1926. [MAVO] SAITO Hideo, author; OKADA Tatsuo, artist. AOZAMETA DOTEIKYO. The title of this important work is usually translated as THE PALE-FACED VIRGIN'S MAD THOUGHTS. Published by Choryusha of Tokyo in 1926, it is illustrated throughout with black & white linocuts executed by Okada Tatsuo. 8vo, 4, 120pp. +4pp. There..... More
1977. SORIMACHI Shigeo, editor. KO^BUNSO^ TOKUBAI KOSHOMOKU Dai Yonju^kyu^-go. Tokyo: Ko^bunso^, Sho^wa 52 [1977]. 4to, wrappers, illustrated in b+w. 300 items. The 49th in Sorimachi Shigeo's fine series of sales catalogues. Sorimachi was the most eminent antiquarian bookman of the postwar period in Japan. His book and manuscript catalogues serve..... More
1967. WALDSCHMIDT, Ernst and Rose Leonore. NEPAL: ART TREASURES FROM THE HIMALAYAS. New York: Universe Books, (1970). HC w/dj. About very good. Art. More
1983. MUSEUM FUR OSTASIATISCHE KUNST. NETSUKE INRO U.A. SAGEMONO. Text in German, English, and French. Koln: Museum Fur Ostasiatische Kunst, 1983. HC. Very good plus. Netsuke. More
1926. HEARN, Lafcadio. INSECTS AND GREEK POETRY. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition, 1/550 copies. 12mo, blue paper boards. Ownership, colophon page and rear free endpaper chipped at corner; otherwise a lovely copy, in the tissue wrapper. More
1918. HAVELL, E. B. THE HISTORY OF ARYAN RULE IN INDIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF AKBAR. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company [n.d. ca. 1918]. First American edition (English sheets). xxxi + 583 pp. 8vo., brown cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Light rubbing, a...... More
1936. WARNER, Langdon. THE CRAFT OF THE JAPANESE SCULPTOR. New York: McFarlane, Warde, McFarlane and Japan Society of New York, 1936. 55 pp. + 85 halftone photo reproduction plates with facing text. Very good plus, cloth bright, endpapers foxed. Presentation copy signed (initials) by the author on front flyleaf. In..... More
1932. [Multiple Artists], Hardy Jowett, author. Chinese Costumes 中華服物考略 [Zhōng huá fú wù kâo lüè]. 1932. Peiping [Peiking], China: The Chinese Painting Association of Peiping. 32 x 22cm silk-covered boards, bound with cord. Front board is embroidered with multicolor flowers and a butterfly. Table of Contents in English as well..... More
1892. [Crepe Paper Book] Bostwick, Lt. F. M. KOHANASAN. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokio: T. Hasegawa Meiji 25 [1892]. 1st edition. 19.4 x 16.6 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. The original printed covers are a bit worn and soiled with a nick on the top edge. One of the more unusual..... More
[CREPE PAPER BOOK]. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. Hasegawa: 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo; 1895. Larger format, 20.0 x 15.2 cm creped paper tied book with color woodcuts on the cover and throughout. The text consists of captions only to the five double page and three single page illustrations. Very lovely and..... More
1893. Bostwick, Lt. F. M. Oyuchasan [Crepe Paper Book]. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo: Hasegawa (Kelly & Walsh: Yokohama). Meiji 26 [1893]. 18.4 x 16.1 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. With a "List of Books" in the back, as well as a list of the 20 fairy tale series volumes and..... More
1891. Mae Stjohn-Bramhall. Japanese Jingles [Crepe Paper Book]. Tokyo:Hasegawa. Meiji 24 [1891]. 17.1 x 13 cm creped version of this, the first edition, much different and scarcer than the "Second Edition" that appeared the following year. Internally very clean and bright, but the covers are faded and have a few..... More
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Hirota Hyakuho 広田百豊. ZODIACAL ANIMAL SCROLL. 33 x 626.5cm approx total length (25.5cm blank decorative paper at start and 19cm at end). On heavy paper in a brocade cover with bone jiku. Signed and sealed by Hirota Hyakuho 広田百豊. 12 animals of the zodiac depicted by a skilled hand. Hirota..... More
1981. Kanamori Yoshio 金守世士夫, artist and Uruma Motomi 漆間元三, writer. Toyama no Matsuri とやまの祭り. Shōwa 昭和 56 [1981]. Published by Kosankai 湖山会. n.p. 100 of a limited edition of 150 copies. Single volume 14.5 x 23cm bound fukuro toji housed in a portfolio 14.5 x 23.5cm with a printed title..... More
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1977. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門 . Okushima Tōzan 奥嶋唐棧. Sansei Kōgei 三彩工芸 [Sansei Arts and Crafts]. Osaka. Shōwa 52 [1977]. A limited edition of 200 copies. 27 x 22.5 single volume opens Japanese style and is housed in a chitsu with clasps 27 x 23.5cm. In a cardboard box 29 x...... More
1964. Gotō Seikichirō 後藤清吉郎. Kami no Tabi 紙の旅.Showa 39 [1964]. Tokyo. Bijutsu Shuppansha.Large oblong folio in washi covers, 33.5 x 44.3 cm. #261 of 300cc. Illustrated beautifully in katazome throughout. The illustrations as well as the text are by Gotō, a fine artist as well as one of the most..... More
1983. KANZAKI ONJUN, printmaker. SHOHYÔSHÛ KAZE. One of 15 house copies, signed by Kanzaki, printed after the distributed edition of 50 copies. So, #58 of 65, inscribed to Imamura Hidetarou. Shôwa 58 [1983]. 22 x 16 cm. With 15 tipped in katazome stencil printed bookplates. The orihon folding album is..... More
1956. [STENCIL PRINTS] OKAMURA Kichizaemon. ZAYÛ SANBÔ NO SHÔ, 3 vols. 32.2 x 20.4 cm. Privately published in 100 copies by Okamura, a remarkably talented and prolific artist and scholar, who recorded the arts and crafts of postWar Japan using the stencil techniques of katazome dyeing on beautiful washi hand-made..... More
1960. [KATAZOME] OKAMURA Kichiemon. NARADA NO TAFU. Shôwa 35 [1960]. String-bound Japanese-style, privately printed in 50 copies. 31.1 x 19.7 cm., Okamura (1916-2002) was a student of Serizawa Keisuke and embraced his interest in traditional Japanese folk arts, papermaking and stencil printing (katazome). This lovely monograph on Japanese bark-cloth from..... More
1960. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門. Date Moniwa no Shinada 伊達茂庭之榀布. N.p. Shōwa 35 [1960]. 30.4 x 20.8 cm. One of 200 copies, signed by Okamura. Title sometimes read, "Date Moniwa no Shinanuno." Tipped-in fabric sample approx 17 x 9.5cm. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound..... More
1960. OKAMURA Kichiemon, artist. TOKUJIRÔ SHÔGYÔ. Privately printed. Shôwa 35 [1960]. 29.9 x 21.3 cm. One of 100 copies, signed by Okamura. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Okamura was Serizawa's most important student and excelled at producing compelling livre d'artiste in..... More
1989. Hokkai no Sakana ほっかいのさかな. 古谷貞治. Furutani Sadaji, author and Hōga Toshiko 宝賀寿子, artist. Fukuoka. [1989]. Self-published. An artist’s proof of a limited edition of 40 copies. 20 original woodblock prints loose in a 12 x 12.5cm green envelope with silver woodblock print on cover. Each is done on a single..... More
1958. Miyamoto Kyōshirō 宮本匡四郎. Zōshohyō Sakuhinshū: Dai Ikkai ekisu riburishu no kai 蔵書票 作品集: 第一回 えきす りぶりすの会. Showa 33 [1958]. Gabara Gabō がばら画房. Tokyo. 11.7 x 14cm hardcover book opening Japanese style with decorated, printed title slip is housed in a box 12.5 x 15cm with printed title slip. One of..... More
1953. Sakai Hideo and Miyamoto Kyōshirō 酒井秀夫 and 宮本匡四郎. Zōshohyō Sakuhinshū 蔵書票 作品集 Shōwa 28 [1953] Gohachi 五八 Tokyo 11.4 X 14.3cm book opens Japanese style. Number two of a limited edition of seven copies. Brushed title slip is laid down on front wrapper. Bookplates range in size from 4.2..... More
1983. Sekine Toshio 関根寿雄. Shohyōshū Ex Libris 1983 関根寿雄 書票集. 1983. Self-published. Tokyo 19 x 13cm collection of 12 original polychrome and monochrome woodblock bookplates tipped in. Number 5 of a limited edition of 100; it appears to be an artist’s proof. Free endpapers made of handmade Japanese paper. 12..... More