1907. [EHON] SHIBATA ZESHIN, artist. Zeshin Iboku TAIRYÛKYO GAFU. 25.7 x 18.2 cm. Tôkyô, 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
1861. [EHON] Shijo^ School Anthology. TAMA HIROI. Kyoto: Omiya Matashichi. 2 vols., String-bound Japanese style [fukuro^ toji], 25.7 x 16.8 cm. Identical to Mitchell's "Example A", the Omiya issue in two volumes, complete, save that the "5th preface" is not included present. All the prints, poems, finals, etc. are the..... 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 kyôkabon and haikai..... More
1802. [EHON] Shikitei Samba, author & Utagawa Toyokuni,. EHON IMAYO SUGATA 2 vols. Tôto, Izumiya Ichibei, Kyôwa 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
1514. [Ehon] Sin, Yong-gae. SOK SAMGANG HAENGSILTO Preface from 1514. Though a later impression, Korean volumes of this age and importance are seldom found. The Hangul gloss in the top margin is somewhat trimmed but the Hanja characters are complete. This Sok Samgang Haengsilto ('Continued Illustrated Exemplars of the Three..... 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
1864. [EHON] Suzuki Fuyô, artist. HI KANGEN SANSUI GASHIKI 3 vols. Edo, Kyôto & Ôsaka, Genji Gannen [1864]. Suwaraya môhei, 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
1854. [EHON] TAGAWA Shundo, edit. & KURATA Togaku, artist. GAIBAN YÔBÔ 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
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1790. [EHON] Takai Ranzan, editor. TÔSHISEN EHON [T'ANG POETRY] Complete 35 volume set. Edo, originally published from the Temmei into the Tempo era [1790s to 1830s]. In 7 sets of 5 volumes each. Though all the sets are profusely illustrated, the most famous and sought after are the two 5..... More
1880. [EHON] Takai Taiun. SANSUI GATEKI. 2 Vols., Tokyo, Meiji 13. 2 small, 19 x 12.5 cm volumes, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji. Unpaginated, with title page and colophon. Each volume with 20 sealed black and white woodcuts with sumi shading. These small landscapes in the Nanga style are delicately..... More
1910. [EHON] Takeuchi Seiho, artist. SEIHÔ-GA HAKU HITSU JÛNISHI JO. n.p., n.p., n.d. [Kyoto & Tokyo: Yamada Unsodo, c. 1910-1912] 37.4 x 25.5 cm Orihon folding album of 12 full page color woodblocks. In stiff paper over board covers with a printed paper title label. A clean copy in which..... More
1812. [EHON] Tani BUNCHÔ, artist. NIHON MEISAN ZUE 3 vols. Kyoto, Osaka, Edo, [1812]. String-bound, fukuro-toji, original printed paper title labels, b+w woodblock depictions of the "Famous Mountains of Japan." A work justly famed for its accurate representation of the mountains in question. According to Mitchell, this is the third..... More
1812. [EHON] Tani BUNCHÔ, artist. NIHON MEISAN ZUE 3 vols. Edo, [n.d, after 1812]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, fukuro-toji, original printed paper title labels, original blindstamped, mountain-patterned covers. B+W woodblock depictions of the "Famous Mountains of Japan." A work justly famed for its accurate representation of the mountains in..... More
1816. [EHON] Tani BUNCHÔ, artist. SHAZANRÔ GAHON. Edo; Izumiya Tojiro, Bunka 14 [1817]. Original grey/brown embossed covers, worn printed paper title label. 27.4 X 18.7 cm. Seems to follow (with minor differences) the collation of the 1817 edition, which Mitchell had in his collection. He did not see the 1816..... More
1824. [EHON] Nagayama KÔIN, artist. Tani SEIKÔ, printer. NAMPO-JÔ. N.P., N.D., [Osaka, Bunsei 7 {1824}]. 25.4 x 18 cm. This copy, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, has the original printed title label. Almost certainly a later impression of a book which first appeared under the title SEIKÔ JÔ, it is a memorial..... More
1923. [EHON] Tanigami KÔNAN, artist. SHÔKEI KABENJÔ Ichi. Kyoto, Unsodo, Taisho 12 [1923]. 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. They are..... More
19. [EHON] Taniguchi Gesso, artist. HAIKAI HYAKU GASAN 2 vols. 26.6 x 19.5 cm. Ribbon-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, Decorated paper covers, printed paper title labels. Nicely printed in sumi and colors,after designs by Gesso (1774-1865) with 100 lovely little Shijo style vignettes as counterpoint to a series of haikai and 3..... More
1816. [EHON] Taniguchi Gessô, artist. HAIKAI HYAKU GASAN 2 vols. Kyoto and Wakayama, Bunka 13 [1816]. 26.5 x 19.0 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Without a title label, (replaced?) covers. See the example cataloged at Mitchell p. 279-8. B+W and sumi shading blocks employed to print the haiga images, along with..... More
1890. [EHON] TANOMURA Chokunyû, editor and artist. KYÛKO SANSEN 2 vols. Osaka, Meiji 23 [1890]. 2 vols. Original covers, chitsu and printed paper title labels. Includes prefatory material inscribing calligraphy by such famous artists as Tomioka Tessai, among others. Tanomura Chokunyu, the heir of Tanomura Chikuden, was a master in..... More
187. [EHON] Tatebayashi KAGEI. KÔRIN MANGA, Zen. [NAGOYA], Tôhekidô [Eirakuya Tôshiro]. 22.8 x 15.8 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Sumi, b+w woodblock illustrations throughout, in the spirit of Ôgata Kôrin. This modest but lovely Rimpa work first appeared in 1817. This is a reprint, done by the house of Tôhekidô, with..... More
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1766. [EHON] Tsukioka Settei. EHON SAGASHIGUSA [ONNA BUYÛ YOSO-OI KURABE]. Edo: Suharaya Mohei & Osaka: Ono Kihei, Meiwa 3 [1766]. 3 vols in one, string-bound Japanese-style in later covers with brushed title label. 26.8 X 18.4 cm, appears to be complete as gappon. Settei here signs himself Tsukioka Masanobu. One..... More
1766. [EHON] Tsukioka Settei (1710-86). ONNA BUYÛ YOSO-OI KURABE. Edo: Suharaya Mohei & Osaka: Onogi Ichibei, Meiwa 3 [1766]. Three volumes, string-bound Japanese-style in worn original covers with brushed titles. 26.8x18 cm. Complete. This copy bears the alternative title: EHON SAGASHIGUSA. Settei here signs himself Tsukioka Masanobu. One of the..... More
1552. [EHON] Tsukioka Tange [SETTEI], artist. EHON TATSUTA-YAMA. Ôsaka & Edo, Hôreki 3 [1753]. According to the British Museum, the TATSUTAYAMA is Settei's earliest dated work of book illustration. His ladies are graceful and supple though a bit less willowy than Harunobu's, his line delicate and composition effective. Settei's works..... More
1840. [EHON] TSURUNOYA Osamaru, editor. KYÔKA KANYÛSHÛ. [Tempô 11 {1840}] Ôsaka, carved by Shihosan Kiyû. A compilation of comical tanka, with illustratons in stunning colors by Kitagawa Horonobu and Matsukawa Hanzan (1815-1882). While little is known about the former artist, Matsukawa Hanzan is known to have studied art under ukiyo-e..... More