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

1786. [MEISHO-KI] Akisato Ritō & Takehara Shunchōsai. MIYAKO MEISHO ZU-E 都名所圖會 (都名所図会) 6 volumes. 27.2 x 18.7 cm. Kyôto, Yoshinoya Ihachi. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The colophon lists the original edition as being from 1780 [An'ei 9] and the copy at hand a ""recut, reprinted"" expanded edition published in 1786 [Temmei..... More

Go-Kashiwabara Tennô. [Emperor Go-Kashiwabara] 後柏原天皇 et al. Kaihô Yûchiku 海北友竹, artist; Kitamuki Unchiku 北向雲竹 (1623-1703), calligrapher SHINNYÔDÔ ENGI 真如堂縁起 3 volumes, complete. 27.5 x 19.5 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, furo-toji. In the midst of the bloody Ônin Wars that wracked Kyôto and environs for nearly a century, an iconic emaki scroll..... More

1801. AKISATO Rito 秋里籬嶋, author. KAWACHI MEISHO ZUE　河内名所図会. Kyôto & Osaka 1801, Morimoto Tasuke, et al.6 volumes, in two series of three each. The first three are 25.6 x 18.0 cm; the second three a bit larger: 26.2 x 18.6 cm..... Enclosed in two separate clasped chitsu cases.....Lionel bought this..... More

Shōju 松寿 [Shōrakusai　松楽齊] TÔKAIDÔ FUKEI NO ZU 東海道風景の図 [THE ALBUM OF TÔKAIDÔ PAINTINGS].　Late 18th - Early 19th C. n.p.34 x 37cm orihon folding album with brushed title slip housed in an old chitsu with clasps 34 x 38.5cm with brushed title slip. There are 69 full page scenes..... More

1823. [EHON] TEISAI [Katsushika Hokuba].葛飾北馬　 KYÔKA SUMIDAGAWA MEISHÔ ZUKAI 狂歌隅田川名所図会 Tôgan no Bu. 東岸の部　Bunsei 6 [1823]. Shunsui-en Zôhan. This is the "east bank" volume. The colophon lists the "west bank" volume as being issued soon, but there is no record of it surviving. A lovely rendition of the banks of..... More

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 5 #12 December 十二月 第五巻 第十二號　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, 6 flimsy pages in this copy with musical scores, and two more with a...... More

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 5 #9 September 九月 第五巻 第九號　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 #7 July 七月 第五巻 第七號　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. 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

Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #12 November 十一月 第四巻 十二號　大正十四年　1925　26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy deluxe paper. A total of 36 pages　including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana and illustrated stories, songs, and..... More