The Silly Jelly-Fish [Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 13]. [Kawabata Gyokusho 川端玉章, illustrator]. B.H. Chamberlain, translator. Hasegawa, publisher. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15 x 9.9cm small crepe paper book opens Western style with decorated front and rear wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing..... More
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Tongue Cut Sparrow [Shitakiri Suzume [舌切り雀]] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. [Tokyo]. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. Colophon on inside front wrapper. [10]..... More
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19. [Two matchbook label albums] [Rinpyō 燐票] [C. Late Meiji, early Taisho 1900-1920] Two 15.8 x 11cm orihon folding albums with cloth covered boards and decorative title slips. There are matchbook labels on front and back sides of the folding albums with 3 to 4 matchbook labels, (one book has..... More
You tong wen ku di 1 ji 幼童文章 第一集 [24 vols] Minguo 民國 23-24 [1934-5] Shang wu yin shu guan 商務印書館, publisher Shanghai 上海 24 volumes of children’s books staple-bound approx 18.5 x 13cm published from 1934-5 in China with illustrations and Chinese text throughout. Front wrapper color illustrations..... More
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1800. [Zodiacal Animals Handscroll] [Emaki - Handscroll 絵巻] [C. 1850] [Emaki - Handscroll 絵巻]. A handscroll of zodiacal animals measures 29 x 582 cm. intotal length with 26 cm. blank at the start on heavy paper in a brocade cover. Never finished, it has 10 animals, with..... More
[Zuan - Stencil Design Book]. Kyoto? Shōtoku 正徳 [1711 - 1716] to Meiji Gannen 明治元年 [1868]. 24.7 x 17.7cm volume of design patterns string bound fukuro toji. Hand printed sample stencil sample book assembled by a dyeing house in Kyoto. A total of 507 monochrome designs, from single to multiple..... More
Zuijin Guowen Jiaokeshu 最新国文教科書. circa 1904. Shanghai? [Commercial Press 商務印書館]. 22 x 13.5cm String bound fukuro toji with 59 cho, complete as such. A small Chinese schoolbook from the early 20th century. Chinese text with over 70 charming monochrome wood engravings that illustrate each lesson. Introduction and index in Chinese..... More
1934. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] TAKASUGI Mikitaro, editor. JUTAKU KENCHIKU Kensho Sekkei Zuanshu. Tokyo, Kenchiku Gakkai, Showa 9 [1934]. 8vo., printed wrappers. This book of award-winning designs for domestic architecture has forty plus pages of designs and projections. Very good condition. More
19. [KAKEMONO] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. A BOATMAN. Hanging scroll, image size 138.8 X 27.6 cm. Beautifully mounted. Wooden scroll box. The painting is signed and sealed by Sekka (1866-1942), the foremost master of Rimpa painting in the 20th Century in Japan. Sekka's boatman depicted here is encountered often in his..... More
1922. Stewart, Basil. SUBJECTS PORTRAYED IN JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS.... New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1922. Folio, xvi, 382pp. Grey paper covered boards backed in tan cloth, leather title label in gilt. With reproductions of over 270 prints (22 in colour). A very good copy that shows some soiling at..... More
1904. [DESIGN] Shimomura Tamahiro, designer. SEKAI SARASA 2 vols. Kyoto, Unkindo^, 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
1917. MORSE, Edward S. JAPAN DAY BY DAY: 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83. Boston: Mifflin Company, Cambridge: The University Press, 1917. First edition. Two volumes: xiv, [2], 441; [6], 453 pp. Illustrated with a color frontispiece in each volume and throughout with many b&w text illustrations by the author. Large 8vo., grey..... More
1814. [EHON] Sato SUISEKI. SUISEKI GAFU. Bunka 11 [1814]. 25.6 X 18.8 cm. This copy of the first series of Suiseki's gafu of figures is a classic of the Shijo genre, universally praised. [See Mitchell pp 505,6; Hillier Vol.2, pp. 753-6; Holloway 51; Ryerson 379; Brown p.93] This copy is..... More
1924. MURAYAMA Tomoyoshi. MIZUE, No. 217. Tokyo, Taisho 13 [1924]. Wrappers, 8vo. This issue of the important art journal MIZUE is notable for the inclusion of a 5 page article by avant-garde artist and critic, Murayama Tomoyoshi, entitled "KIKAITEKI YOSO NO GEIJUTSU E NO DONYU" ["THE PATH TO A CONSTRUCTIVIST..... More
1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12, #2. Tokyo, February 1933. 26.0 x 18.7 cm There are 32 color pages on heavy paper with work by such artists as Takei himself, Maeshima Tomo, Kawakami Shiro^, Kumatani Motoichi, and many others. There is also a 20 page flimsy..... More
1871. ADAMS, F. O. [Francis Ottiwell]. THIRD REPORT BY MR. ADAMS ON SILK CULTURE IN JAPAN, DATED AUGUST 10, 1870. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1871. At the head of t.p. is printed "JAPAN. No. 1 (1871)" and..... More
1911. ADAMS, I. William. YODOGIMA IN FEUDALISTIC JAPAN. New York: The Mikilosch Press, 1911. 302 pp., 12mo., red cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt. With a 1" x 1" spot at the top of the spine where the dye and gilt have largely leached from the cloth, else very..... More
1930. (ADVERTISEMENT). KAMAKURA KAIHAN HOTEL. Kamakura, Japan. (Tokyo: Inatsu Co.), [N.D., circa 1930]. A single accordian-folded sheet, whose folded size measures 7 1/2 by 3 1/2 (19.2 x 8.9 cm.), with photo illustrations of the hotel and surrounding attractions; the final panel is a map which shows railway and tram..... More
[ADVERTISING - 20TH CENTURY MATCHBOX COVERS]. [Rinpyō 燐票]. A COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1300 MATCHBOX COVERS, LABELS AND ADVERTISING CARDS DEPICTING A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS, BUSINESSES, AND PASTIMES. A collection of carefully preserved matchbox covers, labels and advertising cards tipped-in to 2 commercially manufactured scrapbook albums. The albums are bound in..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 1. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Do^mon..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 6. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 8. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 9. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. The issues..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 9. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon..... More
[ADVERTISING] SUZUKI Nagai, editor. Shiroto ni mo Kantan ni mo dekiru KAKUSHU KANBAN SOSHOKU NO TSUKURIKATA PRACTICAL METHODS OF BUILDING UP VARIOUS SIGNS AND DISPLAYS. Tokyo: Seibundo Shinkosha, Showa 13 [1938]. Oblong printed wrappers. 18.8 x 26 pp. 32pp+. Sign design for the amateur. Good condition. More