1971. [MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yasoji, poet and artist. Bo^chu^ Kanpon Sono ni, ESASHI NO SHIGEJIRO^, ANI. To^kyo^, Seienso^. 1971. #81 of 150 copies, signed by Wakayama. Small western-bound half leather and printed cloth volume, illustrated by Wakayama in his own technique of stencil art, named ko^han. 12 x 13 cm..... More

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

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

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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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