[DESIGN]. SAIKOKYU MIRAAKOOTO-KAMI TOPPAN-ZURI OODAMATCHI MIHONCHO NP, ND [Japan, 1960s?]. 16.3 X 24.5 cm. Leatheroid covers, 23 pages of 5.5 x 8 cm designs for matchbox covers, done in a "mirrorcoat" process of relief printing. One sample clipped for color matching. The back covers is loosening. Overall, a good copy..... More
1937. [DESIGN] Azuma Do^jin. Koutashirabe AZUMA KOROMO. Unso^do^, Kyo^to & To^kyo^, Sho^wa 12 [1937]. A large folding album (34.0 x 24.8 cm), 10 pages (15 designs) of superbly printed color woodblock images by the "Companions from the East" The margins and facing pages have browning and foxing. This, the "spring"..... More
1902. [DESIGN] Fujii Rindo^. SHOKUMON ZUKAN 1-4. Kyo^to, Yamada Unso^do^, Meiji 35 [1902]. Four volumes, complete, each volume with printed title, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 24.2 x 16.4 cm. Illustrated throughout with lightly colored woodblock prints of traditional design motifs. The covers are worn, some pages split but present. More
1933. [DESIGN] FUJII Tatsukichi, designer. SÔSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHÛ. [A Collection of Designs for Dyework] Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado, Showa 8 [1933]. Large portfolio, 41 x 31 cm., decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label, all enclosed in the publisher's folding cardboard outer box. A 4 page..... More
1903. [DESIGN] Goto Ryuko. HANA NO NISHIKI #3. Kyoto: Unkindo, Meiji 36 [1903]. A single woodblock-printed sheet, approx. 36 X 50 cm., folded into printed covers, 25.2 x 17.8 cm. Unkindo, a short-lived but brilliant publisher, later merged into the Unsodo concern. A bit browned and edgeworn, it is number..... More
1910. [DESIGN] Ogino Issui, designer. ZUAN HYAKUDAI. 3 Vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 43 [1910] An orihon in 3 volumes, (27 X 19 cm) with woodblock printed covers, all in a later fitted clasped cloth chitsu case. Unsodo outdid itself in this early design effort. Dozens of double page horizontal designs..... More
1938. [DESIGN] HAPPO^DO^, publisher/printer. KOKUGA O^GI. Kyo^to, Happo^do^, N.D. [other sources indicate a date of 1938] Very large oblong brocade porfolio, 36.5 x 59.0 cm. Contains an undated Happo^do^ colophon and 50 design prints (49 in color and one as a textual calligraphic introduction to the work) A source indicates..... More
1894. [DESIGN] HARUNA Shigeharu, editor. Ko^gei O^yo^ ZUAN ZASSHI 7 issues. No.'s 20-26, To^kyo^, Meiji 26-27 [1893-4]. 24.5 x 16.6 cm. Stab-bound wrapper's in woodblock printed paper covers. Haruna Shigeharu (1847-1913) was a pottery painter born into the upper classes in Ishikawa prefecture, here using his artistic and design skills..... More
1933. [DESIGN] Hisatomi Jun; Yoshida Tamashiro, designes. SHINKO^ KOSODE BURI 1, 2, 3, 5. Kyo^to, Happo^do^, Sho^wa 8 [1933] 36.1 x 26.1 cm. Each volume of the four (of five) contains 10 lovely color-printed woodblock design in a kimono sleeve format. A wonderful collection of these "shinko^" "modern" designs. The..... More
1904. [DESIGN] ISOZAKI Kosaburo. KINKAN'EN SHINISHO YOHON NEW SAMPLES OF COLORED MATTING - "KIN KAN EN." Okayama, Meiji 37 [1904]. Cord bound Japanese style, title printed on front cover. 34.2 X 22.6 CM. 34 full-page color woodcuts of flat-weave matting designs. The matting is still made today in Okayama from..... More
1906. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. NIHON JOSO 7 vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 39 [1906]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title labels. An interesting visual history of women's fashion in traditional Japan. The b+w woodblock prints were supervised by the master himself, Kamisaka Sekka. A good impression..... 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
1909. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto: Unsodo, Meiji 42-43 [1909-10]. 3 volumes. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. Most consider it the finest Japanese design book 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 surface..... More
1936. [DESIGN] Kano Shuho, artist. Ukiyoe Monyo 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
1904. [DESIGN] Kobayashi GYOKUNEN 小林玉年. MEKURUTSUKI 目繰月. Kyoto: Unkindō , Meiji 37 [1904] 25 X 36 cm. Oblong folio, tassel-bound. #527 in the MEIJI TAISHŌ ZUANSHÛ NO KENKYÛ. 24 full page color woodblock print designs and 1 page of woodblock printed calligraphy. Striking images, very scarce book. Gyokunen is one..... 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 Shiko^. HO^EN-CHO^. Kyo^to: Maria Gabo^, Sho^wa 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 Gabo was not prolific, but what they printed was always done with..... More
1902. [DESIGN] Matsuoka Tokikata; Honma Hyakuri. Kojitsu Sosho 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] NAITO Ryoji. SOSHOKU KATTO GASHU. 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 ZUANSHU^. Nagoya, Fukada Zuan Kenkyu^sho, Taisho^ 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. O^YO^ ZUAN Gekkan Dai-ichi-go. Tokyo, Papiyon Zuansha, Taisho^ 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 GASHU. 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