Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 15: My Lord Bag-O’-Rice [Ōdō 王堂]. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎. B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15 x 9.9cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. [9] cho with decorated wrappers..... More

1903. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 25. Chin Chin Kobakama. Lafcadio Hearn, translator.T. Hasegawa (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎), publisher. Meiji 36 [1903]. 19.2 x 13.9cm crepe paper book, stab-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. [10] cho, including introductory notes by the translator. Colophon in Japanese on the inside rear wrapper with the date..... More

190. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 6: The Mouse’s Wedding [Nezumi no Yomeiri] [crepe paper book]. Tokyo: Hasegawa Publishing. C. 1902 - 1911. [David Thompson] ダビッドタムソン. 15.2 x 10.3cm crepe paper book (chirimen bon 縮緬本) bound Japanese style fukuro toji and secured with ties in two stab holes. The colophon..... More

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 9: The Serpent with Eight Heads (Yamata No Orochi 八頭ノ大蛇) . B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha, publisher (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher) . Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book opens Western style and has decorated wrappers..... More

1919. Kamigata Shumi 上方趣味 [2 hand fans on front wrapper]. 夏の巻 Natsu no Maki [Summer edition]. 大正 Taishō 8 [1919].15.5 x 10.7cm bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with decorated front wrapper of 2 hand fans. 28 cho with index, ads, and information and articles on things to do and see in..... More

1937. Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #8 第八號. Showa 12 [1937]. 昭和十二年. Tokyo. Tokyosha.　第十六巻. 25 x 25.5cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana. This special issue focuses on “Our Rivers,” exploring the theme through..... More

Kyō no 100 Ninten 今日の100人展 [100 Contemporary Artists]. Mainichi Shinbunsha 毎日新聞社, publisher. 1971. 24 x 25cm art catalog with over 100 black and white photographic images and Japanese text. Two red free endpapers in both the front and the rear. Bio of each artist in Japanese text under the photo..... More

193. [Matchbox and Matchbook Labels - rinpyō 燐票 album] 16 x 23cm flocked fabric-covered scrapbook of matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) opens Japanese style. 2 hole binding with thin black rope ties. Gold star decoration and Japanese text printed in gold on front board. Over 400 labels, approx..... More

Mizue みづゑ, No. 754 [periodical] Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo November, 1967 29.5 x 22.5cm magazine opens western style with glossy wrappers decorated with a reproduced artwork in fuschia and orange on the front cover and a Pam Am advertisement with an image of San Francisco on the rear. 88..... More

19. Ōsaka Jyō Hakkei 大阪城八景 [8 Views of Osaka Castle] [Woodblock Album]. Oblong orihon folio 25 x 35 cm, in stiff silk-covered boards with a printed paper title label. Interspersed with Japanese text is a group of interesting original color woodcuts depicting traditional views of Osaka Castle during the..... More

Pikaso Sobyōshū ピカソ素描集 [Picasso Drawing Collection] - Atelier Magazine 13 #7 アトリエ 第十三巻 第七号 (with purple dust jacket). Tokyo. Atelier Shahan アトリエ社版. June, Showa 11, 1936. 26 x 19cm Atelier magazine with purple dust covers with a reproduced black and white drawing of a partial profile. Beige front wrappers with..... More

The Silly Jelly-Fish [Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 13]. [Kawabata Gyokusho 川端玉章, illustrator]. B.H. Chamberlain, translator. Hasegawa, publisher. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15 x 9.9cm small crepe paper book opens Western style with decorated front and rear wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing..... More

Tongue Cut Sparrow [Shitakiri Suzume [舌切り雀]] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. [Tokyo]. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. Colophon on inside front wrapper. [10]..... More