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Scenes from Chinese Plays, Series I.

DRAMA - CHINA · 1920

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

19. (DRAMA - CHINA). SCENES FROM CHINESE PLAYS, SERIES I. N.p. n.d. (circa 1920). Painted manuscript volume of traditional Chinese plays, with 12 illustrations. Chinese and English language title on the cover and English language captions under the illustrations. [12] ff. Trad...

Ema Kagami Isshû, Nishû

[EMA] Tanaka SHUNJI, editor · 1918

$1,600.00 (€1,451.64 | £1,211.07 | ¥255,418)

1918. [EMA] Tanaka SHUNJI, editor. EMA KAGAMI Isshû, Nishû. Printed by by Bankadô in Kyôto, Taishô 7 [1918]. Two large tassel-bound volumes of designs and explanatory text regarding the ubiquitous ema tablets used as offerings at shrines. Originally "pictures of horses" "e-ma"...

Christmas Card, Signed by Both T.S. Eliot and His Wife Valerie

ELIOT, T. S., autograph · 1957

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

19. ELIOT, T. S. autograph. CHRISTMAS CARD, SIGNED BY BOTH T. S. ELIOT AND HIS WIFE VALERIE. Undated, circa 1957-1964. The card, published by the Medici Society Ltd. London, is heavy cream-colored stock, 15 x 20 cm when folded, with a color reproduction of Joseph Anton Koch's ...

[Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll] [Landscape]

Rai Ky?hei ??? [aka Shuns? or Manshiro], artist · 1756

$3,600.00 (€3,266.20 | £2,724.91 | ¥574,691)

Rai Ky?hei ??? [aka Shuns? or Manshiro], artist. [Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll] [Landscape]. N.p. n.d. Landscape painting of a mountain scene with pine trees. Hanging scroll (kakemono ???) beautifully mounted on brocade with black wooden jiku handles. Image size 44.7x18.4cm w...

[Large Album Leaf Painting of an Oni ?]

Shibata Zeshin ????, painter · 1807

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

Shibata Zeshin ????, painter. [Large album leaf painting of an oni ?]. N.p. n.d. This 19.4 x 30.6cm painting of an oni (?) is tipped on a large oblong album leaf 33.1 x 47.5cm with a paper mat surround. The image is painted on tan silk with a tan and gray floral design border ...

Kitsutsuki Hangashü Sango Shizumono

[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] HIRATSUKA UN'ICHI, et al. · 1931

$950.00 (€861.91 | £719.07 | ¥151,655)

1931. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] HIRATSUKA Un'ichi, editor. KITSUTSUKI Hangashû 3-go Shizumono. This "Dôjin" magazine was limited to a maximum of 500 copies, though, as it ceased production that year of 1931, it would be hard to credit such a large production of it. Edited by H...

Shih Chu Chai Chien P'u Fei an T'i

[Chinese Woodcuts, Peking Jung Pao Chai] · 1952

$6,500.00 (€5,897.30 | £4,919.97 | ¥1,037,636)

1952. [Chinese Woodcuts, Peking Jung Pao Chai] SHIH CHU CHAI CHIEN P'U Fei An T'i. Peking: Peking Jung Pao Chai,[with the 1952 preface] Set of four volumes (each 31 x 21.3 cm) of the TEN BAMBOO HALL POETRY PAPERS. The TEN BAMBOO HALL POETRY PAPERS, of course, date back to the ...

Artistic Japan: A Monthly Illustrated Journal of Arts and Industries

(BING, S.) · 1888

$950.00 (€861.91 | £719.07 | ¥151,655)

1888. (BING, S.) ARTISTIC JAPAN: A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. Compiled by S. Bing. London: Sampson Low, (1888)-1891. Folio. Six volumes bound in Five.Three-quarter green cloth over pictorial boards. Stamped and ruled in gilt to spine. All 36 issues of ...

Kyomu Shisö = Nihilism

KYOMU SHISÔ-SHA. YOSHIYUKI Eisuke (edited by) · 1926

$2,750.00 (€2,495.01 | £2,081.53 | ¥439,000)

1926. KYOMU SHISÔ-SHA. YOSHIYUKI Eisuke (edited by). KYOMU SHISÔ = Nihilism. 3 volumes, all published. Tôkyô: Kyomu Shisô-sha, Taisho 15 (1926). 21.6 x14.8 cm. Western binding, paper wrappers. Eisuke Yoshiyuki (1906-1940) was a dadaist poet and modernist novelist. Born in Okay...

Sösaku Senshoku Zuanshü

[DESIGN] FUJII Tatsukichi, designer · 1933

$3,850.00 (€3,493.02 | £2,914.14 | ¥614,600)

1933. [DESIGN] FUJII Tatsukichi ????, designer. SÔSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHÛ????????. [A Collection of Designs for Dyework] Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado, Showa 8 [1933]. Large portfolio, 41 x 31 cm. decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label, all enclose...

Tokaidö Gojüsan-Tsugi Emaki ?????????

Ôtani Sonyû ?? ?? & Iguchi Kashû ???? , artist · 1919

$19,500.00 (€17,691.91 | £14,759.91 | ¥3,112,909)

1919. Ôtani Sonyû ?? ??(1886-1939) & Iguchi Kashû ???? (1880-1930), artist TOKAIDÔ GOJÛSAN-TSUGI EMAKI ????????? Kyoto Taisho 11 [1922]. Eight handscrolls with woodcut coloring over collotype, complete.The scrolls have bone jiku with brocade covers and sumi over gold title lab...

[Ikebana ??? - Flower Arranging - Emaki ??] [Emaki Handscroll with 34 Flower Arrangements]

Rokkakud? Ikenobo ?????, et al., artists · 0

$5,500.00 (€4,990.02 | £4,163.05 | ¥878,000)

17. [Ikebana ??? - Flower Arranging - Emaki ??] [Emaki Handscroll with 34 Flower Arrangements] Rokkakud? Ikenobo ?????, et al. artists [Ikebana ??? - Flower Arranging] [Handscroll - Emaki ??] Rokkakud? Ikenobo ?????, et al. Emaki Handscroll with 34 Flower Arrangements. 27.0 cm...

Shina F?K? Zu-E ??????

Takeuchi Seih? ????, artist · 1936

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

1936. [Print Album] Takeuchi Seih? ????, artist Shina F?k? Zu-e ?????? Kyoto: Otsuka Kogeisha ????? Showa 11 [1936] [Print Album] Takeuchi Seih? ????. Shina F?k? Zu-e ??????. Kyoto, Otsuka Kogeisha ?????, Showa 11 [1936]; #32 of 150cc. Large gold cloth brocade portfolio 43 x 5...

Hanshin Meisho-Zue? ??????

[SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endô?????, publisher · 1916

$7,500.00 (€6,804.58 | £5,676.89 | ¥1,197,273)

1916. [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endô?????, publisher. HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE? ??????. A folding album of 30 ôban-size color woodcut prints, printed by Nishimura Kumakichi and published by Kanao Bun'endô in 1916-17. There are two prefatory pages: a map of the trip around western...

Untitled "Eight Views of Nagasaki

[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Matsuzaki U-ichi · 1895

$975.00 (€884.60 | £738.00 | ¥155,645)

[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 print...

Men to Masuku Jô Ge

[MASKS] DARUMAYA, publisher · 1922

$2,500.00 (€2,268.19 | £1,892.30 | ¥399,091)

1922. [MASKS] DARUMAYA, publisher. MEN TO MASUKU Jô Ge. Ôsaka, Darumaya, Taishô 11 [1922]. 2 vols. complete, orihon folding albums. 28.1 x 20.4 cm. A wonderful selection of masks from cultures all over the world, reproduced in color woodblock prints. Good printing, very good c...

Kakudö Gafu

EHON] SHIOJI YOSHIAKI [YABU KAKUDÔ] artist · 1835

$1,600.00 (€1,451.64 | £1,211.07 | ¥255,418)

1835. [EHON] SHIOJI YOSHIAKI [YABU KAKUDÔ] artist. KAKUDÔ GAFU. A lovely printing of this wonderful album of color woodblock images in the Maruyama-Shijô idiom. 25.7 x 18.6 cm. This is the 1835 edition (Tempô 6), as at Mitchell 330, but with only 7 of the original 25 double fo...

?Kyo Gafu ???? [Also En-? Gafu ????]

Maruyama ?kyo ???? (????), artist · 1860

$1,400.00 (€1,270.19 | £1,059.69 | ¥223,491)

1860. ?kyo Gafu ???? [also En-? Gafu ????] (Vol 1 Jimbutsu no bu ???? and Vol 2 Sansui no bu ????) Maruyama ?kyo ???? (????), artist Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei 2 vols. n.d. n.p. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. With light colors and very good impressions and Japanese text...

Wakan Meihitsu Gahin

[EHON] Ôoka Shumboku, artist · 1761

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

1761. [EHON] Ôoka Shumboku. Wakan Meihitsu GAHIN 3 volumes. Ôsaka and Edo, Hôreki 11 [1761]. 26.3 x 18.2 cm. Original covers and worn printed paper title labels. A collection of images in black and white woodcut that capture the important influence of Chinese tradition on Japa...

Rei Ga-En 3 Volumes

[EHON] Katô Bunrei (1706-1782) · 1779

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

1779. [EHON] Katô Bunrei (1706-1782). REI GASEN 3 volumes. An-ei 8 [1779]. Edo, Wakabayashi Sei-ei. 26.4 x 18.4 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. In the original covers with printed title labels. This set of selections from the designs of Bunrei was edited by his ...