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
1943. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist. SHINDERERA SHUSSE EBANASHI' Tokyo, Showa 18 [1943]. Small, 21.2 x 15 cm., brightly colored and charming version of Cinderella, printed privately for Kawakami in color woodblock as number 88 of ad edition of 200 copies. String-bound Japanes-style, fukuro-toji, enclode in the original printed..... More
1934. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Kuriyama Shigeru, editor. HIHAKU Dai-ikkan, Dai-ichigo. Shizuoka, Showa 9 [1934]. Bound Western style in block printed wrappers. 28.7 x 21.5 cm. Contains 12 hand-printed images by such masters of the modern Japanese print as Maekawa Sempan, Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Fujimori Shizuo, Yamaguchi Susumu, Kawakami Sumio, etc., etc...... More
[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Matsuzaki U-ichi. Untitled "EIGHT VIEWS OF NAGASAKI" 8 oblong ôban size prints, tipped onto sheets and overlain by English and Japanese bilingual descriptions of the scenes depicted. The sheets are 30.5 x 38.2 cm. Matsuzaki [1895-1972] did these prints in the early 1950s. He had attended Tôkyô..... More
1978. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] SARASHINA Genzô, poet & KAWAKAMI Sumio, printmaker. KAPPA-DÔ. Tôkyô, Sancha-shobô. Shôwa 53 [1978]. #188 of 200 copies. Bound western-style, printed on Japanese paper, 25.3 x 17.3 cm., with printed washi paper dustwrapper and the original printed box. Lovely poetry book, illustrated with 12 color woodblock prints..... More
1970. [Creative Prints] SHINOHARA Cao, artist. HISHÔ NO SHINTAN. Shôwa 45 [1970] A small (7.5 x 7.5 cm) western style square book bound in white leather. Illustrated through in tiny engravings, some colored, signed by Shinohara, numbered 83 of 100 copies. In a lovely little leather slipcase and wraparond paper..... More
[CREATIVE PRINTS] WATARAI Jun'suke, artist. KOROPOKKURU NO SHI. a little (9.8 x 7.4 cm) leather wraparound box, gold embossed with 13 copperengravings inside, illustrating a text of [POEMS OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE], the little people being humanculi of Ainu legend who "take their ease under the trees" of the great..... More
1891. [Crepe Paper Book] THE RAT'S PLAINT. Tokyo: Published by T. Hasegawa, 10, Hiyoshi-cho, Meiji 24 [1891]. An oblong volume, 15.5 x 18.9 cm, bound with two ribbon ties. [32] pp., including covers. This color woodblock-printed fairy tale out of China, translated by Archibald Little, is one of the scarcer..... More
[CREPE PAPER BOOK]. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. Hasegawa: 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo; 1895. Larger format, 20.0 x 15.2 cm creped paper tied book with color woodcuts on the cover and throughout. The text consists of captions only to the five double page and three single page illustrations. Very lovely and..... More
1887. [CREPE PAPER BOOKS] Kate James. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No.14 THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE T.Hasegawa: #2 Minami Saegi-chô Tokyo, Meiji 20 [1887], Early printing. Small format, 15 x 9.8 cm, creped paper fairy tale, trimmed all around. A bit of damage to the foredge and the front cover..... More
1892. [Crepe Paper Book] Bostwick, Lt. F. M. KOHANASAN. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokio: T. Hasegawa Meiji 25 [1892]. 1st edition. 19.4 x 16.6 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. The original printed covers are a bit worn and soiled with a nick on the top edge. One of the more unusual..... More
1893. Bostwick, Lt. F. M. Oyuchasan [Crepe Paper Book]. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo: Hasegawa (Kelly & Walsh: Yokohama). Meiji 26 [1893]. 18.4 x 16.1 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. With a "List of Books" in the back, as well as a list of the 20 fairy tale series volumes and..... 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
1909. [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura Shotaro & Peake, Charlotte M. A., transl. SWORD AND BLOSSOM POEMS. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, (2nd printing, 1909) Covers are creped paper over padded boards, though the contents are plain paper. Slightly faded and soiled, with a pictorial card tipped on to the t.p. and an..... More
1907. [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura Shotaro & Peake, Charlotte M. A., translators. SWORD AND BLOSSOM POEMS FROM THE JAPANESE. Volumes I II III. Tokyo, 38 Yotsuya Hommura: T. Hasegawa, Meiji 41 [1908] Printed by Kaneko Tokujiro. 18.1 x 12.3 cm. Volume one is a second printing from 1909 after the..... More
1891. Mae Stjohn-Bramhall. Japanese Jingles [Crepe Paper Book]. Tokyo:Hasegawa. Meiji 24 [1891]. 17.1 x 13 cm creped version of this, the first edition, much different and scarcer than the "Second Edition" that appeared the following year. Internally very clean and bright, but the covers are faded and have a few..... More
1973. LP. Crossman, Carl L. THE CHINA TRADE. Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver & Other Objects. Princeton: Pyne Press, (1973). Second printing. XII + 273 pp., 217 illustrations, 40 in color. Large 4to. A fine copy in the dust jacket with a short tear. More
1902. [CUSTOMS] HIRADE Kôjirô, author. TÔKYÔ FÛZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tôkyô, Meiji 35 [1902]. Tassel-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with b+w wood engravings and what appears to be the occasional copper engraving, along with a very few color woodblock..... More
1978. DAILEY, Merlin. MASTER PRINTS 5: FINE JAPANESE PRINTS AT KENNEDY GALLERIES. October 12-November 11, 1978. New Yrok: Kennedy Galleries, 1978. 4to., wrappers. Mostly black and white illustrations. Near fine. More
1969. DANIELS, F.J. BASIC ENGLISH WRITERS' JAPANESE-ENGLISH WORDBOOK. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1969. 8vo, viii + 699 pp., green cloth. Fine, in dust jacket and card slipcase. More
1928. DAYE, Pierre. LE JAPON ET SON DESTIN. Paris: Perrin et Cie., 1928. 8vo., illustrated white paper wraps lettered in red and black. A very good copy that shows light soiling to the wraps and slight chipping at the spine ends. More
DE BECKER, J. E. THE NIGHTLESS CITY OR THE HISTORY OF THE YOSHIWARA YUKWAKU.Yokohama: Max Nossler & Co.,/London: Probsthain & Co. [n.d. ca. 1903] xvi pp. + 2 folding plates +386 pp. 8vo., red cloth stamped in darker red, white and gilt. Corners bumped, moderate shelfwear to spine. Small closed..... More
1941. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. GEORGE BRANDT. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, (1941). Octavo. [iv],9-178 pp. In a worn publisher's binding of orange cloth with gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. The book is sunned at spine, showing general light soiling overall, and the bottom fore-corner of the upper..... More
19. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. NEW ZEALAND VIEWS. [No place, no date, perhaps circa 1900-1910.] Slim Octavo. 53 pp. Bound in plain green cloth with only the title and author's name gilt-stamped on the upper board. The spine shows light wear at ends and is splitting near the center. This..... More
1910. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. SAITÔ MUSASHI-BÔ BENKEI. (Tales of the Wars of the Gempei) Being the Story of the Lives and Adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kurô Yoshitsune and Saitô Musashi-bô Benkei the Warrior Monk. Volume II. Yokohama: Published by the author, 1910. First edition of volume two (of two)..... More