195. [Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ] C. 1950s-1960s 99 loose matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) backed with bamboo or other lightweight wood. Colorful illustrations advertise a range of businesses, including Western style clothing shop Hashimoto, Marutama pachinko parlor, Hato Tokkyū はと特急 [Dove/Pigeon..... More
2001. Sekiya Toshitaka 関屋敏隆, author and illustrator. Bokurawa Shiretoko Tankentai ぼくらは知床探険隊 [Our Mount Shiretoko Expedition Team]. Iwasaki Shoten 岩崎書店, publisher.Tokyo. 2001. 26.2 x 28.8cm hardcover illustrated children’s book with decorated covers and Japanese text throughout. 39 pages with illustrated endpapers and inner covers. The inside front cover has a short..... More
19. [36 Poems by 36 Haikai Poets]. N.p. C. 1900-1920. 30.4 x 26.5cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with olive green brocade covers. The blank title slip is mounted on the top left of the front cover. The inner wrappers are covered in gold-flecked paper and the free endpapers appear to..... More
1920. KEYNES, John Maynard. THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First American edition of Keynes' first book. 8vo., navy cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, with faint spotting. A very good copy. More
![Item #90997 Keisai Ryakugashiki 恵斎楽画式 [Keisai’s Abbreviated Drawing Styles]. artist...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90997.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1652473193)
Keisai Masayoshi 恵斎政美, artist. KeisaiRyakugashiki 恵斎楽画式 [Keisai’s Abbreviated Drawing Styles] (Also Jimbutsu Ryakugashiki 人物畧画式). Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Bunka 文化 10 [1813]. 1 volume, complete. 25.5 x 17.5cm, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in blue wrappers. Printed title slip on left hand side. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Originally published in Edo by..... More
![Item #91003 Ochigaki [Rakugaki] 落柿. Tsuda Seifū 津田青楓,...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/91003.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1652473199)
1906. Tsuda Seifū 津田青楓 and Asano Kokō 浅野古香, artists. Ochigaki [Rakugaki] 落柿. Kyoto. Unsōdō. 芸草堂. Meiji 39 [1906]. 2 orihon folding albums 24.6 x 17.8cm with original color woodblock-printed designs. Tsuda Seifū 津田青楓 (1880-1978), in this early incarnation (he lived until 98), was one of the foremost designers of the..... More
1950. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, et al.. Hakubutsu-Fu 博物譜. Tokyo. Showa 35 [1950]. Small, oblong western-style book, printed, paper-covered boards with a leather spine 11.2 x 14.5cm. Number 44 of 200 [of 250] copies, signed and sealed by the editor, Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎 (1891-1955). This "Natural History Sketchbook" represents the first..... More
Aya Nishiki 綾錦 [Design album]. Late Meiji-Taisho Era. Oversize design album in boards approx. 69 x 43cm with 99 sheets approx 77.5 x 45cm. Each sheet has a rectangular design approx. 47.5 x 34.5cm, about two-thirds with penciled gridlines for production. Holes in the right hand margin for binding. Hand-brushed..... 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
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
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
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
![Item #90999 Nihon No Kami 日本の紙 [Japanese Hand-made Paper] Vol.1 Northeastern Japan...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90999.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1652473196)
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
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
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
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