THREE JAPANESE AND ONE CHINESE FAIRY TALES BOOKS Meiji period, late 19th Century Including two crepe books: The Matsuyama Mirror by Hasegawa Takejiro, 1886, translated by T. H. James, illustrated with seven woodblock prints by Sensei Eitaku, and Japanese Fairy Tales , featuring Bunbuku Chagama , Kachi-Kachi Yama , Shitakiri Suzume , Sarugani Gassen , Momotaro and Hanasakase Jiji , 1889, and two crepe paper books: Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No.14 The Princes Fire-Flash & Fire-Fade , 1887, with illustrations by Sensei Eitaku, and The Rat`s Plaint , translated from the Chinese by Archibald Little, 1892, 18cm high, 12.5cm wide, 18.5cm high, 12cm wide, 15cm high, 10cm wide, 15.5cm high, 20.5cm wide (4) Provenance : the collection of John Macallan Swan (1846 – 1910) and thence by descent. J.M. Swan received his artistic training in England and Paris, successfully working in various mediums. Member of the Royal Academy, the Dutch Water-Colour Society, he exhibited at the Parisian Academy since 1878, winning first-class gold medal for painting and sculpture in the Paris Exhibition in 1900. His painting Prodigal Son features in the collection of Tate Britain.