1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12, #2. Tokyo, February 1933. 26.0 x 18.7 cm There are 32 color pages on heavy paper with work by such artists as Takei himself, Maeshima Tomo, Kawakami Shiro^, Kumatani Motoichi, and many others. There is also a 20 page flimsy..... More
1956. [ADACHI INSTITUTE]. SELECTED MASTERPIECES OF UKIYO-E PRINTS. Meiji Shobo^, 1956. Edited by Kondo Ichitaro^. A large tied navy blue cloth porfolio of 22 (of 24) facsimile woodcuts, recut and reprinted by hand at the Adachi Institute. Printed paper title label. With a laid-in 36 page English language text volume..... More
1871. ADAMS, F. O. [Francis Ottiwell]. THIRD REPORT BY MR. ADAMS ON SILK CULTURE IN JAPAN, DATED AUGUST 10, 1870. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1871. At the head of t.p. is printed "JAPAN. No. 1 (1871)" and..... More
1911. ADAMS, I. William. YODOGIMA IN FEUDALISTIC JAPAN. New York: The Mikilosch Press, 1911. 302 pp., 12mo., red cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt. With a 1" x 1" spot at the top of the spine where the dye and gilt have largely leached from the cloth, else very..... More
1930. (ADVERTISEMENT). KAMAKURA KAIHAN HOTEL. Kamakura, Japan. (Tokyo: Inatsu Co.), [N.D., circa 1930]. A single accordian-folded sheet, whose folded size measures 7 1/2 by 3 1/2 (19.2 x 8.9 cm.), with photo illustrations of the hotel and surrounding attractions; the final panel is a map which shows railway and tram..... More
[ADVERTISING - 20TH CENTURY MATCHBOX COVERS]. [Rinpyō 燐票]. A COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1300 MATCHBOX COVERS, LABELS AND ADVERTISING CARDS DEPICTING A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS, BUSINESSES, AND PASTIMES. A collection of carefully preserved matchbox covers, labels and advertising cards tipped-in to 2 commercially manufactured scrapbook albums. The albums are bound in..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 1. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Do^mon..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 6. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 8. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 9. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. The issues..... More
1939. [ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN]. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16, number 9. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 14 [1939]. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon..... More
[ADVERTISING] SUZUKI Nagai, editor. Shiroto ni mo Kantan ni mo dekiru KAKUSHU KANBAN SOSHOKU NO TSUKURIKATA PRACTICAL METHODS OF BUILDING UP VARIOUS SIGNS AND DISPLAYS. Tokyo: Seibundo Shinkosha, Showa 13 [1938]. Oblong printed wrappers. 18.8 x 26 pp. 32pp+. Sign design for the amateur. Good condition. More
1881. [AGRICULTURE] Miyazaki Ryujo. Koeki NOKO ZENSHO 5 vols. Tokyo, n.d.[1881]. Bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers and title labels. 22.7 x 15.5 cm. An extensive guide to the practice of agriculture in the early modern era of Meiji Japan. Largely text, but illustrated throughout in woodcut, some of which in..... More
1818. Aikawa MINWA 合川珉和, artist... 『光琳画式』 KŌRIN GASHIKI Zen. Ōsaka & Kyôto, Bunka 15 [1818]...26.1 x 18.5 cm. A wonderful compilation of Rimpa-inspired designs was created by Minwa, a very talented artist of the time who was capable of almost any style. Here he has created a wonderful compendium of..... More
1964. [AINU] HATTORI Shiro, editor. AINUGO HO^GEN JITEN. Tokyo, Iwanami Shoten, 1964. Large 8vo., dark green cloth, 556+ pp. Important dialect dictionary of the Ainu language. Written in Japanese. About in publisher's slipcase. More
1916. AKIYAMA, Aisaburo. BRIEF HISTORY OF PICTORIAL JAPAN. Tokyo: A. Akiyama, 1916. 81 + 2 pp. 8vo., brown patterened cloth covered boards, bound with two leather thongs. Ink gift inscription to front flyleaf dated 1918. Light wear/fraying to spine, cloth chipped at spine 1/2 inch at crown. Bound Japanese (accordion)..... More
1964. AKIYAMA, Aisaburo. A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF JAPAN AND CHINA. New York: Paragon Book Reprint Company, 1964. Second edition. 12mo, stiff brown wrappers; 42pp. Fine. More
1969. Akiyama, Terukazu; Soper, Alexander (translator) Arts of China: Buddhist Cave Temples. Kodansha America, NY, 1969. Fine folio buckram, very good dustwrapper. More
1978. ALBERY, Nobuko. BALLOON TOP. A novel of growing up in Japan. New York: Pantheon, (1978). First American edition. 8vo, tan cloth; 255pp. Ink inscription. Fine, in a lightly soiled jacket. More
1928. ALTHAUS, Paul, & R. T. Gribble. MYSTIC LYRICS FROM THE INDIAN MIDDLE AGES. A Free Transcription by Paul Althaus. Rendered into English by R. T. Gribble. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1928). First edition of this English language version based upon the free transcription by Althaus. Small octavo..... More
1926. AMANUMA Shun'ichi. INDO BIJUTSU SHASHINSHU^. Nara, Taisho^ 15 [1926]. Two plate volumes, but lacking the explanatory booklet. Illustrated with 233 (of 240) photographs of archaeological sites throughout the Indian cultural sphere showing Buddhist and Mughal architecture, architectural details, sculptures, and - to a lesser extent - painted and tile..... More
1919. [METZGAR, Judson D.] AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. RARE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. JUDSON D. METZGAR. New York: American Art Galleries, 1919. Unpaginated (text + b/w plates). 8vo., tan wrappers printed in black. Moderate soil to wrappers, a few small chips to front wrapper not affecting text..... More
1919. [METZGAR, Judson D.] AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. RARE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. JUDSON D. METZGAR. New York: American Art Galleries, 1919. Unpaginated (text + b/w plates). 8vo., tan wrappers printed in black. Moderate soil to wrappers, a few small chips to rear wrapper not affecting text..... More
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1953. Tanaka Kichinosuke 田中吉之介 and Nakamura Rokunosuke 中村六之介, et al artists. Haru no Ryūkō 春の流行 [Designs for Spring or Spring Trends]. [n.p.]. 1953. 21 sheets of stiff board, 10½ x 15 in., with color-printed designs on textured paper for kimono fabric laid down, with a glassine guard attached to each..... More
1795. ANDERSON, Aeneas. A NARRATIVE OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA, IN THE YEARS 1792, 1793, AND 1794; CONTAINING THE VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EMBASSY, WITH ACCOUNTS OF CUSTOMS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE; AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, TOWNS, CITIES, &C. &C. London: Printed for J. Debrett...1795. [a2..... More