Excerpt from Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese Colour Prints, Kakemonos, Surimonos, Original Drawings, Illustrated Books, Albums and Sketches: The Property of the Late Ernest Hart, Esq., Including the Works of Kanaoka, Matahei, Sosen, Okio, Masanobu, Moronobu, Kiyonaga, Shunsho, Utamaro, Tanyu, Korin, Ritsuo, Toyokuni, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Hokkei, Shigenobu, Yeizan, and Watanabe Seitei A print of unusual size and in fine condition, probable date about 1745, shortly after the introduction of colour-printing, and the work of Masanobu near the end of his life. These early colour prints of Masanobu are very rare even in Japan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.