H x W (closed): 26.7 x 28.5 cm (10 1/2 x 11 1/4 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
Japan
Date:
ca. 1930s
Period:
Showa era
Description:
Vol. I of XII (Vol. X now missing) from a set of print sample albums. Daikokuya, Tokyo publisher. Paper label affixed to front cover of each, inscribed in ink: "Squares". Each volume with (originally) 20 prints by various artists (some prints now removed or missing).
The album is numbered on the cover with a rubberstamp as to its place in the series. However, the prints are numbered consecutively through the whole set of albums: 1 through 240. This is done with a rubberstamp on the album page above each print.
Inscriptions:
Paper label affixed to front cover, inscribed in ink: "Squares". Rubberstamped at lower left corner of label: 1
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 1
Pg. 2
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 2
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Gekko
Pg. 3
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 3
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Zeshin
Pg. 4
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 4
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Yoshikuni
Pg. 5
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 5
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Koson
Pg. 6
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 6
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Gekko
Pg. 7
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 7
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Chikudo
Pg. 8
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 8
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Yoshikuni
Pg. 9
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 9
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Koson
Pg. 10
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 10
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Seiko
Pg. 11
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 11
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Chikuseki
Pg. 12
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 12
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Zeshin
Pg. 13
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 13
Pg. 14
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 14
Pg. 15
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 15
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Gekko
Pg. 16
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 16
Pg. 17
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 17
Pg. 18
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 18
Pg. 19
Rubberstamped at top center of album page: 19
Written on bottom of page, most probably by Robert Muller: Kogyo