Japanese Picture Books (3). Tachibana, Minko (1760's - 1770's) [facsimile] Saiga Shokunin Burui (Various Classes of Artisans in Coloured Pictures). 2 Volumes Tokyo, Fuzoku Emaki Zuga Kankokai, Taisho 5, (1916). Two volumes complete. Vol.1: 15 two-page color woodblock prints and 13pp. text on folded leaves, Japanesel style. Vol.2: 13 two-page color woodblock prints and 8pp. text. Decorative wrappers, Japanese four-hole thread binding (fukuro-toji) with white title labels, 30.5 x 21.5 cm. Light rubbing to cover extremities, internally very clean and fresh. a fine facsimile printed from recut blocks. Originally published in 1770 with the woodcuts stencil-coloured. cf. Hillier 'The Art of the Japanese Book' p.305, and Hillier & Smith 'Japanese Prints.300 Years of Albums and Books' No.42; Kitagawa Utamaro [facsimile] Ehon Shiki no Hana (Picture book of the Flowers of the Four Seasons) Tokyo, Fuzoku Emaki Zuga Kankokai, Taisho 5, (1916). Two volumes complete.Vol.1: 7 two-page and 2 single-page colour woodblock prints, and 2pp. text on folded leaves, Japanese style. Vol.2: 7 two-page and 2 single-page colour woodblock prints and 5pp. text including colophon pages. Floral decorative wrappers, Japanese four-hole thread binding (fukuro-toji) with white title labels, 30.5 x 21.5 cm. a fine, clean and fresh.copy, all original as issued.A fine facsimile printed from recut blocks. Originally published in 1801. cf. Hillier & Smith Japanese Prints. 300 years of albums and books' No.59; Utagawa Toyokuni [facsimile] Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture book of Modern Figures of Fashion). Tokyo, Fuzoku Emaki Zuga Kankokai, Taisho 5, (1916). Two volumes complete.Vol.1: 12 two-page and a single-page title colour woodblock prints, and 19pp. text on folded leaves, Japanese style. Vol.2: 12 two-page and a single-page title colour woodblock prints and 19pp. text including colophon pages. Embossed pattern blue wrappers, Japanese four-hole thread binding (fukuro-toji) with white title labels, 30.5 x 21.5 cm. a fine, clean and fresh.copy, all original as issued, contained in the original publisher's labelled box (box repaired). a fine facsimile printed from recut blocks. Originally published in 1802.