1761. [EHON] Ôoka Shumboku. Wakan Meihitsu GAHIN 3 volumes. Ôsaka and Edo, Hôreki 11 [1761]. 26.3 x 18.2 cm. Original covers and worn printed paper title labels. A collection of images in black and white woodcut that capture the important influence of Chinese tradition on Japanese aesthetics. A good printing..... More
1812. [EHON] Nakabayashi CHIKUTÔ. CHIKUTÔ GAKÔ, 2 vols. Kyôto & Nagoya, Bunka 9 [1812]. 18.2 x 26.2 cm., string-bound, Japanese-style fukuro-toji. Resembles the copy at Mitchell p. 237, save that it has a green title page on the front inner pastedown and an 11 page Hishiya Magobei advertisement for books..... More
![ÔKYO GAFU [EN-OO GAFU] 2 vols. EHON, Maruyama ÔKYÔ](/pictures/thumb/89925.jpg?v=1594923306)
1860. [EHON] Maruyama ÔKYO. ÔKYO GAFU [EN-OO GAFU] 2 vols.. n.d., n.p., String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. With light colors and very good impressions. The original edition was published by Yoshida Shimbei in 1837. This copy, however, has neither title page nor colophon. The covers, with a subtle blindstamped vegetal pattern, are..... More
[EHON] [Ki Baitei, artist]. KYÛRO GAFU. 1 volume. Kôto [Kyôto], N.D. [Bunsei?]. 26.2 x 18.6 cm String-bound Japanese style fukuro- toji. Resembles the copy "c" in Mitchell at p. 403 for the presence of 64 single page images in sumi, (a greater number of images than the first edition with..... More
1809. [EHON] Kawamura KIHÔ, artist. KAFUKU NIMPITSU. Osaka & Kyoto, Bunka 6 [1809]. 17.9 x 26.0 cm. 25 double page lightly colored illustrations. For all intents and purposes identical to the copy at Mitchell 322-3, save that the covers are darker brown with a blindstamping of geometric patterns and chrysanthemum..... More
1779. [EHON] Katô Bunrei (1706-1782). REI GASEN 3 volumes. An-ei 8 [1779]. Edo, Wakabayashi Sei-ei. 26.4 x 18.4 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. In the original covers with printed title labels. This set of selections from the designs of Bunrei was edited by his students, Okada Bunkô and Hirayama Bunkyô. Bunrei..... More
1816. [EHON] Kameda BÔSAI, artist. KYÔCHÛZAN. Yellowish-green covers with a geometric lacquer pattern. Title label printed in brown on creme. This copy differs enough from the Mitchell choices at pp. 383-4 that it makes little sense to compare too closely. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. 28.0 x 18.4 cm; the pages..... More
1698. [EHON - UKIYOZÔSHI] Hayashi RAZAN, author. Eari KAIDAN ZENSHO 5 volumes. Edo & Kyôto, Genroku 11 [1698]. 25.1 x 17.6 cm. String- bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Hayashi Razan was the Confucian tutor of the third Tokugawa shogun and translated the KAIDAN ZENSHO from Chinese sources in 1627, adding some Japanese..... More
1848. [DRAWING MANUAL] Fushimi Kameya Hanbei, printer. ATE-E HITORI-GEIKO. Fushimi [Kyôto] Kôka 5 [1848]. 25.4 x 18.0 cm, original fukuro-toji string-bound volume with the pubisher's covers and worn title label. The title is sometimes read as TÔGA HITORI KEIKO (See the copy at the MFA Boston), we are using the..... More
1823. [EHON] Yashima GAKUTEI, artist. ICHIRO GAFU. Gasendo, 1823 [zodiacal date]. 22.8 X 16.1 cm. Blind-patterned grey-green covers, dark blue printed paper title label, fukuro toji binding, string-bound Japanese style. Illustrated throughout in color with many single and double page landscapes with figures. [Re: Hillier & Smith #127; Hillier Vol.2..... More
1865. [EHON] Yamamoto BAIOKU, artist. BAIOKU GAFU. N.P., N.D. No publishing information, but the final note is dated Keiô Gan-nen [1865]. 27.2 x 20.5 cm. String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, with the printed paper title label intact. The covers are a bit worn and there are a few internal blemishes, but..... More
1932. POUND, Ezra. TYPED POST CARD, SIGNED. Rapallo, Italy: March 26, 1932. Six typed lines, including the closing, on a 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" post card, signed "E Pound" in ink. It is addressed to F. Ankenbrand Esq | 2029 Widener Place | Philadelphia | U.S. America. The addressee..... More
1953. ELIOT, T. S. A TYPED LETTER WITH AN INK SIGNATURE, ADDRESSED TO THE REVEREND MAX. C. PETITPIERRE AT TOC H, LONDON CENTRE, C/O THE BURSARY, 19 DEAN'S YARD, S.W.1., DATED 3RD SEPTEMBER 1942. A single sheet, 7 x 8 inches, 7 typed lines on Faber & Faber letterhead, on..... More
1953. ELIOT, T. S. A TYPED LETTER WITH AN INK SIGNATURE AND AN INK ANNOTATION, ADDRESSED TO THE REVEREND W. R. LEWIS AT ARDINGTON VICARAGE, WANTAGE, BERKSHIRE, AND DATED 27 OCTOBER 1953. A single sheet, 8 x 7 inches, 12 typed lines on Faber & Faber letterhead, on one side..... More
1969. Serizawa Keisuke 芹沢銈介. Serizawa Keisuke Tebikaejō 芹沢銈介手控帖. Showa 44 [1969]. Tokyo. Kyūryūdō 求龍堂, publisher. 28 x 26.5cm album with paper-covered boards is housed in a fabric-covered clamshell box 30.1 x 25.8cm with title stamped on box spine. Stored in a cardboard box 32 x 30.5cm with printed title label..... More
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1939. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. [Chūgoku Fūkei Chinese Landscape #6] [中国風景 6号]. [Oil Painting]. [1939]. Image size approx 41 x 32cm and frame size approx 54.5 x 45.5cm. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist. Oil painting of a landscape likely exhibited at the show, Onchi Kōshirō Shina Fūkei Gaten..... More
![ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING]. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎](/pictures/thumb/90566.jpg?v=1588183520)
1919. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. [Abstract Oil Painting]. Oil painting approx 41 x 32 cm in image size, an abstract(ish) still life with an apple, done while Onchi was quite young in about 1919. It is signed by him and is quite unusual in its embrace of abstraction (with a hint..... More
1872. (PICTURESQUE AMERICA). PICTURESQUE AMERICA. Or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant..... More
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1977. SORIMACHI Shigeo, editor. KO^BUNSO^ TOKUBAI KOSHOMOKU Dai Yonju^kyu^-go. Tokyo: Ko^bunso^, Sho^wa 52 [1977]. 4to, wrappers, illustrated in b+w. 300 items. The 49th in Sorimachi Shigeo's fine series of sales catalogues. Sorimachi was the most eminent antiquarian bookman of the postwar period in Japan. His book and manuscript catalogues serve..... More
1957. MISHIMA, Yukio. FIVE MODERN NO PLAYS. Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First American edition. 8vo., 8vo., black cloth-backed brick paper-covered boards; illustrated; [xx] + [202 pp.]. Near fine, with just a touch of soil, rubbing to board-edges, in a spine-darkened, mildly..... More
1967. WALDSCHMIDT, Ernst and Rose Leonore. NEPAL: ART TREASURES FROM THE HIMALAYAS. New York: Universe Books, (1970). HC w/dj. About very good. Art. More
1932. ELIOT, T.S. JOHN DRYDEN BY T.S. ELIOT. THE POET. THE DRAMATIST. THE CRITIC. New York: Terence & Elsa Holliday, 1932. Small 8vo. 67pp. Mulberry paper-covered boards Lettered in gilt on black paper label on front and spine. Light foxing to top edge. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket..... More
[EMAKI - HANDSCROLL]. HANDSCROLL OF DUCK IMAGES Ishizaki Koyo, artist. Emaki handscroll in decorated handmade Japanese paper with a blank title label, internally sealed. 5.545 meters in length, 26.2 cm in height, image size. A series of art anatomical drawings of a male magamo (mallard) Uses a technique of depiction..... More
1925. [BIRDS & FLOWERS] Tsuchida EISHO, Takeuchi SEIHO, artists. EISHO HYAKUCHO GAFU. 4 vols., complete, 22.7 X 33.1 cm., Kyoto, Unsodo, Taisho 3, 3, 12, 14 [1914, 14, 23, 25]. Profusely illustrated set of images of birds, often quite surreal renderings, ostensibly after design by Tsuchida Eisho, the mid-19th century..... More