[Bat scroll] [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] Okamoto Toyohiko 岡本豊彦, artist This painting of a bat (kōmori コウモリ, 蝙蝠), a symbol of good fortune, is depicted in a small horizontal hanging scroll in fan format. Mounted on a lovely brocade backing, it is approx 20” high by 28”..... More

18. Shinjin Chōshishō Gafu 清人張子祥画譜 Qingren Zhang Zixiang Huapu [Painting album of Zhang Zixiang of China] Zhang Zixiang 張子祥, artist and Ōta Tokujirō, editor 太田徳次郎 編輯 Meiji period Tokyo 2 volumes 15.8 x 11.4cm bound Japanese style fukuro-toji. Vol 1 is 18 cho (no cho numbered 16) and Vol..... 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

Sangaku Shashin no Utsushi Kata 山岳写真のうつし方 [How to Shoot Mountain Photos] Nukada Hayashi 額田敏, author Showa 7 昭和7 [1932] Genkōsha (GKS) 玄光社, publisher Hardcover volume 19 x 13.5cm is bound western-style and opens Japanese style. Front cover is two-toned cloth binding (white/ gray-blue) while the rear..... More

Kuriya no Kokoroe 厨の心得 [Knowledge of the Kitchen] Ishikawaken Daiimeiko Shiken Gakko 石川県第一女子師範学校 [Ishikawa Prefectural First Women's Normal School], compiler Meiji 13 [1880] 明治13年 Single volume 22.3 x 15 cm in yellow wrappers with original brushed title slip. Published in Meiji 13 [1880]. 57pp. Striking original double-page color woodblock..... More

Kachō Gasui 花鳥書粹 [Birds and Flowers] Numata Kashū 沼田荷舟, artist Shōzandō 松山堂, publisher Taisho 5 [1916] 25 x 17.5cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with attractive decorative wrappers that have metallic pigment on the front and back. Taisho 5 [1916] reprint. Initial cho of introductory notes..... More

1936. [PHOTOGRAPHY - AVANT GARDE] KOISHI Kiyoshi. SATSUEI - SAKUGA NO SHINGIHO. Tokyo: Genkosha, Showa 11 [1936]. Small square 8vo., cloth-bound, no jacket as issued, in a printed cardboard slipcase. Koishi was one of the most important photographers of Japan in the prewar period. His breakthrough photo book, EARLY SUMMER..... More

[Collection of 35 Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints] Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Harunobu 鈴木春信, Kiyonaga 鳥居清長, Eishi 鳥文斎栄之, Choki 栄松齋長喜 et al, artists Edo Period A large tied navy blue cloth portfolio 52 x 38cm with 35 ukiyo-e prints ranging from approx 39 x 26cm to approx 29.5 x 21.5cm tipped..... 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

Serizawa Keisuke Zenshū, 31 volumes 芹沢銈介全集 全 31 [Collected Works of Serizawa Keisuke] Chūō Kōronsha 中央公論社, publisher Showa 55-58 (1980 -1984) 31 hardcover volumes 21.6 x 15.5cm open Japanese style with reproduced color photos and Japanese text throughout on the works of Serizawa Keisuke 芹沢銈介. The books..... More

Ex Libris Sakuhinshū (Ex Libris 作品集) Takei Takeo 武井武雄 Gohachi, publisher Tokyo 1963 18.5 x 13.5cm volume bound western style and opens Japanese style. Ex Libris collection with the artist’s ex libris color woodblock “title page” in bookplate format tipped onto the front free..... More

Nihon Meisan Zue 日本名山図会 [Famous Mountains in Japan] 3 Vols Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 C. 1812 Suwaraya Mohei 須原屋茂兵衛, publisher Three 25.8 x 18.4cm ehon volumes are string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with light blue wrappers and printed title slips in black on white. Vol 1 has 26 double page..... More

Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 Vol. 44 No. 660 [Monthly Art Magazine ] Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo October 1992 21 x 14.5cm monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 has a black and white reproduced photo of Yoshihara Jirō overlaid with a partial red circular design for which he was known, as..... More