Fujita Kenji ふじたけんじ, artist . Mokko (Ehon) 絵本 モッコ, Tsugaru no Warabe Uta 絵本 津軽のわらべうた (Ehon), Hachi no Tarō (Ehon) 絵本 八の太郎, 3 volumes. Aomori-ken Bungei Kyōkai Shuppanbu 青森県文芸協会出版部, publisher. Aomori-ken 青森県. 1971, 1973, 1975. Mokko (Ehon) モッコ 絵本. Fujita Kenji ふじたけんじ, artist, Kimura Isao きむらいさお, author and Kawashima Keizō かわしまけいぞう..... More
1925. [Mavo] Toller, Ernst, author, Okada Tatsuo 岡田龍夫, illustrator and Murayama Tomoyoshi 村山知義, translatorTsubame No Sho 燕の書. Chōryūsha Shoten 長隆舍書店, publisher. Tokyo. Taisho 14 (1925). 20 x 14cm volume bound western style and opens Japanese style with printed, decorated wrappers. The wrappers are pasted onto brown paper which extends beyond..... More
1815. [CHIKUDO GAFU 竹堂画譜 CHIKUDO GAFU NIHEN. 竹洞堂画譜 二編. [1815]. [Kyoto, Kansei 12 {1800}], [Bunka 12 {1815}]. 27.5 x 17.2 cm. A total of 22 double page color printed illustrations in Nanga style (eleven in each series). The first series has the 11 illustrations, 4 double pages of encomia by friends about the book..... More
Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist and author. Chū Gyo Kai 蟲・魚・介. Aoi Shobō, publisher. 1943. 26.6 X 20.8 cm. Published as a limited edition of 250cc, this has a hanko, not a number, hence is out of series. A wonderful Onchi cover and 10 prints inside illustrating his poem fragments. Artwork is..... More
![Item #90989 Saika 彩華 [album of fabric samples]. Uemura Rokurō...](/pictures/thumb/90989.jpg?v=1655494566)
194. Uemura Rokurō 上村六郎. Saika 彩華 [album of fabric samples]. C. 1940s-1950s. 34.2 x 30cm orihon folding album with damask covered boards and a centered, brushed silk title slip is stored in a 34.5 x 30cm chitsu with centered and brushed paper title slip. The inside front cover of the..... More
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
![Item #91029 Panatorie No E to Ehon [Eto Ehon] ぱなとりゑのえとゑほん [干支絵本],...](/pictures/thumb/91029.jpg?v=1655305353)
1976. Yamaguchi Hiroichi 山口汎一, artist . Panatorie No E to Ehon [Eto Ehon] ぱなとりゑのえとゑほん [干支絵本], 12 vol set of miniature books. Shōwa 51 [1976]. A 12 volume set of miniature books (mame ehon 豆本) based on the sexagenary cycle of 12 zodiac animals (eto 干支) by artist Yamaguchi Hiroichi 山口汎一..... 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](/pictures/thumb/90927_01.jpg?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](/pictures/thumb/90923_01.jpg?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](/pictures/thumb/90921_01.jpg?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
Momotaro 桃太郎 (Little Peachling) - Fairy Tale Series No. 1 [second edition]. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. Tokio [Tokyo]. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style and has decorated wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. [9]..... 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
1826. Suzuki Ki-itsu 鈴木其一 and Sakai Hō-Itsu 酒井抱一, editors. Kōrin Hyakuzu Kōhen 光琳百図 後編 [One Hundred Designs by Kōrin, 2nd Series]. Bunsei 9 [1826]. 2 volumes 26.6 x 18cm with blue-gray wrappers, string-bound fukuro-toji Japanese-style with centered, printed paper slips. Housed in a 20th century cloth, clasped chitsu case 27..... More
