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Yukiguni

SEKINO Jun'ichiro^, artist · 1951

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

1951. SEKINO Jun'ichiro^, artist. YUKIGUNI. To^kyo^, Privately self printed by Sekino, Sho^wa 26 [1951]. 16.0 x 11.6 cm. #3 of 100 copies. Bound western-style in printed boards and quarter leather, all in the original printed box. Bucolic little prints on the theme of "Snow Co...

Bo^Chu^ Kanpon Sono Ichi Gin No Shima Chizu Hensenki

[MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yaso^ji, artist · 1971

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

1971. [MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yasoji, poet and artist. Bochu Kanpon Sono ichi, GIN NO SHIMA Chizu Hensenki. Tokyo, Seienso. Showa 45 [1970]. One of 150 copies, signed by Wakayama. Small western-bound quarter leather and printed paper volume, illustrated by Wakayama i...

Bo^Chu^ Kanpon Sono Ni Esashi No Shigejiro^, Ani

[MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yaso^ji, artist · 1971

$485.00 (€440.03 | £367.11 | ¥77,424)

1971. [MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yasoji, poet and artist. Bo^chu^ Kanpon Sono ni, ESASHI NO SHIGEJIRO^, ANI. To^kyo^, Seienso^. 1971. #81 of 150 copies, signed by Wakayama. Small western-bound half leather and printed cloth volume, illustrated by Wakayama in his own tec...

Jimbutsu Iroha Egeresu

KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist · 1951

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1951. KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist JIMBUTSU IROHA EGERESU Tokyo: Ryu^seikaku, Sho^wa 26 [1951]. 18.5 x 13.2 cm. Reduced offset version of the original edition done in woodcut in 1935. Printed boards in a printed clamshell publisher's box. One of 1000 copies, signed by Kawakami. West...

Hakubutsushi Zuihitsu Shashin

ONCHI Ko^shiro · 1942

$425.00 (€385.59 | £321.69 | ¥67,845)

1942. ONCHI Koshiro. HAKUBUTSUSHI Zuihitsu Shashin. Tokyo, Genkosha, Showa 17 [1942], 1 of 1500cc, Cloth, printed in silver ink, 27.0 x 19.4 cm. Very unusual work by Onchi, combining his written thought on natural forms with reproductions of his photography (depicting plants, ...

Soken Sansui Gafu

[EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN, artist · 1818

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

1818. [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN, artist. SOKEN SANSUI GAFU. Heian [Kyoto]: Bunka 15 [1818]. 2 volumes, 26.1 x 18.7 cm, patterned paper covers, original printed title slips, bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. The covers and slips are quite fresh. See Mitchell, p.499. has So^ken's ...

Ehon Chiyomi Gusa

[EHON] Nishikawa SUKENOBU · 1755

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

1755. [EHON] Nishikawa SUKENOBU. EHON CHIYOMI GUSA. 3 vols. Original title labels [original? covers], Ky?to, Hishiya Jihei, H?reki 5 [1755]. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, o^hon, 26.0 x 19.0 cm. Sukenobu's classic compendium of images of women in Ky?to. His lifelon...

Kappa-Do^

[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] SARASHINA Genzo^ & Kawak · 1978

$475.00 (€430.96 | £359.54 | ¥75,827)

1978. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] SARASHINA Genzo^, poet & KAWAKAMI Sumio, printmaker. KAPPA-DO^. To^kyo^, Sancha-shobo^. Sho^wa 53 [1978]. #188 of 200 copies. Bound western-style, printed on Japanese paper, 25.3 x 17.3 cm. with printed washi paper dustwrapper and the original p...

A Run of the Magazine Issues. Shoso^ Magazine

ONCHI Koshiro^, editor · 1935

$6,000.00 (€5,443.66 | £4,541.51 | ¥957,818)

1935. ONCHI Koshiro, editor. A set of SHOSO^ Magazine 30 volumes. Tokyo, Showa 10-19 [1935-44] Aoi Shobo. [700cc?]. 8vo. in size, wrappers. 30 volumes in magazine format of this, the premier journal in Japan dedicated to the book arts and graphics of its day, edited by the for...

Kirishitan Monogatari

[STENCIL PRINTING] SERIZAWA Keisuke; YOSHIDA Kogor · 1985

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

1985. [STENCIL PRINTING] SERIZAWA Keisuke; YOSHIDA Kogor. KIRISHITAN MONOGATARI. Tokyo, Gohachi, Showa 60 [1985]. Bound Western-style in wrappers, large 26.7 x 26.3 cm album of b+w stencil prints by Serizawa illustrating a brief text by Yoshida, a famous scholar and historian....

Uchiwa-Ch? ????

Tanaka T?sh? ????, artist · 1926

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

Uchiwa-ch? ???? Tanaka T?sh? ????, artist [??15 1926] [Fan Design Album] A lovely example of the fan sample genre. 55 color woodblock printed square designs, each 23.5 x 23.5 cm, in ribbon-bound printed cardboard covers with a printed paper title label. The designs are by the ...

Map of Worcester County Massachusetts

[MAP- WORCESTER COUNTY] · 1857

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

[MAP- WORCESTER COUNTY]. MAP OF WORCESTER COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. Based upon the trigonometrical Survey of the State. The Details from Actual Surveys under the Direction of Henry F. Walling. Boston & New York: Wm. Baker & Co. 1857. 63"x 62". A large format wall map of Worcester ...

Mingei to Seikatsu

SERIZAWA Keisuke, artist. SHIKIBA Ryu^zaburo^, au · 1944

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

1944. SERIZAWA Keisuke, artist. SHIKIBA Ryu^zaburo^, author. MINGEI TO SEIKATSU. To^kyo^, Sho^wa 19 [1944]. Privately published by the author and printed in To^kyo^ before the disastrous air raids to come. Bound Western-style, 26.8 x 19.0 cm. printed on over 400 pages of wonde...

Keibun Kach? Kinchach? Zen ??????? ?

Keibun Matsumura ????, artist · 1920

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

1920. Keibun Kach? Kinkach? Zen ??????? ? Keibun Matsumura ????, artist 1920 [Ehon] Keibun Kach? Kinkach? Zen ??????? ? by artist Keibun Matsumura ???? (1779-1843). Kyoto, Nagoya, Tokyo and Osaka. A large folding orihon album 31.3 x 21.3 cm, printed on fine thin paper. In the ...

Ukiyoe Monyo^ Kosode Hyakusen

[DESIGN] Kano^ Shu^ho^, artist · 1936

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

1936. [DESIGN] Kano Shuho, artist. Ukiyoe Monyo KOSODE HYAKUSEN. [Kyoto, Happodo, Showa 11 {1936}]. 36.7 x 27.2 cm. Though this copy has no colophon or textual material, it consists of 48 of the 50 woodblock printed sheets, each with two designs, so 96 of 100 designs. Each des...

Koutashirabe Azuma Koromo

[DESIGN] Azuma Do^jin · 1937

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

1937. [DESIGN] Azuma Do^jin. Koutashirabe AZUMA KOROMO. Unso^do^, Kyo^to & To^kyo^, Sho^wa 12 [1937]. A large folding album (34.0 x 24.8 cm), 10 pages (15 designs) of superbly printed color woodblock images by the "Companions from the East" The margins and facing pages have br...

Katazome Sho^Hinshu^ 1

SERISAWA Keisuke, artist · 1954

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

1954. SERISAWA Keisuke, artist. KATAZOME SHO^HINSHU^ 1. Osaka, Moriguchi Taro^, 1954, Sho^wa 30 [1955]. 27 x 22.7. Mounted katazome stencil prints by their most famous 20th century practitioner. This volume one was printed in an edition of 100 copies. Orihon folding albums in ...

Senki 6 Issues

[PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] Yanase Masamu, Murayama T. · 1930

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

192. [PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] Yanase Masamu, Murayama Tomoyoshi, et al. SENKI 6 issues. To^kyo^, Sho^wa 5-6 [1930-1]. Vol.3 #1; Vol.3, #4; Vol.3, #6; Vol.3, #8; Vol.3; #10; vol.4, #12. This interesting magazine, THE BATTLE FLAG, was published at the end of the leftward drift o...

Photograph: View of Muir Glacier and Morain, Glacier Bay Alaska

TABER, I. W. · 1889

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

1889. MUIR GLACIER BEFORE DEVASTATING CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS TABER, I. W. [photographer]. ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH: VIEW OF MUIR GLACIER AND MORAIN, GLACIER BAY, ALASKA. 8 x 9.5 inches, mounted on 11 x 14 inch board. Photo captioned at bottom: "4582. View of Muir Glacier and Morain,...

Hand Colored & Black and White Photographs of 19th Century Japan

[PHOTOGRAPHS] · 1896

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

[PHOTOGRAPHS]. 141 HAND-COLORED & BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 19TH CENTURY JAPAN AND ASIA. Archive consists of six groups of photographs. Most are mounted and are disbound from albums, four have ink and watercolor illustrations on the mounts, and 19 are loose b/w prints, pr...