1969. Sekino Junichiro 関野準一郎 . Yaguradaiko 櫓太鼓. Shōwa 44 昭和44年[1969]. Tokyo: Chūō Kōronsha 中央公論社 . 29.5 x 21.5cm large format volume bound in fukuro toji. Housed in a chitsu 30.5 x 22.5cm with printed title label. Number 83 of a limited edition of 480 copies. 74 pages. Signed and stamped..... More
Ehon Kaikei Zan (Jyō) 絵本會稽山 上. 22 x 15.5cm book string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Decorated front and rear wrappers with title slip on left hand side of front wrapper. 5 cho, and an initial, unnumbered cho, of color woodcuts and Japanese text. The final cho is pasted down onto the inside..... More
Sugiura Hisui 杉浦非水. Hisui Sōsaku Zuan Shū 非水創作図案集. Kadō 雅堂. Showa 2 [1927]. Second printing. Large portfolio of 50 numbered sheets (36.5 x 27.5cm) of 88 designs in various media and styles (woodcut, lithograph and offset). 36.4 x 27.5cm booklet with printed title and an image of a cat on..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 15: My Lord Bag-O’-Rice [Ōdō 王堂]. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎. B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15 x 9.9cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. [9] cho with decorated wrappers..... More
The Silly Jelly-Fish [Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 13]. [Kawabata Gyokusho 川端玉章, illustrator]. B.H. Chamberlain, translator. Hasegawa, publisher. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15 x 9.9cm small crepe paper book opens Western style with decorated front and rear wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing..... More
![Item #90927 The Cub’s Triumph [Kitsune no Tegara] (野干[狐]ノ手柄) [second edition](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90927_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654803388)
The Cub’s Triumph [Kitsune no Tegara] (野干[狐]ノ手柄) [second edition]. Mrs. T. H. [Kate] James, translator. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15x9.8cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style, with decorated wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. This volume was published..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 11: The Hare of Inaba (Inaba no Shiro Usagi 因幡の白兎). Mrs. T. H. James, translator. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886] . 14.8 x 9.6cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 10 - The Matsuyama Mirror. Mrs. T. H. [Kate] James, translator . Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 14.8 x 9.7cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style with decorated wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 9: The Serpent with Eight Heads (Yamata No Orochi 八頭ノ大蛇) . B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha, publisher (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher) . Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book opens Western style and has decorated wrappers..... More
![Item #90923 The Fisher Boy Urashima [Urashima 浦島] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 8](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90923_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654803366)
The Fisher Boy Urashima [Urashima 浦島] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 8. R.H. Chamberlain, translator. Kōbunsha 弧文社 (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎). Meiji 19 [1886]. 14.7 x 9.7cm small, crepe paper book opens Western style and has decorated wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. 12 cho with..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 4 - The Old Man Who Made The Dead Trees Blossom [Hanasaki Jiji 花咲爺]. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. Tokio [Tokyo]. Meiji 18 [1885]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for..... More
![Item #90921 Tongue Cut Sparrow [Shitakiri Suzume [舌切り雀]] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90921_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654803308)
Tongue Cut Sparrow [Shitakiri Suzume [舌切り雀]] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. [Tokyo]. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. Colophon on inside front wrapper. [10]..... More
Kon Junzo 今純三. Aomori-ken Gafu 青森県画譜 (揃). Tō-Ō Nippōsha 東奥日報社. Showa 8-9 昭和8-9年 [1933-1934]. 26.5 x 38.5cm sheets are contained in 12 brown envelopes 27.5 x 40cm that are printed with the title and number of the section, a decorative image of a map and a Table of Contents to..... More
1891. Shimizu Seifū 清水 晴風 & Nishizawa Tekihō 西沢笛畝 鵜内の友 Unai No Tomo (A Child's Companions), Volumes 1 through 7 of 10 published Kyoto, Unsōdō, 1891-1924. A complete series of color illustrations of traditional Japanese toys, published over the course of more than 30 years. Hundreds of color plates, mostly..... More
1956. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 No. 118. Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社. Tokyo. December, 1956. 21 x 15cm issue of the monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖. The cover has a modern art design of red and brown squares within a blue square while the back has 4 blue and red ads. 148..... More
1988. Kanzaki Sunao 神﨑温順, artist. ABC 宛字書票 I, II, III ABC Ateji Shohyō, 3 vols [mamehon 豆本]. KodoOriban [Nippon Kosho Tsūshinsha] 古通版 [日本古書通信社], publisher. [Showa 63,1988]. 3 small orihon volumes 8 x 6cm by stencil artist Kanzaki Sunao (also Onjun) 神﨑温順 (1932 - ). Stencil art ex libris on heavy..... More
10 Ise Katagami Paper Stencils [型紙]. [Japan]. [Taisho Period]. Set of 10 intricate katagami 型紙 paper stencils that vary in size. 2 large stencils are approx. 41.5 x 41.5cm, 4 medium size stencils are approx. 30 x 40.5cm and 4 small stencils are approx. 15.5 x 22cm. All are in..... More
![Item #90914 [Tokugawa woodblock print map]. Tōto 東都. Nihonbashi Yori...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90914_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653063968)
1862. Nihonbashi Yori 日本橋 本橋ヨリ [Tokugawa woodblock print map]. Tōto 東都 (Edo/Tokyo). Bunkyu 2 [1862]. Color woodblock print map of Edo (Tokyo), oriented with North to the right. Originally published in Kaiei 2 [1849], this updated map was republished in 1862. Publisher is given as Yorozuya Seibe 萬屋在助枚 with an..... More
Kyō no 100 Ninten 今日の100人展 [100 Contemporary Artists]. Mainichi Shinbunsha 毎日新聞社, publisher. 1971. 24 x 25cm art catalog with over 100 black and white photographic images and Japanese text. Two red free endpapers in both the front and the rear. Bio of each artist in Japanese text under the photo..... 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 (# 58 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
Eguchi Kiyoshi (Kan) 江口渙 and Kishi Yamaji 貴司山治, editors. Senki 36 Nin Shū 戦旗36人集. Kaizōsha 改造社.Tokyo. Showa 6 昭和2年 [1931]. 19 x 13cm softcover book bound Western style opens Japanese style and has 488 pages of proletariat writing in Japanese text. Edited by novelist Eguchi Kiyoshi 江口渙, later changed to..... More
![Item #91013 New Crest Book [Shin Monchō Daizen] 新紋帳大全. Asai Hironobu...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/91013_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653063847)
Asai Hironobu 淺井廣信, editor. New Crest Book [Shin Monchō Daizen] 新紋帳大全. [Unsōdō 芸艸堂]. Kyoto. Meiji 26 [1893]. 18 x 12cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with decorated wrappers and original woodblock prints. The Japanese title 新紋帳大全 [Shin Monchō Daizen] is printed vertically in the center of the cover with a horizontal..... More
![Item #91012 Kōrin Hyakuzu Kōhen 光琳百図後編 [One Hundred Designs by Kōrin, 2nd Series],...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/91012.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1668017746)
Kōrin Hyakuzu Kōhen 光琳百図後編 [One Hundred Designs by Kōrin, 2nd Series], 2 vols in 1. Suzuki Ki-itsu 鈴木其一 and Sakai Hō-Itsu 酒井抱一, editors. Bunsei 9 [1826]. 2 books in 1 volume 25.5 x 18cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with tan decorated wrappers with silver mica. 37 cho of original monochrome woodblock..... More
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