Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes hustler toy co 15 5/8" long and in

15 5/8" long and in very good condition

and most excellent cat-like presence

toe nails painted too

This wonderful small bust is signed but undated

Found along with the ceramic chunk of Swiss cheese I just listed

Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes hustler toy co 15 5/8" long and inOf course I wish I could read Japanese to know what is written on the right hand page of each spread in this lovely early 20th century manuscript notebook, but the sumi ink drawings on the left of the spread (58 total by my count) more than stand on their own. Each drawing painting is of a landscape view framed by an oval border, with each seeming like a portrait of a specific place at a specific moment sometimes with rain streaming down, sometimes