1965. [MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yasoji, artist. TENSAI NO MATSURI. Tokyo, Seienso. Showa 40 [1965]. Number 6 of 85 of 150cc. [special edition], signed by Wakayama. Western-bound volume of "fables for adults", illustrated by Wakayama in his own technique of stencil art, named kohan. 24.7 x 19 cm. There is an..... More
1920. Tōkaidō Go Jū San-sugi Seto Naikai Kikō 東海道五十三次 瀬戸内海紀行 Mizushima Niō 水島爾保布, artist and author Tokyo: Bunen'dō 文淵堂 Taisho 9 [1920] [Sketch Tour Book] Mizushima Niō 水島爾保布, artist and author. Tōkaidō Go Jū San-sugi Seto Naikai Kikō 東海道五十三次 瀬戸内海紀行. First Printing. 8vo. Printed paper over..... More
1931. Hana No Shirabe 花乃調 Murakami Sadao 村上貞雄, artist Maria Gabō マリア画房, publisher Showa 6 [1931] [Botanical] Hana No Shirabe 花乃調, Murakami Sadao 村上貞雄, artist, Maria Gabō マリア画房, publisher, Showa 6 [1931]. Large publisher's original chitsu clasped case, containing a cloth-covered portfolio with a...... More
1926. NAKAGAWA Kazumasa, artist. NAKAGAWA KAZUMASA GASHU^. To^kyo^, Atorie-sha. Taisho^ 15 [1926]. Large decorated cloth 8vo, western-bound. Many color reproductions of Nakagawa's Western--style oil paintings, as well as textual cuts. Very good overall, in the original slipcase. More
![Item #87252 [Ehon 絵本] Kakemono Zukagami 懸物図鑑. artist Nishimura Tomonari...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/87252.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1613851149)
1806. [Ehon 絵本] Kakemono Zukagami 懸物図鑑 Nishimura Tomonari 西村知備, artist N.P. Bunka 3 [1806] 26.6 x 19 cm volume, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with brushed title slip. Interesting collection of 19 color printed images of kakemono 懸物: fragrant curative talismans made of leaves and flowers with aromatic..... More
![Item #91054 Kachō Gasui 花鳥書粹 [Birds and Flowers]. artist Numata Kashū...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/91054.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1671659228)
Kachō Gasui 花鳥書粹 [Birds and Flowers] Numata Kashū 沼田荷舟, artist Shōzandō 松山堂, publisher Taisho 5 [1916] 25 x 17.5cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with attractive decorative wrappers that have metallic pigment on the front and back. Taisho 5 [1916] reprint. Initial cho of introductory notes..... More
Numata Kashū 沼田荷舟, artist. Kachō Gaen 花鳥画苑 [An Album of Birds and Flowers]. Circa 1916 (artwork 1889). [Matsuyamado, publisher]. 24.7 x 17.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in embossed, blue-gray wrappers with gold decoration and printed title slip. [13] cho of original woodcuts including the colophon on the final sheet. Japanese text..... More
![Item #88475 Soga Hyakubutsu 麁画百物 [Sketches of a Hundred Things]. artist Ōishi Matora...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/88475.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1613851444)
1832. Soga Hyakubutsu 麁画百物 [Sketches of a Hundred Things] Ōishi Matora 大石真虎, artist Osaka: Bunkaido, Tsurugaya Kuhei, Tempo 3 [1832] 2 volumes 22.4 x 16 cm, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. In the original blue and white patterned covers with the original printed paper title label. The..... More
![Item #91066 [Bat scroll] [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll]. artist Okamoto Toyohiko...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/91066.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1675448706)
[Bat scroll] [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] Okamoto Toyohiko 岡本豊彦, artist This painting of a bat (kōmori コウモリ, 蝙蝠), a symbol of good fortune, is depicted in a small horizontal hanging scroll in fan format. Mounted on a lovely brocade backing, it is approx 20” high by 28”..... More
1959. OKUMURA Kitchizaemon, artist. MUTSUGAMI ZANBO^ROKU: WASURE NO KOSARESHI MUTSUGAMI NO HANASHI. Sho^wa 34 [1959]. 30.0 x 21.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style. Stencil printed with textual illustrations on records of hand papermaking from the provinces of the far north in Japan. One of 50 copies printed. About fine condition in the..... More
1918. Onchi Kōshirō [artist and author] 恩地 孝四郎. Kanjō 感情 Sentiment. 大正7 [1918] . Tokyo. Kanjyō Shisha 感情詩社 Issue 20; June of 3rd year. 20号 3年6月号 23.5 x 15.5cm magazine with self-wrappers in [original?] glassine. 30 pages with introduction and poetry by Onchi with 12 black and white woodblock prints. Poetry, essays..... More
Post WWII. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist. A Framed Collection of Woodcut Illustrations. After the war, Onchi Kôshiro created a series of woodcut illustrations for a project involving the publication of a revamped classroom curriculum for Japanese students in the post-war era. For whatever reason, those designs do not appear to..... More
1946. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist & MAEDA Sekibô, poet. Shinshō Fuji - Kashū 新頌富士 歌集 [New Praise, Fuji - Collection of Poetry], FUJI] Tokyo: Fugaku Honsha, Shôwa 21 [1946]. 28.7 x 20 cm. 2 full page color woodcuts designed by Onchi, 1 tipped-in page of printed calligraphy. Blue and white flexible..... More
Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist and author. Chū Gyo Kai 蟲・魚・介. Aoi Shobō, publisher. 1943. 26.6 X 20.8 cm. Published as a limited edition of 250cc, this has a hanko, not a number, hence is out of series. A wonderful Onchi cover and 10 prints inside illustrating his poem fragments. Artwork is..... More
Shinshō Fuji - Kashū 新頌富士 歌集 [New Praise, Fuji - Collection of Poetry] Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist and Maeda Sekibō 前田夕暮, poet Tokyo Fugaku Honsha 富岳本社 Shōwa 21 [1946] 28.7 x 20 cm volume bound western style with fukuro “pocket” pages, opens Japanese style. Blue patterned wrappers with a...... More
1947. ONCHI Koshiro, artist; Inoue Yasufumi, poet. Shishu UME. Fugaku Honsha, Showa 22 [1947]. #64 of 600cc, signed by Inoue, the author. 8vo, printed decorative wrappers, book designed by Onchi Koshiro, frontispiece a woodcut designed by Onchi, as well. [Onchi Raissonne, #281, "Portrait of a Poet (Inner Image)"]. In very..... More
![Item #84421 [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] [Painting of a potter and her kiln]. artist...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/84421_0.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1526747727)
19. [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] Ōta Saburo 太田三郎, artist [Painting of a potter and her kiln] [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] Ōta Saburo 太田三郎, artist. [Painting of a potter and her kiln]. Image size 36.8 X 42.1 cm. Original mounting. The painting is sealed by Ōta..... More
1919. Ôtani Sonyû 大谷 尊由(1886-1939) & Iguchi Kashû 井口華秋 (1880-1930), artist TOKAIDÔ GOJÛSAN-TSUGI EMAKI 東海道五十三次絵巻 Kyoto Taisho 11 [1922]. Eight handscrolls with woodcut coloring over collotype, complete.The scrolls have bone jiku with brocade covers and sumi over gold title labels. The pictures of the stations of the old Tôkaidô alternate..... More
1943. OZAKI Kohachi, author. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. Komakusa こまくさ. Tôkyô,Shôwa 18 [1943]. Single sheet, 29.2 x 34.3 cm. Meant to fold in fourths as a simple species of "book" during the wartime shortage of paper. The lightly colored woodblock print by Onchi is some 11.0 x 15.4 cm. It was..... More
18. [PAINTING ALBUM] TOSHINDO, artist. [A HUMOROUS ALBUM OF INDELICATE LADIES, c. 1880] 22 x 13.8 cm, Orihon folding album in raw silk covered boards. Shibata Toshindo was married into the Shibata family, her original family name was Niwa and birthplace Nagoya. The brother of one artist and married to..... More
![Item #90885 Karma: A Story of Early Buddhism, Third Ed. [crepe paper]. author Paul Carus, artist...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90885_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1652473146)
Karma: A Story of Early Buddhism, Third Ed. [crepe paper]. Paul Carus, author and Komiya Yasu 小宮ヤス, artist. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher (for The Open Court Publishing Co. Chicago). Tokyo. Meiji 30 [1897]. (20x15.5cm) crepe paper book (chirimen-bon 縮緬本), illustrated with color woodcuts. Bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with stab binding..... More
19. [PRINT] HAYASHI, K., artist. "TAISANJI, BANSHU". Interesting and competent detailed etching of Taisan temple. Plate size: 25.2 x 18 cm. Very good condition. More
![Item #90223 [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] [Landscape]. artist Rai Kyōhei...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90223_0.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1652472862)
Rai Kyōhei 頼京平 [aka Shunsō or Manshiro], artist. [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] [Landscape]. N.p. n.d. Landscape painting of a mountain scene with pine trees. Hanging scroll (kakemono 掛け物) beautifully mounted on brocade with black wooden jiku handles. Image size 44.7x18.4cm with 49.5cm silk fabric at top, 26.5cm at bottom..... More
1822. Ōson Gafu 鶯邨画譜 Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱, author and artist Edo, circa 1840s Published by Touhekidou 東壁堂, Owari 尾張 [Nagoya] A single volume string-bound Japanese style fukuro toji 27 x 18.5cm is housed in a modern chitsu 26.3 x 19.2cm. 25 double-page color and monochrome woodblock prints by Sakai Hōitsu..... More
1842. Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱, author and artist. Ōson Gafu 鶯邨画譜. Edo, circa 1840s. Published by Edo Izumiya Shōjirō 江戸和泉屋庄次郎 A single volume string-bound Japanese style fukuro toji 27 x 18.5cm is housed in a modern chitsu 26.3 x 19.2cm. 25 double-page color and monochrome woodblock prints by Sakai Hōitsu..... More