1907. [EHON] Asai Chu, artist. TOSEI FUZOKU GOJU-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 Chu^, artist. TO^SEI FU^ZOKU GOJU^-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] Kyoto: Yamada Unso^do^. 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. TOSEI FUZOKU GOJU-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 O^sui, artist. SANSUI GAFU Zen. Tokyo: Kobayashi Kichigoro^, 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
1911. [EHON] BUSON, et al. YAHAN-O HAISEN-CHO. Kyoto & Tokyo, Meiji 44 [1911] Fan format, b+w woodblock prints in paper over stiff covers, orihon. Printed paper title label. The haiga portaits and sequence are the same as in the HAIKAI SANJU^-ROKKASEN of 1799. (See Mitchell p. 551, for a detailed..... More
1810. [EHON] Fujiwara Masaomi, author; Kita Busei, artist. KASEN KASHO. 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
1824. [EHON] Hatta KOSHU, artist. KOSHU GAFU. Kyoto: Yoshidaya Shimbei, Bunsei 7 [1824]. String bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji with original blue-grey covers embossed with interlocking octagons, title slip printed in black on buff. 33 sheets, 5 pp. preface with 30 sheets of color illustrations in Shijo style. This is the..... More
[EHON] Hirokawa Kai 廣川獬. NAGASAKI BUNKEN ROKU 長崎文献錄. Kyōto, Hishiya Magobei, Bunsei Gannen [1817]. 5 vols. in 3, string bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, 25.7 x 17.7 cm, original paper title labels, grey covers. The second printing after the first appearance in 1800. This "RECORD OF THINGS HEARD AND SEEN..... More
1685. [EHON] Hishikawa MORONOBU, artist. Hishikawa SHOSHOKU EHON KAGAMI. Jokyo 2 [1685]. 2 vols. O^hon, large b+w illustrated book of occupations, done by Moronobu at the height of his powers and one of his best known creations. The copy at hand is bound in two volumes within the original covers..... More
1803. [EHON] I-Fukyu & Ike no Taiga. I-FUKYU IKE NO TAIGA GAFU. 2 volumes. Kyoto & Edo: Maruya Gempachiro & Suharaya Mohei. Kyowa 3 [1803]. 27.2 x 18.2 cm. Blue paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. A bit of one original printed paper title label remains. Follows the copy at Mitchell..... More
1921. [EHON] Ito Chuta. ASHURA CHO Dai Go-kan. Tokyo: Kokusui Shuppansha, (Arata Eisuke), Taisho 10 [1921]. 5 volumes complete. Bound in printed cloth over [25.6 x 21.4 cm] boards with thongs. Entitled (roughly) "Demon Sketchbook". The Asuras of the title are the warrior gods of Indian religion, condemned to constant..... More
1852. [EHON] Kaioku, Baiitsu, Baioku, etc., artists. SHOGA RUISEN. Kyôto, Ôsaka & Edo, Kaei 5 [1852]. Orihon folding album in wooden covers with a worn title label. The sumi-e and color prints are lovely in this small format album. 18.1 x 11.4 cm. The artists, all bunjinga masters, have done..... More
1816. [EHON] Kameda BÔSAI, artist. KYÔCHÛZAN. Yellowish-green covers with a geometric lacquer pattern. Title label printed in brown on creme. This copy differs enough from the Mitchell choices at pp. 383-4 that it makes little sense to compare too closely. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. 28.0 x 18.4 cm; the pages..... More
1816. [EHON] Kameda BOSAI, artist. KYOCHUZAN. Vertically striated covers with horizontal figures, green on creme printed paper title label. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. The collation follows example "A" at Mitchell 383-4, save for the following: 27.9 x 18.3 cm; the pages are all un-numbered; the seals are printed in red..... More
1809. [EHON] Kameda BOSAI, artist. KYOCHUZAN. Toto, 26.6 x 18.1 cm. Blue-green karazuri figured covers and printed paper label. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. The collation follows example "A" at Mitchell 383-4, save for the following: all sheets are unnumbered; there is a colophon on the inside of the back cover..... More
1779. [EHON] KANYO^SAI, artist. KANGA SHINAN. 2 volumes. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, An-ei 8 [1779]. 2 vols., 25.7 x 18 cm., individually complete in embossed green paper covers with original printed paper labels. String-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. An important Nanga drawing book in b+w, here in moderate to good impression and..... More
1779. [EHON] Katô Bunrei (1706-1782). REI GASEN 3 volumes. An-ei 8 [1779]. Edo, Wakabayashi Sei-ei. 26.4 x 18.4 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. In the original covers with printed title labels. This set of selections from the designs of Bunrei was edited by his students, Okada Bunkô and Hirayama Bunkyô. Bunrei..... More
19. [EHON] Katsushika HOKUUN. HOKUUUN MANGA. [Nagoya: Eirakuya To^shiro^, n.d. (No colophon)] 22.7 x 15.8 cm. Only 20 leaves of b+w images. Unusual variant with a hitherto unseen Eirakuya ad. The covers are very worn, but the contents are in good condition with only a bit of thumbing. Good, fairly..... More
1811. [EHON] KAWAMURA Bumpô. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, et al., Bunka 8 [1811]. String-bound Japanese style in yellow covers with paper title labels. 26 x 17.5 cm. This "second series" of the KANGA SHINAN [Manual of Chinese-style Painting] was the only one illustrated by Bumpo and was published..... More
1811. [EHON] KAWAMURA Bumpô. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, et al., Bunka 8 [1811]. String-bound Japanese style in the original covers with paper title labels. 26.1 x 17.2 cm. This "second series" of the KANGA SHINAN [Manual of Chinese-style Painting] was the only one illustrated by Bumpô and was..... More
1811. [EHON] Kawamura BUMPO & Watanabe NANGAKU. KAIDO KYO^KA AWASE . Naniwa [Osaka]: Kawachiya Kihei & Teito [Kyoto]: Yoshidaya Shimbei, Bunka 8 [1811]. 25.9 x 17.8 cm. yellow-brown covers, string-bound, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. See Mitchell 324-5 for more on this bibliographically complex book. Resembles his "B" example in..... More
1811. [EHON] Kawamura BUMPO & Watanabe NANGAKU. Nangaku Bumpo TEKURABE GAFU. Naniwa [Osaka]: Kawachiya Kihei & Teito [Kyoto]: Fukui Genjiro, Bunka 8 [1811]. 26.0 x 17.8 cm. Yellow covers, string-bound, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. See Mitchell 324-5 for more on this bibliographically complex book. Resembles his "B" example in..... More
19. [EHON] Kawamura BUMPO^, artist. BUMPO^ GAFU Sampen. Osaka & Kyoto: Kawachiya Kihei & Yoshida Shimbei, Bunka 10 [1813] (Bunsei 7 [1824]). Original blue-green covers with octagon design, bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, with a printed paper title label. 25.7 x 17.9 cm. 1 preliminary and 35 paginated sheets, 4 sheets..... More
19. [EHON] Kawamura BUMPO^, artist. BUMPO^ GAFU Sampen. Osaka & Kyoto: Kawachiya Kihei & Yoshida Shimbei, Bunka 10 [1813]. (Replaced?) blue-green covers, no title label, bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. 25.8 x 17.7 cm. 1 preliminary and 35 paginated sheets, 4 sheets of Yoshida Shimbei ads. Illustrations with light colors. The..... More