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Yu-Pe-Ya's Lute: A Chinese Tale, in English Verse

WEBSTER, Augusta · 1874

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

1874. WEBSTER, Augusta. YU-PE-YA'S LUTE: A CHINESE TALE, IN ENGLISH VERSE. London: Macmillan and Co. 1874. First edition. [2] + 64 pp. + 1 pp. publisher's advertisement. 12mo. purple cloth sunned to light brown at spine and edges of boards, spine stamped in gilt, boards stampe...

Kogata Kamera No Utsushikata Tsukaikata

[PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA Ihei · 1937

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

1937. [PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA Ihei. KOGATA KAMERA NO UTSUSHIKATA TSUKAIKATA. Tokyo, Genko^sha, Sho^wa 12 [1937]. 8vo. A master's handbook to photographic techniques, here on the use of the pocket camera. Kimura Ihei's second publication, from his early years. It includes the famo...

25 Outdoor Scenes and Studio Photos

[PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN] · 1884

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

1884. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 25 OUTDOOR SCENES AND STUDIO POSED PHOTOS. Small late 19th century oblong 12 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos of landscape and city scenes, genre shots of trades and customs in the studio, each about 9.5 x 13.5 cm image size. Brocade covered board...

Sanju^-San Butsu

[LIVRE D'ARTISTE] MORIMOTO Kiyo^ko, artist · 1974

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

1974. [LIVRE D'ARTISTE] MORIMOTO Kiyoko, artist. SANJU-SAN BUTSU. Osaka, Riichi. Showa 49 [1974]. 22 x 23.5 cm. Hand-bound western style in ostrich leather by Hirooka Riichi. Morimoto was an Osaka printmaker who handcut and handprinted the blocks for the "33 Buddhas" of the ti...

Humorous Album of Indelicate Ladies

[PAINTING ALBUM] TOSHINDO, artist · 1880

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

18. [PAINTING ALBUM] TOSHINDO, artist. [A HUMOROUS ALBUM OF INDELICATE LADIES, c. 1880] 22 x 13.8 cm, Orihon folding album in raw silk covered boards. Shibata Toshindo was married into the Shibata family, her original family name was Niwa and birthplace Nagoya. The brother of ...

Tokyo Gekijo

[PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] O^bayashi Gumi · 1930

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

1930. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Obayashi Gumi. TOKYO GEKIJO. Osaka, Showa 5 [1930]. Large 8vo. wrappers, illustrated with photos throughout, along with many plans. A visual and textual discussion of Shochiku's TOKYO THEATRE, a large Western-style building designed for the performa...

Yokujo ??

SERIZAWA Keisuke ???? · 1968

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

1968. SERIZAWA Keisuke ????. YOKUJO ??, Tokyo, Gallery Gohachi ???????, Showa 43 [1968]. #38 of 100cc. 26.6 x 22.5 cm. Yellow paper over board covers. 10 small stencils in Serizawa's inimitable style of women bathing. Hand-stenciled and hand-colored by Serizawa, with his stenc...

Kodomo No Kuni V. 13, #11

[CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE] · 1934

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1934. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 13, #11. Tokyo, October, 1934. 26.1 x 18.8 cm There is a 20 page section of flimsy pages with the colophon and lots of ideas for mothers. There are 32 heavy deluxe paper pages counting the front and rear covers, illustr...

Ausspruche Eines Heilkundigen Uber Vergangenes, Gegenwartiges Und

Marx, K. F. H. · 1876

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

1876. Marx, Dr. K. F. H. AUSSPRUCHE EINES HEILKUNDIGEN UBER VERGANGENES, GEGENWARTIGES UND KUNFTIGES. Gottingen: Dieterich'schen Verlags - Buchhandlung, 1876. iv + 143 pp. 8vo. quarter brown cloth, unmarked, with brown marbled paper covered boards. Presentation copy inscribed ...

Tamc Kaiho^ Official Organ of the Tokyo Amateur Magicians Club

[MAGICIANS - JAPAN] · 1935

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

1935. [MAGICIANS - JAPAN]. TAMC KAIHO OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE TOKYO AMATEUR MAGICIANS CLUB. Vol.1, #1 thru Vol.2 #1, 5 issues in all. Published in Tokyo from January 1935 to May 1936. Text in Japanese, but the first 4 issues (of 4 and 8 pp.) include translations into English on ...

Topographical Map of the Japanese Empire

[MAP - JAPAN] IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN · 1900

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

1900. [MAP - JAPAN] IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. Engraved by N. Matsudaira, printed by G. Yoshii at the Toyodo in Tokyo, 1900. This huge (5.33'x 6')(164 x 183 cm) map has a colored inset of the political divisions of the empire...

Saika

[DESIGN] Saikasha · 1915

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

1915. [DESIGN] Saikasha. SAIKA. Tokyo 1924-9. 30 issues bound into 10 volumes (out of 36 issues bound in 12 volumes). Significant run of the SAIKA series which captured Japanese and Asian design in all its manifestations - objects, utensils. fabrics, rugs, architectural elemen...

Dai-Ichi Ginko^

[PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] · 1930

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

1930. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE]. DAI-ICHI GINKO. Tokyo: Showa 5 [1930]. Western-style binding in wrappers. Includes 9 tipped-in photos of the new Dai-Ichi Bank building in Tokyo. There are 17 plates as well, and text describing the history of the bank. In addition, there is a smal...

Nikko^Zan Meisho^ Ju^Nikei

[COPPER ENGRAVING] MATSUURA YASU, artist · 1883

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

1883. [COPPER ENGRAVING] MATSUURA YASU, artist. NIKKOZAN MEISHO JUNIKEI. Nikko: Shiozawa Ken'ichiro, Meiji 16 [1883]. The original sheets (from a folding album?) have been remounted on Japanese paper and fukuro-toji string binding. The cover of the original series is a bit edg...

Gendai Haiga Shu^

[EHON] · 1916

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

1916. [EHON] GENDAI HAIGA SHU [A COLLECTION OF MODERN HAIGA] 1 volume [of 4] Summer. Summer has 30 full page color woodcuts, complete as called for. String-bound Japanese style in printed paper covers. Dated Taisho 5 [1916], first printing. Compiled by Shimada Yukichi; printed...

By Salt Marshes: Pictures and Poems of Old Ipswich

DOW, Arthur Wesley · 1908

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

1908. DOW, Arthur Wesley & Everett Stanley HUBBARD. BY SALT MARSHES: PICTURES AND POEMS OF OLD IPSWICH. Ipswich: Privately printed, 1908. No. 103 of approximately 200. [32] pp. 8vo. Quarter brown cloth (unmarked) with color illustrated (front cover only) paper covered boards. ...

Illustrated Books of the Nanga School

MITCHELL, C.H. · 1972

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

1972. MITCHELL, C.H. THE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE NANGA, MARUYAMA, SHIJO and Other Related Schools of Japan. A Biobibliography. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. First edition. Large 8vo, 623 pp. Dark blue cloth. Fine. An indispensable reference, now increasingly hard to ...

Yo^Hinten Hanjo^Saku

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] SHO^TENKAISHA Edited by · 1932

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

1932. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Edited by Sho^tenkaisha. YO^HINTEN HANJO^SAKU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 7 [1932]. 30.0 X 21.8 cm. From an important series of design portfolios originally produced by Seibundo in 1930. The original title of this work was YO^HIN BO^SHITEN KO^KOKU ZUANSH...

Rajio Chikuonkiten Hanjo^Saku

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] SHO^TENKAISHA Edited by · 1932

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

1932. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Edited by Shotenkaisha MAEJIMA Sei-ichi, designer. RAJIO CHIKUONKITEN HANJOSAKU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 7 [1932]. 30.0 X 21.8 cm. From an important series of design portfolios originally produced by Seibundo in 1930. The original title of this work w...

Ashura Cho^

[EHON] Ito^ Chu^ta · 1921

$2,750.00 (€2,495.01 | £2,081.53 | ¥439,000)

1921. [EHON] Ito Chuta. ASHURA CHO Dai Go-kan. Tokyo: Kokusui Shuppansha, (Arata Eisuke), Taisho 10 [1921]. 5 volumes complete. Bound in printed cloth over [25.6 x 21.4 cm] boards with thongs. Entitled (roughly) "Demon Sketchbook". The Asuras of the title are the warrior gods ...