Cat.No: 160067 The Ghost of Sharaku. Arthur Davison Ficke.

The Ghost of Sharaku

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1951. Pamphlet. 10p, 8.25x11.25 inches, aqua wraps with red print, sown binding, first edition, one of 250 printed, very good condition. Play written after seeing the 1921 exhibition of Japanese prints at the NY Gallery of Modern Art, printed 6 years after his death.

Poet Ficke (1883-1945) was greatly influenced by Japanese art over his lifetime and wrote criticisms of it; friend of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Cat.No: 160067

Price: $35.00