1836. Yanegawa Shigenobu 柳川重信 (Shigenobu II). Ehon Fujibakama (also Fujibakawa) 絵本ふじばかま (絵本ふぢはかま). [Edo: Suharaya Mohei, et al]. [Tempo 7 [1836]. 21.3 x 28.8cm album string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with blank title slip with brown brocade fabric wrappers with a floral print. 1 volume of a 2 volume set, originally published in..... 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 (# 58 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
Eguchi Kiyoshi (Kan) 江口渙 and Kishi Yamaji 貴司山治, editors. Senki 36 Nin Shū 戦旗36人集. Kaizōsha 改造社.Tokyo. Showa 6 昭和2年 [1931]. 19 x 13cm softcover book bound Western style opens Japanese style and has 488 pages of proletariat writing in Japanese text. Edited by novelist Eguchi Kiyoshi 江口渙, later changed to..... More
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Asai Hironobu 淺井廣信, editor. New Crest Book [Shin Monchō Daizen] 新紋帳大全. [Unsōdō 芸艸堂]. Kyoto. Meiji 26 [1893]. 18 x 12cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with decorated wrappers and original woodblock prints. The Japanese title 新紋帳大全 [Shin Monchō Daizen] is printed vertically in the center of the cover with a horizontal..... More
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Kōrin Hyakuzu Kōhen 光琳百図後編 [One Hundred Designs by Kōrin, 2nd Series], 2 vols in 1. Suzuki Ki-itsu 鈴木其一 and Sakai Hō-Itsu 酒井抱一, editors. Bunsei 9 [1826]. 2 books in 1 volume 25.5 x 18cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with tan decorated wrappers with silver mica. 37 cho of original monochrome woodblock..... More
[Group of loose black and white photos and negatives] Six black and white photos 6 x 8.8cm including border. Five of the photos are of groups of elementary school-age students on an outing; in two of them they are in on the train platform at Futaminoura Station 二見浦駅 in the..... More
195. [Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ] C. 1950s-1960s 99 loose matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) backed with bamboo or other lightweight wood. Colorful illustrations advertise a range of businesses, including Western style clothing shop Hashimoto, Marutama pachinko parlor, Hato Tokkyū はと特急 [Dove/Pigeon..... More
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2001. Sekiya Toshitaka 関屋敏隆, author and illustrator. Bokurawa Shiretoko Tankentai ぼくらは知床探険隊 [Our Mount Shiretoko Expedition Team]. Iwasaki Shoten 岩崎書店, publisher.Tokyo. 2001. 26.2 x 28.8cm hardcover illustrated children’s book with decorated covers and Japanese text throughout. 39 pages with illustrated endpapers and inner covers. The inside front cover has a short..... More
19. [36 Poems by 36 Haikai Poets]. N.p. C. 1900-1920. 30.4 x 26.5cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with olive green brocade covers. The blank title slip is mounted on the top left of the front cover. The inner wrappers are covered in gold-flecked paper and the free endpapers appear to..... 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
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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 Kokō 浅野古香, 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..... 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