Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 11: The Hare of Inaba (Inaba no Shiro Usagi 因幡の白兎). Mrs. T. H. James, translator. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 19 (1886). 18.2x12.3cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [7] cho with decorated wrappers. Illustrated with original woodblock prints..... More
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]. 18 x 12.3cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [9] cho with decorated wrappers in color, story end on inside rear wrapper. Front wrapper..... More
![Item #90874 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 6: The Mouse’s Wedding [Nezumi no Yomeiri] [crepe...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90874_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633795846)
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. 7: The Old Man and the Devils 瘤取 [Kobutori]. [Doctor Hepburn]ドクトルヘボン, translator. Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 18.2 x 12.2cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [9] cho with decorated wrappers in color, story ends on inside rear wrapper. Colophon in Japanese on..... 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-cho^ 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
1885. [JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES] Kobunsha. THE FIRST 13 VOLUMES OF THE JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES. This set of the series was published by the Hasegawa family when they were known as Kobunsha, working from an address in Minami Saegicho, Tokyo, their first address. The series began in 1885, printed..... More
Nishimori 西森武城, author. Hachiman Tarō (Jidō Kyōiku Rekishi Banashi) 八幡太郎 (兒童教育 歴史噺) Also 児童教育. [Tōsendō 島鮮堂, publisher]. Tokyo. [c. 1903]. 18.3 x 12.2cm volume stapled, opens Japanese style. Incomplete. 7 cho with the 2nd side of cho missing. 8 full color, original woodblock prints with decorated front wrapper and Japanese..... More
![Item #90885 Karma: A Story of Early Buddhism, Third Ed. [crepe paper]. author Paul Carus, artist...](https://rarebook.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/90885_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633796503)
Karma: A Story of Early Buddhism, Third Ed. [crepe paper]. Paul Carus, author and Komiya Yasu 小宮ヤス, artist. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher (for The Open Court Publishing Co. Chicago). Tokyo. Meiji 30 [1897]. (20x15.5cm) crepe paper book (chirimen-bon 縮緬本), illustrated with color woodcuts. Bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with stab binding..... More
19. [FAIRY TALE SERIES]. HANASAKI JIJI [Translated internally as THE OLD MAN WHO MADE THE DEAD TREES BLOSSOM] Kobunsha, Tokyo, Meiji 18 [1885]. A large format, 18.3 x 12.5 cm, plain paper version of this title. An extremely early version of this work, with no mention of the Fairy Tale..... More