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Shazanro^ Gahon

[EHON] Tani BUNCHO^, artist · 1817

$6,500.00 (€5,897.39 | £4,919.99 | ¥1,037,966)

6. [EHON] Tani BUNCHO, artist. SHAZANRO GAHON. Edo; Izumiya Tojiro, Bunka 14 [1817]. Original grey/brown embossed covers, worn printed paper title label. 27.7 X 18.3 cm. Seems to follow (with minor differences) the collation of the 1817 edition, which Mitchell had in his colle...

Zoku E Kasen ????. 2 Vols

[POETRY] GIBAKU ??(1751-1828) compiler · 1811

$2,500.00 (€2,268.23 | £1,892.31 | ¥399,218)

1811. [POETRY] GIBAKU ??(1751-1828) compiler. ZOKU E KASEN ????. 2 vols. {Bunka 8 [1811]}. 22.7 x 16.0 cm . There are 83 single page images with poems, printed skillfully in sumi-e.. Interestingly, the block cutter Asakura Konpachi ????, is credited but no one else. The date c...

Sono Hasae ?????

POETRY] TAICHUU ??, compiler · 1827

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

1827. [POETRY] TAICHUU ??, compiler. SONO HASAE ?????. {Bunsei ??10 [1827]} 22.9 x 15.8 cm. Wonderful sumi-e prints with poems throughout, 58 single page and one double page prints.. The printing is lovely, the condition very clean, in the original covers with title label.. It...

Suisan Zukai

[EHON] Fujikawa Sankei · 1889

$975.00 (€884.61 | £738.00 | ¥155,695)

1889. [EHON] Fujikawa Sankei. SUISAN ZUKAI. Ko^be & O^saka, Meiji 22 [1889]. 2 vols. 26.2 x 18.2 cm. String-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji. Printed paper title labels. Blue grey paper covers with a net pattern. Vol.1: 2 sheets prelims.; 10 sheets preface and contents table,...

Shinpan Ehon Don Kihoute

SERIZAWA Keisuke · 1975

$3,750.00 (€3,402.34 | £2,838.46 | ¥598,827)

1975. SERIZAWA Keisuke. Shinpan EHON DON KIHOUTE. To^kyo^, Gohachi, Sho^wa 51 [1976]. Large color stencil printed ehon based on the story of Don Quixote, done as a "new version" 40 years after Serizawa's original version. The scale, the images, all are quite different from the...

Bijutsukai

Unsoudou, Publisher · 1897

$5,000.00 (€4,536.46 | £3,784.61 | ¥798,435)

1897. Unsoudou, Publisher. BIJUTSUKAI. #5(1), #10 (1), #12 (1), #19 (1), #20 (1), #24 (1), #26 (1), #28 (1), #29 (1), #30 (1), #31 (1), #32 (1), #33 (1), #37 (1), #38 (1), #40 (1), #41 (1), #42 (1), #43 (1), #44 (1), #45 (1), #46 (1), #47 (1), #49 (1), #50 (1), #51 (all twenty...

Tetsuou Ranchiku-Fu, 2 Vols

[NANGA] TETSUOU, artist (1792-1872) · 1927

$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)

1927. [NANGA] TETSUOU, artist (1792-1872). TETSUOU RANCHIKU-FU, 2 vols. 30.8 x 22.8 cm. Unsoudou, Shouwa 2 [1927] Large orihon folding albums.. With the remarkable artwork of Tetsuou (Old Man Made of Iron) a Rinzai Zen monk who lived in Nagasaki through most of the 19th centur...

Kodomo No Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 7 #9 August 1928

[Periodical] · 1928

$285.00 (€258.58 | £215.72 | ¥45,511)

1928. [Periodical]. Kodomo no Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 7 #9 August 1928. Perhaps the most beautifully illustrated children's magazine of preWar Japan, KODOMO NO KUNI was edited by artists and writers and displayed a wonderful spirit. As it happpened, Takei Takeo and others...

Kodomo No Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 15 #13 November 1936

[Periodical] · 1936

$285.00 (€258.58 | £215.72 | ¥45,511)

1936. [Periodical]. Kodomo no Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 15 #13 November 1936. Perhaps the most beautifully illustrated children's magazine of preWar Japan, KODOMO NO KUNI was edited by artists and writers and displayed a wonderful spirit. As it happpened, Takei Takeo and ot...

Kodomo No Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 14 #7 June 1935

[Periodical] · 1935

$285.00 (€258.58 | £215.72 | ¥45,511)

1935. [Periodical]. Kodomo no Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 14 #7 June 1935. Perhaps the most beautifully illustrated children's magazine of preWar Japan, KODOMO NO KUNI was edited by artists and writers and displayed a wonderful spirit. As it happpened, Takei Takeo and others ...

Kodomo No Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 7 #3 March 1928

[Periodical] · 1928

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,898)

1928. [Periodical]. Kodomo no Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 7 #3 March 1928. Perhaps the most beautifully illustrated children's magazine of preWar Japan, KODOMO NO KUNI was edited by artists and writers and displayed a wonderful spirit. As it happpened, Takei Takeo and others ...

Kodomo No Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 7 #1 January 1928

[Periodical] · 1928

$285.00 (€258.58 | £215.72 | ¥45,511)

1928. [Periodical]. Kodomo no Kuni [Land of Children] Vol. 7 #1 January 1928. Perhaps the most beautifully illustrated children's magazine of preWar Japan, KODOMO NO KUNI was edited by artists and writers and displayed a wonderful spirit. As it happpened, Takei Takeo and other...

Sanji Sansui Shogacho ??????? 2 Volumes in One

[EHON] Buncho ??, Baiitsu ??, Gessho ?? , Chikuto ??, et al. · 1821

$1,600.00 (€1,451.67 | £1,211.08 | ¥255,499)

1821. [EHON] Buncho ??, Baiitsu ??, Gessho ?? , Chikuto ??, et al. SANJI SANSUI SHOGACHO ??????? 2 volumes in one. Orihon. The preface is dated Bunsei 4 [1811]. Orihon folding albums 26.4 x 15.8 cm. Referring to Mitchell pp 457-8, the contents of our volume contains all the 16...

Wakan Ehon Sakigake Shohen ???????

[EHON] Hokusai ??, artist · 1836

$950.00 (€861.93 | £719.08 | ¥151,703)

1836. [EHON] Hokusai ??, artist. Wakan EHON SAKIGAKE Shohen ???????. {Tempo^ 7?[1836]}. Hanshihon, 22.6 cm x 15.7 cm. Unusually, tan covers, with a deeply incised blind-stamped cloud pattern on front and rear covers. The paper label is present, glued to the inside front cover....

Tokaido Meisho Zue ??????? 6 Vols

[MEISHOKI] AKISATO Ritô ???? · 1797

$1,400.00 (€1,270.21 | £1,059.69 | ¥223,562)

1797. [MEISHOKI] AKISATO Ritô ????. TOKAIDO MEISHO ZUE ??????? 6 vols. Osaka, Kyoto & Edo, Kansei 9 [1797] 25.9 x 18.3 cm. string-bound, fukuro-toji, printed paper title labels. Illustrations by various Kyoto artists including Soken, Goshun, Soen, etc. etc. Quite a departure f...

Kocho Gafu Ni-Hen ???? ??

[EHON] Ueda KOCHO ???? · 1850

$1,400.00 (€1,270.21 | £1,059.69 | ¥223,562)

1850. [EHON] Ueda KOCHO ???? (1788-1850), artist. KOCHO GAFU Ni-hen ???? ??. Osaka: Honya Kichibei & Kawachiya Kihei, Kaei 3 [1850]. Two volumes, yellow covers with original title labels, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. 25.4 x 18.2 cm. The second series of illustrati...

Soken Sansui Gafu ??????

[EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN ???? · 1818

$1,450.00 (€1,315.57 | £1,097.54 | ¥231,546)

1818. [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN ???? (1759-1818), artist. SOKEN SANSUI GAFU ??????. Heian [Kyoto]: Bunka 15 [1818]. 2 volumes, 25.6 x 18.3 cm, dark blue stiff paper covers, no title slips, bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. This copy appears not to be in original covers, else, it...

Baichiku Rangiku [Album of Plum, Bamboo, Orchid and Chrysanthemum]. Baichiku Rangiku ???? [Album of Plum, Bamboo, Orchid and Chrysanthemum]

1710

$1,850.00 (€1,678.49 | £1,400.31 | ¥295,421)

Baichiku Rangiku [Album of Plum, Bamboo, Orchid and Chrysanthemum]. Baichiku Rangiku ???? [Album of Plum, Bamboo, Orchid and Chrysanthemum] Kyoto 1710?A single volume 28. 1 x 19. 4cm string-bound, Japanese style fukuro-toji with the original dark blue-green wrappers and the or...

Ehon Azuma No Teburi ??????? (Alternative Title Taihei Yuzo ????)

[EHON] Onishi Chinnen ???? · 1829

$3,850.00 (€3,493.07 | £2,914.15 | ¥614,795)

1829. [EHON] Onishi Chinnen ???? (1792-1851), artist. EHON AZUMA NO TEBURI ??????? (Alternative title TAIHEI YUZO ????). Edo: Kobayashi Shimbei & Osakaya Gembei, Bunsei 12 [1829]. 27.8 x 18.6 cm, string bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, in the original blue paper covers from ...

Kimpaen Gafu ?????

[EHON] Kawamura BUMPO ???? · 1820

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

1820. [EHON] Kawamura BUMPO ???? (1779-1821), artist. KIMPAEN GAFU ?????. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, Bunsei Gan-nen. 26.4 x 17.1 cm. Original soiled and darkened yellow-brown covers with a karazuri printed large reishi mushroom. The bibliographical details of this copy correspond...