1921. Okamoto Ippei 岡本一平, Maekawa Sempan 前川千帆, Hiratsuka Un’ichi 平塚 運一 et al. Tōkaidō GoJūSan-sugi Manga Emaki 東海道五十三次漫画絵巻. [Taisho 10 大正 10 1921]. Jo Ge 上下. Two scrolls, each over 30 feet long and 10” high. The scroll set was done in some 250 - 300 copies by 18 members..... More
![Bumpō Gafu 文鳳畫譜 [An Album of Drawings By Bumpō]. artist Kawamura Bumpō...](/pictures/thumb/90848_01.jpg?v=1634152716)
Kawamura Bumpō 河村文鳳, artist. Bumpō Gafu 文鳳畫譜 [An Album of Drawings By Bumpō]. Osaka & Kyoto. Zodiacal date Bunka 文化 4 [1807]. Yoshida Shimbei, publisher. Single volume 25.8 x 18cm bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, with a printed paper title label in the original blue-gray wrappers with hexagon shape. 30 cho..... More
![Karma: A Story of Early Buddhism, Third Ed. [crepe paper]. author Paul Carus, artist Komiya Yasu...](/pictures/thumb/90885_1.jpg?v=1633796525)
Karma: A Story of Early Buddhism, Third Ed. [crepe paper]. Paul Carus, author and Komiya Yasu 小宮ヤス, artist. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher (for The Open Court Publishing Co. Chicago). Tokyo. Meiji 30 [1897]. (20x15.5cm) crepe paper book (chirimen-bon 縮緬本), illustrated with color woodcuts. Bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with stab binding..... More
The Children’s Japan [crepe paper]. Mrs. W. H. Smith, author. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher. Tokyo. Meiji 45 [1912]. 19.5 x 16.5cm crepe paper book (chirimen-bon 縮緬本), illustrated with color woodcuts. Bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji, with stab binding (yamato-toji) and opens Western style. Colophon on rear inside page in Japanese, with..... More
Three Reflections: The Japanese Fairy Tale Series no. 21 [crepe paper]. Mrs. T. H. James, translator. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher. Tokyo, 10 Hiyoshicho. Meiji 27 (1894). (18 x13cm) crepe paper book (chirimen-bon 縮緬本), illustrated throughout with color woodcuts. Bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji, with stab binding (yamato-toji) and opens Western style..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 19: The Ogres of Oyeyama. Mrs. T. H. James, translator. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha and Kelly & Walsh, publishers. Tokyo & Yokohama. Meiji 24 [1891]. 18 x 12.5cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [16] cho with decorated wrappers with..... 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. 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). 18.2x12.3cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [7] cho with decorated wrappers. Illustrated with original woodblock prints..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 9: Yamata No Orochi 八頭ノ大蛇. B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha, publisher (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher). Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 18 x 12.5cm small book bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [First edition.] [12] cho. Front cover illustration of “The Serpent of Eight Heads” of..... 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
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190. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 6: The Mouse’s Wedding [Nezumi no Yomeiri] [crepe paper book]. Tokyo: Hasegawa Publishing. C. 1902 - 1911. [David Thompson] ダビッドタムソン. 15.2 x 10.3cm crepe paper book (chirimen bon 縮緬本) bound Japanese style fukuro toji and secured with ties in two stab holes. The colophon..... More
Nishimori 西森武城, author. Hachiman Tarō (Jidō Kyōiku Rekishi Banashi) 八幡太郎 (兒童教育 歴史噺) Also 児童教育. [Tōsendō 島鮮堂, publisher]. Tokyo. [c. 1903]. 18.3 x 12.2cm volume stapled, opens Japanese style. Incomplete. 7 cho with the 2nd side of cho missing. 8 full color, original woodblock prints with decorated front wrapper and Japanese..... More
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Lafcadio Hearn, translator. Japanese Fairy Tales [crepe paper], 5 vols. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher (for Macrae-Smith Company, Philadelphia). Tokyo. C. 1931. (19x 13.5cm) 5 crepe paper books (chirimen-bon 縮緬本), illustrated with color woodcuts and text in English. Bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji and opens Western style. Although there are publication dates..... More
189. Shikitei Sanba (Samba) 式亭三馬, illustrator. 東都. Shibai Kinmō Zui 戯場訓蒙図彙. Tōto [Tokyo]. Aoki Suzando, publisher. c. 1890s. 8 volumes bound as 5, 22 x 15cm bound Japanese style fukuro-toji. Original, black and white woodblock prints with Japanese text. Each volume centers on a different aspect of Kabuki theater, with..... More
[JAPANESE THEATRE]. ODA OTOYA: A COLLECTION OF STAGE DESIGNS. Oda Otoya (1920-2006) began his career in the arts as an illustrator of fiction, moving to stage design in the post-war period. He created designs for many plays at the National Theatre in Tokyo, as well as the famous Little Theatre..... More
195. [IMPERIAL HOTEL PAMPHLET]. 18.5 x 12.2cm staple-bound pamphlet with color illustrations, monochromatic illustrations and English and Japanese text. The clever design of this pamphlet makes it accessible to both Japanese and English speakers. Both front and rear wrappers show the same color illustration of the Imperial Hotel and..... More
1855. [EHON] TAGAWA Harumichi 田川 春道, edit. & KURATA Tôgaku 倉田 東岳, artist. GAIBAN YÔBÔ ZUGA. 外蕃容貌図画 Tôto [Edo] Ansei 2 [1855]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, with original covers and printed title labels, 2 vols., complete. 18.2 X 25.2 cm. One double-page woodcut color printed hemispherical map of the world, and..... More
194. Tokuriki Tomikichiro 徳力富吉郎 SHIKI TÔKYÔ FÛKEI 四季東京風景 FOUR SEASONS OF TOKYO, Kyoto. N.D. [c.40s?] Four original multicolor woodblock prints 21 x 28cm, laid in with matted frames 25.5 x 35cm and housed in a portfolio 26 x 35.5cm. Printed title slip in Japanese and English on portfolio cover..... More
1887. [EHON] Rai Sanyō, et al. 頼山陽 Shunsōdō 春草堂. JÛJUN KAGETSU-CHÔ. 十旬花月帖 3 Vols., orihon, bound in brocade covered boards with printed silk title labels. The tall slender volumes, 29 x 10.2 cm, are reminiscent of sutras in their format. Enclosed in the original chitsu (clasps missing) with printed paper..... More
1822. Tsuji Hōzan 辻鳳山, artist. BITCHÛ MEISHÔ-KÔ 備中名勝考, 2 VOLS [Report on Famous Places in Bitchū]. n.p. Gyokushō-en 玉松園. Bunsei 5 [1822]. 2 volumes 26.4 x 18.5 cm string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with light blue-gray blindstamped wrappers and housed in a modern chitsu-clasped case. 18 very appealing, double page illustrations..... More
1786. [MEISHO-KI] Akisato Ritō & Takehara Shunchōsai. MIYAKO MEISHO ZU-E 都名所圖會 (都名所図会) 6 volumes. 27.2 x 18.7 cm. Kyôto, Yoshinoya Ihachi. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The colophon lists the original edition as being from 1780 [An'ei 9] and the copy at hand a ""recut, reprinted"" expanded edition published in 1786 [Temmei..... More
[EHON] Hirokawa Kai 廣川獬. NAGASAKI BUNKEN ROKU 長崎文献錄. Kyōto, Hishiya Magobei, Bunsei Gannen [1817]. 5 vols. in 3, string bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, 25.7 x 17.7 cm, original paper title labels, grey covers. The second printing after the first appearance in 1800. This "RECORD OF THINGS HEARD AND SEEN..... More
Go-Kashiwabara Tennô. [Emperor Go-Kashiwabara] 後柏原天皇 et al. Kaihô Yûchiku 海北友竹, artist; Kitamuki Unchiku 北向雲竹 (1623-1703), calligrapher SHINNYÔDÔ ENGI 真如堂縁起 3 volumes, complete. 27.5 x 19.5 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, furo-toji. In the midst of the bloody Ônin Wars that wracked Kyôto and environs for nearly a century, an iconic emaki scroll..... More
1689. [EHON] Ihara SAIKAKU 井原 西鶴 (1642-1693), author. HONCHÔ ÔIN HIJI. 本朝櫻陰比事I. 5 volumes, with (original?) blue covers. 25.5 x 18.2 cm. One of the five volumes has the original printed title slip, the rest are brushed. This ukiyo-zôshi by Saikaku is based on legal cases from China, vernacular literature..... More
1801. AKISATO Rito 秋里籬嶋, author. KAWACHI MEISHO ZUE 河内名所図会. Kyôto & Osaka 1801, Morimoto Tasuke, et al.6 volumes, in two series of three each. The first three are 25.6 x 18.0 cm; the second three a bit larger: 26.2 x 18.6 cm..... Enclosed in two separate clasped chitsu cases.....Lionel bought this..... More