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..... 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
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
1941. [Manuscript album]. Kanbara Tai, et al. ENKA-JÔ. Ca. 1941. Titled 'An Album of Mist and Clouds', this book features fourteen examples of hand-painted calligraphy and simple artworks from different artists, including an illustration by Kanbara Tai (1898-1997). Kanbara was early on one of the most important members of the..... More
1883. Inoue Gensuke 井上源助 . Omoto Chasei Chūkei 万年青写生注解. n.p.: Meiji 16 [1883]. 2 volumes, Vol 1 17 x 12cm and Vol 2 17.5 x 12cm, bound western style with green paper wrappers and red printed title slips and enclosed in a modern green chitsu 18 x 13cm. Volume 1..... More
1804. [EHON] IKE NO TAIGA, artist. TAIGADO GAFU. [Kyoto], Prefatory date of Kyôwa 3 [1803], no colophon, like the Mitchell copy at page 509. 30.0 x 19.2 cm. Orihon folding album in rubbed tan covers with the original printed title label. Profusely illustrated throughout in color - this great classic..... More
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19. (DRAMA - CHINA). [SCENES FROM CHINESE PLAYS, SERIES I.] N.p., n.d. (circa 1920). Painted manuscript volume of traditional Chinese plays, with 12 illustrations. Chinese language title on the cover and no other text (The English language title above comes from another copy we have seen with an English language..... More
19. (DRAMA - CHINA). SCENES FROM CHINESE PLAYS, SERIES I. N.p., n.d. (circa 1920). Painted manuscript volume of traditional Chinese plays, with 12 illustrations. Chinese and English language title on the cover and English language captions under the illustrations. [12] ff. Traditionally bound: paper wrappers with a blue cloth backstrip..... More
1890. [DESIGN] SHIN ZUAN, #11-20, 10 volumes. Kyoto, Shinzuankai. Nakayasu Shinsaburô, Meiji 25-7 [1890-2]. 24.4 x 16.5 cm. Cord- bound Japanese-style (fukuro toji). Printed paper covers, each with at least 12 single page color woodcuts after designs by Kamisaka Sekka, Kaishi [Kaigai] Tennen and others. These are volumes eleven through..... More
1905. [DESIGN] FURUYA KORIN. MATSU ZUKUSHI. Kyoto: Unsodo, Meiji 38 [1905]. Oblong album, 18.3 x 24.9 cm, one page introduction and final colophon page, along with 50 designs on twenty-five pages of color woodcut designs on a pine-tree theme by Furuya Korin, one of the most important of Unsodo's early..... More
1710. [BOTANY - JAPANESE] Itō Ihei, author. CHIKINSÔ [VIEW OF THE EARTH'S RAIMENT] 20 volumes. Edo, 1710, 1719 & n.d. [c.1740]. In three series: The first eight volumes are titled ZÔHO CHIKINSÔ; The next eight: KÔEKI CHIKINSÔ and the final four: CHIKINSÔ FUROKU. All small format, 15.5 x 11.1 cm..... More
1931. [BOTANICAL] Murakami Sadao, artist. HANA NO SHIRABE. Kyoto, MARIA Gabo, Showa 6 [1931]. Large publisher's original chitsu clasped case, containing a cloth-covered portfolio with a table of contents of all 50 of the oban sized flower prints by Murakami, printed exquisitely by the MARIA Gabo. Image size 11 x...... More
Sekino Junichirō 関野準一郎, Takei Takeo 武井 武雄 Hashimoto Okiie et al. Editor unknown. Yamataka Noboru 山高登, 橋本興家. n.p. n.d. String bound fukuro toji 20 x 15cm with title slip in Japanese on front cover. A handmade album with a delightful collection of 52 color and monochrome bookplates and stamps by..... More
1916. [BIRD AND FLOWER] Watanabe Seitei. SEITEI KACHÔ. Tokyo, Okura Shoten, Okura Yasugoro, Taisho 5 [1916]. Brown cloth clasped portfolio, 28.2 x 38 cm. A complete collection of the 22 color prints, the preface and table of contents page, 24 sheets in all, with a colophon label on the inside..... More
