6 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (46.3 x 51.2 cm).
Minimal creasing in left margin, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: H 58. SCENE IN THE COUNTRY. View on a road through a hamlet. Farmers with tools, a child on an ox. In the background a tall stone lantern. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and framed.
Inner outline of mat: 7 5/8 x 10 3/16 inches (19.7 x 26.2 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat); frame: 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches (46.6 x 51.7 cm).
Very good condition. Hinged at margins on matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (see label on reverse of frame).

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: C 25 CLEANING THE RICE PLANT. A group of farmers standing near the farm house, beating the rice out of the plants and cleaning away the straw. A mother and three children watch. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and framed.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.1 x 27.2 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat); frame: 18 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches (46.9 x 51.9 cm).
Basically good condition. Hinged at margins on matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (see label on reverse of frame).