10 Ise Katagami Paper Stencils [型紙]. [Japan]. [Taisho Period]. Set of 10 intricate katagami 型紙 paper stencils that vary in size. 2 large stencils are approx. 41.5 x 41.5cm, 4 medium size stencils are approx. 30 x 40.5cm and 4 small stencils are approx. 15.5 x 22cm. All are in..... More

195. [Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ] C. 1950s-1960s 99 loose matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) backed with bamboo or other lightweight wood. Colorful illustrations advertise a range of businesses, including Western style clothing shop Hashimoto, Marutama pachinko parlor, Hato Tokkyū はと特急 [Dove/Pigeon..... 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

1914. CHURCH, Arthur H. JAPANESE SWORD GUARDS （Tsuba 鍔) Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H. Church. (Reading, England): Privately Printed, 1914. First edition, limited to only 100 copies, of which this is number 37. Bookplate of the art historian Charles Francis Bell, first Keeper of the Fine..... More

[Ephemera - Candy wrappers お菓子] [Collection of 560 candy wrappers, labels, and 55 decorated boxes, early 20th Century] Japan The wrappers and labels range from small (2.5 x 3 cm) to large (32 x 45 cm), although the majority are somewhere in the middle. The boxes have..... More

[Fabric Sample Album] Wakan Meibutsu Kodai Resshū 和漢名物古代裂集 [Vintage Scraps of the Noted Productions of China and Japan] N.p. n.d. (Kyoto?) Orihon folding album 30 x 20.8cm in fabric covered boards with brushed fabric title label with a red hanko. It is clear that, though..... More

1918. [Japanese Toys おもちゃ] Kawasaki Kyosen 川崎巨泉, artist Omocha Jūnishi-shi おもちゃ十二支 [Japanese Toys of the Zodiac] N.P., N.D. [Osaka: Darumaya だるまや, Taisho 7 [1918]] Bound into worn printed publisher's covers, with a printed paper title label, in folding album format 28.2 x 21.3 cm, so the double page prints..... More

1983. Kaze (Shohyōshū) 風 書票集 [Wind -Bookplate collection] Kanzaki Onjun, printmaker 神埼温順 Tokyo Gohachi 吾八 Shōwa 58 [1983] One of 15 house copies, signed by the artist Kanzaki Onjun 神埼温順 and printed after the distributed edition of 50 copies. Therefore, #58 of 65, inscribed to Imamura Hidetarō. 22..... More

19. [papermaking sample book] Masaki Unryūshi 正木 雲龍紙 Inogami Kabushiki Kaisha 伊野紙株式会社 [Shikoku] C. 1950’s-60’s 15 x 22.5cm oblong, ribbon-bound collection of Japanese paper samples from the Inogami Paper company, Inogami Kabushiki Kaisha 伊野紙株式会社, on Shikoku Island. Unryūshi 雲龍紙 [Cloud Dragon Paper] is a wonderful..... More

1891. Shimizu Seifū 清水 晴風 & Nishizawa Tekihō 西沢笛畝 鵜内の友　Unai No Tomo (A Child's Companions), Volumes 1 through 7 of 10 published Kyoto, Unsōdō, 1891-1924. A complete series of color illustrations of traditional Japanese toys, published over the course of more than 30 years. Hundreds of color plates, mostly..... More

1965. Toppan Rinhyō 凸版燐票 - Toppan 凸版 ‘65 [Relief Printed Matchbox Label Samples - Rinpyō 燐票] NP [Japan, 1964] Toppan 凸版 ‘65. NP [Japan 1964]. 18.7 X 27.5 cm. 2p + 44pp. Stiff wrappers. Relief printed designs for washi papers. Very interesting salesman's sample book of designs for matchbox..... More

1987. Yamanouchi Kinzaburō 山内金三郎, artist. Ōtsu-e Zōhyōshū 大津絵藏票集. Gohachi 吾八. Tokyo. Showa 62 [1987]. 18 x 15.5cm small volume string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with red string. Front wrapper is decorated with a color woodcut of a demon playing a musical instrument. Colophon identifies this as #36 of 50 copies, done..... More