Satsuei - Sakuga no Shingihō 撮影・作画の新技法 [New Techniques for Shooting and Creating Photographs] Koishi Kiyoshi 小石清 Tokyo Genkosha 玄光社 Showa 11 [1936] Small, square 8vo, cloth-bound, no jacket as issued, in a printed cardboard slipcase. Koishi Kiyoshi 小石清 (1908-1957) was one of the most important..... More
Serizawa Keisuke Zenshū, 31 volumes 芹沢銈介全集 全 31 [Collected Works of Serizawa Keisuku] Chūō Kōronsha 中央公論社, publisher Showa 55-58 (1980 -1984) 31 hardcover volumes 21.6 x 15.5cm open Japanese style with reproduced color photos and Japanese text throughout on the works of Serizawa Keisuke 芹沢銈介. The books..... More
Gendai Sekai Bijutsuten - Higashi to Nishi no Taiwa 現代世界美術展－東と西の対話 Contemporary Art: Dialogue between the East and the West Tokyo Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan 東京国立近代美術館 The National Museum of Modern Art, publisher Tokyo Shōwa 44 昭和44, 1969 24.4 x 25cm art catalog with orange covers..... More
Ex Libris Sakuhinshū (Ex Libris 作品集) Takei Takeo 武井武雄 Gohachi, publisher Tokyo 1963 18.5 x 13.5cm volume bound western style and opens Japanese style. Ex Libris collection with the artist’s ex libris color woodblock “title page” in bookplate format tipped onto the front free..... More
1802. Kōrin Gafu 光琳画譜 Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳 (copied by Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中, also Nakamura Yoshinaka) n.p., n.d. 2 vols. 25.8 x 18.5cm. Orihon folding albums, Vol 1 labeled Kan 乾 (heaven, upper) and Vol 2 labeled Kon 坤 (earth, lower) in cream (light yellow?) covers with original printed paper..... More
Inagaki Toshijirō Sakuhinshu 稲垣稔次郎作品集 Inagaki Toshijirō 稲垣稔次郎, artist Shinyaku Kabushiki Kaisha 新薬株式会社, publisher C. 1979-1980 39.1 x 31.1cm portfolio enclosed in a publisher's box with printed paper title label. 12 reproductions of stenciled views of Kyoto, oban size, C. 1979-80. The prints are approx 23 x 30.8cm and are..... More
![Item #91007 Nihon Meisan Zue 日本名山図会 [Famous Mountains in Japan] 3 Vols. Tani...](/pictures/thumb/91007.jpg?v=1667232729)
Nihon Meisan Zue 日本名山図会 [Famous Mountains in Japan] 3 Vols Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 C. 1812 Suwaraya Mohei 須原屋茂兵衛, publisher Three 25.8 x 18.4cm ehon volumes are string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with light blue wrappers and printed title slips in black on white. Vol 1 has 26 double page..... More
Shinshō Fuji - Kashū 新頌富士 歌集 [New Praise, Fuji - Collection of Poetry] Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist and Maeda Sekibō 前田夕暮, poet Tokyo Fugaku Honsha 富岳本社 Shōwa 21 [1946] 28.7 x 20 cm volume bound western style with fukuro “pocket” pages, opens Japanese style. Blue patterned wrappers with a...... More
![Item #91026 Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 Tokushū 特集 Vol. 31 No. 446 [Periodical] [Monthly Art...](/pictures/thumb/91026_01.jpg?v=1665424473)
1972. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 Tokushū 特集 Vol. 31 No. 446 [Periodical] [Monthly Art Magazine - Special Issue] Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo March 1979 21 x 14.5cm periodical with black, red and white Yoshihara design with text on the front cover and a green background holbein ad on the rear..... More
Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 Vol. 44 No. 660 [Monthly Art Magazine ] Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo October 1992 21 x 14.5cm monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 has a black and white reproduced photo of Yoshihara Jirō overlaid with a partial red circular design for which he was known, as..... More
1972. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 No. 356 Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo June 1972 This 21 x 14.5cm issue of the monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 has a multicolor reproduced image of an artwork on the cover. Inside are two articles on the Gutai Group, one on pp. 22-3 and..... More
1957. The Geijutsu Shinchō 芸術新潮 Vol. 8 #9 Shinchosha 新潮社 Tokyo September Showa 32 [1957] 21 x 14.9cm magazine has a blue cover design with the title in red while the rear cover features advertisements. Art periodical Geijutsu Shinchō 芸術新潮 has been in publication for 72 years; first established..... 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..... More
Geijutsu Shinchō 芸術新潮 # 138 Shinchosha 新潮社 Tokyo June 1961 25.5 x 18cm periodical has a reproduced artwork in red with black down the center and title in red outlined in white. Article on the First Gutai exhibition at the Takashimaya dept store on pp. 70-1. With Japanese text..... More
![Item #91019 Interior インテリア [periodical] No. 105](/pictures/thumb/91019_1.jpg?v=1665424746)
1967. Interior インテリア [periodical] No. 105 Gakurin Tokyo December 1967 32.5 x 25.5cm magazine Interior インテリア with color and b+w photographic images, diagrams, inserts, fold-outs, a map, glassine and color pages and Japanese text, with some English, throughout. Decorated wrappers with a color negative exposure of an image (found..... More
Mizue みづゑ, No. 754 [periodical] Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo November, 1967 29.5 x 22.5cm magazine opens western style with glossy wrappers decorated with a reproduced artwork in fuschia and orange on the front cover and a Pam Am advertisement with an image of San Francisco on the rear. 88..... More
![Item #91041 [hand scroll - makimono 巻き物] [Chrysanthemum Scroll](/pictures/thumb/91041.jpg?v=1663333182)
[hand scroll - makimono 巻き物] [Chrysanthemum Scroll] Japanese hand scroll (makimono 巻き物) with ribbon tie closure and blue brocade fabric at the beginning 22 x 29.7cm; inner paper lining of the fabric section is flaked with gold. The scroll is 2.64m x 29.7cm with a wooden..... More
![Item #91040 Ryōsaishii Emaki 聊斎志異絵巻 [2 illustrated scrolls] [Picture Scrolls from...](/pictures/thumb/91040.jpg?v=1661963405)
Minegishi Gisanjin 峰岸魏山人, artist (also Minegishi Giichi 峰岸義一). Ryōsaishii Emaki 聊斎志異絵巻 [2 illustrated scrolls] [Picture Scrolls from “Strange Tales from Liaozhai,” also “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio”] Bijutusu Shuppansha 美術出版社, publisher [1962, 1965] 2 scrolls by Minegishi Gisanjin 峰岸魏山人, artist (1900-1985, also Minegishi Giichi 峰岸義一). Limitation of..... More
![Item #91039 Korekushon これくしょん [Collection] [68 magazine issues]. publisher Gallery...](/pictures/thumb/91039_01.jpg?v=1661192585)
Korekushon これくしょん [Collection] [68 magazine issues] Gallery Gohachi ギャラリー吾八, publisher Tokyo Showa 33-59 [1958-1984] 68 staple-bound magazines approx 17 x 14.5cm of the post war Korekushon これくしょん [Collection] magazine. We are offering 68 issues published from 1958 (starting with Issue 2 /#66) -1984 (ending with 89/#148). We have Issues..... More
[FABRIC SAMPLES]. LARGE ALBUM OF 72 FABRIC SAMPLES n.p., n.d., [Kyoto?, 1950s 60s?] Large oblong albums, 36.2 x 30.4 cm, folding album in fabric covered boards from the post-war era. Sample book of lovely and inventive designs in many different fabric varieties. Much use of metallic thread, etc. The fabric..... More
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 Fujita Kenji ふじたけんじ, artist 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
1970. Yamashita Keisuke 山下慶助, artist. Posuta. Privately published.. Osaka?]. 1970 - 75. 5 portfolios in paper wrappers approx 31 x 23cm with additional small pieces. Each wrapper has a yellow label printed in black and numbered in red from 1 to 5. Numbered 2 of a limitation of 20 copies..... More
1925. Tsubame No Sho 燕の書 [Mavo]Toller, Ernst, author, Okada Tatsuo 岡田龍夫, illustrator and Murayama Tomoyoshi 村山知義, translatorChōryūsha Shoten 長隆舍書店, publisherTokyoTaisho 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 the cover..... 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