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240     ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS.















































                                  No. 564.                      No. 565.

                       Copied from an oribon containing six paintings upon       silk,
                  illustrating the  seasons   or  festivals  of Japan,  of which an
                  account   is given  in Keramic Art of Japmi.
                       No.  564  is the  title of the book  ;  it  is painted  in black
                  upon   a paper   label, clouded with   gold, which appears upon
                  the outside of the oribon: Shin     Rok-ka-sen.    Shin  Rokkasen.
                  New six seasons.
                       No.  565  appears upon one of      the paintings.   Gioku-do
                  Gen-boku yegaku.       Painted by Genboku Giokudo^ an     artist of
                  the Kano school.     The seal   is the mark of Giokudo.
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