1806. [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN. SOKEN GAFU Soka no Bu. 3 volumes, complete. Dark grey (replaced) covers with original printed title labels. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 25.8 x 17.7 cm. Kyoto: Bunka 3 [1806] Illustrated in b+w and grey woodcut throughout. This is perhaps Soken's most successful ehon - illustrating a series..... More
1865. [EHON] Yamamoto BAIOKU, artist. BAIOKU GAFU. N.P., N.D. No publishing information, but the final note is dated Keiô Gan-nen [1865]. 27.2 x 20.5 cm. String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, with the printed paper title label intact. The covers are a bit worn and there are a few internal blemishes, but..... More
1823. [EHON] Yashima GAKUTEI, artist. ICHIRO GAFU. O^saka, Maekawa Zembei, [preface dated zodiacally as 1823]. 22.1 X 15.4 cm. Orange covers blind-patterned with a lozenge design, dark blue printed paper title label, fukuro toji binding, string-bound Japanese style. Illustrated throughout in color with many single and double page landscapes with..... More
1823. [EHON] Yashima GAKUTEI, artist. ICHIRO GAFU. Gasendo, 1823 [zodiacal date]. 22.8 X 16.1 cm. Blind-patterned grey-green covers, dark blue printed paper title label, fukuro toji binding, string-bound Japanese style. Illustrated throughout in color with many single and double page landscapes with figures. [Re: Hillier & Smith #127; Hillier Vol.2..... More
1813. [EHON] Yorita Kyûhô. Shinkoku KINSHI GAFU. Nagoya, Ôsaka, Edo & Kyôto, Tôhekido, et al. Bunka 10 [1813]. 29.6 x 19.3 cm, original covers and printed paper title label. Some staining but a wonderful printing overall. There are copies at Waseda and the Diet Library in Tokyo. Not in Mitchell..... More
[EHON] [Ki Baitei, artist]. KYÛRO GAFU. 1 volume. Kôto [Kyôto], N.D. [Bunsei?]. 26.2 x 18.6 cm String-bound Japanese style fukuro- toji. Resembles the copy "c" in Mitchell at p. 403 for the presence of 64 single page images in sumi, (a greater number of images than the first edition with..... More
16. [NARA EHON]. UTSUHO MONOGATARI. [TALES OF THE HOLLOW TREE]. 23.1 x 17.1 cm. Green brocade covers. Hand calligraphed manuscript bound Yamato-toji style, on torinoko paper. The style of the illustrations and the calligraphy date the work to the early Tokugawa period (mid-17th Century). The unfinished manuscript of this classical..... More