195. [IMPERIAL HOTEL PAMPHLET]. 18.5 x 12.2cm staple-bound pamphlet with color illustrations, monochromatic illustrations and English and Japanese text. The clever design of this pamphlet makes it accessible to both Japanese and English speakers. Both front and rear wrappers show the same color illustration of the Imperial Hotel and..... More

194. Tokuriki Tomikichiro 徳力富吉郎 SHIKI TÔKYÔ FÛKEI 四季東京風景 FOUR SEASONS OF TOKYO, Kyoto. N.D. [c.40s?] Four original multicolor woodblock prints 21 x 28cm, laid in with matted frames 25.5 x 35cm and housed in a portfolio 26 x 35.5cm. Printed title slip in Japanese and English on portfolio cover..... More

1822. Tsuji Hōzan 辻鳳山, artist. BITCHÛ MEISHÔ-KÔ 備中名勝考, 2 VOLS [Report on Famous Places in Bitchū]. n.p. Gyokushō-en 玉松園. Bunsei 5 [1822]. 2 volumes 26.4 x 18.5 cm string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with light blue-gray blindstamped wrappers and housed in a modern chitsu-clasped case. 18 very appealing, double page illustrations..... More

[EHON] Hirokawa Kai 廣川獬. NAGASAKI BUNKEN ROKU 長崎文献錄. Kyōto, Hishiya Magobei, Bunsei Gannen [1817]. 5 vols. in 3, string bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, 25.7 x 17.7 cm, original paper title labels, grey covers. The second printing after the first appearance in 1800. This "RECORD OF THINGS HEARD AND SEEN..... More

1689. [EHON] Ihara SAIKAKU 井原 西鶴 (1642-1693), author. HONCHÔ ÔIN HIJI. 本朝櫻陰比事I. 5 volumes, with (original?) blue covers. 25.5 x 18.2 cm. One of the five volumes has the original printed title slip, the rest are brushed. This ukiyo-zôshi by Saikaku is based on legal cases from China, vernacular literature..... More

[Meishoki].Akisato Ritō 秋里籬嶋, author. Yamaguchi Soken 山口素絢, Matsumura Goshun 松村 呉春, Sakuma Sōen 佐久間草偃 et al. TÔKAIDÔ MEISHÔ ZUE 東海道名所図会 Kansei 9 [1797] Osaka, Kyoto & Edo 6 volumes 25.9 x 18.3 cm string-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, with printed paper title labels. Black and white original woodblock prints by various..... More

Kawamura Minsetsu 河邨珉雪, artist. HYAKU FUJI 百富士 AND HYAKU FUJI YOKYÔ 百富士余興 [One Hundred (Views of) Fuji]. Meiwa 8 [1771]. 5 volumes 18 x 26 cm string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji and housed in a clasped chitsu. The original edition in five volumes, rather than the usual four, with the fifth..... More

1903. [EHON] Tani BUNCHÔ, artist. 谷文晁 NIHON MEISAN ZUE 3 vols. 日本名山図会 [Famous Mountains in Japan] Tôkyô, Tôyôdô, Meiji 36 [1903]. 25.7 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, fukuro-toji, original printed paper title labels, b+w woodblock depictions of the ""Famous Mountains of Japan."" A work justly praised for its accurate representation of..... More

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 5 #10 October 十月 第五巻 第十號　1926 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 36 pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, 4 flimsy pages in this copy with musical scores. The colophon is on the..... More

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 5 #8 August 八月 第五巻 第八號　1926 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 36 pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, No flimsy pages in this copy (missing?). Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana..... More

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children]　Vol. 5 #4 April 四月 第五巻 第四號　1926 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 34 pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, No flimsy pages in this copy (missing?). Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana and..... More

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children]　 Vol. 1 #8 August 八月 第一巻 第八號　1922 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 32 pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, 4 pages flimsy, notes to mothers. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana and..... More

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 1 #4 April 四月 第一巻 第四號　1922 　25.6 x 18.5 cm, illustrated wrappers. Counting the front and rear covers, this issue has 32 pages of color illustrations on deluxe heavy paper. This issue has no flimsy pages and the colophon is on the..... More