![Sterbender Taube [Dying Pigeon] [original oil painting]. artist Onchi Kōshirō...](/pictures/thumb/90986.jpg?v=1652799005)
Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist. Sterbender .Taube [Dying Pigeon] [original oil painting]. c. 1910s. Framed and matted original oil painting attributed to Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎 (1891–1955). Artwork is 17.7cm x 12.1cm and the black frame is 30 x 25cm. The painting is on canvas/canvas board and is under glass with the..... More
1920. KEYNES, John Maynard. THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First American edition of Keynes' first book. 8vo., navy cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, with faint spotting. A very good copy. More
![Chōjū Ryakugashiki 鳥獣略画式 [Abbreviated Drawing Styles for Birds and Animals]. Keisai...](/pictures/thumb/90998.jpg?v=1652473195)
Keisai Masayoshi 恵斎政美. Chōjū Ryakugashiki 鳥獣略画式 [Abbreviated Drawing Styles for Birds and Animals]. Edo, Kyoto, Nagoya & Osaka. C. 1813. 23.8 x 18.2cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in tan wrappers with an embossed karazuri 空摺 design, similar to a fishnet pattern. Front cover also has a horizontal botanical design in..... More
![Keisai Ryakugashiki 恵斎楽画式 [Keisai’s Abbreviated Drawing Styles]. artist Keisai...](/pictures/thumb/90997.jpg?v=1652473193)
Keisai Masayoshi 恵斎政美, artist. KeisaiRyakugashiki 恵斎楽画式 [Keisai’s Abbreviated Drawing Styles] (Also Jimbutsu Ryakugashiki 人物畧画式). Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Bunka 文化 10 [1813]. 1 volume, complete. 25.5 x 17.5cm, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in blue wrappers. Printed title slip on left hand side. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Originally published in Edo by..... More
![Ochigaki [Rakugaki] 落柿. Tsuda Seifū 津田青楓, artists Asano...](/pictures/thumb/91003.jpg?v=1652473199)
1906. Tsuda Seifū 津田青楓 and Asano Kōku, artists. Ochigaki [Rakugaki] 落柿. Kyoto. Unsōdō. 芸草堂. Meiji 39 [1906]. 2 orihon folding albums 24.6 x 17.8cm with original color woodblock-printed designs. Tsuda Seifū 津田青楓 (1880-1978), in this early incarnation (he lived until 98), was one of the foremost designers of the Neo-Rimpa..... More
1950. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, et al.. Hakubutsu-Fu 博物譜. Tokyo. Showa 35 [1950]. Small, oblong western-style book, printed, paper-covered boards with a leather spine 11.2 x 14.5cm. Number 44 of 200 [of 250] copies, signed and sealed by the editor, Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎 (1891-1955). This "Natural History Sketchbook" represents the first..... More
Aya Nishiki 綾錦 [Design album]. Late Meiji-Taisho Era. Oversize design album in boards approx. 69 x 43cm with 99 sheets approx 77.5 x 45cm. Each sheet has a rectangular design approx. 47.5 x 34.5cm, about two-thirds with penciled gridlines for production. Holes in the right hand margin for binding. Hand-brushed..... More
1850. Ohara Tôdô (1746-1821), author. 小原桃洞 TÔDÔ IHITSU 桃洞遺筆. Wakayama, Ôsaka, Kyôto, Edo... 6 volumes. complete... Tôdô was a samurai scholar from the Kii peninsula... As the title would indicate, these are posthumous records of his extensive research in botany and natural history. It would appear that there was an..... More
Nishimura Nantei 西村楠亭. Nantei Gafu 楠亭画譜 3 vols. Kyowa 4 [1804]. 3 vols 26.3 x 18cm in embossed blue-gray wrappers bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji and housed in a modern chitsu 26.8 x 18.7cm. European seals on wrappers. Vol 1 has an introduction and table of contents in Japanese text as..... More
[EHON] Nishikawa SUKENOBU 西川祐信. EHON TOKIWA GUSA 絵本常盤草. Osaka, Morita Shôtarô, Kyôho 15/16 [1720/21]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, gappon, 3 vols. in one. in [contemporary?] blind- stamped blue paper covers. Brushed paper title label. See Toda's Ryerson catalog pp. 131-3 for his extensive description of this important Ukiyo-e masterpiece. Here in..... More
[EHON] Kawamura Bumpō 河村文鳳, artist. Bumpō Sansui Gafu 文鳳山水画譜. 25.7 x 16.8 cm. The one volume edition listed in Mitchell 228,9, published by Yoshid Shimbei in 1824. Our copy has the characteristic bamboo printed covers, and printed paper title label. 30 double page landscape illustrations in ink and light colors..... More
1823. [EHON] Akatsuki Kanenari 暁鐘成 Ogura Hyakushū Ruidai Banashi 小倉百首類題話 Osaka: Kawachiya Heishichi, Bunsei 5 [1823] 25.2 x 17.7 cm. Original covers with printed paper title slips, bound into Duret collection brocade. Please refer to Hillier p.861, Toda/Ryerson p.285, Brown p.79 & Kerlen 515. An excellent example of this lovely..... More
1775. Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, artist. Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori 錦百人一首あつま織 [One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets in Eastern Brocade] Edo. Published by Kariganeya Gisuke An’ei 4 安永 4 [1775] 28.7 x 19.4 cm. Blue-grey rear cover, original front cover missing and replaced, string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. There is..... More
1756. [EHON] Tsukioka TANGE [Settei/Masanobu] 月岡雪鼎. Eiri ISE MONOGATARI 絵入 伊勢物語. Ôsaka, Hôreki 6 [1756]. 2 vols., complete. String bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. In the original very worn hand-painted covers with one title label complete and one 1/4 torn away. Settei (1710-86), originally trained in the Kanô style, was one..... More
1817. [EHON] Chô GESSHÔ 張月樵, (1772-1832) artist. FUKEI GASÔ 不形画藪. Nagoya: Eirakuya Tôshirô & Matsuya Zenbei The title page lists Keinundô Tôbei as publisher. Bunka 14 [1817]. 28.1 x 18.1 cm. A gafu style anthology of Gesshô's wide pictorial range. A truly lovely book which Hillier is very enthusiastic about..... More
1778. [EHON] Hanabusa Itchō 英 一蝶, (1652 – 1724) artist. GUNCHÔ GA-EI. 群蝶画英. Edo, Mankyûdô Hanabusa Heikichi, An-ei 7 [1778]. Gappon, bound three vols in one, in original covers and printed title label, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro toji. 17.6 X 25.9 cm. Well-printed b+w woodcut images interpreted by Suzuki Rinshō 鈴木鄰松..... More
1888. MASHIMO Tatsusaburô 真下辰三郎, artist and author. CHOKUZAN GAFU. 直山画譜 Tokyo, Harada Bensuke, Meiji 21 (1888). Orihon binding, folding album 24.1 x 17.1 cm... A wonderful color printed Nanga style album of landscapes. The artist is unknown but for this work. A few repaired hinges and bits of professional paper..... More
1850. [EHON] UEDA KOCHÔ 上田公長. SUI-UN RYAKUGA水 雲略画. Edo & Osaka, Yamashiroya Sahei, Kawachiya Kiyoshichi, Kawachiya Kihei. Kaei 3 [1850]. 23 x 17 cm, Blue-grey covers with printed paper title label, string-bound fukuro-toji. Designs from Ueda Kochô's (1788-1850) work selected and published by his student, Tankatei, in the year of..... More
1672. Yoshida Kenkō 吉田兼好, author and Yoshida Hanbei 吉田半兵, illustrator (?). TSUREZUREGUSA 徒然草 2 volumes. Kyōto, Kanbun 12 [1672]. The afterward of this work briefly describes the motivation for its production.... that is, prior versions of the text are said to have numerous errors and this recut and edited version..... More
18. [EHON] KEISAI Masayoshi 恵斎政美, artist. RYAKUGASHIKI 略画式. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Originally published in Edo by Suharaya Ichibei in 1795, this version has a colophon zodiacally dated to 1813. A very nice, skillful printing with wonderful colors that may point to a printing date in the late 1820s. The..... More
Shōhō 尚峰, Kahō Sanbei 雲峰, Tsutsumi Tōrin 堤等琳 and Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, artists. Momo Saezuri 百さへづり (A Hundred Twitterings) Edo: Tsutaya Juzaburo 蔦屋重三郎 Kansei 8 [1796] Orihon folding album 25.3 x 18.3cm with hand painted boards and original printed title label is housed in a modern chitsu. There are 6..... More
1981. Kanzaki Onjun 神埼温順, artist. Tōsei 濤聲 (涛声). Gohachi 吾八, publisher. Showa 56 August 15 [1981]. 30 x 30.5 handmade paper portfolio with clasps and centered title slip. Handmade Japanese book string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji has brown covers, pink string, and a centered title in black. The rear cover has a...... More
1979. Sekine Toshio 関根寿雄, artist. Ammonite. Privately printed. Tokyo. 1979. Mamehon 豆本 miniature book numbered 48 of a limitation of 120 copies. 10 loose, folded sheets 4.2 x 4.2cm, with illustrations and Japanese text, all printed by engraving or blindstamped and laid in with a printed blue and black design..... More
Kamizaki Sunao かみざきすなほ, artist (also Kanzaki Onjun, Kanzaki Sunao 神﨑温順), artist. Chimei Ateji Ehon 地名宛字絵本, Jinmei Ateji Ehon 人名宛字絵本, Bunbutsu Ateji Ehon 文物宛字絵本 (# 128 of 300). Nippon Kosho Tsūshinsha 日本古書通信社, publisher. 3 small orihon folding albums 8 x 6cm covered in olive (Chimei), blue (Jinmei) and brown (Bunbutsu) paper..... More
1974. Sekine Toshio [関根寿雄], artist. A Lonely Pithecanthropus Erectus. Self published. Tokyo. 1974-5. Small sakusha 作者本 artist’s book 10 x 7cm with decorated cover and fur glued on the binding. Accordion fold in a Western style binding. Red paper paste-downs on front and rear. Numbered 1 of a limitation of..... More