1888. (BING, S.) ARTISTIC JAPAN: A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. Compiled by S. Bing. London: Sampson Low, (1888)-1891. Folio. Six volumes bound in Five.Three-quarter green cloth over pictorial boards. Stamped and ruled in gilt to spine. All 36 issues of this journal, bound without pictorial covers. With..... More
1891. [BIRDS & FLOWERS] Imao KEINEN. KEINEN KACHÔ GAFU. Haru no bu. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei. Meiji 24 [1891]. 1 volume, approx. 35.5 x 25.1 cm. Stringbound, fukuro-toji, Japanese style. Vol.1 [Spring] only, it has 31 color woodblock prints of birds and flowers, of which 7 are huge double page prints..... More
1891. [BIRDS & FLOWERS] Imao KEINEN. KEINEN KACHÔ GAFU. Natsu no bu. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei. Meiji 24 [1891]. 1 vol., approx. 35.5 x 25.1 cm. Stringbound, fukuro-toji, Japanese style. This is Vol.2 [Summer] and has 32 plates. These original Tanaka Jihei issues (which preceded the Unsodo versions) have become quite..... More
1952. [Chinese Woodcuts, Peking Jung Pao Chai] SHIH CHU CHAI CHIEN P'U Fei An T'i. Peking: Peking Jung Pao Chai,[with the 1952 preface] Set of four volumes (each 31 x 21.3 cm) of the TEN BAMBOO HALL POETRY PAPERS. The TEN BAMBOO HALL POETRY PAPERS, of course, date back to..... More
1931. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] HIRATSUKA Un'ichi, editor. KITSUTSUKI Hangashû 3-go Shizumono. This "Dôjin" magazine was limited to a maximum of 500 copies, though, as it ceased production that year of 1931, it would be hard to credit such a large production of it. Edited by Hiratsuka Un'ichi, as well as..... More
1900. [CREPE PAPER BOOK] FLORENZ, K. Japanische Dramen TERAKOYA u. ASAGAO. Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag (Hasegawa, Yotsuya Hommura, Tokyo, Meiji 33 [1900]) Large format (19.6 X 15.4 cm) creped paper book, illustrated with color woodcuts. This is the "Dritte Auflage". Near fine in a clasped wraparound that shows but the..... More
1933. [DESIGN] FUJII Tatsukichi, designer. SÔSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHÛ. [A Collection of Designs for Dyework] Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado, Showa 8 [1933]. Large portfolio, 41 x 31 cm., decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label, all enclosed in the publisher's folding cardboard outer box. A 4 page..... More
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1934. [DESIGN] Ôzu Dôjin, design group. HIMEKESHI [REISHUN]. Uchida Bijutsu, Kyoto, Showa 9 [1934] ..x.. cm. Orihon in brocade covers with printed paper title label, all in the original publisher's clasped chitsu with title label. There are 32 pages, 16 double page printes in color woodblock of flower and botanical..... More
1875. [EHON] Kawanabe GYÔSAI, Artist. Tsuuzokû ISOPPU MONOGATARI. Tokyo: Watabe. Meiji 5 [1872] 6 volumes. Hanshibon, 22.5 x 15 cm. Blindstamped patterned cream paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The interesting and now increasingly uncommon translation of Aesop's Fables into Japanese from the English version of Thomas James. Illustrated throughout in..... 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
1918. [EMA] Tanaka SHUNJI, editor. EMA KAGAMI Isshû, Nishû. Printed by by Bankadô in Kyôto, Taishô 7 [1918]. Two large tassel-bound volumes of designs and explanatory text regarding the ubiquitous ema tablets used as offerings at shrines. Originally "pictures of horses" "e-ma" were used as a substitute for the horse..... More
2012. ESKENAZI. QING PORCELAIN FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION. London: Eskenazi, 2012. 4to, 106pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt to front and spine. Fine, in fine dustjacket. More
2002. ESKENAZI. TWO RARE CHINESE PORCELAIN FISH JARS OF THE 14TH AND 16TH CENTURIES. London: Eskanazi, 2002. 4to. 51pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt to front and spine. Fine, in fine dustjacket. More
1898. [FUJI] TANAKA Shigetarô 田中茂太郎 SHINSHA FUJI HYAKUZU 真写富士百図 Tôhoku no bu. 東北の部 Tôkyô, Kyoto and Ôsaka. Meiji 31 [1898] Though this group of 24 single page and 8 double page grey scale woodblock images (with occasional light coloring) is subtitled "northest section", there were no later parts. Thus complete. Bound orihon..... More
1830. [HAIKAI] RINRAI Katsurayama. SHIJIMI KAGO-SHU 1 volume, complete. N.p., n.p., Bunsei 13 [1830]. 22.8 x 15.8 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukurô toji. Little is known of the editor of this haiku compilation, Rinrai, other than that he was a haiku poet and monk of the late Edo period who also..... More
1971. HISAMATSU, Shin'ichi. ZEN AND THE FINE ARTS. Palo Alto, CA: Kodansha International Ltd., 1971. First Edition. 4to. 400pp. Blue cloth stamped in silver and gilt to front back and spine. In near fine dustjacket and fine slipcase. More
1800. [KYÔKA] BAIKÔ Hakuensai. KYÔKA SETSUGETSUKA 1 volume, complete. Shioya Saburobei, Osaka, Kansei 12 [1800]. 22.1 x 15.8 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukurô toji. Baikô (1737-1805) was a kyôka poet based in Osaka. His father, Setsuensai Ikkô, was the owner of a bookshop in Osaka and studied kyôka poetry under Nagata..... More
1777. [KYÔKA] BAIKÔ Hakuensai, KÔAMI Hokkyô (artist). E-IRI KYÔKA MITSUNOURA 1 volume, complete. Shioya Saburobei, Osaka, Anei 6 [1777]. 22.5 x 16.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukurô toji. Baikô (1737-1805) was a kyôka poet based in Osaka. His father, Setsuensai Ikkô, was the owner of a bookshop in Osaka and studied..... More
1926. KYOMU SHISÔ-SHA. YOSHIYUKI Eisuke (edited by). KYOMU SHISÔ = Nihilism. 3 volumes, all published. Tôkyô: Kyomu Shisô-sha, Taisho 15 (1926). 21.6 x14.8 cm. Western binding, paper wrappers. Eisuke Yoshiyuki (1906-1940) was a dadaist poet and modernist novelist. Born in Okayama prefecture, in 1922 Yoshiyuki quit high school after being..... More
19. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, editor. A set of Shosō Magazine 書窓, 30 Volumes. c. Tokyo, Showa 10-19 [1935-44] Aoi Shobô. [700cc?]. 8vo. in size, wrappers. 30 volumes in magazine format of this, the premier journal in Japan dedicated to the book arts and graphics of its day, edited by the..... More
1955. SARASHINA Genzo^ ; KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist. HOKKAIDO^ EHON. Sapporo: Sarorun Shobo^, Sho^wa 30 (1955). 21.2 x 15.2 cm. Western-style binding. Sarashina Genzo^ (1904-1985) was a Japanese anarchist, activist, and poet active in the Sho^wa period. Born in Hokkaido^ to first-generation settlers, he attended school in To^kyo^ but dropped out..... More
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Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真, painter. [Large album leaf painting of an oni 鬼]. N.p., n.d. This 19.4 x 30.6cm painting of an oni (鬼) is tipped on a large oblong album leaf 33.1 x 47.5cm with a paper mat surround. The image is painted on tan silk with a tan and..... More
