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35. EGAN, Ronald C. WORD, IMAGE, AND DEED IN THE LIFE OF SU SHI. Cambridge (MA) and London: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, and the Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1994. xix + [1] + 474 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt. Fine (no dust jacket). Criticism of Su Shi's poetry. $45.00

36. [EHON - FACSIMILE] Suzuki HARUNOBU. EHON SEIRO BIJIN AWASE. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Kôbunkan, Taishô 6 [1917]. Large, 21.3 x 30.1 cm, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with repinted paper covers and applied printed title labels. The images from this famous 18th century work are redone by Kubots Beisai as part of his series of lovely re-imaginings of the classics of color ukiyo-e ehon. Complete in 5 volumes, as issued. Very good printings, very good condition. $750.00

37. [EHON - TEN BAMBOO HALL] JÛCHIKUSAI SHOGA-FU. Osaka, 1878. 16 volumes. Japanese Facsimile of the 1817 edition of the SHIH-CHU-CHAI SHU HUA P'U. Chinese wrappers ("butterfly" binding). 24.9 x 14.3 cm. Printed titles slips on covers. Cloth chitsu case with worn printed title label. This is an early impression from recut blocks. Very good color and near fine condition. Excellent impressions and registration. A lovely set. The collation of editions of the TEN BAMBOO HALL is extraordinarily difficult. [See Paine's article in the ARCHIVES OF THE CHINESE ART SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1951.] Every edition used different sequences and numbers of plates included. This edition has 17 illustrations in vols. 1 & 2; 37 in vols. 3 & 4; 26 in vols. 5 & 6; 20 in vols. 7 & 8; 20 in vols. 9 & 10; 20 in vols. 11 & 12; 20 in vols. 13 & 14; and 18 in vols. 15 & 16. This Japanese edition of the The TEN BAMBOO HALL is interesting for its effort to capture the delicate colors and quiet beauty of "Chinese style" as seen from Japanese eyes. In remarkably good condition. $2,950.00

KAKEMONO AND EHON ON THE SAME THEME

38. [EHON and KAKEMONO] Ise MONSUI (1859-1932), a largely self-taught artist who was born into a late-Edo period merchant family in Nagoya, is famous for his lively and skilled depictions of Noh and Kyôgen performances. We are offering two analogous works in different formats depicting his chosen subject, Kyôgen performers, in his best style.

The first is an ehon: KYÔGEN-GA. Nagoya, n.p., n.d (preface dated Taishô 8 [1919]) 16.5 X 23.5 cm, orihon folding album in brocade over board covers, blank brocade title label. 25 double-page color woodblock illustrations of comic scenes from the traditional Kyôgen theater that are infused with a wonderful energy and lightness. These appealing images represent Monsui's unique contribution to the woodcut genre; as such, it is an unusual work. This copy has very good impressions and colors, in about fine condition. This variant, unlike others we have seen, is bound up in deluxe covers, does not have the Kawase Shoten colophon and includes only 25 plates not 26. A close comparison with other copies reveals no significant impression differences from the Kawase edition.

It is offered with a painting: KUSABIRA YAMABUSHI [MUSHROOM YAMABUSHI]. Kakemono - a hanging scroll, image size 119 X 30.4 cm. Mounting with black lacquer jiku. The painting (with inscribed verse) and its box are both signed and sealed by Monsui. The "mushroom Yamabushi" tells the comic tale of an ascetic who attempts to exorcise mushrooms from a garden (with a result similar to that of Mickey Mouse as the sorcerer's apprentice in Fantasia). The image of the Yamabushi mountain ascetic in this scroll is very reminiscent of his figures in the lovely illustrated book KYOGEN-GA. For both works by this important early 20th century artist: SOLD

39. [EHON] Hanabusa Itchô. GUNCHÔ GA-EI. Edo, Mankyûdô Hanabusa Heikichi, An-ei 7 [1778]. Gappon, bound three vols in one, in original covers and printed title label, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro toji. 17.6 X 25.9 cm. Well-printed b+w woodcut images interpreted by Suzuki Rinsho after designs by the estimable Itchô (1652-1724), all of whose books are posthumous. In a light and quick style. This is a pleasant early impression. The copy at Ryerson 329 was published by Yamashiroya Sahei. Our copy, though it shares the same date of publication, was published by Mankyûdô [Hanabusa Heikichi], a relatively obscure firm in Edo, that appears to have been active during the first part of the 19th century. Slight wear to the covers, but overall in good or better condition. A lovely and scarce work. In a clamshell case with leather label. $2,850.00

40. [EHON] Hokusai, Katsushika. FUGAKU HYAKKEI. [100 Views of Fuji]. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 10 [1877]. 3 volumes. 23.7 X 15.2 cm, dark green covers, original title labels, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, very good condition overall with some edgewear and internal browning. A Meiji reprint (fair impressions) of this classic, begun in 1833/34. SOLD

41. [EHON] Itô Chûta. ASHURA CHÔ. Tokyo: Kokusui Shuppansha, (Arata Eisuke), Taishô 10 [1921]. 5 volumes complete. Bound in printed cloth over [25.6 x 21.4 cm] boards with thongs. Entitled (roughly) "Demon Sketchbook". The Asuras of the title are the warrior gods of Indian religion, condemned to constant strife. The book is a deeply bitter and ironic look at the politics and social scene of the World War I era, not only in Japan itself, but around the world. As such it is an amazing slice of life during and after the world war from the unique perspective of a Japanese humanist given to Swiftian excess. The author (and illustrator), Itô Chûta, was an architect and gifted caricaturist. The printer/publisher was a bit of an ironist himself, as the closing note mentions that his "National Purity Publications" ["Kokusui Shuppansha"] did not quite embody the usual "National Purity" which was being bruited about. Obviously this work is a product of Taishô liberalism. Ten or so years earlier or later, it would have never reached the light of day in a less tolerant political atmosphere. There are 500 pages of plates, each is one-half color woodcut caricature and one-half wry commentary in a combination of letterpress and woodcut calligraphy. Well-printed and interesting, the full set of 500 plates in five volumes - with the original clasped cases - is quite a find, as one only occasionally finds even odd volumes. The cases are a bit worn, the contents are quite clean, in very good overall condition. SOLD

42. [EHON] Katsushika HOKUSAI. EHON JÔRURI ZEKKU. Kadomaruya Jinsuke, Edo and Matsuya Zembei, Nagoya, Bunka 12 [1815]. 16.6 X 22.5 cm. The text is by Hokutei [Maki] Bokusen. Illustrated in black and white, with grey blocks as well (there is a color version from the same period). With what appears to be the original covers, but missing the title label. Someone has hand-brushed a date of Tempô 14 [1843] on the cover, but this issue appears closer to the original publication date. See Brown 183,4; Ryerson 256. There is a bit of marginal worming and thumbing, but overall good condition with the original title page and colophon seals. A fair to good early impression. Quite scarce. $1,250.00

43. [EHON] Katsushika HOKUSAI. HOKUSAI ONNA IMAGAWA. N.P.; N.D.; [Eirakuya Tôshiro, Nagoya; late 1830's?] String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, printed title label, 22.7 x 15.7 cm. A nice impression in b+w of this classic work, illustrated by Hokusai. The ad on the inside back cover is Forrer's #29, placing it as an early and unusual variant reprint of the first edition with the streaked yellow covers and no preface as he describes in the Eirakuya bibliography. Some outside wear and soiling, otherwise very good. An unusual Hokusai work, usually only seen in tired late Edo editions. SOLD

44. [EHON] KEISAI Masayoshi. Sanryô Gato KEISAI SOGA Shôhen Zen no date, Eirakuya Tôshiro, Nagoya. [c. 1820's] Has the phoenix and cloud blindstamped orange covers which Forrer calls for in the first edition in his Eirakuya bibliography, but a variant without the front and rear cover inner ads. However, our issue does have a copy of an Eirakuya 2 page book ad which lists the Hokusai Manga as published in 10 volumes, putting the ad date in the 1820's. An interesting printing technique, the small multicolored sketches are applied with a single block (a la poupee). Nicely printed and colored. Overall good condition with a bit of marginal thumbing. See Hillier & Smith 137. $675.00

45. [EHON] Kikuchi HÔBUN, artist. HÔBUN GAFU. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 23 [1890]. 24 x 16.5 cm. 1 volume complete. Blue covers, string-bound Japanese style with a printed paper label. 27 single page and 12 double page woodcuts in sumi and light colors of birds, animals, flowers, etc. by Hôbun (1862-1918), a Kyoto native who was a frequent contributor to the artistic epitomes of the day. This copy is in very good condition and the impressions are good to very good. [See Mitchell 298,9] $485.00

UTAMARO’S “INSECT BOOK” IN A BEAUTIFUL EDITION

46. [EHON] Kitagawa UTAMARO. EHON MUSHI ERAMI One volume edition. Edo, Tsutaya Jûzaburô, Temmei 8 [1788], String bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. 10 5/8" X 7 3/16" Original printed title slip, beige covers, hand-painted with a vegetal pattern. The famous Utamaro "insect book"- perhaps the best-regarded of his justly famous kyoka-bon. Has everything called for, text and images, of the earliest editions, but with different ordering (see below). Lovely colors, skillful printing, karazuri, mica effects throughout. The night scene with hotaru fireflies is darker than most copies and the fireflies' tails glow in the dark field of ink. Overall a worthy example of this, the earliest of Utamaro's nature based kyoka-bon and perhaps the finest of the genre ever produced. There was a recut edition with an 1823 colophon, as well as a Meiji edition - but early Tsutaya Juzaburo copies such as this one are much the best of the selection.

The bibliography of this book is very complex. It is complicated by the fact that sumptuary regulations (which prohibited such lavish productions) were imposed in 1790 and also by the fact that Tsutaya Juzaburo was punished for violation of those regulations and later died in 1797. After examination of 8 copies (including this one), my overall impressions are that the earliest copies have Chinese bellflower printed cover patterns, and are on lovely paper with mica effects and karazuri. These have, in addition, the preliminary note at the beginning and the final note at the end, after the 1788 colophon with Tsutaya Juzaburo's imprint (and in at least one case, an ad page for Tsutaya books, as well). This was followed very soon after by a two volume in one edition with the same colophon, but with the endnote at the very beginning,. It was also printed on fine paper with mica and karazuri effects, a different color pallette using the original blocks and handpainted covers in a vegetal pattern. That edition is represented by the copy which sold at the Hyde sale in New York in the 1980's and is identical to this copy.

One of the greatest of all the kyoka-bon in a lovely, early version. $38,500.00

47. [EHON] Kôno BAIREI, artist. BAIREI KIKU HYAKUSHU. Tokyo: Ôkura Magobei, Meiji 24, 25 & 29; [1891, 92 & 96]. 3 vols., orihon in stiff blue patterned paper covers, printed paper labels. 24.7 X 16.5 cm. There are 22 double page color prints in each volume, illustrating various identified species of chrysanthemum. A lovely work, with imaginative compositions of flowers and landscape, flowers and birds, etc. Quite nicely printed in restrained colors. One of Bairei's scarcer works, and certainly one of his best. See Hillier, vol. 2 p.969; Mitchell 217; Ryerson 427. Unusual complete as it was published over the course of several years. Our copy is in very good condition internally with just a bit of browning to the front cover of volume 1 & 2. 3 vols., complete: $1,600.00

48. [Ehon] Kôno Bairei, artist. INAKA NO TSUKI. Kyoto: Unsôdô, Meiji 36 [1903]. 23.8 x 16.7 cm. 24 double page and 2 single page illustrations in colors of birds and flowers. Every reference consulted [i.e. Brown, BM, Mitchell, Hillier and Ryerson] is either mute on the subject or declares their copies to be incomplete, that is, only volume one of three published. Our copy, too, is volume one only - a reprint of the Tanaka Jihei edition done in 1889. It would appear that volumes two and three were never published. In any case, a lovely book with designs that seem more alive than many of Bairei's other efforts. The impressions and muted colors are good, the condition very good in and out. Complete. $585.00

49. [EHON] Kôsai HOKKEI, artist. Shinsen KYÔKA GOJÛNIN ISSHU Kan. No place, no publisher on the colophon which is dated Bunsei 2 [1819]. 26.3 X 18.6 cm. Preface by Rokujuen. The 50 kyôka poets and their calligraphed verses are rendered in sumizuri. In the original blue/grey covers and printed paper title label. Minor thumbing, staining and wormholes, almost exclusively confined to the margins. Fair to good early impressions of this important and unusual work by Hokkei. #71 in Forrer's HOKUSAI AND HIS SCHOOL, Brown 187, Ryerson 273. KSSM II 490. Complete: $2,250.00

50. [EHON] Kôyôken, artist & editor. EHON MONO-IU HANA. Kyoto, Tsuruya Kizaemon. n.d, 21.5 X 15.3 Seven double page images in b+w woodcut, depicting lovely ladies in lavish costumes, along with waka poetry inscribed on traditional cloud bands. Very elegant, lovely images. Not precisely Sukenobu in style, nor Harunobu, either, but designed by an 18th century ukiyo-e [Kansai area?] artist of considerable skill. Kôyôken, the author/artist’s nom-de-plume for this volume, is otherwise unknown. Only 2 copies are listed in the Kokusho Sômokuroku Union catalogue of pre-Meiji era imprints. [KSSM Vol.7, 14-1].

A little staining, but otherwise a good impression in good condition of this rare work. Original printed title label, perhaps original blue paper blind-patterned wraps, bound fukuro-toji Japanese style. $2,600.00

51. [EHON] Mikuma Katen, artist. KINSEI KIJIN-DEN. Kyoto, Edo & Osaka. n.d. [1860's?]: 5 volumes, string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, in textured blue-grey covers with printed paper title labels. 40 single page and 2 double page b+w woodcuts, largely depicting the subject matter of the title: TALES OF ECCENTRICS FROM RECENT YEARS. Originally printed in 1790, this is a deservedly famous and oft-reprinted work in Japan. The KIJIN-DEN catalogues the eccentricities and eccentrics of the late 18th Century - a time of florescence of the "bunjin" literati ideal in Japan. The bunjin created an esthetically pure environment in the midst of the bustle (and corruption) of everyday life. The initial exemplars were those scholars and artists who withdrew from public life in China after the fall of the Ming Dynasty to the alien Manchus in the mid-17th Century. The KIJIN-DEN represents one of the efforts by the Japanese to domesticate a Chinese cultural import and find native representatives of the literati ideal.

The KIJIN-DEN is interesting for its exploration of the art world in Japan- for example, there is a domestic scene of the painters Ikeno Taiga and wife Gyokuran, among others. Indeed, there are many women depicted in the KIJIN-DEN. (See JAPANESE WOMEN ARTISTS 1600-1900) Also see Ryerson 416, Mitchell 364, Hillier/Ravicz 22.

The condition is very good over all, the printings are late (this edition being some 60-70 years after the original printing by Hayashi Bunkindô). There was a second series done some few years later, but this first series is complete as issued in 5 volumes. $1,500.00

IMPORTANT WORK BY SUKENOBU

52. [EHON] Nishikawa SUKENOBU. EHON TOKIWA GUSA. Osaka, Morita Shôtarô, Kyôho 15/16 [1720/21]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, gappon, 3 vols. in one. in [contemporary?] blind-stamped blue paper covers. Brushed paper title label. See Toda's Ryerson catalog pp. 131-3 for his extensive description of this important Ukiyo-e masterpiece. Here in a lovely early printing, in very good internal condition. With 47 double page illustrations of ladies and three single page frontispiece woodblock prints. All textual elements called for are present, as well, hence complete. $5,750.00

53. [EHON] Ôishi Matora, artist. SOGA HYAKUBUTSU Zen. 2 vols in one, (as issued?) 22.3 x 16 cm, String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. In original blue and white patterned covers, printed paper title label. Osaka: Bunkaidô, Tsurugaya Kuhei, Tempô 3 [1832]. [Brown, p.110; Ryerson, 391] The Mitchell copy at p.496 was bound in two volumes, but it seems that that may have been a later "splitting" of the original gappon publication (The 2 back covers didn't match the front ones - volume one had the title label, volume two did not....) In any event, our copy is complete in one volume with the inner front cover preface sheet, all the illustrations and the colophon. Slightly soiled and thumbed but very good impressions and colors in overall good and original condition.

Hillier appreciates this little-known work (THE ART.... p.794) and so do we.... from beginning to end a wonderful collection of free and vibrant genre scenes. Complete: $1,850.00

ONE OF THE FINEST OF ALL MARUYAMA-SHIJO EHON

54. [EHON] Ônishi CHINNEN, artist. SÔNAN GAFU. Edo, Kobayashi Shimbei, Osakaya Genbei, Tempô 5 [1834]. 10 9/16" x 7 1/4" Original blue-green round vegetal patterns on yellow covers. No title label. Identical to the Mitchell copy at p. 500. Slight soiling, some minor paper restoration. Very good overall condition. The best colors and impressions with delicate bokashi we have ever seen of this cornerstone work of the Shijô school of illustration. Its famous print of mountain pines forms the cover illustration of Hillier's massive work on ehon. Complete. $8,500.00

55. [EHON] Shijô School Anthology. TAMA HIROI. Kyoto: Omiya Matashichi. 2 vols., String-bound Japanese style [fukurô toji], 25.8 x 17.1 cm. Identical to Mitchell's "Example A", the Omiya issue in two volumes, complete, with the red stamp on the inside back cover. All the prints, poems, finals, etc. are the same as the Mitchell copy. This variant issue is an excellent printing in good colors.

TAMA HIROI is an important anthology, providing exclamatory punctuation to the development of Edo Shijô book illustration. The quality of the technique would not be approached again until the heyday of Meiji color printing thirty years later when the aesthetic had been irrevocably transformed. Therefore, in our opinion, TAMA HIROI is a cornerstone piece in any Edo ehon collection. [Re: Mitchell p. 512,3; Brown 127; Ravicz 45; Hillier Vol.2]

Our copy has the original covers and title labels. It is a clean and well-printed copy of this important work. Complete. $3,500.00

56. [EHON] Takeuchi Seihô, artist. SEIHÔ JÛNI FUJI. Kyoto: Yamada Naosaburô & Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 27 [1894] 22.7 x 32.5 cm Oblong orihon folding album of 12 full page color woodblocks with a one page preface and one page table of contents and a following colophon. In burlap cloth over boards covers with a silk title label. A very good copy of this work in good impressions and colors. [See Hillier's volume 2, p.991; Mitchell p.464; Brown p.202] $1,500.00

ORIGINAL 18TH CENTURY FUKURO

57. [EHON] Tsukioka TANGE [Settei/Masanobu] Eiri ISE MONOGATARI. Ôsaka, Hôreki 6 [1756]. 2 vols., complete. String bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. In the original very worn hand-painted covers with one title label complete and one 1/4 torn away. Settei (1710-86), originally trained in the Kanô style, was one of the uniquely creative artists of his day, whose flexibility and breadth make it hard to pigeonhole him, though his subject matter and general spirit mark him as an ukiyo-e artist. Indeed, he is considered, along with Sukenobu, the principle Ukiyo-e artist of the Kansai.
Here Settei takes on the theme of the Tales of Ise, told and retold throughout Japanese literate history. There are six single page and six double page sumi-e woodcuts, as well as the two illustrated title pages and the two original illustrated fukuro dustwrappers! Settei material is quite scarce, but original 18th century fukuro are scarcer still. Overall the internal condition is good with a bit of worming, the printings good or better, with some slight handling wear to the impressions, especially in volume one. Very unusual. SOLD

58. [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN, artist. SOKEN SANSUI GAFU. Heian [Kyoto]: Bunka 15 [1818]. 2 volumes, 26.1 x 18.1 cm, original green paper covers, blindstamped in a geometric pattern, original printed title slips, bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. See Mitchell, p.499. See also Hillier, volume one, pp.537-9. A well-printed early copy, the covers are worn and stained, but the interior is very good. A handsome and important book of landscapes printed with great elegance. Soken was one of Maruyama Ôkyô's greatest disciples. 2 vols., complete. $1,850.00

59. [EHON]. YAMASHIRO MEISHO FÛGETSU SHÛ. Kyoto, Torii Matashichi, Meiji 18 [1885]. 2 vols., complete, 26 X 17 cm. Yellow blindstamped pattern covers, printed paper title labels, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. Based on a reworking of the blocks from the 1861 work, TAMA HIROI, here with different preliminaries and finals, different haiku poems and reordered images with additions. Hence, not a reprint but a recreation of that late Edo era masterpiece, brought forward into Meiji. Very good condition, impressions, color. Complete. See Mitchell 551-2. $1,600.00

60. [EHON] Yanagawa SHIGENOBU II. EHON FUJI BAKAMA. 2 vols., Tôto [Edo], Suharaya Môhei et al., Tempô 7 [1836] 15.8 x 22.4 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Famous and lovely work with many images of famous woman of Japanese history. Volume one has eight and volume two has seven double page color woodblock images in Shigenobu's ukiyo-e style. Originally published in Bunsei 6 [1823]. Illustrated at pp. 785-7 in Hillier's Art of the Japanese Book. Without title labels, in (publisher's?) blind-patterned dark green covers. The printings and colors are good for this edition. Good condition overall. Complete. SOLD

61. ESKENAZI. CHINESE SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART 17-29 MARCH 2008. London: Eskenazi, 2008. 67 pp. 4to., green cloth stamped in gilt. Fine in near fine illustrated dust jacket with light rubbing. Color photo reproductions of excellent quality. $45.00

62. ESKENAZI. MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES BY LI HUAYI 1-30 NOVEMBER 2007. London: Eskenazi, 2007. 63 pp. 4to., green cloth stamped in gilt. Fine in near fine illustrated dust jacket with light rubbing. Color photo reproductions of excellent quality; many folding plates. Huayi (1948 - ) is a Chinese painter working in the style of the Northern Song dynasty. $45.00

63. FAGIOLI, Marco. UTAMARO, KOI NO HUTOSAO. (Florence:) Tipografia Nazionale Editore (1977). 118 pp. 8vo., color illustrated wrappers. Catalogue of the 85 most important erotic books illustrated by Utamaro. Text in English and Italian. Color illustrations. Very good plus: moderate wear to covers only. SOLD

64. [FAN ALBUM] MEIJI-TAISHÔ ERA FAN ALBUM FROM KYOTO. Fan albums are an interesting genre. Created as marketing tools for deluxe fan makers, they are a compilation of a season's available designs, commissioned from some of the most eminent artists of the day. Once the season was over, the sample books were sold - a very limited production. They have largely disappeared from the market, almost before anyone noticed how interesting they really are.

1) Tachika Chikuson. Chinese Coastal Scene [dated 1918]
2) Tachika Chikuson. Pine Sprouts
3) Imao Keinen. Pine Tree, River & Mountain
4) Kikuchi Keigetsu. Flowers
5) Tomioka Tessai. Chinese figures & poems
6) Kawabata Gyokusho. Fishing in Winter
7) Bokko [picture]; Kakukô [inscription] Lake scene with willows [dated 1917]
8) Konoshima Ôkoku. Lakeside village
9) Suzuki Shônen. Mt. Fuji & travelers

10) Tomioka Tessai. Hyôtan (gourd for drinking) Basket & poem.
11) Inogai Shôkoku. Palace figures watering a pine sapling.
12) Konoshima Ôkoku. Pine sprouts and flowing water.
13) Toyonaka?. Stone, Bamboo (in red) & poem.
14) Abe Tansai. Woodsman & fisherman discuss Confucius
15) Kakuko. (see number 7)
16) Hôkei. Coastal scene.
17) Iguchi Kashû. Cormorant Fishing.
18) Signed Shishô-dôjin; sealed Taiotsu. Hôtei/Daitoku figure, with inscription.
19) Konishi Fukunen. Coastal village.
20) Kawabata Gyokusho. Snowscape. Poem signed Taiotsu-dôjin, sealed Taiotsu. (see number 18)
21) Matsumura Keibun (Edo period artist). Boat-pullers; Taishô calligraphy by ?
22) Konoshi Fukunen, poem by the same calligrapher as number 21.
23) Kawamura Kôgai. Autumn scene.
24) Nishimura Goun. Mountain temple.
25) Hiroshige Tôkaidô scene.
26) Hiroshige Tôkaidô scene.

This particular example is probably from the late teens. Lovely printings and colors, good to very good condition, In a custom-designed sensu-shaped clasped case. $2,500.00

66. FICKE, Arthur Davison. CHATS ON JAPANESE PRINTS. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. (1915). First British edition. 456 pp. From the "Chats" series. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind, top edge stained blue as issued, b/w pastedown illustration to front cover. Boards worn, rubbed, slightly soiled. Cover illustration rubbed. Spine shaken, hinges starting. Japanese bookshop label to front pastedown. Light foxing and occasional finger soil in text. B/w plates. Fair to good overall. $45.00

67. FUKUI, Fukusaburo. SHORT HISTORIES OF BUNRAKU NINGYO-JORURI. Osaka: Bunraku-za Puppet Theatre/Shochiku Theatres, 1930. 10 pp. 8vo., color illustrated wrappers, cord bound, western-style. Good, moderate foxing to wrappers, light edgewear; light foxing to inside covers and facing text pages. B/w photo reproductions inside. Histories of Bunraku's Joruri, Samisen, Ningyo, and Bunraku-za. Good plus overall. $25.00

68. GARDNER, Daniel K. CHU HSI AND THE TA-HSUEH: NEO-CONFUCIAN REFLECTION ON THE CONFUCIAN CANON. Cambridge (Ma): Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1896. First edition. East Asian Monographs on Chinese Intellectual History series. 181 pp. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt at spine. Fine in very good olive green and yellow dust jacket with some insect damage. $50.00

69. GLASER, Curt, and Fritz RUMPF. SAMMLUNG TONY STRAUS-NEGBAUR JAPANISCHE FARBENHOLZSCHNITTE DES 17 BIS 19 JAHRHUNDERTS. (Berlin) Paul Cassirer und Hugo Helbing (1928). xvi + 120 pp. + xlviii b/w plates. 4to., brown wrappers printed in black. Edges and spine chipped, light soil, spine covered in acetate tape. Color frontispiece with tissue guard fine. Interior fine. $85.00

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