1920. Japanese Village - Bradley’s Straight Line Picture Cut-outs [Unmade paper model]. Milton Bradley Company. Springfield, MA. 1920. Unmade paper model in sheets is enclosed in a green and white envelope depicting a Japanese village with people, trees, a bridge and buildings. The cut-out pieces are in black and white..... More

1953. Tanaka Kichinosuke 田中吉之介 and Nakamura Rokunosuke 中村六之介, et al artists. Haru no Ryūkō 春の流行 [Designs for Spring or Spring Trends]. [n.p.]. 1953. 21 sheets of stiff board, 10½ x 15 in., with color-printed designs on textured paper for kimono fabric laid down, with a glassine guard attached to each..... More

Kuwagata Keisai 鍬形恵斎, artist (also known as Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美). Keisai Ryakuga Zen 恵斎畧画全. Touto 東都 (Tokyo/Edo). Suharaya Mōhei. n.d. [c.1850s]. 25.2 x 18.2cm string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with the original printed title label. The title on the internal title page is Keisai Ryakuga-En 恵斎畧画苑. 32 cho including introductory notes, with..... More

185. Andō Hiroshige 安藤廣重. Ehon Edo Miyage 畫本江戶土産 Roppen (Vol 6 of 10 vol set). [Edo]. [Kinkōdō, et al]. C. 1850-1861. 18 x 12.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with intact title slip, volume 6 of a 10 vol set. Introductory text within woodcut on inner front wrapper, list of publishers on..... More

Munakata Shikō 棟方志功. Hiboki Ezo Mamehon Dai 23 Gō 悲母記 (ゑぞ豆本 第廿三号). Showa 34. 1959. Otaru City. 小樽市. Published by Hokkaido Mamehon no Kai. 9 x 7cm miniature book (by Japanese standards) mame ehon 豆絵本 string-bound. Number 204 of a limited edition of 240. 2 original monochrome woodcuts tipped in..... More

1903. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 25. Chin Chin Kobakama. Lafcadio Hearn, translator.T. Hasegawa (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎), publisher. Meiji 36 [1903]. 19.2 x 13.9cm crepe paper book, stab-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. [10] cho, including introductory notes by the translator. Colophon in Japanese on the inside rear wrapper with the date..... More

Itō Wako 伊藤倭子.[Cherries on a black ground]. Sheet size 22.5 x 32cm and image size 9 x 18cm. Mezzotint print of cherries on a black ground marked "èp. d'artiste" and signed in pencil. Itō Wako 伊藤倭子 (b. 1945) was born in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, the Northern island..... More

Wakō Shūji 若生秀二 (b. 1953). Circle and Crane. Sheet size 44.5 x 31.5cm and Image size 34.5 x 26cm. Numbered 79/90 and signed in pencil in the bottom margin. Undated. Lithograph print of a blue and gold circle and an origami crane on a black background. More

1984. Mayumi Oda (b. 1941). [Isn’t It About Time to Ride an Ox Too?]. [1984] Numbered 29/50 and signed on print. 94 x 63cm large format polychrome silkscreen print depicting a bare-chested woman playing the flute riding on an oxen. Title and date taken from artist’s website. Ms. Oda is..... More

c. Song of Shell貝がら の うた (1) [Kaigara no Uta] 12/100. Sheet size 39.5 x 33.7cm and image size 26.5 x 19.5cm. Numbered 12/100. Signed and dated 1981 in pencil in the bottom margin. Polychrome mezzotint print of a lemon above a grouping of seashells. Satoh Nobuo 佐藤暢男 (1926-2005)..... More

1974. Satoh Nobuo 佐藤暢男. Tori to Wani とり と わに [Bird and Crocodile]. Sheet size 25.5 x 34cm and image size 16 x 23.8cm.Signed, numbered 28/75 and dated 1974 in pencil in the bottom margin. Black and white mezzotint print of a carved bird and crocodile. Satoh Nobuo 佐藤暢男..... More

19. [Cherries on a black ground]. Itō Wako 伊藤倭子. Sheet size 22.5 x 32cm and image size 9 x 18cm. Mezzotint print of cherries on a black ground marked "èp. d'artiste" and signed in pencil. Itō Wako 伊藤倭子 (b. 1945) was born in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, the..... More

Rai Kyōhei 頼京平 [aka Shunsō or Manshiro], artist. [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] [Landscape]. N.p. n.d. Landscape painting of a mountain scene with pine trees. Hanging scroll (kakemono 掛け物) beautifully mounted on brocade with black wooden jiku handles. Image size 44.7x18.4cm with 49.5cm silk fabric at top, 26.5cm at bottom..... More