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Robert G Sawers, London [Published Date: 1975]. Hardcover, [94] pp (unnumbered). No other printings listed. Introductory essay by Stephen Addiss. Illustrations, some fold-out and some in color. In good+ condition / NO dust jacket. Illustrated Paper over Boards have a few nicks to the paper over the corner tips and to and bottom of spine. light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked with occasional light spotting. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. A Catalog of a group of Nanga works collected by Robert G. Sawers during his many trips to Japan. Contents include: Pioneers (I Fukyu, Gion Nankai); Taiga and his Followers; Buson and his Followers; Painters in Ise, Kyushu and Edo; The Conservative Generation in Kyoto; Late Edo and Early Meiji Masters. Between 1972 and 2015, Robert G. Sawers owned and operated the gallery Robert G. Sawers Ltd. in West Hampstead, London. He specialized in the sale of Japanese prints and drawings.