ÔE Kenzaburo. A COLLECTION OF (PREDOMINANTLY) EARLY WORKS BY OE KENZABURO, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. TWENTY-ONE FIRST EDITIONS, INCLUDING FOUR SIGNED TITLES: 1. ÔE, Kenzaburo. SHISHA NO OGORI. Tokyo, Bungei Shunjû, 1958, First printing, 8vo. Tan boards in printed dustwrapper. A bit foxed and stained in fine dustwrapper. Ôe's first appearance..... More about COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE FIRST EDITIONS, INCLUDING FOUR SIGNED TITLES
1989. ÔE Kenzaburô. JINSEI NO SHINSEKI. Tokyo: Shinchôsha, 1989. 12mo., 248pp.+ White printed paper over boards. Inscribed by Ôe to Professor Howard Hibbett. Near fine in dustwrapper. With original publisher's band a bit torn but present. [HH]. More about JINSEI NO SHINSEKI
1963. ÔE Kenzaburo. SAKEBIGOE. Tokyo: Kôdansha, 1963. First Printing. 8vo., black cloth, in slipcase with bellyband. The first publication of these short stories in book form. (The title story had appeared the year before in a literary magazine.) A small piece of white paper adhered to rear free endpaper, else..... More about SAKEBIGOE
770. [EARLY PRINTING]. HYAKUMANTÔ DARANI. Turned wooden pagoda shaped container and printed Dharani 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 in the Hyakumantô [One Million Pagodas] was part of a devotional project... More about HYAKUMANTÔ DARANI
11. [EARLY PRINTING] Hôryûji Temple. SURIBOTOKE OF STANDING 11-FACED KANNON, late 12th Early 13th Century. Single sheet woodblock printed "suribotoke" of 3 standing Kannon figures, printed from a hangi woodblock, mounted as a hanging scroll, probably in the late 19th century. Each figure is about 23.2 centimeters tall. Records indicate..... More about SURIBOTOKE OF STANDING 11-FACED KANNON
11. [EARLY PRINTING] Jôruriji Temple. SURIBUTSU OF 100 BUDDHAS. Joruri-ji Temple [c.1100-1110 C.E.] Single sheet woodblock printed "suribotoke" of seated Amida Buddha figures, printed from a hangi woodblock. Approximately 44 x 30 cm at its fullest points. In the early 12th century, an 11th century Yakushi temple outside Nara, named... More about SURIBOTOKE OF 100 BUDDHAS
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 about EASTERN ART
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 about NEW POCKET JAPANESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
1953. ECKSTEIN, Gustav. HOKUSAI. Play in 14 scenes. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1935. First edition. 8vo., black cloth. Illustrated throughout by Hokusai.A very good copy that shows sunning at the spine, ink ownership at ffep. Uncommon. More about HOKUSAI
1981. 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 about GREAT JAPAN EXHIBITION
1981. 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 about GREAT JAPAN EXHIBITION
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 about ETUDE PHONETIQUE DE LA LANGUE JAPONAISE: THESE POUR LE DOCTORAT
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 about GOLDEN LOTUS (Chin P'ing Mei
1888. [EHON - BIRDS & FLOWERS] [Nakayama SUGAKUDÔ]. Shasei SHIJÛ-HACHI TAKA GAJÔ. 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 about Shasei SHIJÛ-HACHI TAKA GAJÔ
19. [EHON - BOTANICAL] Iwasaki Tsunemasa. HONSÔ ZUFU. 25.6 X 17.5 cm. [n.p, n.d. Taisho era, Japan] String-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, 3 volumes from the printed series of 93 volumes (plus a 2 volume index). A small part of Iwasaki's classic work of botanical classification, which was begun in woodcut... More about HONSÔ ZUFU
1916. [EHON - Botanical] Iwasaki Tsunemasa. HONSÔ ZUFU. 25.6 X 17.5 cm. Taisho 5 - Taisho 10 [1916-21]. String-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, with printed paper title labels. Complete in 95 vols. with the 2 volume supplementary index. The classic work of botanical classification created by Iwasaki, (1786-1842) which was abortively... More about HONSÔ ZUFU
1929. [EHON - BOTANICAL] Tanigami KÔNAN, artist. SHÔKEI KABENJÔ San. Kyoto, Unsôdô, Shôwa 4 [1929]. There is a complex series of puns involved with the titling of this work. Suffice it to say that the title describes a collection of designs of flowers and grasses of an unusually large size..... More about SHÔKEI KABENJÔ San
1914. [EHON - Conchology] HIRASE Yoichirô. KAI SENSHU. Kyoto: Unsodo, Taisho 3-11 [1914-22]. 24.8 X 17.8 cm. 4 vols., complete. Printed paper title labels, silk over boards. Orihon folding books of color woodcuts of shells. Each volume contains 20 double page prints. Though the English title would be "One Thousand... More about KAI SENSHÛ
1911. [EHON - Design Book] Yamada Unsôdô, publisher. MOMIJI. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, Meiji 44 [1911]. 26.5 x 19 cm. Orihon, with printed paper covers over boards. Thirty double fold sets of color woodcuts detailing the leaf forms of some 187 different species of Japanese maple. A scarce example of Unsodo's... More about MOMIJI
1970. [EHON - FACSIMILE] KAIGAI IBUN. A strange tale from overseas, or a new account of America compiled by Maekawa Bunzo and Sakai Junzo from the narrative of Hatsutaro, a Japanese castaway. Translated by Richard Zumwinkle, assisted by Tadanobu Kawai. Illustrated by Morizumi Sadateru. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970... More about KAIGAI IBUN
1895. [EHON - FAIRY TALES] BARBATOU, P. CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. 2 volumes in 1. Tokio: MDCCCXCIV. Imprimerie de Tsoukidji-Tokio. (Printer: Kimura Tokutarô; 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 about CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE
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 about FABLES CHOISES DE FLORIAN
1789. [EHON - HORSES] Hirasawa Kyokuzan & Suzuki Fuyô, artist. KAYÔ HISÔ 2vols. Edo, Suharaya Mohei, Kansei 1 [1789]. Ôhon, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 26.0 x 18.5 cm. 2 vols. Original title labels, original covers. Wonderful pictorial treatise on horses, handcolored images of horses in all their habits. Considered an important... More about KAYÔ HISÔ 2vols
1662. [EHON - MILITARY] Hayashi Izumi no Jô. ÔU GUNKI. [Kyôto] Imadegawa, Kanbun 2 [1662]. 4 volumes in 2. 27.6 x 18.1 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original title labels. Geometrically patterned green paper covers. Quite a nice version of this interesting "gunki" military tale of the late Heian period in... More about ÔU GUNKI
[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 about SHUNSHOKU KOI NO SHIKIRI