1818. Katsushika HOKUSAI 葛飾北斎. Denshin Kaishû HOKUSAI GAKYÔ. 伝神開手 北斎画鏡 全 Nagoya: Hishiya Kyuubei, Edo: Maekawa Rokuzaemon, Osaka: Kawachiya Tasuke, Kyoto: Hishiya Jihei.... The preface is date Bunka 15 [1818]. Almost certainly an original printing of this surprisingly scarce work... 26.1 x 17.3 cm. The covers and title label are original. Later (Meiji era)..... More
[Katsushika HOKUSAI 葛飾北斎」 MANSHOKU ZUSHIKI Zen 満職図式 全 Tokyo, [n.d., c. 1880] Iguchi Matsunosuke. Oblong hanpon. 12.2 x 18.3 cm. Lovely little b+w woodcuts based on the Hokusai designs.... Nice printing. Original covers and title label. Very good condition. More
1881. Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信 YANAGAWA MANGA 5 柳川漫画 五編 Meiji 14 [1881] 18.4 x 12.0 cm. Grey covers. A nice little Meiji era compilation of designs, ostensibly from the work of Shigenobu, Hokusai's one-time son-in-law. He and Totoya Hokkei were early and important followers of Hokusai and certainly mastered his..... More
1866. Katsushika Isai 葛飾為斎. Kachō Sansui Saiga Zushiki 花鳥山水細画図式 Vol 1. Edo [Tokyo].1866. Single volume 12.4 x 17.6cm bound Japanese style fukuro-toji with printed title slip and blue wrappers. [21] cho, including preface with Japanese text, of original, black and white woodblock prints. Title slip reads Kachō Sansui Zushiki 花鳥山水図式..... More
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. (Shoshoku Ehon) Katsushika Shin Hinagata (諸職絵本) 葛飾新鄙形. Kyoto, Osaka & Edo: Katsumura Jihei, et al. Tempō 7 [1836]. Single volume 22.4 x 15.9cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji and housed in a modern, navy portfolio 22.5 x 16.3cm with ribbon ties. Green blind-patterned covers and printed paper title..... More
18. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 14 十四 編 (全)This volume of original woodblock prints by seminal artist Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray..... More
18. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 13 十三 編 (全) This volume of original woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray, and..... More
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 12 十二編 (全). Published by Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎. Nagoya. This volume of original woodblock prints by seminal artist Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or..... More
18. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 11 十一編 (全) This volume of original woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray, and light..... More
18. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 10 十編 (全) This volume of original woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray, and light..... More
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 9 九編 (全) This volume of original woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray, and light peach..... More
18. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 5 五編 (全) This volume of original woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray, and light..... More
18. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 4 四編 (全) This volume of original woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray, and light..... More
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[2 unmounted scrolls] [kachi-e emaki]. [hōhi gassen 放屁合戦 and yōbutsu kurabe 腰物くらべ ] [farting match and phallic competition]. Edo Period. [yōbutsu kurabe 腰物くらべ ] [phallic competition]. Paper scroll approx 38cm x 4m with over 50 drawings of men, some of whom are engaged in phallic displays. Color, unsigned, no date..... More
1768. Settei Tsukioka 月岡雪鼎. Onna Teikin Gosho Bunko 女庭訓御所文庫 and Onna Teikin Gesho Bunko 女貞訓下所文庫 [shunga volume, missing cover].C. 1768. N.p. and 1767? The first volume is string bound Japanese style fukuro toji 25 x 18cm with brown wrappers. 96 cho of black and white original woodblock prints. Onna Teikin..... More
1916. [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endô, publisher. HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE A folding album of 30 ôban-size color woodcut prints, printed by Nishimura Kumakichi and published by Kanao Bun'endô in 1916-17. There are two prefatory pages: a map of the trip around western Japan depicted herein, and a table of contents, plus..... More
1920. [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Fukuda Shûtaro [Bisen], artist. SHINA SANJÛ- GAKAN. Tokyo, Kanao Bun'endô, Taishô 9 [1920]. 2 volumes, oblong folio, 23.2 x 31.2 cm. A few years after Bun'endô had published the justly famous SHINA TAIKAN by the same artist, the publisher, Kanao Takejiro, assembled the same group of..... More
1925. [SKETCH TOUR GENRE] NAKAZAWA Hiromitsu, artist. SAIGOKU SAN-JÛ-SAN-SHO JUNREI EMAKI. Osaka & Tokyo, Kanao Bun'endô, publisher. Taishô 14 [1925]. Oblong portfolio of ôban size woodblock prints after designs by Hiromitsu, detailing the famous pilgrimage sites (and sights) in western Japan. The blocks were cut by Okada Seijirô and the..... More
1983. Sakazume Atsuo 坂爪厚生 (b. 1941). Safari Lando Mamanaranu Kokoro サファリランド - ままならぬ心 [Safari Land - Uncontrollable Heart] [1983]. Sheet size 47 x 37cm and image size 38 x 29.5cm. Numbered 6/30 and signed in pencil in the bottom margin. Black and white mezzotint depicting an iguana and more. Sakazume..... More
Zuijin Guowen Jiaokeshu 最新国文教科書. circa 1904. Shanghai? [Commercial Press 商務印書館]. 22 x 13.5cm String bound fukuro toji with 59 cho, complete as such. A small Chinese schoolbook from the early 20th century. Chinese text with over 70 charming monochrome wood engravings that illustrate each lesson. Introduction and index in Chinese..... More
1811. [EHON] KAWAMURA Bumpo. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, et al., Bunka 8 [1811]. String-bound Japanese style in yellow covers with paper title labels. 26 x 17.5 cm. This "second series" of the KANGA SHINAN [Manual of Chinese-style Painting] was the only one illustrated by Bumpo and was published..... More
1851. Matsukawa Hanzan 松川半山, artist and Nakayama Yūhei 中山雄平, author. Senka Ōden 剪花翁伝, 4 vols. Kaei 4 嘉永四年 [1851]. Suichikutei 水竹亭, publisher. 4 volumes 26 x 18.3cm string bound Japanese style in fukuro toji with paper wrappers and printed title slips. Each volume represents the cultivation of plants in 1..... More
17. Hasegawa Mitsunobu 長谷川光信, artist. Keihitsu Tobaguruma 軽筆鳥羽車. [Ehon]. Meiji 24 [1891]. Nagoya. 梶田勘助 Kajita Kansuke publisher. 3 vols of 9 cho each bound as 1 volume 23.5 x 16cm string bound fukuro toji. Printed title slip. Original black and white woodblock prints and Japanese text. Woodcut laid down on..... More
1768. Chō Gessho 張月樵 and Kazaore Yūjo 風折有丈, artists. Zoku Koya Bunko 続姑射文庫, 5 vols. Nagoya, Kansei 寛政 10 [1798]. 5 volumes 27 X 18cm string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original format with original covers and title labels, housed in a modern striped chitsu with clasps 27.3 x 19cm. Original monochrome woodblock..... More
1793. [EHON]. TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI. 3 Vols., Osaka, Kawachiya Kihei and Kawachiya Eisuke, Kansei 5 [1793]. 25.8 x 18.5 cm. Original dark blue covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji, with the pink printed paper title labels. A nice 18th century edition of this work in good impression. Originally published in the..... More