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Shokumon Zukan 1-4

[DESIGN] Fujii Rindo^ · 1902

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

1902. [DESIGN] Fujii Rindo^. SHOKUMON ZUKAN 1-4. Kyo^to, Yamada Unso^do^, Meiji 35 [1902]. Four volumes, complete, each volume with printed title, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 24.2 x 16.4 cm. Illustrated throughout with lightly colored woodblock prints of traditio...

Zuan Hyakudai

[DESIGN] Hagino Issui, designer · 1910

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

1910. [DESIGN] Ogino Issui, designer. ZUAN HYAKUDAI. 3 Vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 43 [1910] An orihon in 3 volumes, (27 X 19 cm) with woodblock printed covers, all in a later fitted clasped cloth chitsu case. Unsodo outdid itself in this early design effort. Dozens of double p...

Dai Nihon Bijutsu Zufu 4 Vols

[DESIGN] KOSUGI Sugimura & YOKOI Tokifuyu, designe · 1901

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

1901. [DESIGN] KOSUGI Sugimura & YOKOI Tokifuyu, designers. DAI NIHON BIJUTSU ZUFU 4 vols. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 34 [1901]. 4 plate volumes, orihon folding albums illustrated with 154 pages of color woodcut. 25.1 x 18.5 cm Complete as such BUT not including the 4 t...

Kokugun Zenzu 2 Volumes

[JAPANESE ATLAS] Ichikawa To^kei · 1837

$1,500.00 (€1,360.92 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,455)

1837. [JAPANESE ATLAS] Ichikawa To^kei. KOKUGUN ZENZU 2 volumes. Nagoya, Edo, O^saka, Kyo^to. Eirakuya To^shiro^, et al. Preface dated [1837]. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title labels. Original yellow covers. Covers are a bit soiled with ownership ...

Tansai Gafu

[DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujo^, compiler · 1934

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

1934. [DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujo^, compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto, Happpo^do^, Sho^wa 9 [1934]. 2 vols. complete. Tall folios, 36.7 x 25.4 cm, orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color wo...

Ko^Rin Hagashu^ 5 Volumes

SHIMBI SHOIN · 1903

$8,500.00 (€7,711.86 | £6,433.81 | ¥1,356,909)

1903. SHIMBI SHOIN. KO^RIN HAGASHU^ 5 volumes. The first printing in original chitsu of this important reference to the Korin school with the spectacular xylographic color woodblock techniques Shimbi Shoin employed at the time. To^kyo^, Meiji 36-39 [1903-6] Printed cloth cover...

To^Yei Shu^Ko^ 6 Volumes

SHIMBI SHOIN · 1928

$2,250.00 (€2,041.37 | £1,703.07 | ¥359,182)

1928. SHIMBI SHOIN. TO^YEI^ SHU^KO^ 6 volumes. The original set in original chitsu of this important reference to the Silk Road treasures in the Shosoin, illustrated with wonderful collotypes and the spectacular xylographic color woodblock techniques Shimbi Shoin employed at t...

Method for the Determination of Death by Drowning

GETTLER, Alexander O. · 1921

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

1921. C.S.I. -- THE PREQUEL GETTLER, Alexander O. A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DEATH BY DROWNING. Chicago: American Medical Association, 1921. offprint. reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association Nov.19,1921. pp.1650-1652. 8 pp. green stapled covers, c...

Mutsugami Zanbo^Roku: Wasure Nokosareshi Mutsugami No Hanashi

OKUMURA Kitchibei, artist · 1959

$675.00 (€612.41 | £510.92 | ¥107,755)

1959. OKUMURA Kitchizaemon, artist. MUTSUGAMI ZANBO^ROKU: WASURE NO KOSARESHI MUTSUGAMI NO HANASHI. Sho^wa 34 [1959]. 30.0 x 21.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style. Stencil printed with textual illustrations on records of hand papermaking from the provinces of the far north in ...

Daisankai Morinaga Kyarameru Geijutsu-Sho^

[ART DECO] Morinaga · 1930

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

[ART DECO] Morinaga. DAISANKAI MORINAGA KYARAMERU GEIJUTSU-SHO^. n.p. [To^kyo^ c.1930]. A heavy bronze plaque, 22.0 x 21.0 cm, a bas-relief image of a man mounted on a winged horse. The plaque itself is mounted on a hardwood plank 42.1 x 35.5 cm. This momento of a "Prize for t...

Chu^Ka Senchu

[EHON] Mori Shunkei, artist · 1820

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

19. [EHON] Mori Shunkei, artist. CHU^KA SENCHU Tokyo & Kyoto: Unso^do^. 20.8 x 27.5 cm. Orihon folding album. Cloth-covered board covers with paper title slip as above. As Kaempfer describes it in his article in ESSAYS ON JAPANESE ART, this is a complex work bibliographically....

Omocha J?Nishi-Shi ??????? [Japanese Toys of the Zodiac]

[Japanese Toys ????] Kawasaki Kyosen ????, artist · 1918

$1,450.00 (€1,315.55 | £1,097.53 | ¥231,473)

1918. [Japanese Toys ????] Kawasaki Kyosen ????, artist Omocha J?nishi-shi ??????? [Japanese Toys of the Zodiac] N.P. N.D. [Osaka: Darumaya ????, Taisho 7 [1918]] Bound into worn printed publisher's covers, with a printed paper title label, in folding album format 28.2 x 21.3 ...

Hihaku Dai-Ikkan, Dai-Ichigo

[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Kuriyama Shigeru, editor · 1934

$1,100.00 (€998.00 | £832.61 | ¥175,600)

1934. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Kuriyama Shigeru, editor. HIHAKU Dai-ikkan, Dai-ichigo. Shizuoka, Showa 9 [1934]. Bound Western style in block printed wrappers. 28.7 x 21.5 cm. Contains 12 hand-printed images by such masters of the modern Japanese print as Maekawa Sempan, Hira...

Natsu Kodachi-Shu^

[POETRY] · 1846

$1,500.00 (€1,360.92 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,455)

1846. [POETRY]. NATSU KODACHI-SHU^. Kyo^to, Ko^ka 3 [1846], Cho^undo^, a lovely oblong string-bound album with the original blind-stamped green covers and printed paper title label, all in a clasped chitsu case. 17.1 x 23.7 cm. The title refers to a famous line from a Basho^ h...

Tokaido^ Goju^San-Tsugi Emaki

[SKETCHTOUR GENRE] O^tani Sonyu^ & Iguchi Kashu^ · 1919

$18,500.00 (€16,784.63 | £14,003.00 | ¥2,953,273)

1919. [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Otani Sonyu & Iguchi Kashu, artists. TOKAIDO GOJUSAN-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 labels. SCROLL ONE. Congr...

Omocha Gafu ??????, 10 Vols

Kawasaki Kyosen ????, artist · 1935

$3,250.00 (€2,948.65 | £2,459.99 | ¥518,818)

1935. Kawasaki Kyosen ????. Omocha Gafu ??????. 10 vols. Osaka, Sh?wa 7-10 [1932-5]. 10 volumes 23.6 x 16.5 cm with printed paper title labels are string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in decorated wrappers with a wraparound illustration. Vols 4-10 have a numbered label lai...

Ehon Tatsuta-Yama ?????

[EHON] Tsukioka ?? Tange ?? [SETTEI ?? ], artist · 1552

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

1552. [EHON] Tsukioka ?? Tange ?? [SETTEI ?? ], artist. EHON TATSUTA-YAMA ?????. O^saka & Edo, Ho^reki 3 [1753]. According to the British Museum, the TATSUTAYAMA is Settei's earliest dated work of book illustration. His humurous scatalogical masterpiece ONNA DAIRAKU TAKARABAKO...

Kodomo No Kuni V. 8, #15

[CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE] · 1929

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,882)

1929. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 8, #15. Tokyo, December 1929. 25.7 x 18.5 cm. There are 36 pages of color illustrations, counting the front and back covers, printed on wonderful deluxe paper. There is also one flimsy paper insert with a b+w illustrati...

Kodomo No Kuni V. 12, #2

8898[CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE] · 1933

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,882)

1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12, #2. Tokyo, February 1933. 26.0 x 18.7 cm There are 32 color pages on heavy paper with work by such artists as Takei himself, Maeshima Tomo, Kawakami Shiro^, Kumatani Motoichi, and many others. There is also a 20 pag...

Sakura

[JAPANESE PROPAGANDA] Asahi Shimbunsha · 1944

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

1944. [JAPANESE PROPAGANDA] Asahi Shimbunsha. SAKURA. Volume 6, #2 [#31 overall]. Large wrappered staple bound illustrated photomagazine in the tradition of FRONT and HOMELIFE. This number, published in February of 1944 celebrated the plans for a cross continental railway to c...