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
![Item #90933 [Matchbook Label Album] [Rinpyō 燐票](/pictures/thumb/90933_01.jpg?v=1652473176)
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
1896. Kimura Kōkichi 木村浩吉 (?-1940). Kōkai Kaisen ni Okeru Matsushimakan no Kannai no Jyōkyō 黄海海戦に於ける松島艦内の状況. 明治29年 Meiji 29 [1896]. Tokyo. Uchida Rōkakuho 内田老鶴圃刊 (Uchida Yoshibe’e 内田芳兵衛). 33 x 24.5cm work bound with thin, knotted ties, opens Japanese style and is housed in a modern chitsu with clasps 33.4 x 25.3cm..... More
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Kanbara Tai 神原泰 [also, Kambara]. Pikaso [Picasso]. ARS (Arusu-sha アルス社). Tokyo. Taisho 14 大正 [1925]. 19 x 13.5cm book with red fabric cloth hardcovers is bound Western style and opens Japanese style. The front cover has a black border and a red dot in the center and the binding has..... More
Fujimori Seikichi 藤森成吉, author and Murayama Tomoyoshi 村山知義, cover artwork. Naniga Kanojo o Sōsasetaka? 何が彼女をそうさせたか？[What Made Her Do It?]. Kaizōsha 改造社. Tokyo. Showa 2 昭和2年 [1927]. 19 x 13.5cm hardcover book opens Japanese style. Cover artwork by avant-garde artist and critic Murayama Tomoyoshi 村山知義 (1901-1977). The black and brown design..... More
Furuta Jūrō 古田重郎. Some E-chō そめ絵帖. Gohachi 吾八. Showa 36 [1961], June. 25.6 x 14.4cm orihon folding album of original, woodblock print designs in the Sōsaku Hanga 創作版画 (Creative Print Movement) tradition by artist Furuta Jūrō 古田重郎 (1921-). Pull off slip case of handmade paper has a centered, stenciled title..... More
Pikaso Sobyōshū ピカソ素描集 [Picasso Drawing Collection] - Atelier Magazine 13 #7 アトリエ 第十三巻 第七号 (with purple dust jacket). Tokyo. Atelier Shahan アトリエ社版. June, Showa 11, 1936. 26 x 19cm Atelier magazine with purple dust covers with a reproduced black and white drawing of a partial profile. Beige front wrappers with..... More
1936. Pikaso Sobyōshū ピカソ素描集 [Picasso Drawing Collection] - Atelier Magazine 13 #7 アトリエ 第十三巻 第七号. Atelier Shahan アトリエ社版. June, Showa 11 [1936]. 26 x 19cm art magazine, this volume being Picasso, published in June of Showa 11 [1936]. Vol 13 Issue 5 of Atelier magazine アトリエ published by Atelier Shahan..... More
[Dragon Tile Ceiling] Mid 18th century 67 painted wood tiles, approx. 17” square that form a ceiling artwork of dragons done in brown, green, red and gold metallic paint. The dragon tiles, individually, are about 16.25" by 17" [41.2 cm x 43.2cm]. All together they are about 125..... More
1948. Kawai Kijirō 川合喜二郎. Kappaban ABC 合羽版 ABC. Sei-ensō [privately printed]. Shōwa 23 [1948]. 17.5 x 14.7cm hardcover alphabet book bound Western style opens Japanese style with a blue stencil-printed, wraparound dust wrapper of a horizontal nude female. The front wrapper has the title 合羽版 ABC [Kappaban ABC] stenciled horizontally..... More
1975. [Seino or Nishino Tomi] [西野とみ]. Daradarakei 茶羅茶羅経. (Shikaban 私家版 [Privately published]). [昭和50] [1975] . 20.4 x 8.5cm slim volume with cream paper wrappers opens Japanese style and has a centered title slip, stenciled in dark red ink with a brown background. Inside wrappers and free end papers are single..... More
1714. [BOTANICAL] Li Shizhen, revised by Inô Jakusui. Shinkôsei HONZO KOMOKU. Kyôto & Edo. Shôtoku 4 [1714]. Ohon size, Ino [1655-1715], an important traditonal doctor, revised and enalarged Li Shizhen [1518-93]'s seminal work of materia medica, which had been imported into Japan through Nagasaki in the early 17th century. Hayashi..... More
![Item #90894 Gendai Haiga Shū 現代俳画集 [A Collection of Modern Haiga]. Nakamura Fusetsu...](/pictures/thumb/90894.jpg?v=1652473154)
1915. Gendai Haiga Shū 現代俳画集 [A Collection of Modern Haiga] Nakamura Fusetsu 中村不折, et al, artists Tokyo Haigadō 俳画堂, publisher Taisho 4-6 [1915-17] 4 volumes approx 25 x 16.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, thread-sewn Yamato binding. One volume is dated Taisho 4 [1915] (Spring), one is 5 [1916] (Summer) and..... More
1909. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto: Unsodo, Meiji 42-43 [1909-10]. 3 volumes. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. Most consider it the finest Japanese design book of all time, this exquisite suite of 60 double-page color-printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous surface..... More
1957. Michel Tapié, editor. Gutai, Vol 8 具体 25.2 x 26.3cm magazine with [44 pp] of black and white and color photographs of artworks, identified with artist’s names. Partial publisher’s cardboard enclosure with title printed in French on front and in Japanese on rear: L'Aventure Informelle / アヴァンチュール アンフオルメル. This issue..... More