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

Aya Nishiki 綾錦 [Design album]. Late Meiji-Taisho Era. Oversize design album in boards approx. 69 x 43cm with 99 sheets approx 77.5 x 45cm. Each sheet has a rectangular design approx. 47.5 x 34.5cm, about two-thirds with penciled gridlines for production. Holes in the right hand margin for binding. Hand-brushed..... More

1972. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 No. 356 Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo June 1972 This 21 x 14.5cm issue of the monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 has a multicolor reproduced image of an artwork on the cover. Inside are two articles on the Gutai Group, one on pp. 22-3 and..... More

Geijutsu Shinchō 芸術新潮 # 138 Shinchosha 新潮社 Tokyo June 1961 25.5 x 18cm periodical has a reproduced artwork in red with black down the center and title in red outlined in white. Article on the First Gutai exhibition at the Takashimaya dept store on pp. 70-1. With Japanese text..... More

Gendai Sekai Bijutsuten - Higashi to Nishi no Taiwa 現代世界美術展－東と西の対話 Contemporary Art: Dialogue between the East and the West Tokyo Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan 東京国立近代美術館 The National Museum of Modern Art, publisher Tokyo Shōwa 44 昭和44, 1969 24.4 x 25cm art catalog with orange covers..... More

1967. Interior インテリア [periodical] No. 105 Gakurin Tokyo December 1967 32.5 x 25.5cm magazine Interior インテリア with color and b+w photographic images, diagrams, inserts, fold-outs, a map, glassine and color pages and Japanese text, with some English, throughout. Decorated wrappers with a color negative exposure of an image (found..... 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

Asai Hironobu 淺井廣信, editor. New Crest Book [Shin Monchō Daizen] 新紋帳大全. [Unsōdō 芸艸堂]. Kyoto. Meiji 26 [1893]. 18 x 12cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with decorated wrappers and original woodblock prints. The Japanese title 新紋帳大全 [Shin Monchō Daizen] is printed vertically in the center of the cover with a horizontal..... More

Eguchi Kiyoshi (Kan) 江口渙 and Kishi Yamaji 貴司山治, editors. Senki 36 Nin Shū 戦旗36人集. Kaizōsha 改造社.Tokyo. Showa 6 昭和2年 [1931]. 19 x 13cm softcover book bound Western style opens Japanese style and has 488 pages of proletariat writing in Japanese text. Edited by novelist Eguchi Kiyoshi 江口渙, later changed to..... More

Korekushon これくしょん [Collection] [68 magazine issues] Gallery Gohachi ギャラリー吾八, publisher Tokyo Showa 33-59 [1958-1984] 68 staple-bound magazines approx 17 x 14.5cm of the post war Korekushon これくしょん [Collection] magazine. We are offering 68 issues published from 1958 (starting with Issue 2 /#66) -1984 (ending with 89/#148). We have Issues..... More

Kamizaki Sunao かみざきすなほ, artist (also Kanzaki Onjun, Kanzaki Sunao 神﨑温順), artist. Chimei Ateji Ehon 地名宛字絵本, Jinmei Ateji Ehon 人名宛字絵本, Bunbutsu Ateji Ehon 文物宛字絵本 (# 58 of 300). Nippon Kosho Tsūshinsha 日本古書通信社, publisher. 3 small orihon folding albums 8 x 6cm covered in olive (Chimei), blue (Jinmei) and brown (Bunbutsu) paper..... More

Kon Junzo 今純三. Aomori-ken Gafu 青森県画譜 (揃). Tō-Ō Nippōsha 東奥日報社. Showa 8-9 昭和8-9年 [1933-1934]. 26.5 x 38.5cm sheets are contained in 12 brown envelopes 27.5 x 40cm that are printed with the title and number of the section, a decorative image of a map and a Table of Contents to..... More

1802. Kōrin Gafu 光琳画譜 Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳 (copied by Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中, also Nakamura Yoshinaka) n.p., n.d. 2 vols. 25.8 x 18.5cm. Orihon folding albums, Vol 1 labeled Kan 乾 (heaven, upper) and Vol 2 labeled Kon 坤 (earth, lower) in cream (light yellow?) covers with original printed paper..... More