1928. Kokusai Bunka 国際文化 La Inter-Kulto Year 1, Issue # 2 (Kokusai Bunka Kenkyūjo Kikanshi 国際文化研究所機関誌). Kokusai Bunka Kenkyūjo 国際文化研究所, publisher. December 1928 Shōwa 3 昭和三年12月. Tokyo. 22 x 14.8cm volume with 296 pages of printed Japanese text, artwork and photos on the socialist movement in Japan and abroad, some..... More
1947. Takeda Hisayoshi 武田久吉, author & Funazaki Kōjirō 船崎光治郎, artist. Kōzan Kafu 高山花譜. Tokyo: Fugaku Honsha 富岳本社. Shōwa 22 昭和22 [1947]. 73 pages. Author and artist hanko are tipped-in to colophon. 28.5 x 20.5 cm, bound western-style (opens Japanese style) with a color, wrap-around woodblock-printed dust wrapper. In modern chitsu..... More
1935. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. Kisetsuhyō 季節表 (Shibun-shū 詩文集). Tokyo: Aoi Shobō アオイ書房.Shōwa 10 [1935]. This copy is number 34 of only 50 deluxe copies from a total edition of 200. 3 full-page color illustrations by Onchi. Folio, 36 x 31 cm, printed on very heavy paper, bound in gilt-printed Japanese..... More
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, artist. Ehon Taka Kagami 絵本鷹かがみ (also 絵本鷹かゞみ), 5 vols. Suharaya Sasuke (Kinkadō 金花堂), publisher. 5 volumes 22.8 x 16.1cm string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. The first series is in 3 volumes, the second series in 2 volumes. Complete. It should be noted that the 3rd volume of series..... More
1928. [AVANT GARDE DESIGN] FURUKAWA Kôhei, artist. SHINKANKAKU MOYÔ. Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi. Shôwa 3 [1928]. 25 double leaves with a total of 44 pages of color woodblock printed designs, printed in color woodblock by the Uchida Bijutsu company, who were responsible for a number of amazing design portfolios during the..... More
Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺, artist. Bairei Hyakuchō Gafu Zokuhen 楳嶺百鳥畫譜 續編 (続編) [Bairei’s Album of 100 Birds] Supplementary Series, 3 vols. Meiji 17 [1884]. Tokyo. Ōkura Magobē 大倉孫兵衛, publisher. 3 volumes approx 24.5 x 16.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in original decorated wrappers and title slips with printed labels on top right..... More
Numata Kashū 沼田荷舟, artist. Kachō Gaen 花鳥画苑 [An Album of Birds and Flowers]. Circa 1916 (artwork 1889). [Matsuyamado, publisher]. 24.7 x 17.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in embossed, blue-gray wrappers with gold decoration and printed title slip. [13] cho of original woodcuts including the colophon on the final sheet. Japanese text..... More
1946. Fugaku Honsha 富岳本社, publisher. Nihon no Sansui 日本の山水. Showa 21 [1946].Tōkyō. 26 x 18.6cm volume bound Western style with decorated wrappers, opens Japanese style. Wrappers are decorated in a blue and green floral design. Title page decorated with an unattributed woodcut. 66 pages with a final note on the..... More
Keisai Masayoshi 北尾政美 and Baitei Kakei 梅亭華溪, artists. Keisai Sōga Vol. 2 蕙斎麁画. early 1840s.Nagoya Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎. 21.3 x 15.3cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in embossed green, replacement wrappers. Title slip appears to be modern over the original slip. Advertisements for other books on rear end papers. The title page..... More
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
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. 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
![Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 6: The Mouse’s Wedding [Nezumi no Yomeiri] [crepe paper book](/pictures/thumb/90874_1.jpg?v=1633795865)
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
1947. Zeami Motokiyo 世阿弥 元清Translated by Meredith Weatherby and Bruce Rogers. Birds of Sorrow - A Nō Play Utō 善知鳥. 1947. Obunsha 旺分社. Tokyo. 1 volume 21 x 14.8cm string-bound, Japanese style, fukuro toji opens both Japanese and Western style with Japanese and English text according to the side opened..... 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
1919. Kamigata Shumi 上方趣味 [2 hand fans on front wrapper]. 夏の巻 Natsu no Maki [Summer edition]. 大正 Taishō 8 [1919].15.5 x 10.7cm bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with decorated front wrapper of 2 hand fans. 28 cho with index, ads, and information and articles on things to do and see in..... 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