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Kaze (Shohy?Sh?) ? ??? [Wind -Bookplate Collection]

Kanzaki Onjun, printmaker ???? · 1983

$425.00 (€385.59 | £321.69 | ¥67,845)

1983. Kaze (Shohy?sh?) ? ??? [Wind -Bookplate collection] Kanzaki Onjun, printmaker ???? Tokyo Gohachi ?? Sh?wa 58 [1983] One of 15 house copies, signed by the artist Kanzaki Onjun ???? and printed after the distributed edition of 50 copies. Therefore, #58 of 65, inscribed to ...

Zayü Sanbö No Shö ?????? 3 V.

Okamura Kichiemon ?????? · 1956

$1,150.00 (€1,043.37 | £870.46 | ¥183,582)

1956. Okamura Kichiemon ?????? ZAYÛ SANBÔ NO SHÔ ?????? 3 v. 32.2 x 20.4 cm. Privately published in 100 copies by Okamura Kichiemon ??????, a remarkably talented and prolific artist and scholar, who recorded the arts and crafts of postWar Japan using the stencil techniques of ...

Date Moniwa No Shinanuno ???????

Okamura Kichiemon ?????? · 1960

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

1960. Okamura Kichiemon ??????. DATE MONIWA NO SHINANUNO ???????. N.p. Sh?wa 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 ...

Tokujirö Shögyö ?????

Okamura Kichiemon ?????? · 1960

$650.00 (€589.73 | £492.00 | ¥103,764)

1960. Okamura Kichiemon ?????? TOKUJIRÔ SHÔGYÔ ????? Privately printed. Sh?wa 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 impo...

Hokkai No Sakana ????????

Furutani Sadaji, author and H?ga Toshiko ????, artist · 1989

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,882)

1989. Hokkai no Sakana ????????. ????.?Furutani Sadaji, author and H?ga Toshiko ????, artist. Fukuoka. [1989]. Self-published. An artist’s proof of a limited edition of 40 copies. 20 original woodblock prints loose in a 12 x 12.5cm green envelope with silver woodblock print on...

Kanj? ?? Sentiment. ??7

Onchi K?shir? [artist and author] ?? ??? · 1918

$850.00 (€771.19 | £643.38 | ¥135,691)

1918. Onchi K?shir? [artist and author] ?? ???. Kanj? ?? Sentiment. ??7?[1918] . Tokyo. Kanjy? Shisha ???? Issue 20; June of 3rd year. 20??3?6?? 23.5 x 15.5cm magazine with self-wrappers in [original?] glassine. 30 pages with introduction and poetry by Onchi with 12 black and ...

Onnakunjy?H?Ki ?????

1700

$1,750.00 (€1,587.74 | £1,324.61 | ¥279,364)

Onnakunjy?h?ki ????? early 1700s? Osaka. Publ by Morita Sh?tar? ??????? 2 vols in one, string bound in fukuro toji 26 x 18cm with modern brushed title slip and housed in a modern chitsu with clasps 26 x 19cm. 7cm margin at the top throughout. 44 cho with black and white origin...

Shiki Tökyö Fükei ?????? Four Seasons of Tokyo

Tokuriki Tomikichiro ????? · 1963

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

194. Tokuriki Tomikichiro ????? SHIKI TÔKYÔ FÛKEI ?????? FOUR SEASONS OF TOKYO, Kyoto. N.D. [c.40s?] Four original multicolor woodblock prints 21 x 28cm, laid in with matted frames 25.5 x 35cm and housed in a portfolio 26 x 35.5cm. Printed title slip in Japanese and English on...

Chikuson Jihitsu Gach? ??????

Tachika Chikuson ???? · 1863

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

Tachika Chikuson ???? Chikuson Jihitsu Gach? ??????. N.p. Early 20th century. No colophon. Signed, with artist’s seal. Orihon folding album with fabric boards and gilt edges 24 x 18cm is housed in a modern brown chitsu with clasps 24.5 x 18.5cm. 12 monochrome and color paintin...

Kindai Bijutsu Shich? K?Za L'Idee Et L'Esprit de L'Art Moderne?????????

[AVANT GARDE] · 1937

$2,850.00 (€2,585.74 | £2,157.22 | ¥454,964)

1937. [Avant Garde] Kindai Bijutsu Shich? K?za L'Idee et L'Esprit de L'Art Moderne????????? Atelier-sha. Tokyo. Shôwa 12, 13 [1937, 1938]. Six volumes in printed publisher's slipcases. 22.5 x 16.3 cm. Cloth bound western-style. A fascinating series of volumes. The critics Saga...

Kodomo No Kuni. ??????. Vol. 16 #11 ????? ????

1937

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1937. Kodomo No Kuni. ??????. Vol. 16 #11 ????? ????. Showa 12 [1937]. Tokyo. Tokyosha.25 x 25.5cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana. Illustrated stories for childre...

Kodomo No Kuni. ??????. Vol. 16 #8 ???. Showa 12 [1937]

1937

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1937. Kodomo No Kuni. ??????. Vol. 16 #8 ???. Showa 12 [1937]. ?????. Tokyo. Tokyosha.?????. 25 x 25.5cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana. This special issue focuse...

Hana Kurabe - Rokuhen ???? ???

Shibata Zeshin ?? ?? · 1875

$600.00 (€544.37 | £454.15 | ¥95,782)

Shibata Zeshin ?? ??. Hana Kurabe - Rokuhen ???? ???. [1875-1890] Edo? Shugyokudo. A small 18 x 12cm orihon with gilt edges. No colophon. 12 images with Zeshin’s hanko (?) on one page. Lovely florals, in landscape and pictorial settings, done in bright tones. Shibata Zeshin ??...

Hiboki Ezo Mamehon Dai 23 G? ??? (???? ????

Munakata Shik? ???? · 1959

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

Munakata Shik? ????. Hiboki Ezo Mamehon Dai 23 G? ??? (???? ????). Showa 34. 1959. Otaru City. ???. Published by Hokkaido Mamehon no Kai. 9 x 7cm miniature book (by Japanese standards) mame ehon ??? string-bound. Number 204 of a limited edition of 240. 2 original monochrome wo...

Zuijin Guowen Jiaokeshu ???????. Circa 1904

1904

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

Zuijin Guowen Jiaokeshu ???????. circa 1904. Shanghai? [Commercial Press ?????]. 22 x 13.5cm String bound fukuro toji with 59 cho, complete as such. A small Chinese schoolbook from the early 20th century. Chinese text with over 70 charming monochrome wood engravings that illus...

Nishikiori Taikanzen Edojidai (Ch?Goku) Genjin/Motondo Shiki ???? ? ?????(??) ???

Uemura Rokuro ???? · 1978

$3,500.00 (€3,175.47 | £2,649.22 | ¥558,727)

1978. Uemura Rokuro ???? . Nishikiori Taikanzen Edojidai (Ch?goku) Genjin/Motondo Shiki ???? ? ?????(??) ??? . n.p.: Showa 53 [1978]. 32 x 39.5cm double accordion fold album comprised of hand-mounted samples of vintage fabrics housed in a 35.5 x 43.5cm custom wooden box with r...

Omoto Chasei Chükei

INOUE Gensuke · 1883

$4,500.00 (€4,082.75 | £3,406.13 | ¥718,364)

1883. Inoue Gensuke ???? . Omoto Chasei Ch?kei ???????. n.p.: Meiji 16 [1883]. 2 volumes, Vol 1 17 x 12cm and Vol 2 17.5 x 12cm, bound western style with green paper wrappers and red printed title slips and enclosed in a modern green chitsu 18 x 13cm. Volume 1 has an index to ...

S?Moku Rokubu K?Shuh? ????????

Satô Nobuhiro, author · 1874

$2,400.00 (€2,177.47 | £1,816.60 | ¥383,127)

1874. Satô Nobuhiro, author. S?moku Rokubu K?shuh? ????????. Izumiya Zenbei. Meiji 7 [1874]. 20 kan in 16 vols. 8 5/8"" x 6"". Original yellow covers and title labels, complete. Many (42pp) woodblock prints, some color printed with considerable skill. A compendium of botanical...

Kyôka Kaki No Tane

[Kyôka] Bakuribô, Teiya, [edited by] · 1783

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

1783. [Kyôka] Bakuribô, Teiya, [edited by]. Kyôka Kaki no Tane [Kyoto]: Fujiya Shinbe, 1783. First edition. A book of kyôka poems accompanied by twenty-one delightful sumi-e vignettes, edited by Bakuribo Teiya. Bakuribo, a kyôka poet based in Kyoto, was a student of kyôka poet...

Enka-Jo^

(Manuscript album) Kanbara Tai, et al. · 1941

$2,850.00 (€2,585.74 | £2,157.22 | ¥454,964)

1941. [Manuscript album]. Kanbara Tai, et al. ENKA-JO^. Ca. 1941. Titled 'An Album of Mist and Clouds', this book features fourteen examples of hand-painted calligraphy and simple artworks from different artists, including an illustration by Kanbara Tai (1898-1997). Kanbara wa...