1786. Miyako Meisho Zue 都名所圖會 (都名所図会) 5 of 6 vols Akisato Ritō 秋里籬島, author & Takehara Shunchōsai 竹原信繁 (竹原朝斎), artist Yoshinoya Ihachi 吉野家為八, publisher Kyōto 1786 [Temmei 6] Kyōto, Yoshinoya Ihachi 吉野家為八, publisher. A 6 volume title, lacking volume 5, thus incomplete. 27.2 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji..... More
1797. [EHON] Yosa BUSON 与謝蕪村, author; Matsumura GOSHUN松村呉春 [GEKKEI 月渓 ], artist. SHIN HANATSUMI新花摘み. Published In Osaka, c. 1798. 25.7 x 18.4 cm. One volume, complete. Here, Goshun, one of Buson's most illustrious students, has illustrated a collection of wonderful haikai and diary notes by Buson from a humorous work..... More
1989. Hokkai no Sakana ほっかいのさかな. 古谷貞治. Furutani Sadaji, author and Hōga Toshiko 宝賀寿子, artist. Fukuoka. [1989]. Self-published. An artist’s proof of a limited edition of 40 copies. 20 original woodblock prints loose in a 12 x 12.5cm green envelope with silver woodblock print on cover. Each is done on a single..... 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
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
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
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
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
![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=1633796503)
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
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
1933. SATO^ Haruo, author; HAZAMA Inosuke, artist. E-iri MIYOKO. Seikado^, 1933. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, blind-patterned brown paper covers with a printed paper title label. 18 paginated bifold leaves and one unpaginated. Ltd. edition, number 442 of 500 copies. A b+w woodcut frontispiece of the author and 4 color woodcut plates..... More
1947. Takeda Hisayoshi 武田久吉, author & Funazaki Kōjirō 船崎光治郎, artist. Kōzan Kafu 高山花譜. Tokyo: Fugaku Honsha 富岳本社. Shōwa 22 昭和22 [1947]. 73 pages. Author and artist hanko are tipped-in to colophon. 28.5 x 20.5 cm, bound western-style (opens Japanese style) with a color, wrap-around woodblock-printed dust wrapper. In modern chitsu..... More
![Item #90863 Yōsei no Kyori 妖精の距離 [Fairy’s Distance]. author Takiguchi...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90863_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644079857)
1937. Takiguchi Shūzō 瀧口修造, author and Abe Yoshifumi (also Yoshibumi, Abe Nobuya) 阿部芳文 (阿部展也), artist. Yōsei no Kyori 妖精の距離 [Fairy’s Distance]. Showa 12 [1937]. Tokyo: Shunchōkai 春鳥会. 30.3 x 24.5cm folio of poetry with a magnifying glass design on the front cover. Three single sheets 30.2 x 24.2cm: one with..... More
Iokibe Kin’ichi, Terada Masaaki: Mokuhan Shigashū 五百旗頭欣一 寺田政明 木版詩画集 [A Collection of Woodcuts with Verse - by Iokibe Kin’ichi and Terada Masaaki] Terada Masaaki 寺田政明, artist and Iokibe Kin’ichi 五百旗頭欣一, author Kyoto Fūbutsushisha 風物詩社 Showa 35 [1960] Published by Fūbutsushisha 風物詩社. Numbered 21 of a limitation of 100. 14..... More