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[AINU] The Language, Mythology, and Geographical Nomenclature of Japan Viewed in the Light of Aino Studies. Including An Ainu Grammar by John Batchelor and A Catalogue of Books Relating to Yezo and the Ainos. Tokyo, The Imperial University, Printed at the Japan Mail Office in Yokohama, 1887.

CHAMBERLAIN, BASIL HALL / BATCHELOR, JOHN: · 1883 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,200.00 ($2,424.86 | £1,835.12 | ¥387,264)

4to. Pp. (iv), 174. Contemporary half calf on cloth boards, rubbed. Old Japanese ownership stamp on title. Some minor staining. First edition of the first substantial work on the Ainu language in English. Rare in the trade. Chamberlain, born in England, first arrived in Japan…

Imayõ Bijin 今様美人. Tokyo, Akiyama Buemon (Kokkei-dõ). Meiji 32 or 33 (1899 or 1900).

MIZUNO, TOSHIKATA (Artist): · 1866 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€4,200.00 ($4,629.27 | £3,503.41 | ¥739,323)

Oblong leporello folded album (24.4 x 17.8 cm) with twelve coloured double page woodcut plates of beautiful women, depicting customs and events of Japan's four seasons. Complete with double page decorated title and six leaves with images mounted on both sides. Ink and colour on …

Takarabune 宝船 (Mysterious treasure ship). Volume 1 (of 2). Tokyo, Isetatsu Shoten, 1919.

KAZUO, INOUE (Ed.): · 1922 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)

Oblong 8vo (17.7 x 24.8 cm). Leporello folded book with sixty-two pages. Original decorated paper boards, new silk rear cover. A charming book presenting fifty different woodblock printed mythological ships, mostly in colour. In Japanese folklore, the Takarabune is a legendary s…

前北齋富士勝景 Zen Hokusai Fuji shõkei [The Former Hokusai's Best Views of Mount Fuji]. Tokyo, Ôkura Magobei, Meiji 22 (1889).

HOKUSAI, KATSUSHIKA: · 1831 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,900.00 ($3,196.40 | £2,419.02 | ¥510,485)

Leporello folded album (18.5 x 25 cm) with twelve stunning double-page wood block prints of Mount Fuji. Printed signature of Hokusai. Captions in Japanese and English. The paper slightly creased at the fold. Preceded by a gold sprinkled endpaper with printed short text in Englis…

[JAPANESE CRÊPE PAPER CALENDAR] The Months of Japanese children for 1906. Tokyo 1905.

HASEGAWA TAKEJIRO (Publ.): · 1853 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,000.00 ($1,102.21 | £834.14 | ¥176,029)

A diamond-shaped calendar 13.8 x 13.8 cm. Seven double folded leaves of crêpe paper bound in the Japanese style with silk thread. Contains twelve colour woodblock printed illustrations depicting different activities for children according to the months. Text in English, Japanese…

Kami no Tabi 紙の旅 (Paper Journey). Tokyo, Bijutsu ShuppanshaShowa 39 (1964).

SEIKICHIRÕ, GOTÕ: · 1898 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,800.00 ($3,086.18 | £2,335.61 | ¥492,882)

Large oblong folio (33.5 x 44 cm). Seventy-four double folded leaves bound in the fukuro-toji style. Twelve washi paper samples tipped in. Text in Japanese. Illustrated throughout in the katazome stencil technique on handmade paper. As issued in decorated washi paper covers. Hou…

Kafee Baa Kissaten Kokoku Zuanshu (collection of models for bars and cafés). Tokyo, Seibundõ, Shõwa 5 (1930).

YAMANA AYAO 装画集: · 1897 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,000.00 ($2,204.41 | £1,668.29 | ¥352,058)

4to (30.5 x 22.5 cm). Lvs. 26. Contains forty-eight pages with multiple illustrations, printed in b/w and colours. Original decorated wrappers, rubbed and browned. Partly with some staining. First edition.Ayao Yamana (1897-1980) was a renowned Japanese graphic designer, strong…

Kyûko zufu, Shokumon no bu (Textile section) 求古図譜: 織文之部. Tokyo, Yurindo, ca 1870-90.

CHIHARU TAKASHIMA 高島千春: · 1840 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

Folio (31.5 x 22.3 cm). Lvs (28), leporello-folded. With fifty-two beautiful woodblock-printed designs, fine impression. Printed Japanese captions. Original front paper cover (lightly stained), without rear cover. Printed title label on front cover. This volume is titled "textil…

E-iri Miyoko. みよ子 Tokyo, Seikadõ, Showa 8 (1933).

SATÕ HARUO (poet) / HAZAMA INOSUKE (artist): · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€520.00 ($573.15 | £433.76 | ¥91,535)

Lvs (19) with front portrait of Satõ Haruo and four colour illustrations. Title printed on inside front cover, colophon on inside rear cover. Ribbon-bound in the traditional Japanese style. Original brown wrapper with blind-patterned floral motifs. Printed title label on front c…

An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary. (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language). Two parts in one volume. Tokyo, Published by the Methodist Publishing House, Ginza,1905.

BATCHELOR, JOHN: · 1889 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)

Pp. (vi), 11, errata (1), 526; (ii), 159, errata (1), (1). Old Japanese inscription on front endpaper. Original blue cloth, a few stains to upper cover,slightly shaken, hinges weak. The second, much enlarged and improved edition of the first proper Ainu-English dictionary (first…

Tokyo Showa 5 (1930).

The Pictorial of Tokyo. · 1926 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)

Oblong 8vo. Lvs (iv), one folding coloured panorama of Hibiya (including the Imperial Hotel and Rokumeikan) and 62 leaves with photographic illustrations, mostly b/w but some coloured or tinted. Japanese captions above the pictures, and several have descriptions in English and J…

Things Seen in Japan. Tokyo ca 1896.

OGAWA, KAZUMASA (Photogr.): · 1919 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

Oblong 4to. Title page, two coloured maps and 47 coloured collotype plates printed on strong paper. Captions in English and descriptive texts in English, French and Russian printed opposite each picture. Original green silk binding with embroidered floral design on upper cover, …

Matsushima, (one of the three most famous views of Japan). Tokyo ca 1892.

OGAWA, KAZUMASA (Photogr.): · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

Folio. Six b/w collotype photos with printed captions in English. Protected by tissue guards. Original colour decorated wrappers, cotton ties, chipped at corners and spine. Printed title label on upper cover. Embossed marks throughout. Scarce.The photos depict beautiful scenic…

Leyendas y Narraciones Japonesas. [A Collection of Japanese Fairy Tales in Spanish]. Ten volumes. Tokyo, Hasegawa, Taisho 3 (1914).

GONZALO JIMÉNEZ DE LA ESPADA (Transl.) / HASEGAWA,TAKEJIRÕ (Ed.): · 1853 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€4,800.00 ($5,290.59 | £4,003.90 | ¥844,940)

A remarkably well-preserved crêpe paper book collection of Japanese fairy tales translated into Spanish. Hasegawa published two Spanish sets each of ten volumes. This set titled "Leyendas y Narraciones Japonesas" contains following works: 1. La Boda De los Ratones; 2. La Sierpe …

Nihon No Kami 日本の紙 (Japanese Hand-Made Paper): Higashi Nihon-hen (Eastern Japan) + Nishi Nihon-hen (Western Japan) . Two volumes. Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppansha, Showa 33-5 (1958-60).

GOTÕ (GOTO), SEIKICHIRÕ (SEIKICHIRO): · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,600.00 ($2,865.74 | £2,168.78 | ¥457,676)

Folio. Lvs 99 + 77. Parallel text in English and Japanese. With 171 katazome printed illustrations (many coloured) and 58 paper samples, all pasted in. Leaves folded in the Japanese fashion. As issued in original decorated washi paper covers. Original cloth slip cases, cotton ti…

[Three ukiyo-e woodblock-printed paper fans depicting kabuki actors and one with three ladies in Western clothing]. Published by Murakawa Soemon in Tokyo. 1888, 1892 and 1893.

JAPANESE PAPER FANS]. · 1888 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)

1. Fan depicting three ladies in Western clothing standing on a balcony under the moonlight. One is playing the "gekkin" (full moon guitar). It is printed by Yoshu Chikanobu, dated Meiji 21 (1888).2. Fan depicting three kabuki actors: Bando kakitsu, Ichikawa Kuzo and Nakamura …

The Kabuki Juhachiban, or Eighteen Best Kabuki Plays. Tokyo (?) 1917.

[CHIKAWA DANJURO VII - KABUKI]. · 1791 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

Accordion-bound book. Size: 24.1 x 21.6 cm. Title and content in Japanese. With 19 colour woodblock-printed illustrations of different kabuki actors. Pasted on sprinkled paper. Silk covered boards, printed title paper label on front cover. Housed in cloth folder.Comprises eigh…

Bijutsu Hõko 美術宝庫 (The Art Treasury). Eleven volumes. Tokyo, Matsui Eikichi, Gahakudo,1895.

KUBOTA BEISEN (Ed.): · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€6,000.00 ($6,613.24 | £5,004.87 | ¥1,056,176)

A complete set of this early refined Japanese art magazine. Size: 26 x 16 cm. With high-quality woodblock printed reproductions of ukiyo-e prints and paintings by famous artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Shibata Zeshin, Sakai Hoitsu, Ogata Korin, Mauyama Okyo…

A Model Japanese Villa. Tokyo, Ogawa Kazumasa, 1899.

OGAWA, KAZUMASA (Photogr. & Editor) / [SHIGENOBU, OKUMA]: · 1898 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

Oblong folio. (39.2 x 29 cm). Title in English, colophon in Japanese and 15 plates with 19 hand-coloured collotype photos. All protected by tissue guards with English printed captions. Original decorated crêpe paper binding, cotton ties, some minor dust-staining. (Small paper lo…

[Two hand-painted round fans (uchiwa) in original woodblock-printed covers]. Tokyo, Haibara Naojiro, ca 1890.

[HAIBARA / HANDMADE JAPANESE FANS]. · 1806 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,800.00 ($3,086.18 | £2,335.61 | ¥492,882)

A beautiful and well-preserved pair of round hand fans painted in ink, colour and gofun on paper with handles of lacquer decorated with gold, and silk tasselled cords. The fans are decorated in rinpa style with a landscape scene and flowers, on the reverse one has a view of Moun…