1850. [EHON] Maruyama Ôkyo, artist. ÔKYO GAFU. Kyôto, Hishiya Magobei, Kaei 3 [1850]. Brocade original covers, and printed title label, 27.5 x 18.5 cm. A large and lovely book based on Ôkyo's works, published here for the first time in 1850. Ôkyo is one of the most important artists of... More about ÔKYO GAFU
1898. [EHON] Matsumura GOSHUN, artist. NIHON MEIGA KAGAMI Tokugawa Jidai. Tokyo: Tôyôdô Branch Shop, Kanda, Meiji 31 [1898]. Stamped in red on the title slip "Goshun-Ôeyama". Large, 25 cm x 18 cm orihon folding album. In embossed stiff creme paper covers. There are 12 double page color printed images. A...... More about NIHON MEIGA KAGAMI Tokugawa Jidai
1892. [EHON] Matsumura KEIBUN. KEIBUN KACHÔ GAFU Zuhen. NP, ND [Aoki Shuzandô, Meiji 25 {1892} c. 1890's] 25.2 x 18.6 cm. Orihon folding album, bound into cloth over board covers, no title label. This is volume two (of two?), consisting of 12 color woodblock prints after bird and flower designs... More about KEIBUN KACHÔ GAFU Zuhen
1920. [EHON] Matsumura KEIBUN, artist. KEIBUN KACHÔ KINKACHÔ Zen. Kyôto, Nagoya, Tôkyô and Ôsaka. Based on the Kinkadô/Unsôdô 1898 Kyôto issue of the 1830 original version, here published by Yamamoto Renzô. Like the original 1830 issue, this has 19 double page plates (the 1898 issue had an extra plate not..... More about KEIBUN KACHÔ KINKACHÔ Zen
18. [EHON] Mikuma Katen, artist. KINSEI KIJIN-DEN, 5 vols. Kyoto, Edo & Osaka. n.d. [1860's?]. String-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, in textured blue-grey covers with printed paper title labels. 40 single page and 2 double page b+w woodcuts, largely depicting the subject matter of the title: TALES OF ECCENTRICS FROM RECENT... More about KINSEI KIJIN-DEN
[EHON] Mori GENKÔSAI [1807-86]. INRÔFU, Ichi no kan, 2 vols. 27.4 x 18.3 cm. No colophon, originally published in 1830,but probably early Meiji era. [Original?] blue grey covers, no title labels. String-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. Rich, detailed and beautiful b+w and color woodblock prints. Genkôsai was a sculptor, painter, designer..... More about INRÔFU, 2 vols
19. [EHON] Mori Shunkei, artist. CHÛKA SENCHU Tokyo & Kyoto: Unsôdô. 20.8 x 27.5 cm. Orihon folding album. Cloth-covered board covers with paper title slip as above. As Kaempfer describes it in his article in ESSAYS ON JAPANESE ART, this is a complex work bibliographically. Initially published in 1820 with..... More about CHÛKA SENCHU
1895. [EHON] Morikawa SÔBUN, artist. MIYAKO MEISHO NIJÛGO-KEI. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 28 [1895]. Orihon in stiff covers with a printed title label, 24.1 x 15.7 cm. 25 double page color woodblock images of scenes in and around Kyoto. Besides the 25 images, there is a two page preface, two... More about MIYAKO MEISHO NIJÛGO-KEI
1846. [EHON] Nakabayashi CHIKUTÔ, artist. YÛSAI GAFU. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, Kôka 3 [1846]. 25.6 x 16.4 cm. Orihon folding album in stiff covers with printed paper title label. Interesting edition of this book of delicately printed designs after Chikuto [1776-1853]. Approved in Tempô 12 for publication, it originally appeared, as... More about YÛSAI GAFU
1910. [EHON] Nakamura Fusetsu, artist. FUSETSU HAIGA. Tokyo: Kôkadô, Meiji 43 [1910]. 2 volumes, 27.9 x 16.4 cm., Green paper covers with printed paper labels, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. In a modern clasped chitsu case. This is the "saihan" printing of April 1910, the same month as the first printing... More about FUSETSU HAIGA
1668. [EHON] NAKAMURA Tekisai. KINMÔ ZU-I 14 vols in 5. Kanbun era date in the preface from 1666. [20 kan of pictures and, {from the first kan} two table of contents volumes.] 27.0 x 19.7 cm, obon in size, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, with early blue covers but without the printed... More about KINMÔ ZU-I
1804. [EHON] Nishimura NANTEI. NANTEI GAFU. Kyoto, Kyowa 4, [1804]. Three volumes, in blue-green covers with printed paper title labels. 25.8 x 18.2 cm. The covers are soiled. Good printing with slight, repaired, worming. Overall a good copy of this classic Shijo work. See Mitchell 432 for a description of... More about NANTEI GAFU
1826. [EHON] Nishimura NANTEI. NANTEI GAFU KÔHEN. Kôto [Kyoto]: Bunchôdô, Zodiacal Bunsei date of 1826. 25.4 x 17.9 cm. Pink covers with a medallion decoration, string bound Japanese style, cover label. Our copy is complete and, for all intents and purposes, identical to the copy catalogued in Mitchell, p.432. [See..... More about NANTEI GAFU KÔHEN Zen
1806. [EHON] NISHIMURA Tomonari. KAKEMONO ZUKAGAMI. NP, Bunka 3 [1806]. 26.6 x 19 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Interesting collection of 19 color printed images of "kakemono" fragrant curative talismans. See the copy at Waseda University for more on this book: http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/wo06/wo06_03147/i ndex.html Our copy is missing the title page which..... More about KAKEMONO ZUKAGAMI
1886. [EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist. KAN'EI GAFU. Osaka: Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 19 [1886]. 28.6 x 18.3 cm. Orihon in brocade covers with 25 double-page color woodcut prints of birds, flowers, etc. Wonderfully well printed, a very early impression, with the brocade covered boards and printed title label. The finest color... More about KAN'EI GAFU
1886. [EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist. KAN'EI GAFU. Osaka: Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 19 [1886]. 28.6 x 18.3 cm. Orihon in brocade covers with 25 double-page color woodcut prints of birds, flowers, etc. Wonderfully well printed, an early impression, with the brocade covered boards and printed title label. See Mitchell 334. Complete:. More about KAN'EI GAFU
1814. [EHON] Niwa KAGEN, artist. FUKUZENSAI GAFU 5 volumes. Tall, slender orihon folding volumes in original brownish yellow covers, with original printed title labels. 28.0 x 15.2 cm. There are a total of 40 delicately printed color double-page woodblock prints. Done with subtlety and much use of bokashi, though a.... More about FUKUZENSAI GAFU
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 about FUKUZENSAI GAFU
187. [EHON] Ôishi MATORA. HARIKAE ANDÔ [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 about HARIKAE ANDÔ
1829. [EHON] Ôishi MATORA. SHINJI ANDÔ Zen Owari: Kôbaien 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 about SHINJI ANDÔ
1833. [EHON] Ôishi MATORA, artist. HYAKUNIN ISSHÛ HITOYO GATARI 9vols. Naniwa [Osaka]: Tsurugaya Kyûbei, Tempô 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 about HYAKUNIN ISSHÛ HITOYO GATARI 9vols
1832. [EHON] Ôishi Matora, artist. SÔGA HYAKUBUTSU. 2 vols. 22.4 x 16 cm, String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. In original blue and white patterned covers, printed paper title label. Osaka: Bunkaido, Tsurugaya Kuhei, Tempo 3 [1832]. [Brown, p.110; Ryerson, 391] The Mitchell copy at p.496 was bound in two volumes, as is... More about SÔGA HYAKUBUTSU
1785. [EHON] OKA Genpô, editor. Tachibana Kunio, artist. MÔSHI HINBUTSU GAKÔ. 7 kan in 3 volumes. Edo, Naniwa, Heian, Temmei 5 [1785]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. Stering-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original blindstamped blue paper covers, no title labels. Slight worming, else very good in very good impression. Lovely set of b+w... More about MÔSHI HINBUTSU GAKÔ. 7 kan in 3 volumes
1829. [EHON] Ônishi 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, (replacement?) blue paper covers with blindprinted geometric patterning. The title slip is missing as well, but otherwise this copy collates identically with the... More about EHON AZUMA NO TEBURI
1829. [EHON] Ônishi 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 about EHON AZUMA NO TEBURI