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The Bijutsu Kenkyu. The Journal of Art Studies. Number IV. April 1932

Bijutsu Kenkyujo. The Institute of Art Research Tokyo · 1932

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, Bijutsu Konwaka, The Institute of Art Research, 1932. First edition. Paper wrappers. 32 pp. Illus. with 8 b/w plates. 4to. Table of Contents in English and Japanese. Text in Japanese. Browning at edges, lower corner chipped else a very good copy.

The Bijutsu Kenkyu. The Journal of Art Studies. Number II. February 1932

Bijutsu Kenkyujo. The Institute of Art Research Tokyo · 1932

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, Bijutsu Konwaka, The Institute of Art Research, 1932. First edition. Paper wrappers. 38 pp. Illus. with 9 b/w plates. 4to. Table of Contents in English and Japanese. Text in Japanese. Browning at edges else a very good copy.

Kobijutsu. Quarterly Review of the Fine Arts. Number 34. August 1971

Sansaisha · 1971

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, Sansaisha, 1971. First edition. Paper wrappers. 136 pp. Illus. with 15 color & 40 b/w plates + intext reproductions. Table of Contents in English and Japanese. Text in Japanese. Articles on Ukiyoe, Icons, Su Shih, Matabe Iwasa, painters, and more. A very good copy.

I. Contemporary Japanese Art in America: Arita, Nakagawa, Sugimoto

Munroe, Alexandra. Japan Society · 1987

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Japan Society, 1987. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers. 81 pp. Illus. with 15color & 16 b/w plates. 4to. Exhibition letter laid in loose. Issued in conjnction with the May 12-June 28, 1987 exhibition. Two articles, plates, artists' biographies. A fine copy.

On the Laws of Japanese Painting. An Introduction to the Study of the Art of Japan

Bowie, Henry P. · 0

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Dover Publications, n.d. Reprint. Paper wrappers. xv, 117 pp. + plates. Illus. with 66 b/w plates. 8vo. A good+ copy, lightly soiled wrappers, hinge starting.

Asuka Buddhist Art: Horyu-Ji

Mizuno, Seiichi · 1974

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Weatherhill, 1974. First English Language edition. Paper covered boards. 172 pp. Illus. with 35 color plates and 170 b/w photos and maps + 2 folding charts. 8vo. Volume 4 of the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art. Richard L. Gage, trans. "Authoritative, well illustrate...

Catalogue of Japanese Netsuke, Inro, Lacquer, Ceramics, Sculpture, Swords, Sword Fittings and Armour. And Works of Art. 17 March 1982

Sotheby's (Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.) · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

London, Sotheby's (Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.), 1982. First edition. Paper wrappers. 129 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 8vo. Sale: Aoi. 581 lots. Prices realized sheet laid in loose. A few numbers circled else a near fine copy.

Isseido Kosho Mokuroku. Catalogue of the Isseido. No. 96. 2003

Isseido · 2003

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Tokyo, Isseido Shoten, 2003. First edition. Paper wrappers. 290, 132, 53 pp. Illus. with 53 b/w plates. 4to. Japanese Bookseller catalogue. 11,909 entries in Japanese and 1458 in Western languages. A very good copy.

Isseido Kosho Mokuroku. Catalogue of the Isseido. No. 95. 2002

Isseido · 2002

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Tokyo, Isseido Shoten, 2002. First edition. Paper wrappers. 305, 121, 53 pp. Illus. with 53 b/w plates. 4to. Japanese Bookseller catalogue. 13,212 entries in Japanese and 1342 in Western languages. A very good copy.

Arusu Amatoria Seiko Taii 62-Kata No Bunseki. Ars Amatoria Psycho-Analytic Study of the 62 Types in Coital Posture

Takahashi, Tetsu · 1949

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

Tokyo, Amatoriasha, 1949. First edition. Cloth. 170 pp. 8vo. Text in Japanese. OCLC shows a single copy of the first edition at Harvard; and one of the 1963 printing at the Nat. Lib. Medicine. A very good copy in a very good slipcase.

Japanese Architecture

Kishida, Hideto · 1954

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Tokyo, Japan Travel Bureau, 1954. Later printing. Cloth. 139 pp. Illus. with 2 color drawings and 79 b/w photos. 12mo. Tourist Library No. 6. A fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

Der Japanische Holzschnitt Ein Abriss Seiner Geschichte

Kurth, Julius · 1911

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Munchen, R. Piper & Co. 1911. First edition. Paper covered boards. 120 pp. Illus. with 75 b/w reproductions and drawings + 2 b/w folding charts. 8vo. Backstrip torn, detached and frayed, boards rubbed. Text and illustrations clean. A good copy only.

Illustrated Early Japanese Fiction in the Nordenskiold Collection [from] Biblis

Edgren, J.S., et al. · 1978

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Stockholm, Biblis, 1978. First edition. Paper wrappers. 62 pp. Illus. with 36 color and b/w reproductions. 8vo. In English. 51 page article followed by brief Japanese text and Swedish abstract of Edgren's article. Shelfwear else a near fine copy.

The Exhibition of the Yakushaye Prints of the Japanese Kabuki Plays

Museum of Japanese Art Haifa · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Haifa, Museum of Japanese Art Haifa, 1964. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 17 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows only a single copy. Shelfwear else a near fine copy.

Court and Samurai in an Age of Transition. Medieval Paintings and Blades from the Gotoh Museum, Tokyo

Japan Society. Richard, Naomi Noble, ed · 1990

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Tokyo, Japan Society, 1990. First edition. Cloth. 127 pp. Illus. with 42 color & b/w reproductions + b/w drawings. 4to. Published in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name at the Japan Society Gallery in 1990. Limited to 2000 copies. Essays plus detailed discussions of 4...

Origami Storybook. Japanese Paper-Folding Play

Sakade, Florence · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1960. First printing. Paper-covered boards. 30 pp. Illus. with 24 color origami and paper cut-outs. 4to. Kuzuhiko Sono, illus. A very good copy with minor edgewear and a repaired tear to one piece of mounting film.

Traditions of Japanese Art. Selections from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection

Rosenfield, John M. and Shimada, Shujiro · 1970

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Boston, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Univ. 1970. First edition. Cloth. 393 pp. Illus. with 12 color plates (6 folding) and 141 b/w plates and photos. 4to. A near fine copy in a very good lightly edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket.

Die Kunst Der Japanischen Holzschnittmeister

Bachhofer, Ludwig · 1922

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Munchen, Kurt Wolff, 1922. First edition. Quarter morocco over wood boards, top edge gilt. 125 pp. + plates. Illus. with 4 mounted color & 45 b/w plates + 6 b/w drawings. 4to. Text in German. This was Bachhofer's dissertation. An influential work that covers the social and sty...

Kuniyoshi. Catalogue of Kuniyoshi's Posthumous Exhibition March 20-April 25, 1954, Held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo. Atsuo Imaizumi and Lloyd Goodrich, text · 1954

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppan-sha (National Museum of Modern Art), 1954. First edition. Cloth. Unpaged. Illus. with 17 tipped-in color and 55 b/w plates. Folio (33 cm). Text in English and Japanese. Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1893-1953) was a Japanese-American painter, photographer and printma...

Japanese Works of Art

Spink & Son · 1977

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London, Spink & Son, 1977. First edition. Paper wrappers. 36 pp. Illus. with 5 color and 50 b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Catalogue 23 of 58 items. Signed compliments slip of Spink laid in loose. Rear wrapper rubbed else a near fine copy.