Shibata Zeshin 柴田 是真. Hana Kurabe - Rokuhen 花くらべ 六編. [1875-1890] Edo? Shugyokudo. A small 18 x 12cm orihon with gilt edges. No colophon. 12 images with Zeshin’s hanko (真) on one page. Lovely florals, in landscape and pictorial settings, done in bright tones. Shibata Zeshin 柴田 是真 (1807..... More
1932. [Multiple Artists], Hardy Jowett, author. Chinese Costumes 中華服物考略 [Zhōng huá fú wù kâo lüè]. 1932. Peiping [Peiking], China: The Chinese Painting Association of Peiping. 32 x 22cm silk-covered boards, bound with cord. Front board is embroidered with multicolor flowers and a butterfly. Table of Contents in English as well..... More
1892. [Crepe Paper Book] Bostwick, Lt. F. M. KOHANASAN. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokio: T. Hasegawa Meiji 25 [1892]. 1st edition. 19.4 x 16.6 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. The original printed covers are a bit worn and soiled with a nick on the top edge. One of the more unusual..... More
[CREPE PAPER BOOK]. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. Hasegawa: 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo; 1895. Larger format, 20.0 x 15.2 cm creped paper tied book with color woodcuts on the cover and throughout. The text consists of captions only to the five double page and three single page illustrations. Very lovely and..... More
1893. Bostwick, Lt. F. M. Oyuchasan [Crepe Paper Book]. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo: Hasegawa (Kelly & Walsh: Yokohama). Meiji 26 [1893]. 18.4 x 16.1 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. With a "List of Books" in the back, as well as a list of the 20 fairy tale series volumes and..... More
1891. Mae Stjohn-Bramhall. Japanese Jingles [Crepe Paper Book]. Tokyo:Hasegawa. Meiji 24 [1891]. 17.1 x 13 cm creped version of this, the first edition, much different and scarcer than the "Second Edition" that appeared the following year. Internally very clean and bright, but the covers are faded and have a few..... More
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Hirota Hyakuho 広田百豊. ZODIACAL ANIMAL SCROLL. 33 x 626.5cm approx total length (25.5cm blank decorative paper at start and 19cm at end). On heavy paper in a brocade cover with bone jiku. Signed and sealed by Hirota Hyakuho 広田百豊. 12 animals of the zodiac depicted by a skilled hand. Hirota..... More
1981. Kanamori Yoshio 金守世士夫, artist and Uruma Motomi 漆間元三, writer. Toyama no Matsuri とやまの祭り. Shōwa 昭和 56 [1981]. Published by Kosankai 湖山会. n.p. 100 of a limited edition of 150 copies. Single volume 14.5 x 23cm bound fukuro toji housed in a portfolio 14.5 x 23.5cm with a printed title..... More
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1977. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門 . Okushima Tōzan 奥嶋唐棧. Sansei Kōgei 三彩工芸 [Sansei Arts and Crafts]. Osaka. Shōwa 52 [1977]. A limited edition of 200 copies. 27 x 22.5 single volume opens Japanese style and is housed in a chitsu with clasps 27 x 23.5cm. In a cardboard box 29 x...... More
1964. Gotō Seikichirō 後藤清吉郎. Kami no Tabi 紙の旅.Showa 39 [1964]. Tokyo. Bijutsu Shuppansha.Large oblong folio in washi covers, 33.5 x 44.3 cm. #261 of 300cc. Illustrated beautifully in katazome throughout. The illustrations as well as the text are by Gotō, a fine artist as well as one of the most..... More
1984. [KATAZOME] Kanzaki ONJUN, artist. RANPU [Rinpyô] 1 vol. 23.0 x 16.1 cm, Tôkyô, Gohachi, Shôwa 59 [1984]. 50 copies were distributed, plus there were "house copies" that were given to friends. This is thus numbered #58. A counterpoint of Kanzaki's designs for lamps facing pages of designs for matchbox..... More
1983. KANZAKI ONJUN, printmaker. SHOHYÔSHÛ KAZE. One of 15 house copies, signed by Kanzaki, printed after the distributed edition of 50 copies. So, #58 of 65, inscribed to Imamura Hidetarou. Shôwa 58 [1983]. 22 x 16 cm. With 15 tipped in katazome stencil printed bookplates. The orihon folding album is..... More
1956. [STENCIL PRINTS] OKAMURA Kichizaemon. ZAYÛ SANBÔ NO SHÔ, 3 vols. 32.2 x 20.4 cm. Privately published in 100 copies by Okamura, a remarkably talented and prolific artist and scholar, who recorded the arts and crafts of postWar Japan using the stencil techniques of katazome dyeing on beautiful washi hand-made..... More
1960. [KATAZOME] OKAMURA Kichiemon. NARADA NO TAFU. Shôwa 35 [1960]. String-bound Japanese-style, privately printed in 50 copies. 31.1 x 19.7 cm., Okamura (1916-2002) was a student of Serizawa Keisuke and embraced his interest in traditional Japanese folk arts, papermaking and stencil printing (katazome). This lovely monograph on Japanese bark-cloth from..... More
1960. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門. Date Moniwa no Shinada 伊達茂庭之榀布. N.p. Shōwa 35 [1960]. 30.4 x 20.8 cm. One of 200 copies, signed by Okamura. Title sometimes read, "Date Moniwa no Shinanuno." Tipped-in fabric sample approx 17 x 9.5cm. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound..... More
1960. OKAMURA Kichiemon, artist. TOKUJIRÔ SHÔGYÔ. Privately printed. Shôwa 35 [1960]. 29.9 x 21.3 cm. One of 100 copies, signed by Okamura. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Okamura was Serizawa's most important student and excelled at producing compelling livre d'artiste in..... More
1989. Hokkai no Sakana ほっかいのさかな. 古谷貞治. Furutani Sadaji, author and Hōga Toshiko 宝賀寿子, artist. Fukuoka. [1989]. Self-published. An artist’s proof of a limited edition of 40 copies. 20 original woodblock prints loose in a 12 x 12.5cm green envelope with silver woodblock print on cover. Each is done on a single..... More
1958. Miyamoto Kyōshirō 宮本匡四郎. Zōshohyō Sakuhinshū: Dai Ikkai ekisu riburishu no kai 蔵書票 作品集: 第一回 えきす りぶりすの会. Showa 33 [1958]. Gabara Gabō がばら画房. Tokyo. 11.7 x 14cm hardcover book opening Japanese style with decorated, printed title slip is housed in a box 12.5 x 15cm with printed title slip. One of..... More
1953. Sakai Hideo and Miyamoto Kyōshirō 酒井秀夫 and 宮本匡四郎. Zōshohyō Sakuhinshū 蔵書票 作品集 Shōwa 28 [1953] Gohachi 五八 Tokyo 11.4 X 14.3cm book opens Japanese style. Number two of a limited edition of seven copies. Brushed title slip is laid down on front wrapper. Bookplates range in size from 4.2..... More
1983. Sekine Toshio 関根寿雄. Shohyōshū Ex Libris 1983 関根寿雄 書票集. 1983. Self-published. Tokyo 19 x 13cm collection of 12 original polychrome and monochrome woodblock bookplates tipped in. Number 5 of a limited edition of 100; it appears to be an artist’s proof. Free endpapers made of handmade Japanese paper. 12..... More
1952. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. Zōshohyō Shishu 蔵書票 四種 Shōwa 27 [1952]. Gohachi 五八. Tokyo Number 4 of a limited edition of 7 copies. A single sheet folded three times to a rectangular 10.5 x 11.5cm opens fully to 10.5 x 46cm. Title printed in Japanese text on front with publisher’s..... More
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 from..... 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
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 white..... More
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 handwritten..... More