QUATTRO VOLUMI SULL'ICONOGRAFIA BUDDHISTA

FOUR VOLUMES ON BUDDHIST ICONOGRAPHY
Japan, Meiji period, 1880

Black and white woodblock prints, 25,6 x 17,8 cm each

Provenance: Italian private collection.

Four of the five volumes that constitute work (the second is missing). Title: “Illustrated collection of Buddhist statues of various sects” (増補諸宗佛像圖彙, Zōho shoshū butsuzō zui).
The work was first published in 1690 with illustrations attributed to Tosa Hidenobu. A revised and corrected version dates back to 1792. This edition is from the Meiji period.