1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Nishu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their..... More
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Rokushu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their..... More
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Sanshu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their..... More
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Yonshu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their..... More
1903. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Gohen. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 36 [1903]. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.6 x 26.5 cm. This fifth volume of the series A TEXTBOOK OF FREE SKETCHING contains 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant..... More
1903. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Roppen. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 36 [1903]. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.6 x 26.5 cm. This sixth volume of the series A TEXTBOOK OF FREE SKETCHING contains 6 sheets of color woodcut reproducing watercolor sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant..... More
1903. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Yonpen. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 36 [1903]. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.6 x 26.5 cm. This fourth volume of the series A TEXTBOOK OF FREE SKETCHING contains 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant..... More
1928. DUBOIS, Abbe J.A. HINDU MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES. Translated from the author's later French MS. and edited with notes, corrections, and biography by Henry K. Beauchamp. With a prefatory note by the Right Hon. F. Max Muller, and a portrait. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1928. Third edition. Crown 8vo..... More
770. [Early Printing] Hyakumantō Darani 百万塔陀羅尼 [Early Printing] Hyakumantō Darani 百万塔陀羅尼. Turned wooden pagoda shaped container and printed Dharani (Darani 陀羅尼) Buddhist charm placed inside. The pagoda is about 21.0 cm tall and the circular base has a diameter of about 10.3 cm. The printed charm..... More
11. [Early Printing] Hōryūji Temple 法隆寺 Suribotoke of Standing 11-Faced Kannon, late 12th Early 13th Century. [Early Printing] Hōryūji Temple 法隆寺. Suribotoke of Standing 11-Faced Kannon, late 12th Early 13th Century. Single sheet woodblock printed suribotoke 摺仏 of 3 standing Kannon 観音 figures, printed from a hangi..... More
11. [Early Printing] Jōruriji Temple 浄瑠璃寺. Suributsu of 100 Buddhas (Suributsu, also Surimono 摺物・刷物). [Early Printing] Jōruriji Temple 浄瑠璃寺. Jōruriji Temple 浄瑠璃寺 [c.1100-1110 C.E.] Suributsu of 100 Buddhas (Suributsu 摺物, also Surimono 刷物). Single sheet woodblock printed suribotoke 摺仏 of seated Amida Buddha 阿弥陀 figures, printed..... More
1930. (WARNER, Langdon, and JAYNE, Horace, Eds.). EASTERN ART. An Annual. Volume II, 1930. Philadelphia: College Art Assoc., 1930. 4to, 246 pp., with 136 plates, of which 8 are color, tipped-in. Cloth-backed black paper boards, rubbed at edges. One color ill. is creased. Overall very good... More
1896. EASTLAKE, F. W. & N. KANDA. A NEW POCKET JAPANESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. [n.p.] Sanseido [1896]. 904 + [4] pp. 48mo., 3 3/4 inches tall, 1 1/4 inches thick. Red cloth stamped in gilt, blind and black. Light soil to cloth, corners gently bumped. Front and rear hinges have been crudely..... More
FE. (EDO PERIOD). THE GREAT JAPAN EXHIBITION. Art of the Edo Period, 1600-1868. Edited by Professor William Watson. New York: Alpine Fine Arts, (1981). First American edition. 365 pp., fully illustrated in b&w and with 96 pp. color plates. Large 4to, wrappers. Fine... More
FE. (EDO PERIOD). THE GREAT JAPAN EXHIBITION. Art of the Edo Period, 1600-1868. Edited by Professor William Watson. London: Weidenfield & Nicholson, (1981). First British edition. 365 pp., fully illustrated in b&w and with 96 pp. color plates. Large 4to, wrappers. Fine. More
1903. EDWARDS, Ernest Richard. ETUDE PHONETIQUE DE LA LANGUE JAPONAISE: THESE POUR LE DOCTORAT D'UNIVERSITE DE PARIS, PRESENTEE A LA FACULTE DES LETTRES A LA SORBONNE. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1903. 208 pp. 8vo., quarter cloth (black) with gilt spine lettering and marbled paper covered boards. Ink ownership to front..... More
1954. EGERTON, Clement, transl. THE GOLDEN LOTUS. A Translation from the Chinese original of the novel Chin P'ing Mei. New York: Grove Press, (1954). Four vols. First American edition from the British sheets. A complete, though expurgated, version of this anonymous late Ming classic, with some of the more explicit..... More
Eguchi Kiyoshi (Kan) 江口渙 and Kishi Yamaji 貴司山治, editors. Senki 36 Nin Shū 戦旗36人集. Kaizōsha 改造社.Tokyo. Showa 6 昭和2年 [1931]. 19 x 13cm softcover book bound Western style opens Japanese style and has 488 pages of proletariat writing in Japanese text. Edited by novelist Eguchi Kiyoshi 江口渙, later changed to..... More
1888. [EHON - BIRDS & FLOWERS] [Nakayama SUGAKUDO]. Shasei SHIJU-HACHI TAKA GAJO. Tokyo, et al., Hakubunsha, 1888. 35.8 x 23.4 cm. Orihon folding album, in cloth-covered boards with printed paper title label, of 48 color woodcut images of birds and flowers after designs done by Sugakudo, an important student of..... More
1895. [EHON - FAIRY TALES] BARBATOU, P. CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. 2 volumes in 1. Tokio: MDCCCXCIV. Imprimerie de Tsoukidji-Tokio. (Printer: Kimura Tokutaro^; First Series, printed September 20th, published September 30th; Second Series, printed October 10th, published October 20th, Meiji 27 [1894]. Large format plain paper book, bound..... More
1895. [EHON - FAIRY TALES] BARBATOU, P. FABLES CHOISES DE FLORIAN. The first volume only. Paris: Librairie Marpon & Flammarion; (Tokyo: Shueisha) Meiji 28 [1895]. Fukuro toji, cord-bound in printed paper covers. This first volume is 26.6 X 19.8 cm, with 14 full page color woodcuts by Kano Tomonobu and..... More
[EHON - SHUNGA] Anonymous. SHUNSHOKU KOI NO SHIKIRI. N.P. [Tokyo?] N.D. [late Meiji?] Orihon bound in silk brocade with printed paper title label. With ten double-page color woodcuts of couples in the act, as well as a double page illustration of various implements of pleasure by way of prologue and..... More
18. [EHON MANUSCRIPT] SHIJO^ SCHOOL ALBUM. Fukuro-toji style string-bound album, 26.5 x 19.3 cm, consisting of 14 double page and 12 single page color images painted in a skillful Shijo^ manner, apparently a product of the mid-19th century. The majority of the images are of figures, with a significant minority..... More
1861. [Ehon 絵本 - Shijō School Anthology] Tama Hiroi. 玉ひろい, 2 vols. Nukina Kaioku 貫名海屋 (1778-1863); Kawabata Gyokusho 川端玉章 (1842-1913) Shiokawa Bunrin 塩川文麟 (1808-1877） Kyoto: Omiya Matashichi. 1861 [Ehon] Shijō School Anthology. Tama Hiroi 玉ひろい. Kyoto: Omiya Matashichi. 2 vols., string-bound Japanese style, fukurō toji..... More