1964. [AINU] HATTORI Shiro, editor. AINUGO HO^GEN JITEN. Tokyo, Iwanami Shoten, 1964. Large 8vo., dark green cloth, 556+ pp. Important dialect dictionary of the Ainu language. Written in Japanese. About in publisher's slipcase. More
1786. Miyako Meisho Zue 都名所圖會 (都名所図会) 5 of 6 vols Akisato Ritō 秋里籬島, author & Takehara Shunchōsai 竹原信繁 (竹原朝斎), artist Yoshinoya Ihachi 吉野家為八, publisher Kyōto 1786 [Temmei 6] Kyōto, Yoshinoya Ihachi 吉野家為八, publisher. A 6 volume title, lacking volume 5, thus incomplete. 27.2 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji..... More
1916. AKIYAMA, Aisaburo. BRIEF HISTORY OF PICTORIAL JAPAN. Tokyo: A. Akiyama, 1916. 81 + 2 pp. 8vo., brown patterened cloth covered boards, bound with two leather thongs. Ink gift inscription to front flyleaf dated 1918. Light wear/fraying to spine, cloth chipped at spine 1/2 inch at crown. Bound Japanese (accordion)..... More
1964. AKIYAMA, Aisaburo. A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF JAPAN AND CHINA. New York: Paragon Book Reprint Company, 1964. Second edition. 12mo, stiff brown wrappers; 42pp. Fine. More
1969. Akiyama, Terukazu; Soper, Alexander (translator) Arts of China: Buddhist Cave Temples. Kodansha America, NY, 1969. Fine folio buckram, very good dustwrapper. More
1978. ALBERY, Nobuko. BALLOON TOP. A novel of growing up in Japan. New York: Pantheon, (1978). First American edition. 8vo, tan cloth; 255pp. Ink inscription. Fine, in a lightly soiled jacket. More
1928. ALTHAUS, Paul, & R. T. Gribble. MYSTIC LYRICS FROM THE INDIAN MIDDLE AGES. A Free Transcription by Paul Althaus. Rendered into English by R. T. Gribble. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1928). First edition of this English language version based upon the free transcription by Althaus. Small octavo..... More
1926. AMANUMA Shun'ichi. INDO BIJUTSU SHASHINSHU^. Nara, Taisho^ 15 [1926]. Two plate volumes, but lacking the explanatory booklet. Illustrated with 233 (of 240) photographs of archaeological sites throughout the Indian cultural sphere showing Buddhist and Mughal architecture, architectural details, sculptures, and - to a lesser extent - painted and tile..... More
1919. [METZGAR, Judson D.] AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. RARE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. JUDSON D. METZGAR. New York: American Art Galleries, 1919. Unpaginated (text + b/w plates). 8vo., tan wrappers printed in black. Moderate soil to wrappers, a few small chips to front wrapper not affecting text..... More
1919. [METZGAR, Judson D.] AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. RARE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. JUDSON D. METZGAR. New York: American Art Galleries, 1919. Unpaginated (text + b/w plates). 8vo., tan wrappers printed in black. Moderate soil to wrappers, a few small chips to rear wrapper not affecting text..... More
![Item #90908 Haru no Ryūkō 春の流行 [Designs for Spring or Spring Trends]. anaka Kichinosuke...](/pictures/thumb/90908_01.jpg?v=1652473166)
1953. Tanaka Kichinosuke 田中吉之介 and Nakamura Rokunosuke 中村六之介, et al artists. Haru no Ryūkō 春の流行 [Designs for Spring or Spring Trends]. [n.p.]. 1953. 21 sheets of stiff board, 10½ x 15 in., with color-printed designs on textured paper for kimono fabric laid down, with a glassine guard attached to each..... More
1795. ANDERSON, Aeneas. A NARRATIVE OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA, IN THE YEARS 1792, 1793, AND 1794; CONTAINING THE VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EMBASSY, WITH ACCOUNTS OF CUSTOMS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE; AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, TOWNS, CITIES, &C. &C. London: Printed for J. Debrett...1795. [a2..... More
1908. ANDERSON, William. JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. New edition. London: Seeley and Co., 1908. 16mo., blue cloth decorated in gilt; 219pp. + ads. Slight foxing and waving of text; the ads are quite water-damaged. Bleeding of dye from bottom edge of boards. As is... More
1908. ANDERSON, William. JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. New edition. London: Seeley and Co., 1908. 16mo., blue cloth decorated in gilt; 219pp. + ads. Mild wear at boards, else good. More
1895. ANDERSON, William. JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. Their history, technique and characteristics. London: Seeley and Co., 1895. Small 4to., green cloth; 80pp. + ads. With 6 color plates (frontis. loose), and many other ills. Overall, about good. More
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [n.d., circa 1890-1900]. 79 (of 80) plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations. Each..... More
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1886 Folio. Each plate has a guard which is printed with a line..... More
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [n.d., circa 1890-1900]. Complete: 80 of 80 plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations..... More
1892. ARNOLD, Sir Edwin. JAPONICA. Illustrated by Robert BLUM. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. 2nd printing, originally published in 1891. xv + [1] + 128 pp. Tall 8vo., half green morocco with gilt rules, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and ornaments, with green marbled paper covered boards. Corners and..... More
1894. ARNOLD, Edwin. WANDERING WORDS. London: Longmans, Green, 1894. 8vo, xii + 372 pp. + ads., 22 plates, further ills. in text; red cloth. Lacks flyleaf, hinge cracked, some foxing and dampstaining; rubbed. Good only. More
1990. (ART). GEORGE TSUTAKAWA. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1990. 4to., illustrated paper wraps. Illustarted with colour photographs throughout. A fine copy. More
[ART DECO] Morinaga. DAISANKAI MORINAGA KYARAMERU GEIJUTSU-SHO^. n.p. [To^kyo^ c.1930]. A heavy bronze plaque, 22.0 x 21.0 cm, a bas-relief image of a man mounted on a winged horse. The plaque itself is mounted on a hardwood plank 42.1 x 35.5 cm. This momento of a "Prize for the Third..... More
1912. Asai Chū 淺井忠. Mokugo Zuanshū 默語圖案集. Kyōto : Unsōdō. Meiji 45 [1912]. 1st printing Meiji 42 [1909]. This is the third printing of Meiji 45 [1912]. Printed paper covers over boards, tassel-bound. In the original clasped chitsu with a paper label. This tall 4to sized volume (36.5 x 25cm..... More
![Item #91013 New Crest Book [Shin Monchō Daizen] 新紋帳大全. Asai Hironobu...](/pictures/thumb/91013_01.jpg?v=1653063847)
Asai Hironobu 淺井廣信, editor. New Crest Book [Shin Monchō Daizen] 新紋帳大全. [Unsōdō 芸艸堂]. Kyoto. Meiji 26 [1893]. 18 x 12cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with decorated wrappers and original woodblock prints. The Japanese title 新紋帳大全 [Shin Monchō Daizen] is printed vertically in the center of the cover with a horizontal..... More
1928. [ASIAN ART]. MYTHOLOGIE ASIATIQUE ILLUSTREE. Paris: Librairie de France (1931). Later printing. x + 432 pp. 4to., quarter red morocco with raised bands, gilt spine lettering, marbled paper covered boards. 14 of 15 color plates (missing plate facing p. 236), 23 b/w plates and b/w reproductions in the text..... More