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Gofuku Musurinten No Ko^Koku Zuanshu^

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] Tada Hokucho^, designer · 1930

$985.00 (€893.67 | £745.56 | ¥157,242)

1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Tada Hokucho, designer. GOFUKU MUSURINTEN NO KOKOKU ZUANSHU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 5 [1930]. 29.9 X 22.1 cm. Printed paper wrappers. From an important series of design portfolios produced by Seibundo, this one is dedicated to muslin dry goods shops....

Chikuonki Gakkiten Ko^Koku Zuanshu^

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] Maejima Sei-ichi, designer · 1930

$985.00 (€893.67 | £745.56 | ¥157,242)

1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] MAEJIMA Sei-ichi, designer. CHIKUONKI GAKKITEN KOKOKU ZUANSHU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 5 [1930]. 29.9 X 22.1 cm. Printed paper wrappers. From an important series of design portfolios produced by Seibundo, this one is dedicated to shops specializing in...

Shinpan E-Iri Seken Musuko Katagi

[UKIYOZO^SHI] Ejima Kiseki, author · 1715

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

1715. [UKIYOZO^SHI] Ejima Kiseki, author. Shinpan E-iri SEKEN MUSUKO KATAGI. Kyo^to, Preface dated Sho^toku 5 [1715], 24.9 x 17.6 cm. stirng-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Ejimaya. With a notice of the impending publication of the sequel SEKEN MUSUME KATAGI, so a very ear...

Saintegenevieve Poeme Par Paul Claudel

[WOODBLOCK PRINTING] CLAUDEL, Paul, poet; Tomita K. · 1923

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

1923. [WOODBLOCK PRINTING] CLAUDEL, Paul. SAINTEGENEVIEVE Poeme Par Paul Claudel. Tokio, Chinchiocha, A.D. 1923. #610 of 1000cc. Tall folding album, 32.5 x 13.5 cm, bound in paulownia wood [kiri]. An illustration by Tomita Keisen and a page reproducing Claudel's script were cu...

Mitsukoshi, Mitsukoshi Times, & O^Saka Mitsukoshi, 44 Issues

[DESIGN] Sugiura HISUI, designer · 1908

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

1908. [DESIGN] Sugiura HISUI, designer. MITSUKOSHI; MITSUKOSHI TIMES; O^SAKA MITSUKOSHI To^kyo^ & O^saka, 1908-1923. Western-style magazines, 24.9 x 18.4 cm, decorated wrappers. Lovely covers, most by Sugiura Hisui [1876-1965] or designed under his supervision. Hisui is the mo...

Les Joues En Feu Hi No Hoho

KITASONO Katue, translator · 1953

$600.00 (€544.37 | £454.15 | ¥95,782)

1953. KITASONO Katue, translator. LES JOUES EN FEU HI NO HOHO. Tokyo, Hakusuisha, 1953, Decorated paper-covered boards in printed slipcase. 19.4 x 14.2 cm. Kitasono's translation of Raymond Radiguet's poetry. Near fine copy, quite unusual. .

Garasu No Kuchihige Poeme Interieur

KITASONO Katue, poet · 1956

$485.00 (€440.03 | £367.11 | ¥77,424)

1956. KITASONO Katue, poet. GARASU NO KUCHIHIGE poeme interieur. Tokyo, Kokubunsha, 1956, #77 of 280cc. White, paper-covered boards in printed dustwrapper. 18.4 x 15.3 cm. Near fine collection of Kitasono's poetry. Excerpts from this "GLASS MOUSTACHE" collection were examined ...

Katai Tamago

KITASONO Katue, poet · 1941

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

1941. KITASONO Katue, poet. KATAI TAMAGO. Tokyo, Hanronsha, Sho^wa 16 [1941]. 8vo, 21.6 x 15.4 cm. Limited edition, number 131 of 150 copies. Decorated cream boards in the original red dustwrapper. There is not space here to even begin to describe Kitasono's importance to worl...

Mahiru No Remon

KITASONO Katue, poet SUEMATSU, Matsuki, artist · 1954

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

1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tokyo, Shoshinsha, 1954. Small Folio, 27.2 x 18.7 cm. Out of series copy from the standard limited edition of 300 copies. There was also a large format special edition of 30cc. This example is distinguished ...

Ama No Mayu

KITASONO Katue, et al. · 1946

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1946. KITASONO Katue, et al. AMA NO MAYU. Tenmeisha, Showa 21 [1946]. 8vo, 18.4 x 13.0 cm. This slender wrappered pamphlet, containing work by Kitasono, Murano Shiro (1901-75) and Osada Tsuneo (1902-77), was published within months of the end of WWII, when Tokyo still lay in r...

Fu^Do

KITASONO Katue, poet · 1943

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

1943. KITASONO Katue, poet. FUDO. Shoshinsha, Showa 18 [1943]. 8vo, 20.4 x 14.0 cm. One of 1500 copies. An example of Kitasono's "plastic poetry". The dustwrapper, cover, the typography, all combine as a fluid visual container for Kitasono's brilliant poems. There is not space...

Mahiru No Remon

KITASONO Katue, poet SUEMATSU, Matsuki, artist · 1954

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

1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tokyo, Shoshinsha, 1954. Folio, 32.0 x 24.5 cm. One of 30 deluxe copies (#9) of a total edition of 330 copies. Signed in bold calligraphy by Kitasono. Has 3 full page color prints by Suematsu Masaki (1908-97...

Tensai No Matsuri

[MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yaso^ji, artist · 1965

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

1965. [MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yasoji, artist. TENSAI NO MATSURI. Tokyo, Seienso. Showa 40 [1965]. Number 6 of 85 of 150cc. [special edition], signed by Wakayama. Western-bound volume of "fables for adults", illustrated by Wakayama in his own technique of stencil art,...

Festive Wine

MAKI Haku, artist · 1969

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

1969. (Maki Haku, Artist) Brannan, Noah, & William Elliott, translators. FESTIVE WINE. ANCIENT JAPANESE POEMS FROM THE KINKAFU. New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1969. #60 of 150 deluxe copies, signed and sealed by the artist Maki Haku and including 21 signed color woodblock prin...

To^Sei Fu^Zoku Goju^-Ban Uta-Awase

[EHON] Asai Chu^, artist · 1907

$1,850.00 (€1,678.46 | £1,400.30 | ¥295,327)

1907. [EHON] Asai Chu, artist. TOSEI FUZOKU GOJU-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] 2 vols. 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color woodcut. Save some very sli...

Sho^Ten, Depaato Chinretsu Kagu Sekkei Zushu^

[STORE DISPLAY] HIRAIWA Toshiji · 1934

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

1934. [STORE DISPLAY] HIRAIWA Toshiji. Shoten, Depaato CHINRETSU KAGU SEKKEI ZUSHU. Tokyo, Koyosha, Showa 9 [1934]. Large format 25.8 x 19.3 cm tied portfolio of 89 (of 90) plates, with measured drawings of all manner of display cases, display furniture, etc. for shops and dep...

K?Gei No Bi ????, 3 Vols

Furuya K?rin ????, artist · 1908

$5,250.00 (€4,763.21 | £3,973.82 | ¥838,091)

1908. K?gei No Bi ????, 3 vols Furuya K?rin ????, artist Uns?d? ???, publisher Kyoto: Meiji 41 [1908] [Design] 3 orihon folding albums, 32 X 22.5 cm, in paper over boards with integral printed title labels. The first printing of this set, as here, is very scarce and quite deli...

Saito Musashi-Bo Benkei

BENNEVILLE, JAMES S. · 1910

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

1910. DeBenneville, James S. SAITO MUSASHI-BO BENKEI. (Tales of the Wars of the Gempei). Being the Story of the Lives and Adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the Warrior Monk. Yokohama: Published by the author, 1910. First edition, in...

Kaenai Kimono

[MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yaso^ji, artist · 1961

$585.00 (€530.76 | £442.80 | ¥93,387)

1961. [MIMEOGRAPH/STENCIL ART] Wakayama Yasoji, poet and artist. KAENAI KIMONO. Tokyo, Seienso. Showa 36 [1961]. One of 200 copies, signed by Wakayama. Small western-bound full leather volume of poems, illustrated by Wakayama in his own technique of stencil art, named kohan. 1...

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, ...