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
1902. [CUSTOMS] HIRADE Ko^jiro^, author. TO^KYO^ FU^ZOKU-SHI 3 vols. To^kyo^, Meiji 35 [1902]. Tassel-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with b+w wood engravings and what appears to be the occasional copper engraving, along with a very few color woodblock..... More
1810. [EHON] Fujiwara Masaomi, author; Kita Busei, artist. KASEN KASHO. n.p., preface dated Bunka 7 [1810]. 19.7 X 29.3 cm., string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, original covers with original printed title label. See Ryerson 396 for a defective copy. Our copy is complete with 3 preliminary sheets and 20 sheets of..... More
1802. [EHON] Shikitei Samba, author & Utagawa Toyokuni,. EHON IMAYO SUGATA 2 vols. To^to, Izumiya Ichibei, Kyo^wa 2 [1802]. 21.6 x 15.5 cm. One of the finest and most famous collaborative efforts from the turn of the 19th century. The wonderful comic author Samba here provides the text for Toyokuni..... 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
Jippensha Ikku 十返舎一九, here as 酔斎子 Suisaishi... author. Zatto Ichiran Zenpen 襍土一覧全編 . Kyouto, Yoshinoya Nihei, Zodiacal date on the title page of 1819... 2 volumes 21.9 x 14.3cm in gray-green wrappers string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with original printed title slips. Jippensha Ikku (1765-1831), comic author and "man of mode," was an..... More
Ehon Imagawa-jō 絵本今川状 Two volumes 22.8 x 15.8 cm string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji in the original yellow, blind-stamped wrappers and housed in a modern clasped chitsu 23 x 16.5cm. Volume one has 22 cho of woodcuts and Japanese text, 3 cho of preliminary text and no title slip. Volume two..... More
1929. (Tōchū) Kokuyaku Honzō Kōmoku (頭註) 國譯本草綱目 (also Honsō Kōmoku), 15 vols [Bencao Gangmu - Materia Medica], Li Shizhen 李時珍原, author; translated by Makino Tomitaro et al. Shunyodo 春陽堂, publisher Showa 4 [1929] 15 volumes, bound Western-style in decorated cloth over boards, slipcases. The late 16th..... 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
1925. Tsubame No Sho 燕の書 [Mavo]Toller, Ernst, author, Okada Tatsuo 岡田龍夫, illustrator and Murayama Tomoyoshi 村山知義, translatorChōryūsha Shoten 長隆舍書店, publisherTokyoTaisho 14 (1925) 20 x 14cm volume bound western style and opens Japanese style with printed, decorated wrappers. The wrappers are pasted onto brown paper which extends beyond the cover..... More
1837. [MEISHOKI 名所記]. UEDA Moshin 植田孟縉, author. NIKKO SANSHI 日光山志, 5 vols. Edo, Tempo 8 [1837]. 25.7 x 18.3 cm., With original covers, though they are not the blind-patterned covers called for at Mitchell 436, but rather grey covers with a printed pattern of maple leaves. A fresh and clean..... More
1857. [MILITARY] NAKANISHI Ki-ichiro^, author. SEIYO^ HEIGAKU KUNMO Zen. N.P., Ansei 4 [1857]. 25.8 x 18.2 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Printed paper title label, original off-white covers. Done in traditional kinmo-zui style with a page of 9 color printed images of militaria from the West, facing a page with a...... 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
1932. [Multiple Artists], Hardy Jowett, author. Chinese Costumes 中華服物考略 [Zhōng huá fú wù kâo lüè]. 1932. Peiping [Peiking], China: The Chinese Painting Association of Peiping. 32 x 22cm silk-covered boards, bound with cord. Front board is embroidered with multicolor flowers and a butterfly. Table of Contents in English as well..... More
1850. Ohara Todo 小原桃洞(1746-1825), author. TODO IHITSU 桃洞遺筆. Wakayama, Osaka, Kyoto, Edo. 6 volumes. complete. Todo was a samurai scholar from the Kii peninsula, who had studied with Ono Ranzan.. As the title would indicate, these are posthumous records of his extensive research in botany and natural history. It would..... 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
1874. Satô Nobuhiro, author. Sōmoku Rokubu Kōshuhō 草木六部耕種法. Izumiya Zenbei. Meiji 7 [1874]. 20 kan in 16 vols. 8 5/8"" x 6"". Original yellow covers and title labels, complete. Many (42pp) woodblock prints, some color printed with considerable skill. A compendium of botanical and agricultural knowledge. Satō himself (a military..... 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
![Item #91071 Rokō no Hiketsu 露光の秘訣 [The Secrets of (Photographic) Exposure]. author....](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/91071_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1676481446)
Rokō no Hiketsu 露光の秘訣 [The Secrets of (Photographic) Exposure] Sawa Kurō 佐和九郎, author Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, book design ARS アルス (Arusu-sha アルス社), publisher Shōwa 29 昭和29 [1954] Hardcover volume 21.3 x 15cm bound and opens Western style. Yellow front cover with black geometric design..... More