Abel Guérineau (1841-1925) Castle; bell tower; Shinto shrine staircase Three drawings: ink, wash and watercolor on paper. - One depicting part of a feudal castle treated in ink and wash. Titled top right 内櫻田景色 - Uchisakurada keshiki - "View of the interior of Sakurada". Bottom center, the artist's seal. Bottom left, the inscription "Tokio archre militaire". 62 x 52 cm. Creases, tears and foxing. - The second is a front and side elevation of a shōrō, Buddhist bell tower. Titled upper right 鐘撞堂 - kanetsukidō (or shōrō dō). At lower right, a red seal of the artist, and a black one at lower center. 41 x 58 cm. Tears. - The third depicts part of a Shinto shrine. Titled at right 三間社妻 - sangenshazuma - three-span shrine. Artist's seal lower center. At top left, in trompe-l'œil, a small level plan of the three-bay shrine (ref.: a very similar model appears in the book Ornements japonais / dessinés par Abel Guérineau). 44.6 x 34.6 cm. Stain