1811. (EHON) KAWAMURA Bumpô. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, n.d. 3 vols. Though the afterword is dated 1810, this copy does not have the 1811 colophon listing several other booksellers besides the principal publisher, Hishiya Magobei. Rather the colophon lists Hishiya Magobei, alone. Our assumption from the colors and..... More
1809. [Ehon] Kawamura Bumpô, artist. TEITÔ GAKEI ICHIRAN. Osaka & Kyoto: Morimoto Tasuke (O), Chojiya Genjiro (K), Yoshida Shimbei (K) 1809 - [1816] 4 volumes. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. This set is identical to the Mitchell copy (p.518,519), save for the following: 1) There is no separate ad page before..... More
1887. (EHON) KAWANABE Kyôsai [Gyôsai] GYÔSAI GADAN. Tokyo: Iwamoto Shun, Meiji 20 [1887]. 25.4 x 17.6 cm. 4 volumes, string-bound Japanese-style in printed covers with paper labels. All in a folding clasped chitsu box with a colorful woodblock printed label. Printed in sumi and light colors throughout. This famous artist's..... More
1887. (EHON) KAWANABE Kyôsai [Gyôsai] GYÔSAI GADAN. Tokyo: Iwamoto Shun, Meiji 20 [1887]. 25.4 x 17.6 cm. 4 volumes, string-bound Japanese-style in printed covers with paper labels. All in a folding clasped chitsu box with a colorful woodblock printed label. Printed in sumi and light colors throughout. This famous artist's..... More
1909. (EHON) NAKAMURA Fusetsu & KAWAHIGASHI Hekigotô. HAIGA HÔ. Tokyo: Kokado, 1909. 23 x 15.4 cm. String-bound Japanese style in flexible covers with stamped title. This visual and textual examination of the relationship between "haiga", haiku drawings, and the the haiku themselves was a collaborative effort between Fusetsu, a Western-style..... More
1916. [EHON] GENDAI HAIGA SHÛ [A COLLECTION OF MODERN HAIGA] 1 volume [of 4] Summer. Summer has 30 full page color woodcuts, complete as called for. String-bound Japanese style in printed paper covers. Dated Taisho 5 [1916], first printing. Compiled by Shimada Yukichi; printed by Kishi Kageyoshi and published by..... More
1880. [EHON] KANGA SÔGAKU. Osaka, Maekawa Zembei, Meiji 13 [1880]. 4 volumes. String-bound fukuro-toji style, without the printed paper labels. Each volume is 12.1 x 19.7 cm. A "QUICK STUDY" [SÔGAKU] guide to "CHINESE-STYLE PAINTING" [KANGA] with woodcut illustrations and text in Japanese and Kambun Chinese. Our copy resembles the..... More
1880. [EHON] KANGA SÔGAKU. Osaka: Maekawa Zembei, Meiji 13 [1880]. 4 volumes. String-bound fukuro-toji style, with chipped printed paper labels. 12.1 x 19.7 cm. A "QUICK STUDY" [SÔGAKU] guide to "CHINESE-STYLE PAINTING" [KANGA] with woodcut illustrations and text in Japanese and Kambun Chinese. Our copy resembles the one exhaustively described..... More
1894. [EHON] KÔRIN SHINSEN HYAKUZU. Kyoto: Hosokawa. 2 vols., patterned paper covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji. In an edgeworn and splitting chitsu folding box with clasps missing. Printed paper title labels. 25 x 18.4 cm. Illustrated throughout in b+w woodcut, with designs by Suzuki Koson after Ogata Korin. See..... More
1810. [EHON] Ôhara Minsei, editor. MEISÛ GAFU. Wakayama: Nanreikan, n.d. [c.1810] 4 volumes, 25.2 x 17.6 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, light brown paper covers, original title labels. Good impressions throughout with very slight browning. Mostly b+w with a few color illustrations. Our copy differs from the copy in Mitchell [pp.413, 414]..... More
18. [EHON] TOKYO RAKUJI. n.p., n.d. [Tokyo, c. 1869] 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". As per the copies catalogued in Mitchell, p.532, our copy appears to be bound similarly and without a printed title slip. Illustrated in b+w woodcut by various artists. Very good printing and condition. Interesting view of..... More
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18. [EHON] Ichiyôsai Toyokuni. TOYOKUNI TOSHIDAMA HITSU [FUDE?] Owari [Nagoya], Minoya Iroku & Minoya Bunjirô. n.d. [1830's or 40's?] Dark grey-green covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. Printed paper title label. This book may be found described bibliographically in Forrer's EIRAKUYA TOSHIRO at pp.243-4. Our copy differs a bit from the..... More
[EHON] Ôoka Shumboku, artist. MINCHÔ SHIKEN. n.p., n.d., 3 vols., 27.6 x 17.7 cm., string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. Cream paper covers with printed paper title labels. A reprint of the rare MINCHÔ SEIDO GAEN of 1746. This edition does not have its colophon, but is almost certainly later than the..... More
[EHON] Ôoka Shumboku, artist. MINCHÔ SHIKEN. n.p., n.d., 3 vols., 27.6 x 17.7 cm., string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. Yellow paper covers with printed paper title labels. A reprint of the rare MINCHÔ SEIDO GAEN of 1746. This edition does not have its colophon, but is almost certainly later than the..... More
1818. [EHON] Aikawa MINWA, artist. KÔRIN GASHIKI Zen. Ôsaka & Kyôto, Bunka 15 [1818]. 26.1 x 18.5 cm. Original covers and printed title label. Delicately printed color prints after designs by Ogata Kôrin. A few pages with slight repaired worming, the covers are rubbed, but overall a lovely copy of..... More
1793. [EHON]. TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI. 3 Vols., Osaka, Terada Shazaemon, Kyôhô 5 [1720]. 25.6 x 16.8 cm. Original covers with printed paper title labels. The covers are soiled. String-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji. An early 18th century edition of this work in good impression. Possibly illustrated by Jichôsai, though the artist..... More
1793. [EHON]. TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI. 3 Vols., Osaka, Kawachiya Kihei and Kawachiya Eisuke, Kansei 5 [1793]. 25.8 x 18.5 cm. Original dark blue covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji, with the pink printed paper title labels. A nice 18th century edition of this work in good impression. Originally published in the..... More
1907. [EHON] Asai Chû, artist. TÔSEI FUZOKÛ GOJÛ-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] 2 vols., 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color woodcut. This is a copy of the first edition..... More
1907. [EHON] Asai Chû, artist. TÔSEI FÛZOKU GOJÛ-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] 2 vols., 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color woodcut. Save some very slight worming, the overall condition..... More
1907. [EHON] Asai Chû, artist. TÔSEI FÛZOKU GOJÛ-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] Kyoto: Yamada Unsôdô. 2 vols., 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color woodcut. The overall condition, impressions and..... More
1907. [EHON] Asai Chu, artist. TÔSEI FÛZOKU GOJÛ-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] 2 vols., 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color woodcut. Save some very slight worming, the overall condition..... More
1879. [EHON] Asai Ôsui, artist. SANSUI GAFU Zen. Tokyo: Kobayashi Kichigorô, Meiji 12 [1879]. Small format, 22.4 x 14.4 cm, green covers, printed paper title label, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji. Black and white woodcut illustrations throughout, building up from simple design elements to complete landscapes in a modified nanga..... More
1810. [EHON] Fujiwara Masaomi, author; Kita Busei, artist. KASEN KASHÔ. n.p., preface dated Bunka 7 [1810]. 19.7 X 29.3 cm., string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, original covers with original printed title label. See Ryerson 396 for a defective copy. Our copy is complete with 3 preliminary sheets and 20 sheets of..... More
1944. [Ehon] Hashimoto Okiie, artist. NIPPON NO SHIRO. Tokyo: Kato Hanga Kenkyusho, Showa 19 [1944]. 29.2 x 21.1 cm. String-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji in a printed dustwrapper, in a clasped chitsu case. 13pp. text + 12 woodcuts. This study in words and woodblock prints of twelve of the most famous..... More
18. [EHON] Hatta KOSHÛ, artist. KOSHÛ GAFU. N.P., N.D. [Kyoto: Yoshidaya Shimbei?]. String bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji with original blue-grey covers embossed with interlocking octagons, title slip replaced with brushed title. 33 sheets, 5 pp. preface with 30 sheets of color illustrations in Shijo style and a one sheet closing..... More