It is simple-minded perhaps to propose the example of Japanese tourists from the recent past as a proof of the cultural importance of travel in traditional Japan... Eyewitnesses to a world "beyond history" in the 90s, tourists from Japan cruised everywhere, armed with wonderful cameras and a desire to duplicate every "wish you were here" postcard ever created.... but with a personal touch of some loved one giving the peace sign in front of Versailles or the Kremlin or Victoria Falls.…
One may laugh at such a comparison, but the desire to record the beauties of nature, to participate in sampling local cuisine, local customs, local handcrafts of great skill has not disappeared. Spend some time with everyday TV in Japan and you will see much that resonates with that desire to explore…. From home, virtually, as well as in reality. And the brush.... through scrolls and paintings, could be seen as the virtual tool/media of the day as the computer/TV is today... Read More
19. Ōsaka Jyō Hakkei 大阪城八景 [8 Views of Osaka Castle] [Woodblock Album]. Oblong orihon folio 25 x 35 cm, in stiff silk-covered boards with a printed paper title label. Interspersed with Japanese text is a group of interesting original color woodcuts depicting traditional views of Osaka Castle during the..... More
1786. Miyako Meisho Zue 都名所圖會 (都名所図会) 5 of 6 vols Akisato Ritō 秋里籬島, author & Takehara Shunchōsai 竹原信繁 (竹原朝斎), artist Yoshinoya Ihachi 吉野家為八, publisher Kyōto 1786 [Temmei 6] Kyōto, Yoshinoya Ihachi 吉野家為八, publisher. A 6 volume title, lacking volume 5, thus incomplete. 27.2 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji..... More
18. [ALBUM, PAINTING] NAKAJIMA Yusho. SHOKEI GAFU Orihon folding painting album in gafu style, full of lovely views of Japan. 28 x 16.8 CM. Preliminary and final decorated pages, plus a 2 page table of contents and 42 double page color paintings ( each 28.2 X 33.4 CM) in a...... More
1871. [ATLAS] Bridgeman, E.C. translated by Mitsukuri Genpo. RENPO SHIRYAKU 2 vols. To^kyo^, Zodiacal date of Meiji 4 [1871]. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. An interesting work by Bridgeman, the Chinese missionary, originally published in Chinese but here marked for reading as Japanese (kanbun). Thus not a translation as we might understand..... More
[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Matsuzaki U-ichi. Untitled "EIGHT VIEWS OF NAGASAKI" 8 oblong oban 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 Tokyo..... More
1861. [Ehon 絵本 - Shijō School Anthology] Tama Hiroi. 玉ひろい, 2 vols. Nukina Kaioku 貫名海屋 (1778-1863); Kawabata Gyokusho 川端玉章 (1842-1913) Shiokawa Bunrin 塩川文麟 (1808-1877） Kyoto: Omiya Matashichi. 1861 [Ehon] Shijō School Anthology. Tama Hiroi 玉ひろい. Kyoto: Omiya Matashichi. 2 vols., string-bound Japanese style, fukurō toji..... More
[EHON] Hirokawa Kai 廣川獬. NAGASAKI BUNKEN ROKU 長崎文献錄. Kyōto, Hishiya Magobei, Bunsei Gannen [1817]. 5 vols. in 3, string bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, 25.7 x 17.7 cm, original paper title labels, grey covers. The second printing after the first appearance in 1800. This "RECORD OF THINGS HEARD AND SEEN..... More
1895. [EHON] Morikawa SOBUN, artist. MIYAKO MEISHO NIJUGO-KEI. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 28 [1895]. Orihon in stiff covers with a printed title label, 24.1 x 15.7 cm. 25 double page color woodblock images of scenes in and around Kyoto. Besides the 25 images, there is a two page preface, two..... More
1887. [EHON] Rai Sanyō, et al. 頼山陽 Shunsōdō 春草堂. JÛJUN KAGETSU-CHÔ. 十旬花月帖 3 Vols., orihon, bound in brocade covered boards with printed silk title labels. The tall slender volumes, 29 x 10.2 cm, are reminiscent of sutras in their format. Enclosed in the original chitsu (clasps missing) with printed paper..... More
1855. [EHON] TAGAWA Harumichi 田川 春道, edit. & KURATA Tôgaku 倉田 東岳, artist. GAIBAN YÔBÔ ZUGA. 外蕃容貌図画 Tôto [Edo] Ansei 2 [1855]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, with original covers and printed title labels, 2 vols., complete. 18.2 X 25.2 cm. One double-page woodcut color printed hemispherical map of the world, and..... More
1823. [EHON] TEISAI [Katsushika Hokuba].葛飾北馬 KYÔKA SUMIDAGAWA MEISHÔ ZUKAI 狂歌隅田川名所図会 Tôgan no Bu. 東岸の部 Bunsei 6 [1823]. Shunsui-en Zôhan. This is the "east bank" volume. The colophon lists the "west bank" volume as being issued soon, but there is no record of it surviving. A lovely rendition of the banks of..... More
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[Japanese Ephemera Collection] 「18世紀-19世紀初のハガキ、お土産、年賀状、地図、写真、メニュー、うちわ、など」 19th - 20th century 125 pieces in a black ring binder. Photos, cards, maps etc., 19th - 20th century. Mostly for Western tourists, this collection includes hotel luggage labels and tags in various shapes and sizes; matchbox labels (in English and Japanese); trade cards..... 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
[ISHIZURI]. KANCHU HAKKEI [EIGHT VIEWS OF GUANZHONG]. 20th Century stone printed style album of eight views and poems of sights near the ancient capital of Chang'an, celebrated through history for their beauty. This "stone printing" is based on a stele, commissioned in the 19th year of the K'ang Hsi Emperor..... More
1960. [KATAZOME] OKAMURA Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門. NARADA NO TAFU 奈良乃太布. Shôwa 35 [1960]. String-bound Japanese-style, privately printed in 50 copies. 31.1 x 19.7 cm., Okamura (1916-2002) was a student of Serizawa Keisuke and embraced his interest in traditional Japanese folk arts, papermaking and stencil printing (katazome). This lovely monograph on Japanese..... More
1771. Kawamura MINSETSU, artist. Tanyu^ HYAKU FUJI. To^kyo^, Sho^eido^[N.D., late Meiji?] 18.0 x 25.2 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The original edition of 1771 is here reprinted [from the original blocks?] in four volumes with cream blindstamped covers and original printed title labels. A bit of soiling to the covers. Clean..... More
1873. KAWAMURA Teizan. BANKOKU TSU^SHIN O^RAI. To^kyo^, O^saka, etc., Meiji 6 [1873]. Bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in the original covers with the remains of the original printed title label. The first few pages are printed in color woodblock, illustrating the treaty ports of the time, including Nagasaki, Ko^be, Yokohama, etc. There..... More
1866. KAWAMURA UKOKU. NAGASAKI KIKO SHASEICHO 42 double page [image size 25.3 x 29.2 cm] paintings in sumi with slight color, painted by Ukoku in 1866. There are also 8 double page paintings in a different hand and one double page of calligraphy dated to Taisho 11 [1922]. Ukoku [1838-1906]..... More
1931. (MAP). MOTOR ROAD MAP OF KOBE, OSAKA, KYOTO AND SURROOUNDING DISTRICTS. Tokyo: Japanese Government Railways, printed by the Shueisha Company Ltd., August 1931. A folding, color map, printed to one side of the sheet, with an index of place names. 38 1/2 by 25 1/2 inches (97.8 x 64.8..... More
1931. (MAP). MOTOR ROAD MAP OF TOKYO, YOKOHAMA AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. Tokyo: Japanese Government Railways, printed by the Tsukiji Type Foundry Ltd., July 1931. A folding, color map, printed to one side of the sheet, with an index of place names. 37 1/2 by 25 1/2 inches (95.3 x 64.8..... More
1900. [MAP - JAPAN] IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. Engraved by N. Matsudaira, printed by G. Yoshii at the Toyodo in Tokyo, 1900. This huge (5.33'x 6')(164 x 183 cm) map has a colored inset of the political divisions of the empire and another..... More
1920. Tōkaidō Go Jū San-sugi Seto Naikai Kikō 東海道五十三次 瀬戸内海紀行 Mizushima Niō 水島爾保布, artist and author Tokyo: Bunen'dō 文淵堂 Taisho 9 [1920] [Sketch Tour Book] Mizushima Niō 水島爾保布, artist and author. Tōkaidō Go Jū San-sugi Seto Naikai Kikō 東海道五十三次 瀬戸内海紀行. First Printing. 8vo. Printed paper over..... More
1960. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門 TOKUJIRÔ SHÔGYÔ 徳次郎正業 Privately printed. Shōwa 35 [1960]. 29.9 x 21.3 cm. One of 100 copies, signed by Okamura. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Okamura was Serizawa's most important student and excelled at producing compelling livre d'artiste..... More
1956. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門 ZAYÛ SANBÔ NO SHÔ 座右三宝之頌 3 v. 32.2 x 20.4 cm. Privately published in 100 copies by Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門, a remarkably talented and prolific artist and scholar, who recorded the arts and crafts of postWar Japan using the stencil techniques of katazome dyeing on beautiful..... More
1960. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門. DATE MONIWA NO SHINANUNO 伊達茂庭之榀布. N.p. Shōwa 35 [1960]. 30.4 x 20.8 cm. One of 200 copies, signed by Okamura. (Other reading of title is Date Moniwa no Shinanuno.) Tipped-in fabric sample approx 17 x 9.5cm. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper..... More