1916. [BIRD AND FLOWER] Watanabe Seitei. SEITEI KACHÔ. Tokyo, Okura Shoten, Okura Yasugoro, Taisho 5 [1916]. Brown cloth clasped portfolio, 28.2 x 38 cm. A complete collection of the 22 color prints, the preface and table of contents page, 24 sheets in all, with a colophon label on the inside..... 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
1901. [DRAWING GUIDE] TAKEUCHI Jirô, artist. HÔGACHÔ 2, 3, 4. Kyôto, Yamada Unsôdô, Meiji 34 [1901]. Printed paper covers, oblong albums, tassel-bound. 17.9 x 25.1 cm. Volume two and volume three contains 17 prints each and volume four 15, thus there are a total of 49 color woodblock prints bound..... More
1848. [DRAWING MANUAL] Fushimi Kameya Hanbei, printer. ATE-E HITORI-GEIKO. Fushimi [Kyôto] Kôka 5 [1848]. 25.4 x 18.0 cm, original fukuro-toji string-bound volume with the pubisher's covers and worn title label. The title is sometimes read as TÔGA HITORI KEIKO (See the copy at the MFA Boston), we are using the..... More
1914. [EHON - Conchology] HIRASE Yoichirô. KAI SENSHU. Kyoto: Unsodo, Taisho 3-11 [1914-22]. 24.8 X 17.8 cm. 4 vols., complete. Printed paper title labels, silk over boards. Orihon folding books of color woodcuts of shells. Each volume contains 20 double page prints. Though the English title would be "One Thousand..... More
[EHON - SHUNGA] Anonymous. SHUNSHOKU KOI NO SHIKIRI. N.P. [Tokyo?] N.D. [late Meiji?] Orihon bound in silk brocade with printed paper title label. With ten double-page color woodcuts of couples in the act, as well as a double page illustration of various implements of pleasure by way of prologue and..... More
1698. [EHON - UKIYOZÔSHI] Hayashi RAZAN, author. Eari KAIDAN ZENSHO 5 volumes. Edo & Kyôto, Genroku 11 [1698]. 25.1 x 17.6 cm. String- bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Hayashi Razan was the Confucian tutor of the third Tokugawa shogun and translated the KAIDAN ZENSHO from Chinese sources in 1627, adding some Japanese..... More
1811. (EHON) KAWAMURA Bumpô. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, n.d. 3 vols. Though the afterword is dated 1810, this copy does not have the 1811 colophon listing several other booksellers besides the principal publisher, Hishiya Magobei. Rather the colophon lists Hishiya Magobei, alone. Our assumption from the colors and..... More
1880. [EHON] KANGA SÔGAKU. Osaka, Maekawa Zembei, Meiji 13 [1880]. 4 volumes. String-bound fukuro-toji style, without the printed paper labels. Each volume is 12.1 x 19.7 cm. A "QUICK STUDY" [SÔGAKU] guide to "CHINESE-STYLE PAINTING" [KANGA] with woodcut illustrations and text in Japanese and Kambun Chinese. Our copy resembles the..... More
1880. [EHON] KANGA SÔGAKU. Osaka: Maekawa Zembei, Meiji 13 [1880]. 4 volumes. String-bound fukuro-toji style, with chipped printed paper labels. 12.1 x 19.7 cm. A "QUICK STUDY" [SÔGAKU] guide to "CHINESE-STYLE PAINTING" [KANGA] with woodcut illustrations and text in Japanese and Kambun Chinese. Our copy resembles the one exhaustively described..... More
1894. [EHON] KÔRIN SHINSEN HYAKUZU. Kyoto: Hosokawa. 2 vols., patterned paper covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji. In an edgeworn and splitting chitsu folding box with clasps missing. Printed paper title labels. 25 x 18.4 cm. Illustrated throughout in b+w woodcut, with designs by Suzuki Koson after Ogata Korin. See..... More
18. [EHON] TOKYO RAKUJI. n.p., n.d. [Tokyo, c. 1869] 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". As per the copies catalogued in Mitchell, p.532, our copy appears to be bound similarly and without a printed title slip. Illustrated in b+w woodcut by various artists. Very good printing and condition. Interesting view of..... More
![TOYOKUNI TOSHIDAMA HITSU [FUDE?]. EHON](/pictures/thumb/83027.jpg?v=1530800870)
18. [EHON] Ichiyôsai Toyokuni. TOYOKUNI TOSHIDAMA HITSU [FUDE?] Owari [Nagoya], Minoya Iroku & Minoya Bunjirô. n.d. [1830's or 40's?] Dark grey-green covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. Printed paper title label. This book may be found described bibliographically in Forrer's EIRAKUYA TOSHIRO at pp.243-4. Our copy differs a bit from the..... More
[EHON] Ôoka Shumboku, artist. MINCHÔ SHIKEN. n.p., n.d., 3 vols., 27.6 x 17.7 cm., string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. Yellow paper covers with printed paper title labels. A reprint of the rare MINCHÔ SEIDO GAEN of 1746. This edition does not have its colophon, but is almost certainly later than the..... More
1818. [EHON] Aikawa MINWA, artist. KÔRIN GASHIKI Zen. Ôsaka & Kyôto, Bunka 15 [1818]. 26.1 x 18.5 cm. Original covers and printed title label. Delicately printed color prints after designs by Ogata Kôrin. A few pages with slight repaired worming, the covers are rubbed, but overall a lovely copy of..... More
1793. [EHON]. TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI. 3 Vols., Osaka, Terada Shazaemon, Kyôhô 5 [1720]. 25.6 x 16.8 cm. Original covers with printed paper title labels. The covers are soiled. String-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji. An early 18th century edition of this work in good impression. Possibly illustrated by Jichôsai, though the artist..... More
1793. [EHON]. TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI. 3 Vols., Osaka, Kawachiya Kihei and Kawachiya Eisuke, Kansei 5 [1793]. 25.8 x 18.5 cm. Original dark blue covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji, with the pink printed paper title labels. A nice 18th century edition of this work in good impression. Originally published in the..... More
1907. [EHON] Asai Chû, artist. TÔSEI FUZOKÛ GOJÛ-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] 2 vols., 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color woodcut. This is a copy of the first edition..... More
1810. [EHON] Fujiwara Masaomi, author; Kita Busei, artist. KASEN KASHÔ. n.p., preface dated Bunka 7 [1810]. 19.7 X 29.3 cm., string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, original covers with original printed title label. See Ryerson 396 for a defective copy. Our copy is complete with 3 preliminary sheets and 20 sheets of..... More
1824. [EHON] Hatta KOSHÛ, artist. KOSHÛ GAFU. Kyoto: Yoshidaya Shimbei, Bunsei 7 [1824]. String bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji with original blue-grey covers embossed with interlocking octagons, title slip printed in black on buff. 33 sheets, 5 pp. preface with 30 sheets of color illustrations in Shijo style. This is the..... More
1685. [EHON] Hishikawa MORONOBU, artist. Hishikawa SHOSHOKU EHON KAGAMI. Jokyo 2 [1685]. 2 vols. Ôhon, large b+w illustrated book of occupations, done by Moronobu at the height of his powers and one of his best known creations. The copy at hand is bound in two volumes within the original covers..... More
1803. [EHON] I-Fukyu & Ike no Taiga. I-FUKYU IKE NO TAIGA GAFU. 2 volumes. Kyoto & Edo: Maruya Gempachiro & Suharaya Mohei. Kyowa 3 [1803]. 27.2 x 18.2 cm. Blue paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. A bit of one original printed paper title label remains. Follows the copy at Mitchell..... More
1852. [EHON] Kaioku, Baiitsu, Baioku, etc., artists. SHOGA RUISEN. Kyôto, Ôsaka & Edo, Kaei 5 [1852]. Orihon folding album in wooden covers with a worn title label. The sumi-e and color prints are lovely in this small format album. 18.1 x 11.4 cm. The artists, all bunjinga masters, have done..... More
1809. [EHON] Kameda BÔSAI, artist. KYÔCHÛZAN. Toto, 26.6 x 18.1 cm. Blue-green karazuri figured covers and printed paper label. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. The collation follows example "A" at Mitchell 383-4, save for the following: all sheets are unnumbered; there is a colophon on the inside of the back cover..... More
1816. [EHON] Kameda BÔSAI, artist. KYÔCHÛZAN. Yellowish-green covers with a geometric lacquer pattern. Title label printed in brown on creme. This copy differs enough from the Mitchell choices at pp. 383-4 that it makes little sense to compare too closely. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. 28.0 x 18.4 cm; the pages..... More