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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS. 243
No. 569. No. 570.
These inscriptions are taken from a large oribon con-
taining eighteen paintings, upon silk, of flowering shrubs,
executed in the most perfect style of the Kano school. They
were painted in the period of Bunkwa, 1804 to 1818 a.d.
No. 569. Engraved upon the wooden cover of the book
Ku-betsu-jo. Ichi. Kubetsu-jo, the name of the work; First
volume. No. 570. Painted within the book. Ki Masa-tami
21-ROKU. Ki no Masatami, the name of the artist; zi-rokii,
written by himself. The upper of the two seals is No in
Masa-tami, The seal of Masatami, and the lower one is Shi
To, his second name.
