Boston Book Company

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 15: My Lord Bag-O’-Rice [?D? ??]

1887

$240.00 (€217.75 | £181.66 | ¥38,313)

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 15: My Lord Bag-O’-Rice [?d? ??]. Hasegawa Takejir? ??????. B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 18 x 12.3cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [9] cho with decorated wrappers in color, ...

Shibai Kinm? Zui ??????

Shikitei Sanba (Samba) ????, illustrator. ?? · 1890

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

189. Shikitei Sanba (Samba) ????, illustrator. ??. Shibai Kinm? Zui ??????. T?to [Tokyo]. Aoki Suzando, publisher. c. 1890s. 8 volumes bound as 5, 22 x 15cm bound Japanese style fukuro-toji. Original, black and white woodblock prints with Japanese text. Each volume centers on ...

Kamigata Shumi ????

1919

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

1919. Kamigata Shumi ???? [2 hand fans on front wrapper]. ??? Natsu no Maki [Summer edition]. ?? Taish? 8 [1919].15.5 x 10.7cm bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with decorated front wrapper of 2 hand fans. 28 cho with index, ads, and information and articles on things to do an...

Ehon Kaikei Zan (Jy?) ????? ?

1653

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

Ehon Kaikei Zan (Jy?) ????? ?. 22 x 15.5cm book string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Decorated front and rear wrappers with title slip on left hand side of front wrapper. 5 cho, and an initial, unnumbered cho, of color woodcuts and Japanese text. The final cho is pasted d...

Y?Sei No Kyori ????? [Fairy’S Distance]

Takiguchi Sh?z? ????, author and Abe Yoshifumi (also Yoshibumi, Abe Nobuya) ???? (????), artist · 1937

$12,500.00 (€11,340.96 | £9,461.48 | ¥1,995,454)

1937. Takiguchi Sh?z? ????, author and Abe Yoshifumi (also Yoshibumi, Abe Nobuya) ???? (????), artist. Y?sei no Kyori ????? [Fairy’s Distance]. Showa 12 [1937]. Tokyo: Shunch?kai ???. 30.3 x 24.5cm folio of poetry with a magnifying glass design on the front cover. Three single...

Shishu^ Natsu No Tegami

KITASONO Katue, poet; ONCHI Ko^shiro^, artist · 1937

$3,000.00 (€2,721.83 | £2,270.76 | ¥478,909)

1937. KITASONO Katue, poet & ONCHI Koshiro, artist. Shishu NATSU NO TEGAMI. Tokyo, Aoi Shobo, Showa 12 [1937] Folio, 30.0 X 22.0 cm, #22 of 200 copies printed. The binding, the typography, the illustrations, all combine as a fluid visual container for Kitasono's brilliant poem...

Bairei Hyakuch? Gafu Zokuhen ?????? ?? (??

K?no Bairei ????, artist · 1884

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

K?no Bairei ????, artist. Bairei Hyakuch? Gafu Zokuhen ?????? ?? (??) [Bairei’s Album of 100 Birds] Supplementary Series, 3 vols. Meiji 17 [1884]. Tokyo. ?kura Magob? ?????, publisher. 3 volumes approx 24.5 x 16.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in original decorate...

Kach? Gaen ????

Numata Kash? ????, artist · 1916

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

Numata Kash? ????, artist. Kach? Gaen ???? [An Album of Birds and Flowers]. Circa 1916 (artwork 1889). [Matsuyamado, publisher]. 24.7 x 17.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in embossed, blue-gray wrappers with gold decoration and printed title slip. [13] cho of orig...

Nihon No Sansui ?????

Fugaku Honsha ????, publisher · 1946

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

1946. Fugaku Honsha ????, publisher. Nihon no Sansui ?????. Showa 21 [1946].T?ky?. 26 x 18.6cm volume bound Western style with decorated wrappers, opens Japanese style. Wrappers are decorated in a blue and green floral design. Title page decorated with an unattributed woodcut....

Keisai S?Ga Vol. 2 ????

Keisai Masayoshi ???? and Baitei Kakei ????, artists · 1840

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

Keisai Masayoshi ???? and Baitei Kakei ????, artists. Keisai S?ga Vol. 2 ????. early 1840s.Nagoya Eirakuya T?shir? ??????. 21.3 x 15.3cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in embossed green, replacement wrappers. Title slip appears to be modern over the original slip. Ad...

Bump? Gafu ???? [an Album of Drawings by Bump?]

Kawamura Bump? ????, artist · 1807

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

Kawamura Bump? ????, artist. Bump? Gafu ???? [An Album of Drawings By Bump?]. Osaka & Kyoto. Zodiacal date Bunka ?? 4 [1807]. Yoshida Shimbei, publisher. Single volume 25.8 x 18cm bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, with a printed paper title label in the original blue-gray wra...

[Musha-Ehon Warrior Books? Ehon Sakigake ???; Ehon Musashi Abumi??????; Ehon Wakan No Homare??????

Katsushika HOKUSAI ???? ?????? · 1870

$2,000.00 (€1,814.55 | £1,513.84 | ¥319,273)

1870. Katsushika HOKUSAI ???? ??????[MUSHA-EHON WARRIOR BOOKS? EHON SAKIGAKE ???; EHON MUSASHI ABUMI??????; EHON WAKAN NO HOMARE??????.. Toukyou, Suzuki Tadashi ???. n.d.. c. early Meiji [1870s?]?23.5 ?15.5 CM in three matching volumes, bound in green, string bound fukuro-toji...

Kodomo No Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 5 #10 October ?? ??? ????1926

[Periodical] · 1926

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.08 | ¥47,891)

Kodomo no Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 5 #10 October ?? ??? ????1926 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 36 pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, 4 flimsy pages in this copy with musical scores. The...

Kodomo No Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #12 November ??? ??? ??????????1925

[Periodical] · 1925

$310.00 (€281.26 | £234.64 | ¥49,487)

Kodomo no Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #12 November ??? ??? ??????????1925?26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy deluxe paper. A total of 36 pages?including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragan...

Kodomo No Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #11?October ?? ??? ??????????1925

[periodical] · 1925

$310.00 (€281.26 | £234.64 | ¥49,487)

Kodomo no Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #11?October ?? ??? ??????????1925?26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy deluxe paper. A total of 36 pages?including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragana,...

Kodomo No Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #4?March ?? ??? ?????????1925

[Periodical] · 1925

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

Kodomo no Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #4?March ?? ??? ?????????1925?26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 32 pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigan...

Kodomo No Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #2?Shogatsu ?? ??? ?????????1925

[periodical] · 1925

$310.00 (€281.26 | £234.64 | ¥49,487)

Kodomo no Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 4 #2?Shogatsu ?? ??? ?????????1925?26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 32 pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furi...

Ryakugashiki ???

[EHON] KEISAI Masayoshi ????, artist · 1795

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

18. [EHON] KEISAI Masayoshi ????, artist. RYAKUGASHIKI ???. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka. Originally published in Edo by Suharaya Ichibei in 1795, this version has a colophon zodiacally dated to 1813. A very nice, skillful printing with wonderful colors that may point to a printing dat...

Kodomo No Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 2 #11 October ???? ??? ???? ?????1923

[PERIODICAL] · 1923

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,882)

1923. Kodomo no Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 2 #11 October ???? ??? ???? ?????1923 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 32pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, ...

Kodomo No Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 2 #10?September?1 ???? ??? ??? ?????1923

[PERIODICAL] · 1923

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

1923. Kodomo no Kuni ?????? [Land of Children] Vol. 2 #10?September?1 ???? ??? ??? ?????1923 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper 32?pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragana, katakan...