[Creative Prints] SHINOHARA Cao, artist. HISHÔ NO SHINTAN. Shôwa 45 [1970] A small (7.5 x 7.5 cm) western style square book bound in white leather. Illustrated through in tiny engravings, some colored, signed by Shinohara, numbered 83 of 100 copies.
[EHON - Botanical] Iwasaki Tsunemasa. HONSO ZUFU. 25.6 X 17.5 cm. Taishô 5 - Taishô 10 [1916-21]. String-bound Japanese- style fukuro toji, with printed paper title labels. Complete in 95 vols. with the 2 volume supplementary index.
The classic work of botanical classification created by Iwasaki
[EHON] Kosetsu SHIKI. 2 vols. SEKINO JUNICHIRÔ, artist. Tokyo: Gallery Gohachi, Shôwa 50 [1975]. This is #58 of 95 copies, each volume signed and sealed by Sekino Junichirô. Wonderful archaizing designs based on themes from the Chinese CLASSIC OF HISTORY.
[EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist. GYÔKAI RYAKUGA-SHIKI. Osaka: Fukusada Tobei, 1813. 1 volume, complete. 30 double page color woodcuts of fish and shellfish.
[EHON] Maruyama Ôkyo, artist. ÔKYO GAFU. Kyôto, Hishiya Magobei, Kaei 3 [1850]. Brocade original covers, and printed title label, 27.5 x 18.5 cm. A large and lovely book based on Ôkyo's works.
[EHON] Tani BUNCHÔ, artist. SHAZANRÔ GAHON. Edo; Izumiya Tojiro, Bunka 14 [1817]. Wonderful sumi-e and color prints.
[MASKS] DARUMAYA, publisher. MEN TO MASUKU Jô Ge. Ôsaka, Darumaya, Taishô 11 [1922]. 2 vols. A wonderful selection of masks from cultures all over the world, reproduced in color woodblock prints.
[EHON] Ki CHIKUDÔ. CHIKUDÔ GAFU CHIKUDÔ GAFU NIHEN. [Kyôto, Kansei 12 {1800}], Bunka 12 [1815]. 27.9 x 17.1 cm. A total of 22 double page color printed illustrations in Nanga style.
CATALOGUES
CATALOGUE 63A: Japan and East Asia
