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Momohara" Landscape of a Mountain Stream, Dancing Cranes

[Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll] Tsuda Seif? ????, artist · 1921

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

1921. [Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll] Tsuda Seif? ????, artist "Momohara" Landscape of a Mountain Stream, Dancing Cranes Taish? 10 [1921] Hanging scroll with the image size 135.2 X 33.4 cm. Beautifully mounted on brocade with bone jiku. The painting is signed and sealed by Tsu...

Painting on the Theme of a Mountain Cottage at Evening

[KAKEMONO - HANGING SCROLL] Kamisaka SEKKA, art · 1866

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

[KAKEMONO - HANGING SCROLL] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. "YAMAGA YU^KEIZU" PAINTING ON THE THEME OF A MOUNTAIN COTTAGE AT EVENING. Hanging scroll, image size 120 X 37.5 cm. Beautifully mounted on brocade with dark wooden jiku. The painting is signed and sealed by Sekka (1866-1942),...

Print and Poetry Pamphlets

[LITTLE MAGAZINE] FUJITA Erosu, author, artist · 1932

$575.00 (€521.68 | £435.23 | ¥91,791)

1932. [LITTLE MAGAZINE] FUJITA Erosu, author, artist. PRINT AND POETRY PAMPHLETS. Sho^wa 7 to 12 [1932-37] 51 assorted issues of this little series of poetry and print pamphlets by Fujita published in To^kyo^ by one Tomita Hikaru under the publishing house name of SHIN MYO^JO^...

Sashie

TAKAHAMA Kyoshi, editor · 1911

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

1911. TAKAHAMA Kyoshi, editor. SASHIE. Tokyo, Kokado, Meiji 44 [1911]. This is a "saihan" printed a few days after the first impression. Bound Western style in illustrated boards, 8vo. 421+pp. This wonderful book takes its title [ILLUSTRATION] very seriously. It has crammed fr...

So^Shoku Katto Gashu^

[DESIGN] NAITO^ Ryo^ji · 1933

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1933. [DESIGN] NAITO Ryoji. SOSHOKU KATTO GASHU. Tokyo, Sosaku Zuan Kankokai, Showa 8 [1933]. Western bound in incised leatheroid over boards. 26.8 x 19.5 cm. 78 b+w images, mostly full page of "Decorative Cuts" drawing on the female form - flappers, vamps and decadent androgy...

Japan Day by Day

695MORSE, Edward S. · 1917

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

1917. MORSE, Edward S. JAPAN DAY BY DAY: 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83. Boston: Mifflin Company, Cambridge: The University Press, 1917. First edition. Two volumes: xiv, [2], 441; [6], 453 pp. Illustrated with a color frontispiece in each volume and throughout with many b&w text illus...

Tamahiro Gashu^

[DESIGN] Shimomura TAMAHIRO · 1925

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

1925. [DESIGN] Shimomura TAMAHIRO. TAMAHIRO GASHU. Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Taisho 14 [1925]. Single sheets cord-bound into illustrated boards with a printed paper title label. 36.2 X 25.3 cm. There are 16 pages of color woodblock printed designs and 30 pages of b+w collotypes. ...

Kisho^ Zufu

[FLAGS] Suharaya Mo^hei, publisher · 1870

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

[FLAGS] Suharaya Mo^hei, publisher. KISHO^ ZUFU. To^kyo^, n.d. [c. 1870]. 22.1 x 14.6 cm. Printed paper covers, tassel-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 11 sheets of color woodblock printed prints of Japanese government flags for the new Imperial era of Meiji, with explanato...

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...

Breasted Anient History Series. B1, Ancient World... & B2, Ancient

MAP - ANCIENT NEAR EAST · 1930

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

19. [MAP - ANCIENT NEAR EAST]. BREASTED ANIENT HISTORY SERIES. B1, ANCIENT WORLD RACE DISTRIBUTION ABOUT 250 BC. L. Philip Donoyer, Geographer. Compiled and Drawn by R. Baxter Blair. Chicago: DeNoyer-Geppert & Co. 1930. Revised edition. 31 x 44 inches. B2, ANCIENT ORIENT AND P...

State of New York from New and Original Surveys

MAP - NEW YORK STATE · 1860

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

1860. [MAP - NEW YORK STATE]. THE STATE OF NEW YORK FROM NEW AND ORIGINAL SURVEYS, under the direction of J. H. French, O.E. Syracuse: Robert Pearsall Smith, Publisher, 1860. A large-format wall map of New York State surrounded by vignette maps of Syracuse Oswego, Manhattan, L...

So^Ka Ryakuga-Shiki

[EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist · 0

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

19. [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist. SOKA RYAKUGA-SHIKI. Kyoto, Unsodo, N.D. with original Bunka colophon, but this is undoubtedly a 20th century reprint in color woodblock, (from the original blocks?) 1 volume, complete. Plain brown covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro...

Sekai Seihen Sohtei Kai No Kyoshoh: Tini Miura No Sekai 1980-1990

MIURA, Tini · 1990

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

1990. MIURA, Tini. SEKAI SEIHEN SOHTEI KAI NO KYOSHOH TINI MIURA NO SEKAI 1980-1990. A MASTER'S BIBLIOPHILE BINDINGS TINI MIURA 1980-1990. Tokyo: Kyoiku Shoseki, (1990). Folio. 35 x 26 cm. A photographic survey of master binder Tini Miura's book bindings from 1980-1990. Color ...

Drawing - Gekkan Ky?to Mag ????

Onchi K?shir? ????? · 1951

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

1951. Onchi K?shir? ?????. Drawing - Gekkan Ky?to Mag ????. An original drawing and magazine printer's proof page, tipped onto a single sheet, 27.4 x 19.2 cm. along with a xerox of the illustration and article as printed in the magazine in 1951. The article was entitled "HAHA ...

Han Geijutsu San-Go

[SO^SAKU HANGA] Shiro to Kuro-sha · 1932

$575.00 (€521.68 | £435.23 | ¥91,791)

1932. [SOSAKU HANGA] Shiro to Kuro-sha. HAN GEIJUTSU Sango. Tokyo, Showa 7 [1932]. 28.2 x 20.0 cm. Printed wrappers, prints and articles by the foremost critics and practitioners of the Creative Print movement. This is volume one, number three of this important monthly journal...

Han Geijutsu So^Kango

[SO^SAKU HANGA] Shiro to Kuro-sha · 1931

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

1931. [SOSAKU HANGA] Shiro to Kuro-sha. HAN GEIJUTSU Sokango. Tokyo, Showa 7 [1932]. 28.3 x 20.0 cm. Printed wrappers, prints and articles by the foremost critics and practitioners of the Creative Print movement. This is volume one, number one of this important monthly journal...

Hokuun Manga

[EHON] Katsushika HOKUUN · 0

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

19. [EHON] Katsushika HOKUUN. HOKUUUN MANGA. [Nagoya: Eirakuya To^shiro^, n.d. (No colophon)] 22.7 x 15.8 cm. Only 20 leaves of b+w images. Unusual variant with a hitherto unseen Eirakuya ad. The covers are very worn, but the contents are in good condition with only a bit of t...

Ho^Bun Gafu

[EHON] KIKUCHI Ho^bun, artist · 1903

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1903. [EHON] Kikuchi HOBUN, artist. HOBUN GAFU. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, Meiji 36 [1903].Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 23 [1890]. 24.3 x 16.6 cm. 1 volume complete. Black covers, string-bound Japanese style with a printed paper label. 27 single-page and 12 double-page woodcuts in sumi and ...

Meisu^ Gafu

[EHON] · 1810

$525.00 (€476.32 | £397.38 | ¥83,809)

1810. [EHON] O^hara Minsei, editor. MEISU^ GAFU. Wakayama: Nanreikan, n.d. [c.1810] 4 volumes, 25.2 x 17.6 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, light brown paper covers, original title labels. Good impressions throughout with very slight browning. Mostly b+w with a few color illus...

Hana No Nishiki #3

[DESIGN] Goto^ Ryu^ko^ · 1903

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

1903. [DESIGN] Goto Ryuko. HANA NO NISHIKI #3. Kyoto: Unkindo, Meiji 36 [1903]. A single woodblock-printed sheet, approx. 36 X 50 cm. folded into printed covers, 25.2 x 17.8 cm. Unkindo, a short-lived but brilliant publisher, later merged into the Unsodo concern. A bit browned...