1934. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. UTA-E Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Showa 9 [1934]. 1 volume, 31 x 22 cm, cloth, ribbon bound covers, paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Sekka. As Sekka's last work, it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Koetsu's Saga-bon. (For..... More
1987. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto, Unsodo, Showa 62 [1987]. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. 3 volumes. Doubtless one of the finest design books of all time, this exquisite suite of 60 double page color printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous..... More
1936. [DESIGN] Kanô Shûhô, artist. Ukiyoe Monyô KOSODE HYAKUSEN. [Kyoto, Happodo, Showa 11 {1936}]. 36.7 x 27.2 cm. Though this copy has no colophon or textual material, it consists of 48 of the 50 woodblock printed sheets, each with two designs, so 96 of 100 designs. Each design is identified..... More
1901. [DESIGN] KOSUGI Sugimura & YOKOI Tokifuyu, designers. DAI NIHON BIJUTSU ZUFU 4 vols. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 34 [1901]. 4 plate volumes, orihon folding albums illustrated with 154 pages of color woodcut. 25.1 x 18.5 cm Complete as such BUT not including the 4 text volumes. A lovely compendium..... More
1932. [DESIGN] Iida Shikô. HÔEN-CHÔ. Kyo^to: Maria Gabô, Shôwa 7 [1932] Oblong orihon folding album in the original publisher's chitsu clasped case. 28.3 x 39.0 cm. There are 23 ornately printed circular designs with metallic inks, etc. Maria Gabô was not prolific, but what they printed was always done with..... More
1902. [DESIGN] Matsuoka Tokikata; Honma Hyakuri. Kojitsu Sôsho SHOKUMON ZUE. 7 vols., originally privately published by Hyakuri, apparently from 1815-25, as a completion of work begun by Tokikata in the late 18th, very early 19th century. This is the reprint of this classic work, done as part of the "Kojitsu..... More
1815. [DESIGN] Matsuoka Tokikata; Honma Hyakuri. SHOKUMON ZUE. 7 vols., privately published by Hyakuri, apparently from 1815-25, as a completion of work begun by Tokikata in the late 18th, very early 19th century. 19.3 x 26.9 cm, string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji with printed paper title labels - all bindings match..... More
1933. [DESIGN] NAITÔ Ryôji. SÔSHOKU KATTO GASHÛ. Tokyo, Sosaku Zuan Kankokai, Showa 8 [1933]. Western bound in incised leatheroid over boards. 26.8 x 19.5 cm. 78 b+w images, mostly full page of "Decorative Cuts" drawing on the female form - flappers, vamps and decadent androgynous beauties in many roles, pirates..... More
1917. [DESIGN] NAKAGAWA Yoshinaga, designer. NAKAGAWA ZUANSHÛ. Nagoya, Fukada Zuan Kenkyûsho, Taishô 6 [1917]. Wonderful portfolio of lithographed designs in a Deco idiom. Reminiscent of the early work of Sugiura Hisui but with its own unique quirky sense of boldness and fun. Animal and vegetal themes for the most part..... More
1918. [DESIGN] ODA Kazuma, artist and designer. ÔYÔ ZUAN Gekkan Dai-ichi-go. Tokyo, Papiyon Zuansha, Taishô 7 [1918]. Folio-sized wrappers, 34.5 x 24.2 cm. This "Practical Design" monthly features the work of Oda Kazuma (1882-1956) in this, its first issue. This issue features articles on the use of electric lights at..... More
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1934. [DESIGN] Ôzu Dôjin, design group. HIMEKESHI [REISHUN]. Uchida Bijutsu, Kyoto, Showa 9 [1934] ..x.. cm. Orihon in brocade covers with printed paper title label, all in the original publisher's clasped chitsu with title label. There are 32 pages, 16 double page printes in color woodblock of flower and botanical..... More
1915. [DESIGN] Saikasha. SAIKA. Tokyo 1924-9. 30 issues bound into 10 volumes (out of 36 issues bound in 12 volumes). Significant run of the SAIKA series which captured Japanese and Asian design in all its manifestations - objects, utensils. fabrics, rugs, architectural elements, lacquerware, cloisonnee etc., etc. There is a...... More
1925. [DESIGN] Shimomura TAMAHIRO. TAMAHIRO GASHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Taisho 14 [1925]. Single sheets cord-bound into illustrated boards with a printed paper title label. 36.2 X 25.3 cm. There are 16 pages of color woodblock printed designs and 30 pages of b+w collotypes. One of the hybrid design books..... More
1904. [DESIGN] Shimomura Tamahiro, designer. SEKAI SARASA 2 vols. Kyoto, Unkindô, 22.3 x 31.3 cm., Meiji 37 [1904]. 2 vols., Tassel-bound in decorated paper covers, fukuro-toji. 27 full page color woodcut plates of cotton chintz designs from around the world. Nicely printed, very good condition. More
1911. [DESIGN] Shirokiya Department Store. 38 COVERS FROM RYÛKÔ MAGAZINE. Tokyo, Taisho era design, done by the design staff, including Furuta Tachiji, of Shirokiya Department store for this, their monthly magazine. Here we have a group of 38 front covers, removed from the original magazines. They were trimmed by a...... More
1912. [DESIGN] Sugiura HISUI. KODAKARA. Tokyo: Mitsukoshi Gofukuten, Meiji 45 [1912]. 29 x 23.5 cm., decorated boards and cloth, in decorated dustwrapper and original tied decorated portfolio covers. A lovely package, designed and illustrated by Hisui (1876-1965), the head designer for Mitsukoshi for the first half of the 20th century..... More
1908. [DESIGN] Sugiura HISUI, designer. MITSUKOSHI; MITSUKOSHI TIMES; ÔSAKA MITSUKOSHI Tôkyô & Ôsaka, 1908-1923. Western-style magazines, 24.9 x 18.4 cm, decorated wrappers. Lovely covers, most by Sugiura Hisui [1876-1965] or designed under his supervision. Hisui is the most important figure in the development of Japanese commercial art in the 20th..... More
[FAN DESIGN ALBUM] TANAKA Tôshû. UCHIWA-CHÔ. Another example of the fan sample genre. Here there are 55 color woodblock printed square designs, each 23 x 23.5 cm, in ribbon-bound printed cardboard covers with a printed paper title label. The designs are by the designer, Tanaka Tôshû, and the album seems..... More
1965. [DESIGN]. TOPPAN 65. NP [Japan, 1964]. 18.7 X 27.5 cm. 2p + 44pp. Very interesting salesman's sample book of designs for matchbox labels. Stiff wrappers. Relief printed designs for washi papers. Over 200 designs for 8.5 x 5.5 and 3.7 x 5.5 cm sizes. 8 paper samples. Overall, a...... More
1979. [Dictionary of Proper Names, Japanese] JIH PEN HSING MING TZ'UTIEN, JIH PEN TI MING TZ'U TIEN. Peking: 1979, 1982, 1983. 4vols. 8vo., boards with fabricoid spines, gilt. The three volumes of personal and family names are indexed by romanization, kana and radical for ease of use, as is the..... More
1979. [Dictionary of Proper Names, Japanese] JIH PEN HSING MING TZ'UTIEN, JIH PEN TI MING TZ'U TIEN. Peking: 1979, 1982, 1983. 4vols. 8vo., boards with fabricoid spines, gilt. The three volumes of personal and family names are indexed by romanization, kana and radical for ease of use, as is the..... More
1911. DILLON, Edward. THE ARTS OF JAPAN. With 40 Illustrations. (Little Books on Art). Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1911. First edition. 12mo. blue cloth, stamped in gilt, t.e.g.; xiii + 212pp. Spine darkened, light wear and soiling at boards; else, very good. More
1906. DILLON, Edward. THE ARTS OF JAPAN. With forty-one illustrations. London: Methuen & Co, (1906). 12mo, blue cloth, stamped in gilt; xiii + 212pp. Corners bumped. Very good. More