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
1850. [EHON] UEDA KOCHÔ 上田公長. SUI-UN RYAKUGA水 雲略画. Edo & Osaka, Yamashiroya Sahei, Kawachiya Kiyoshichi, Kawachiya Kihei. Kaei 3 [1850]. 23 x 17 cm, Blue-grey covers with printed paper title label, string-bound fukuro-toji. Designs from Ueda Kochô's (1788-1850) work selected and published by his student, Tankatei, in the year of..... More
1672. Yoshida Kenkō 吉田兼好, author and Yoshida Hanbei 吉田半兵, illustrator (?). TSUREZUREGUSA 徒然草 2 volumes. Kyōto, Kanbun 12 [1672]. The afterward of this work briefly describes the motivation for its production.... that is, prior versions of the text are said to have numerous errors and this recut and edited version..... More
18. [EHON] KEISAI Masayoshi 恵斎政美, artist. RYAKUGASHIKI 略画式. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Originally published in Edo by Suharaya Ichibei in 1795, this version has a colophon zodiacally dated to 1813. A very nice, skillful printing with wonderful colors that may point to a printing date in the late 1820s. The..... More
Shōhō 尚峰, Kahō Sanbei 雲峰, Tsutsumi Tōrin 堤等琳 and Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, artists. Momo Saezuri 百さへづり (A Hundred Twitterings) Edo: Tsutaya Juzaburo 蔦屋重三郎 Kansei 8 [1796] Orihon folding album 25.3 x 18.3cm with hand painted boards and original printed title label is housed in a modern chitsu. There are 6..... More
1981. Kanzaki Onjun 神埼温順, artist. Tōsei 濤聲 (涛声). Gohachi 吾八, publisher. Showa 56 August 15 [1981]. 30 x 30.5 handmade paper portfolio with clasps and centered title slip. Handmade Japanese book string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji has brown covers, pink string, and a centered title in black. The rear cover has a...... More
1979. Sekine Toshio 関根寿雄, artist. Ammonite. Privately printed. Tokyo. 1979. Mamehon 豆本 miniature book numbered 48 of a limitation of 120 copies. 10 loose, folded sheets 4.2 x 4.2cm, with illustrations and Japanese text, all printed by engraving or blindstamped and laid in with a printed blue and black design..... 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 (# 128 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
1974. Sekine Toshio [関根寿雄], artist. A Lonely Pithecanthropus Erectus. Self published. Tokyo. 1974-5. Small sakusha 作者本 artist’s book 10 x 7cm with decorated cover and fur glued on the binding. Accordion fold in a Western style binding. Red paper paste-downs on front and rear. Numbered 1 of a limitation of..... More
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Gotō Seikichirō 後藤清吉郎, artist and author. Nihon No Kami 日本の紙 [Japanese Hand-made Paper] Vol.1 Northeastern Japan 東日本 and Vol. 2 Western Japan 西日本. Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社. Tokyo 1958, 1960. Two oversize volumes 42.3 x 26 cm, Folio in size, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Vol 1 has a vertical title in Japanese..... More
1941. Hashimoto Okiie 橋本興家, artist and Kishida Hideto 岸田日出刀, author. Nippon no Shiro (Nihon no Shiro) 日本の城. Tokyo: Katō Hanga Kenkyūsho. Shōwa 19 [1944]. 28. x 20.5cm string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji in a yellow dust wrapper with outer diamond and inner pine tree designs. 12 vivid, original woodblock prints, all..... More
1970. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo October 1970 21 x 14.5cm October 1970 issue of Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖, a Japanese art magazine (lit. “fine art notebook”) that was first published in 1948 and continues today. 276 pages of Japanese text, black and white photo reproductions and advertisements..... More
1995. Gutai 2 具体 2 - Kinoshita Toshiko Inui Michiko no Sakuhin 木下淑子 乾美地子の作品 [Special Collection: The Works Of Kinoshita Toshiko and Inui Michiko] Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai 具体美術協会 Yoshihara Jirō 吉原次郎, editor Nishinomiya 西宮 Showa 30, October 10, 1955 25.7 x 27.2cm magazine with [30 pp] of black..... More
1957. Michel Tapié, Jiro Yoshihara and Shozo Shimamoto, editors. Gutai 8 具体 8, Nishinomiya. Sept. 29, 1957. 25.2 x 26.5cm magazine with [44 pp] of black and white and color photographic reproductions of artworks, identified with artists' names. Black and white wrappers with photo images of artwork, with title printed..... More
Gutai 4 具体 4 - 第一回具体展 Special Edition of The 1st Gutai Art Exhibition. Gutai Henshū I-inkai 具体編集委員会, publisher. Nishinomiya. July 1, 1956. 24.5 x 25.7 cm magazine with dark red wrappers decorated with an image of abstract art. 34 pages of black and white photographic images of artworks, from..... More
Michel Tapié, editor. Gutai 9 具体 9 The International Art of a New Era USA, Japan, Europe 25.2 x 26.3cm magazine with 95 pp of black and white and color photographs of artworks, identified with artist’s names. 2 pages of photos of the exhibition, one photo of artists and visitors..... More
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1915. [Matchbook Label Album] [Rinpyō 燐票]. Taisho, Showa era. 1915-early post-War. 18.2 x 25.5cm orihon folding album with floral fabric-covered boards and color printed label on front board. Cover label has a design of Osaka Castle with Japanese text (大禮記念事業) that is the name of an Osaka commemorative event that..... More