1882. Nō Kyōgen Gashū 能狂言画集 Kawabata Gyokushō 川端玉章, artist Fukuendō 福延堂, publisher. Meiji 15 [1882]. An orihon folding album 17.6 x 12.1 cm, bound in cloth. There are 19 double page color woodblock printed images of scenes from Nō and Kyōgen drama. Each scene is identified. Early Meiji..... More
1951. KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist JIMBUTSU IROHA EGERESU Tokyo: Ryu^seikaku, Sho^wa 26 [1951]. 18.5 x 13.2 cm. Reduced offset version of the original edition done in woodcut in 1935. Printed boards in a printed clamshell publisher's box. One of 1000 copies, signed by Kawakami. Western bound. The title of this book..... More
1970. KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist. RIREKISHO, Gohachi (Seienso^), Sho^wa 45 [1970]. Oblong western-bound book, 16.7 x 20.0 cm. #28 of 100 copies, signed by Kawakami, with many hand-colored illustrations in this, his "RESUME". A charming book in Kawakami's distinctive style. Fine in the original shipping box and inner clamshell. Uncommon... More
![Item #90848 Bumpō Gafu 文鳳畫譜 [An Album of Drawings By Bumpō]. artist Kawamura Bumpō...](/pictures/thumb/90848_01.jpg?v=1652473122)
Kawamura Bumpō 河村文鳳, artist. Bumpō Gafu 文鳳畫譜 [An Album of Drawings By Bumpō]. Osaka & Kyoto. Zodiacal date Bunka 文化 4 [1807]. Yoshida Shimbei, publisher. Single volume 25.8 x 18cm bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, with a printed paper title label in the original blue-gray wrappers with hexagon shape. 30 cho..... More
1827. Kawamura Kiho^, artist. KIHO^ GAFU. Kyoto: Yoshida Shimbei, Bunsei 10 [1827]. 1 vol. (complete). 17.3 x 25.7 cm. 5 page prelims, 30 double page color woodblock prints, 1p final, 8pp ads, colophon. The covers are worn (probably not original). The contents are somewhat soiled and stained. Good impressions, contemporary..... More
1771. Kawamura MINSETSU, artist. Tanyu^ HYAKU FUJI. To^kyo^, Sho^eido^[N.D., late Meiji?] 18.0 x 25.2 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The original edition of 1771 is here reprinted [from the original blocks?] in four volumes with cream blindstamped covers and original printed title labels. A bit of soiling to the covers. Clean..... More
1935. Kawasaki Kyosen 川崎巨泉. Omocha Gafu おもちゃ画譜. 10 vols. Osaka, Shōwa 7-10 [1932-5]. 10 volumes 23.6 x 16.5 cm with printed paper title labels are string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in decorated wrappers with a wraparound illustration. Vols 4-10 have a numbered label laid down on the front cover. A laid-in, folded..... More
1920. Keibun Kachō Kinkachō Zen 景文花鳥錦華帖 全 Keibun Matsumura 景文松村, artist 1920 [Ehon] Keibun Kachō Kinkachō Zen 景文花鳥錦華帖 全 by artist Keibun Matsumura 景文松村 (1779-1843). Kyoto, Nagoya, Tokyo and Osaka. A large folding orihon album 31.3 x 21.3 cm, printed on fine thin paper. In the original..... More
1813. Sōka Ryakugashiki 草花略画式 Keisai Masayoshi 恵斎政美 (also Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美), artist Tōto 東都 (Edo 江戸): Suharaya Ichibe’e, et al 須原屋市兵衛, publishers Bunka 10 [1813] [Ehon, botanical, flowers] Single volume 27.3 x 18.2 cm. Original covers, printed title label. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. Bold and simple renditions of plants..... More
![Item #90997 Keisai Ryakugashiki 恵斎楽画式 [Keisai’s Abbreviated Drawing Styles]. artist...](/pictures/thumb/90997.jpg?v=1652473193)
Keisai Masayoshi 恵斎政美, artist. KeisaiRyakugashiki 恵斎楽画式 [Keisai’s Abbreviated Drawing Styles] (Also Jimbutsu Ryakugashiki 人物畧画式). Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Bunka 文化 10 [1813]. 1 volume, complete. 25.5 x 17.5cm, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in blue wrappers. Printed title slip on left hand side. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Originally published in Edo by..... More
1937. Kitasono Katue 北園克衛, poet & Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist. Shishû 詩集 Natsu No Tegami 夏の手紙. . Tôkyô, Aoi Shobô, Shôwa 12 [1937] Folio, 30.0 X 22.0 cm, #11 of 200 copies printed. The binding, the typography, the illustrations, all combine as a fluid visual container for Kitasono's brilliant..... More
1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tokyo, Shoshinsha, 1954. Folio, 32.0 x 24.5 cm. One of 30 deluxe copies (#9) of a total edition of 330 copies. Signed in bold calligraphy by Kitasono. Has 3 full page color prints by Suematsu Masaki (1908-97). An example of..... More
1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tokyo, Shoshinsha, 1954. Small Folio, 27.2 x 18.7 cm. Out of series copy from the standard limited edition of 300 copies. There was also a large format special edition of 30cc. This example is distinguished by the fact that it..... More
Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺, artist. Bairei Hyakuchō Gafu Zokuhen 楳嶺百鳥畫譜 續編 (続編) [Bairei’s Album of 100 Birds] Supplementary Series, 3 vols. Meiji 17 [1884]. Tokyo. Ōkura Magobē 大倉孫兵衛, publisher. 3 volumes approx 24.5 x 16.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in original decorated wrappers and title slips with printed labels on top right..... More
![Item #90269 Momiji もみぢ [紅葉]. artist Kubota Kinsen 久保田金僊](/pictures/thumb/90269_0.jpg?v=1652472887)
1911. Momiji もみぢ [紅葉] Kubota Kinsen 久保田金僊, artist Yamada Unsōdō 山田芸艸堂, publisher Kyoto Meiji 44 明治44 [1911] [Ehon, Botanical, Design] Orihon folding album 26.5 x 19 cm with printed paper covers over boards. Both covers have a design of light green mountains in the foreground with geometric shapes that..... More
Kuwagata Keisai 鍬形恵斎, artist (also known as Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美). Keisai Ryakuga Zen 恵斎畧画全. Touto 東都 (Tokyo/Edo). Suharaya Mōhei. n.d. [c.1850s]. 25.2 x 18.2cm string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with the original printed title label. The title on the internal title page is Keisai Ryakuga-En 恵斎畧画苑. 32 cho including introductory notes, with..... More
1777. [KYÔKA] BAIKÔ Hakuensai, KÔAMI Hokkyô (artist). E-IRI KYÔKA MITSUNOURA 1 volume, complete. Shioya Saburobei, Osaka, Anei 6 [1777]. 22.5 x 16.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukurô toji. Baikô (1737-1805) was a kyôka poet based in Osaka. His father, Setsuensai Ikkô, was the owner of a bookshop in Osaka and studied..... More
1932. [LITTLE MAGAZINE] FUJITA Erosu, author, artist. PRINT AND POETRY PAMPHLETS. Sho^wa 7 to 12 [1932-37] 51 assorted issues of this little series of poetry and print pamphlets by Fujita published in To^kyo^ by one Tomita Hikaru under the publishing house name of SHIN MYO^JO^. It would seem that Fujita..... More
1974. [LIVRE D'ARTISTE] MORIMOTO Kiyoko, artist. SANJU-SAN BUTSU. Osaka, Riichi. Showa 49 [1974]. 22 x 23.5 cm. Hand-bound western style in ostrich leather by Hirooka Riichi. Morimoto was an Osaka printmaker who handcut and handprinted the blocks for the "33 Buddhas" of the title. Designed for an edition of 10..... More
MAEKAWA Sempan, artist. Original illustrations for "PIN-CHAN, THE FLYING HORSE" 10 sheets. 2 sheets are about 28 x 20 cm. The other eight sheets are about 20 x 13 cm. Expertly drawn and colored by the estimable Sempan, a painter, illustrator and printmaker of the Creative Print school, whose work..... More
1969. (Maki Haku, Artist) Brannan, Noah, & William Elliott, translators. FESTIVE WINE. ANCIENT JAPANESE POEMS FROM THE KINKAFU. New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1969. #60 of 150 deluxe copies, signed and sealed by the artist Maki Haku and including 21 signed color woodblock prints by him, with ancient Japanese haikus..... More
1928. Maki Hisao 牧寿雄, artist and editor, et al. Kokusai Zuan 国際図案, The Textile and Dyeing Design, Vol 1, Issue 1. Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi 内田美術書肆, publisher. Kyoto. Shōwa 3, 1928. 27.3 x 18.9cm volume of avant-garde design with 14 original plates tipped in, varying in size from 13.2 x 9cm..... More
![Item #89925 Ōkyo Gafu 應舉画譜 [also En-Ō Gafu 圓應画譜]. artist Maruyama Ōkyo...](/pictures/thumb/89925.jpg?v=1652472601)
1860. Ōkyo Gafu 應舉画譜 [also En-Ō Gafu 圓應画譜] (Vol 1 Jimbutsu no bu 人物之部 and Vol 2 Sansui no bu 山水之部) Maruyama Ōkyo 圓山應舉 (円山応挙), artist Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei 2 vols.. n.d., n.p., String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. With light colors and very good impressions and Japanese text. The original edition..... More
1851. Matsukawa Hanzan 松川半山, artist and Nakayama Yūhei 中山雄平, author. Senka Ōden 剪花翁伝, 4 vols. Kaei 4 嘉永四年 [1851]. Suichikutei 水竹亭, publisher. 4 volumes 26 x 18.3cm string bound Japanese style in fukuro toji with paper wrappers and printed title slips. Each volume represents the cultivation of plants in 1..... More
1971. [MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yasoji, poet and artist. Bochu Kanpon Sono ichi, GIN NO SHIMA Chizu Hensenki. Tokyo, Seienso. Showa 45 [1970]. One of 150 copies, signed by Wakayama. Small western-bound quarter leather and printed paper volume, illustrated by Wakayama in his own technique of stencil art, named kohan. 12.3..... More