Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 10 - The Matsuyama Mirror. Mrs. T. H. [Kate] James, translator . Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 14.8 x 9.7cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style with decorated wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing..... More

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 11: The Hare of Inaba (Inaba no Shiro Usagi 因幡の白兎). Mrs. T. H. James, translator. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886] . 14.8 x 9.6cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for..... More

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 15: My Lord Bag-O’-Rice [Ōdō 王堂]. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎. B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 18 x 12.3cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [9] cho with decorated wrappers in color, story end on inside rear wrapper. Front wrapper..... More

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 4 - The Old Man Who Made The Dead Trees Blossom [Hanasaki Jiji 花咲爺]. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. Tokio [Tokyo]. Meiji 18 [1885]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for..... More

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 7: The Old Man and the Devils 瘤取 [Kobutori]. [Doctor Hepburn]ドクトルヘボン, translator. Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 18.2 x 12.2cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [9] cho with decorated wrappers in color, story ends on inside rear wrapper. Colophon in Japanese on..... More

[Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] [Birds and Bamboo] Tsuguzane Keisai 紹真蕙斎? (Kuwagata Keisai 鍬形蕙斎), artist and Shokusanjin 蜀山人 (Ōta Nanpo 大田南畝), calligrapher [late Edo Period?] Monochrome painting of bamboo and two birds. Hanging scroll, image size 85.2cm x 34cm (with 39cm of silk fabric border at top and 16.5cm..... More

1919. Kamigata Shumi 上方趣味 [2 hand fans on front wrapper]. 夏の巻 Natsu no Maki [Summer edition]. 大正 Taishō 8 [1919].15.5 x 10.7cm bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with decorated front wrapper of 2 hand fans. 28 cho with index, ads, and information and articles on things to do and see in..... More

1937. Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #8 第八號. Showa 12 [1937]. 昭和十二年. Tokyo. Tokyosha.　第十六巻. 25 x 25.5cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana. This special issue focuses on “Our Rivers,” exploring the theme through..... More

Kyō no 100 Ninten 今日の100人展 [100 Contemporary Artists]. Mainichi Shinbunsha 毎日新聞社, publisher. 1971. 24 x 25cm art catalog with over 100 black and white photographic images and Japanese text. Two red free endpapers in both the front and the rear. Bio of each artist in Japanese text under the photo..... More

1915. [Matchbook Label Album] [Rinpyō 燐票]. Taisho, Showa era. 1915-early post-War. 18.2 x 25.5cm orihon folding album with floral fabric-covered boards and color printed label on front board. Cover label has a design of Osaka Castle with Japanese text (大禮記念事業) that is the name of an Osaka commemorative event that..... More

195. [Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ] C. 1950s-1960s 99 loose matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) backed with bamboo or other lightweight wood. Colorful illustrations advertise a range of businesses, including Western style clothing shop Hashimoto, Marutama pachinko parlor, Hato Tokkyū はと特急 [Dove/Pigeon..... More

Onnakunjyōhōki 女訓重宝記 early 1700s? Osaka. Publ by Morita Shōtarō 毛利田庄太朗　 2 vols in one, string bound in fukuro toji 26 x 18cm with modern brushed title slip and housed in a modern chitsu with clasps 26 x 19cm. 7cm margin at the top throughout. 44 cho with black and white..... More

1795. PHARMACOPEIA NOSOCOMII REGII EDINBURGENSIS [The Medications used in the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary]. Edinburgh, 1795. 12mo. vi,63pp. This pharmacopeia is divided into three parts: a list of "simples" (single substances, mostly herbs), a list of mixed medications with recipes, and dosage ("posologia") instructions. The introduction gives weights, and cautions the..... More