Excerpt from Catalogue of Antique Chinese and Japanese Objects of Art, Ancient Chinese Bronze Statues, Garden Ornaments, Bronzes, Ceramics, Clocks, Carvings, Screens, Paintings, Prints, Illustrated Books and Albums, Etc: Belonging to Mr. T. Idsumi, a Native Expert and Collector of Kioto, Japan Decoration of the famous hundred poets of old Japan; most accurately and elaborately painted in gold and colored enamels in centre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.