1815. [EHON] Niwa KAGEN, artist. FUKUZENSAI GAFU 5 volumes. Tall, slender orihon folding volumes in original brownish yellow covers, with original printed title labels. 26.6 x 14.6 cm. There are a total of 40 delicately printed color double-page woodblock prints. See Mitchell at pp. 255-6. The FUKUZENSAI GAFU is an..... More
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1830. [EHON] Ôkubo SHIBUTSU, editor. [Shibutsu Rôjin jô ITSUMEI] SHOGACHÔ [Bunsei Nenkan Eto Shika.] [Edo, Tempô 1 {1830} 24.3 x 16.8 cm. Orihon folding album mottled light blue covers (probably the same covers as the Mitchell copy at page 481) Hillier was quite taken with this book, illustrating it in..... More
1834. [EHON] Ônishi CHINNEN, artist. SÔNAN GAFU. Edo, Kobayashi Shimbei, Osakaya Genbei, Tempo 5 [1834]. 27.1 x 18.5 cm. Worn original blue-green round vegetal patterns on yellow covers. Worn title label. Identical to the Mitchell copy at p. 500. Cover soiling, very good overall condition. The lovely colors and impressions..... More
1834. [EHON] Onishi CHINNEN, artist. SO^NAN GAFU. Edo, Tempo^ 5 [1834]. 25.7 x 18.6 cm Yellow covers with karazuri ripple pattern. Printed paper title label. Covers differ, but the contents and colophon are otherwise identical to the Mitchell copy at p. 500. It should be noted that the colors of..... More
1761. [EHON] Ôoka Shumboku. Wakan Meihitsu GAHIN 3 volumes. Ôsaka and Edo, Hôreki 11 [1761]. 26.3 x 18.2 cm. Original covers and worn printed paper title labels. A collection of images in black and white woodcut that capture the important influence of Chinese tradition on Japanese aesthetics. A good printing..... More
187. [EHON] Oishi MATORA. HARIKAE ANDO [Owari: Eirakuya Toshiro, n.d. {c.1870s}] 22.7 x 15.7, fukuro toji, string-bound Japanese style. 23 sheets of colored woodblock illustrations, many double-page in format. A gappon, 2 volume in one edition of the SOGA HYAKUBUTSU, which originally appeared in 1832. Printed in color throughout, in..... More
1829. [EHON] O^ishi MATORA. SHINJI ANDO^ Zen Owari: Ko^baien n.d. [The preface is dated 1829]. 22.6 x 15.6 cm, fukuro toji, string-bound Japanese style. 22 sheets of black and white woodblock illustrations, most double-page in format. With an interesting combination of issue points compared to the Forrer "first" and later"..... More
1833. [EHON] O^ishi MATORA, artist. HYAKUNIN ISSHU^ HITOYO GATARI 9vols. Naniwa [Osaka]: Tsurugaya Kyu^bei, Tempo^ 4 [1833] The text is by Ozaki Masayoshi. Figured blue and white covers, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Printed paper title labels. Mitchell 305-6. Very good condition, fair to good impressions, throughout. Complete. More
1829. [EHON] Onishi Chinnen, artist. EHON AZUMA NO TEBURI. Edo: Kobayashi Shimbei & Osakaya Gembei, Bunsei 12 [1829]. 27.8 x 18.6 cm, string bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, Blue paper covers with blindprinted "creped" patterning. The title slip and title page are present. This copy collates identically with the copy in..... More
[EHON] Ooka Shumboku, artist. MINCHO SHIKEN. Kyo^to, Hishiya Magobei. 3 vols., 27.6 x 17.7 cm., string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. Cream paper covers with printed paper title labels. A reprint of the rare MINCHO SEIDO GAEN of 1746. This edition is almost certainly later than the original Hishiya Magobei edition of..... More
1912. [EHON] Ota Saburo, artist. ASA GIRI Tokyo, Meiji 45 [1912]. 2 volumes, string-bound Japanese style, 19.1 x 13 cm. Each volume contains 35 color prints with a facing page of text. The prints appear to be a hybrid of lithography and color woodcut. [See Hillier's discussion of the book..... More
1912. [EHON] O^ta Saburo^, artist. ASA GIRI Tokyo, Meiji 45 [1912]. 2 volumes, string-bound Japanese style, 19.1 x 13 cm. Each volume contains 35 color prints with a facing page of text. The prints appear to be a hybrid of lithography and color woodcut. [See Hillier's discussion of the book..... More
1912. [EHON] O^ta Saburo^, artist. ASA GIRI Tokyo, Meiji 45 [1912]. 2 volumes, string-bound Japanese style, 19.1 x 13 cm. Each volume contains 35 color prints with a facing page of text. The prints appear to be a hybrid of lithography and color woodcut. [See Hillier's discussion of the book..... More
[EHON] Saito Shuho, artist. KAKUCHU ENPU. N.P.,N.D. Orihon, 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches, in worn green silk covers with the original title label. 12 double page images from Shuho's masterpiece of humor, his kyoka anthology KISHI ENPU, are here reproduced from the original 3 volume set published in 1803..... More
[EHON] Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) O^SON GAFU, N.P., N.D. one volume, replaced white covers, no colophon. The preface is complete but out of order. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 25.5 x 18.0. A landmark of Rimpa school ehon. For more on this book see Mitchell p.443, Hillier pp.661-665. Probably not a copy of..... More
1907. [EHON] SHIBATA ZESHIN, artist. Zeshin Iboku TAIRYU^KYO GAFU. 25.7 x 18.2 cm. To^kyo^, Meiji 40 [1907]. Folding orihon album, in the original covers with a printed paper title label. 12 double page color woodblock prints based on designs by Zeshin, the noted painter and lacquer artist, who had died..... More
1827. [EHON] Shikatsubeno Magao, et al. HAIKAIKA MITSUDOMOE. 23.3 x 17.1 cm. Backed orihon album format. Original covers and title label. Privately printed, the preface is dated Bunsei 10 [1827] The artist who designed the three color prints is Takashima Chiharu, known for his artistic contributions to kyo^kabon and haikai..... More
1802. [EHON] Shikitei Samba, author & Utagawa Toyokuni,. EHON IMAYO SUGATA 2 vols. To^to, Izumiya Ichibei, Kyo^wa 2 [1802]. 21.6 x 15.5 cm. One of the finest and most famous collaborative efforts from the turn of the 19th century. The wonderful comic author Samba here provides the text for Toyokuni..... More
1835. [EHON] SHIOJI YOSHIAKI [YABU KAKUDÔ] artist. KAKUDÔ GAFU. A lovely printing of this wonderful album of color woodblock images in the Maruyama-Shijô idiom. 25.7 x 18.6 cm. This is the 1835 edition (Tempô 6), as at Mitchell 330, but with only 7 of the original 25 double fold prints..... More
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1779. [EHON] SÔ SHISEKI, artist. [KOKON] GASÛ KÔHASSHU SHITAIFU. [An'ei 8 - 1779]. Perhaps the scarcest and finest of all Sô Shiseki's works, this final sequel to the series was published in 8 volumes in Edo and Kyôto. This copy is a later printing, with the date removed from the..... More
1809. [EHON] Suzuki Fuyô, artist. GAZU SUIFUYÔ 3 volumes. Edo, Bunka 6 [1809] 26.6 x 18.2 cm, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Appears identical to the copy at Mitchell 264-5. There is a copy in the British Museum and a handful in Japan. Illustrated throughout in fresh sumi-e impressions of Nanga style..... More
1864. [EHON] Suzuki Fuyo^, artist. HI KANGEN SANSUI GASHIKI 3 vols. Edo, Kyo^to & O^saka, Genji Gannen [1864]. Suwaraya mo^hei, et al. Blue-grey blind-patterned covers with printed paper title labels, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 24.9 x 17.5 cm. The original edition of this interesting book was published by the same publisher..... More
1806. [EHON] Tachibana YASUKUNI. EHON NOYAMA GUSA. 5 vols. bound in one [gappon], Bunka 3 [1806]] Osaka. Yanagihara Kihei. 22.0 x 15.9 cm. Original covers and title label, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Delicate and lovely botanical prints throughout. Surprisingly unusual work complete, though this is a reprint done after the original..... More
1855. [EHON] TAGAWA Harumichi 田川 春道, edit. & KURATA Tôgaku 倉田 東岳, artist. GAIBAN YÔBÔ ZUGA. 外蕃容貌図画 Tôto [Edo] Ansei 2 [1855]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, with original covers and printed title labels, 2 vols., complete. 18.2 X 25.2 cm. One double-page woodcut color printed hemispherical map of the world, and..... More
1854. [EHON] TAGAWA Shundo, edit. & KURATA Togaku, artist. GAIBAN YOBO ZUGA. [Edo], Toshundo Rojin, Kaei 7 [1854]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, with period [replaced] covers and no title labels, 2 vols., complete. 15.0 X 18.1 cm. The original edition. One double page woodcut color printed hemispherical map of the world..... More