18. Shōju 松寿 [Shōrakusai]. Tōkaidō Fukei no Zu 東海道風景の図 [The album of Tōkaidō paintings] Late 18th - Early 19th C. 34 x 37cm orihon folding album with brushed title slip housed in an old chitsu with clasps 34 x 38.5cm with brushed title slip. There are 70 full page scenes... More
1918. Onchi Kōshirō [artist and author] 恩地 孝四郎. Kanjō 感情 Sentiment. 大正7 [1918] . Tokyo. Kanjyō Shisha 感情詩社 Issue 20; June of 3rd year. 20号 3年6月号 23.5 x 15.5cm magazine with self-wrappers in [original?] glassine. 30 pages with introduction and poetry by Onchi with 12 black and white woodblock prints. Poetry, essays... More
17. Onnakunjyōhōki 女訓重宝記 early 1700s? Osaka. Publ by Morita Shōtarō 毛利田庄太朗 2 vols in one, string bound in fukuro toji 26 x 18cm with modern brushed title slip and housed in a modern chitsu with clasps 26 x 19cm. 7cm margin at the top throughout. 44 cho with black and... More
17. Baikei Ri 梅渓李, calligrapher and Unkoku Tōyo 雲谷等與, painter. Seiko Hakkei 西湖八景. Early 17th c. An emaki scroll 5.6m including a gold paper border 26.5cm in original wooden box 33 x 7cm with hand-brushed Chinese text. Photocopy of biographical information on Ri Baikei 梅渓李 and Unkoku Tōyo 雲谷等與 in... More
19. Tachika Chikuson 田近竹邨 Chikuson Jihitsu Gachō 竹邨自筆画帳. N.p. Early 20th century. No colophon. Signed, with artist’s seal. Orihon folding album with fabric boards and gilt edges 24 x 18cm is housed in a modern brown chitsu with clasps 24.5 x 18.5cm. 12 monochrome and color paintings approx. 21.5 x.... More
1934. [SOSAKU HANGA] ONCHI, Kôshirô, artist & author. UMI NO DOWA. Tokyo: Hanga-sô, Shôwa 9 [1934]. Self-wrappers in glassine, with Onchi's text and accompanying 6 polychrome woodblock prints, the blocks of which were carved by him. Each print is a vortex of images with the female form as visual pivot..... More
Imperial Hotel Tokyo brochure. 23.75 x 10cm color brochure for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo opens to 39.75 x 10cm. The front and rear has a lovely double page color print of the Imperial hotel with pine trees in the foreground and Mount Fuji in the background with 帝国ホテル [Teikoku... More
193. 4 issues of Gofuku 呉服.Tokyo. Ichida Shōten 市田商店. Four kimono magazines published by a Tokyo kimono and obi store with branches in Tokyo and Kyoto. Green birds in birdcage - Shōwa 8 [1933] June #122 昭和八年 六月 百二十二呉. Blue/white/green - Shōwa 8 [1933] August #124 昭和八年 八月 百二十四呉. Gray - Shōwa 10 [1935] February #141... More
1937. Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #11 第十六巻 第十一號. Showa 12 [1937]. Tokyo. Tokyosha.25 x 25.5cm large format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana and furigana. Illustrated stories for children, many double page, and a 6 page educational... More
1937. Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #8 第八號. Showa 12 [1937]. 昭和十二年. Tokyo. Tokyosha. 第十六巻 . 25 x 25.5cm large format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana and furigana. This special issue focuses on “Our Rivers,” exploring the theme... More
Umehara Hokumei 梅原北明, Murayama Tomoyoshi 村山知義, et al.Bungei Shijō 文藝市場. Tokyo. Shōwa 2 [1927]. [Avant Garde]. 21.7 x 15cm literary markets magazine in paper wrappers. July issue,169 pages. First published in November of 1925, this issue of July 1927, towards the end of its run, unleashed its mordant humor on... More
1840. HATFIELD, EDWIN F[RANCIS], compiler. FREEDOM'S LYRE: OR, PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SACRED SONGS, FOR THE SLAVE AND HIS FRIENDS. New York: S. W. Benedict, 1840. First edition. 291 hymns from various sources with metre abbreviations only, no musical notation, and (usually) attributions. 28mo., vi, 265 pp. Brown cloth stamped in... More
1926. Okada Tatsuo 岡田竜夫(Author and illustrator). Aozameta Dōteikyō 蒼ざめた童貞狂. Author and illustrator Okada Tatsuo 岡田竜夫 Taisho 15 大正15 [1926]. The title of this important work is usually translated as “The Pale-Faced Virgin’s Mad Thoughts.” Published by Choryusha of Tokyo in 1926, it is illustrated throughout with black and white linocuts... More
1937. [Avant Garde] Kindai Bijutsu Shichō Kōza L'Idee et L'Esprit de L'Art Moderne 近代美術思潮講座 Atelier-sha. Tokyo. Shôwa 12, 13 [1937, 1938]. Six volumes in printed publisher's slipcases. 22.5 x 16.3 cm. Cloth bound western-style. A fascinating series of volumes. The critics Sagara Tokuzô and Araki Sueo wrote REALISME and FAUVISME, respectively... More
1990. OKAMURA Kichiemon, artist. MOJI EGOYOMI. Tôkyô, Gohachi, Heisei 2 [1990]. 38.6 x 27.0 cm. #4 of 50 printed. Signed by Okamura. Large Orihon folding album with 13 hand-printed katazome color stencil prints by Okamura. Like new, complete in a chitsu clasped publisher's titled case. An advance sheet for its publication is laid in. More
1979. Yonekura Masakane 米倉 斉加年 Ômara Kômara 大麻羅小麻羅. 未来工房. Tokyo. Mirai Kōbō. Showa 54 [1979]. A 10.5 x 8.5 cm western bound book in black cloth housed in a yellow slipcase with title and author on front and spine. Signed by the author. Numbered 528 in a limited edition of... More
1969. Gakusei Ranyū Jiken Genba Shashin. 学生乱入事件現場写真. Showa 44 [1969]Spiral bound photo scrapbook of a student demonstration on November 13th, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. Handwritten Japanese captions. 26 pages with 2 photos per page (1 photo missing) for a total of 51 black and white photos 8 x 12cm, complete... More
1936. Unknown Japanese photographer. Photos of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. n.p.: n.p., 1936. A collection of loose b/w and sepia photographs ranging in size from 30 x 19.5cm to 1 small photo of 8 x 10cm. 55 photos are 16.5 x 12cm - 25 x 20cm and 75... More
1978. Uemura Rokuro 上村六郎 . Nishikiori Taikanzen Edojidai (Chūgoku) Genjin/Motondo Shiki 錦織大鑑 全 江戸時代 (中国) 元人識 . n.p.: Showa 53 [1978]. 32 x 39.5cm double accordion fold album comprised of hand-mounted samples of vintage Chinese fabrics housed in a 35.5 x 43.5cm custom wooden box with ribbon ties. Patterned fabric-covered... More
1927. Toyosha, publisher. Fujingahō 婦人書報 The Ladies Graphic no 267. Tokyo : Tokyosha, 1927 November. 26 x18.5m. 192 pp. Western bound magazine in colored, printed paper wrappers that opens Japanese style. Japanese text with some English language captions. November issue of a monthly womens' lifestyle magazine, Fujingahō, established in 1905... More
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19. (SHOP SIGNS - CHINA). SHOP SIGNS SERIES I[-V]. N.p., n.d. (circa 1920). Five painted manuscript volumes of traditional Chinese shop signs, each wih 12 illustrations with English language captions. Traditionally bound: paper wrappers with a blue cloth backstrip, sewn with red string. 16 x 16.5 cm. Chinese and English... More
1986. Sekino, Junichirō 関野準一郎. Haiena no Ena Kō ハイエナのエナ公. Tokyo: Gohachi Shobo 五八書房, 1986 五八書房. 27 x 19cm. 43 of a limited edition of 370, signed by the author. Western bound book that opens Japanese style is housed in a 27.5 x 19.5cm decorated fabric covered box. Quarter blue leather... More
1963. Portfolio Collection by Satō Kōichi 佐藤晃一 These portfolios were purchased in Kyoto, probably about a decade ago. The innocence and assurance of their creator was puzzling, though not due to the skill, which is considerable, as Satō Kōichi 佐藤晃一 became a very well-known graphic artist and poster designer who... More
1975. Ōhashi Yōji. 大橋雍二 . Mamehon Hannyashingyō 豆本 般若心経. Tochigi-ken 栃木県 : Endō Publishing 遠藤印刷所 , Showa 50 [1975] . A 6 x 4cm Western style bound mamehon with fabric covered boards and printed title slip in Japanese text. This miniature book is housed in a clear plastic slipcase with... More