1935. SEIHÔ Takeuchi. [PRINT ALBUM] Takeuchi SEIHÔ. SEIHÔ IPPINSHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unsodo, Showa 12 - 14 [1937 - 9]. 53.2 cm x 42.7 cm. The first series, complete with all 31 prints which were issued in two formats: (1) ten paper fascicules and also (2) tassel-bound by the publisher..... More
1934. [DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujô, compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto, Happpôdô, Shôwa 9 [1934]. 2 vols., complete. Tall folios, 36.7 x 25.4 cm, orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color woodblock prints. Interesting style, mixing flat..... More
1937. [DESIGN MAGAZINE]. TEIKOKU KÔGEI Vol.11, #12. Tokyo, Showa 12 [1937]. 25.7 x 19 cm. Decorated wrappers. Interesting articles on contenporary art and design.... furniture, fashion, kitchenware, graphics, etc., etc. The dominant sensibility is Deco throughout. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. Very good. More
1915. [DESIGN MAGAZINE] Fukada Zuan Kenkyûsho. GENDAI NO ZUAN; GENDAI NO ZUAN KÔGEI; ZUAN TO KÔGEI. Tokyo, Taisho 4 [1915] to Taisho 13 [1924]. 23 issues of this important periodical on design in Japan. The dominant aesthetic is a Japanese version of Art Deco. Each issue has many illustrations, several..... More
[DESIGN]. SAIKÔKYÛ MIRAAKOOTO-KAMI TOPPAN-ZURI OODAMATCHI MIHONCHO NP, ND [Japan, 1960s?]. 16.3 X 24.5 cm. Leatheroid covers, 23 pages of 5.5 x 8 cm designs for matchbox covers, done in a "mirrorcoat" process of relief printing. One sample clipped for color matching. The back covers is loosening. Overall, a good copy..... More
1890. [DESIGN] SHIN ZUAN, #11-20, 10 volumes. Kyoto, Shinzuankai. Nakayasu Shinsaburô, Meiji 25-7 [1890-2]. 24.4 x 16.5 cm. Cord- bound Japanese-style (fukuro toji). Printed paper covers, each with at least 12 single page color woodcuts after designs by Kamisaka Sekka, Kaishi [Kaigai] Tennen and others. These are volumes eleven through..... More
1937. [DESIGN] Azuma Dôjin. Koutashirabe AZUMA KOROMO. Unsôdô, Kyôto & Tôkyô, Shôwa 12 [1937]. A large folding album (34.0 x 24.8 cm), 10 pages (15 designs) of superbly printed color woodblock images by the "Companions from the East" The margins and facing pages have browning and foxing. This, the "spring"..... More
1902. [DESIGN] Fujii Rindô. SHOKUMON ZUKAN 1-4. Kyôto, Yamada Unsôdô, Meiji 35 [1902]. Four volumes, complete, each volume with printed title, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 24.2 x 16.4 cm. Illustrated throughout with lightly colored woodblock prints of traditional design motifs. The covers are worn, some pages split but present. More
1933. [DESIGN] FUJII Tatsukichi, designer. SÔSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHÛ. [A Collection of Designs for Dyework] Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado, Showa 8 [1933]. Large portfolio, 41 x 31 cm., decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label, all enclosed in the publisher's folding cardboard outer box. A 4 page..... More
1908. [DESIGN] Furuya KÔRIN. KÔGEI NO BI. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 41 [1908]. 3 vols. Folding orihon albums, 32 X 22.5 cm, in paper over boards with integral printed title labels. The first printing of this set, as here, is very scarce and quite delightful - the 75 large double page..... More
19. [DESIGN] Furuya KÔRIN. SEIKA. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 36 [1903]. Tall folio folding album, 36.8 X 24.9 cm, Double-page table of contents and final colophon page. The latter indicates this is a "saihan", a reprint done a month after the first printing. There are 12 large double-page designs in color..... More
1905. [DESIGN] FURUYA KORIN. MATSU ZUKUSHI. Kyoto: Unsodo, Meiji 38 [1905]. Oblong album, 18.3 x 24.9 cm, one page introduction and final colophon page, along with 50 designs on twenty-five pages of color woodcut designs on a pine-tree theme by Furuya Korin, one of the most important of Unsodo's early..... More
1903. [DESIGN] Gotô Ryûkô. HANA NO NISHIKI #3. Kyoto: Unkindo, Meiji 36 [1903]. A single woodblock-printed sheet, approx. 36 X 50 cm., folded into printed covers, 25.2 x 17.8 cm. Unkindo, a short-lived but brilliant publisher, later merged into the Unsodo concern. A bit browned and edgeworn, it is number..... More
1910. [DESIGN] Hagino Issui, designer. ZUAN HYAKUDAI. 3 Vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 43 [1910] An orihon in 3 volumes, (27 X 19 cm) with woodblock printed covers, all in a later fitted clasped cloth chitsu case. Unsodo outdid itself in this early design effort. Dozens of double page horizontal designs..... More
1938. [DESIGN] HAPPÔDÔ, publisher/printer. KOKUGA ÔGI. Kyôto, Happôdô, N.D. [other sources indicate a date of 1938] Very large oblong brocade porfolio, 36.5 x 59.0 cm. Contains an undated Happôdô colophon and 50 design prints (49 in color and one as a textual calligraphic introduction to the work) A source indicates..... More
1894. [DESIGN] HARUNA Shigeharu, editor. Kôgei Ôyô ZUAN ZASSHI 7 issues. No.'s 20-26, Tôkyô, Meiji 26-27 [1893-4]. 24.5 x 16.6 cm. Stab-bound wrapper's in woodblock printed paper covers. Haruna Shigeharu (1847-1913) was a pottery painter born into the upper classes in Ishikawa prefecture, here using his artistic and design skills..... More
1933. [DESIGN] Hisatomi Jun; Yoshida Tamashiro, designes. SHINKÔ KOSODE BURI 1, 2, 3, 5. Kyôto, Happôdô, Shôwa 8 [1933] 36.1 x 26.1 cm. Each volume of the four (of five) contains 10 lovely color-printed woodblock design in a kimono sleeve format. A wonderful collection of these "shinkô" "modern" designs. The..... More
1904. [DESIGN] ISOZAKI Kôsaburo. KINKAN'EN SHINISHÔ YÔHON NEW SAMPLES OF COLORED MATTING - "KIN KAN EN." Okayama, Meiji 37 [1904]. Cord bound Japanese style, title printed on front cover. 34.2 X 22.6 CM. 34 full-page color woodcuts of flat-weave matting designs. The matting is still made today in Okayama from..... More
1906. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. NIHON JOSÔ 7 vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 39 [1906]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title labels. An interesting visual history of women's fashion in traditional Japan. The b+w woodblock prints were supervised by the master himself, Kamisaka Sekka. A good impression..... More
1934. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. UTA-E Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Showa 9 [1934]. 1 volume, 31 x 22 cm, cloth, ribbon bound covers, paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Sekka. As Sekka's last work, it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Koetsu's Saga-bon. (For..... More
1987. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto, Unsodo, Showa 62 [1987]. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. 3 volumes. Doubtless one of the finest design books of all time, this exquisite suite of 60 double page color printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous..... More
1936. [DESIGN] Kanô Shûhô, artist. Ukiyoe Monyô KOSODE HYAKUSEN. [Kyoto, Happodo, Showa 11 {1936}]. 36.7 x 27.2 cm. Though this copy has no colophon or textual material, it consists of 48 of the 50 woodblock printed sheets, each with two designs, so 96 of 100 designs. Each design is identified..... More
1939. [DESIGN] KAWARASAKI Kôtô. IRO CHIGUSA 2 volumes. Unsôdô, Kyôto & Tôkyô, Shôwa 14 [1939]. One of the wonderful design books by Kawarasaki, complete, with a total of 40 pages of color woodblock printed designs, 2 or 3 to a page. A few transfers of images to facing pages and..... More
1935. [DESIGN] Kawarasaki Kôtô. Monyô HANA NO SHIORI. Kyoto, Uchida Bijutsu, Showa 9, 10 [1934,5]. 3 vols., 36.5 x 24.5 cm, orihon folding album in printed paper over board covers, printed paper title labels. Each volume profusely illustrated in lovely, delicately printed color woodblocks, 2 designs per page. Each volume..... More
1901. [DESIGN] KOSUGI Sugimura & YOKOI Tokifuyu, designers. DAI NIHON BIJUTSU ZUFU 4 vols. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 34 [1901]. 4 plate volumes, orihon folding albums illustrated with 154 pages of color woodcut. 25.1 x 18.5 cm Complete as such BUT not including the 4 text volumes. A lovely compendium..... More