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[A collection of ten original post card photographs of Kabuki theatre actors]. Kabukiza 1928.

[KABUKI]. · 1924 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.24 | ¥52,809)

A set of ten original postcard size photographs (14 x 9 cm). Each inscribed on verso in ink with name of the actor, his role and the title of the drama in which he is pictured in costume, and dated. Kabuki-za was the famous 19th century Ginza theatre rebuilt in 1924 after the bi…

SHAPERS OF JAPANESE BUDDHISM.

Kashiwahara, Yusen / Sonoda, Koyu (ed.) · 1994 · Antiquariaat van Veen

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

Tokyo, Kosei Publishing Company, 1994. 1st edition 392 pp. Pb . Illustrated. More than thirteen centuries of clergy, laity, and social conditions interacted to mold Japan's Buddhism. Today's resulting characteristics, which distinguish it from its mainland sources, include a pr…

Lucky Loser: Adventures In Tennis And Comedy

Michael Kosta · 2025 · Book Haven

NZ$16.50 (€8.27 | $9.11 | £6.90 | ¥1,456)

Harper Collins 2025 Hardback, 290pp. "From a host of The Daily Show and stand-up comic, Michael Kosta, comes a wildly funny and insightful memoir about his unlikely journey from professional tennis player (864 in the world) to professional comedian (there's no ranking system in …

Pantomime

DAIDO MORIYAMA · 2017 · Peter Austern & Co. / Brooklyn Books

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Tokyo, Akio Nagasawa Publishing. 2017, 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book, 2017 SIGNED PHOTOBOOK. --'PANTOMIME'-- by DAIDO MORIYAM. #238 of Signed/Numbered Edition of 600. Silk-screened cover printed on canvas. Daido Moriyama wrote: "It was a long, long time ago-- each of them was sl…

Concerning Lafcadio Hearn

Gould, G[eorge] M[ilbrey]; Stedman, Laura · 1908 · Ariel Books

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

T Fisher Unwin Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. He was a professor of English literature at the Imperial University of Tokyo. He is notable for writing about the customs, religion, and literature, translations of stories of th…

El Greco Exhibition: Japan 1986/1987

Keizo Kanki et al. · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Tokyo, Japan, The National Museum of Western Art, 1986. Softcover. Cream paper wraps. 131 pp. 49+ bw plates. Text is in Japanese and English. Published to accompany a series of 1986-1987 exhibitions of works by Spanish Renaissance artist El Greco (1541-1614). An illustrated and …

In the American Grain: Dove, Hartley, Marin, O'Keeffe, and Stieglitz: The Stieglitz Circle at the Phillips Collection (Variant Version)

Moffett, Charles S. et al. · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun / The Japan Association of Art Museums, 1996. Softcover. Black and white and color illus. wraps. 153 pp. 77 color & bw plates. Majority of text is in Japanese, with some front matter and titles also in English. Issued in conjunction with a series of 19…

Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London / Rondon Nashonaru Gyarari Ten

Kawase, Yusuke · 2020 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

Japan / Great Britain, National Gallery / Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan, 2020. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in grey cloth with gilt titles in illustrated belly band. 333 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm. Japanese and English text. Catalog of an exhi…

Maurice Utrillo [149 Toiles, Gouaches Et Dessins de 1904 à 1952]

Utrillo, Maurice · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Tokyo, Japan, Le Journal Mainichi, 1967. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration and black text. Unnumbered pages. Select number of color illustrations with ~100 bw plates. Text in Japanese, French, and English. "The adventure of Western painting in the past three-quarter…

Yoshio Taniguchi: Nine Museums

Riley, Terence · 2004 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2004. Hardcover. Square Quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth, dark gray dust jacket in mylar cover. 212 pp. with 99 bw illus. and drawings and 140 color illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2004-2005 exhibitions of examples of architectural wor…

The World Set Free

Wells, H.G. · 1914 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, E.P. Dutton, 1914. Hardcover. First American edition. Twelvemo. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles. 307 pages ; 20 cm. The Last War erupts in Europe, rapidly escalating from bloody trench warfare and vicious aerial duels into a world-consuming, atomic holocaust. Paris…

The Art of Photography, 1839-1989

Wolf, Daniel and Koko Yamagishi · 1990 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art in Association with Libro Port Pub. Co, 1990. Paperback. Grey wraps with light grey and black lettering and b&w illustration; 419 pp.; richly illustrated. "Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Sezon Museum of Art, March 3 to April 1, 1990.…

Shodo Zenshu (Volume 10)

Shimonaka, Yasaburo · 1930 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Tokyo, Japan, Heibonsha, 1930. Hardcover. golden-brown decorative cloth w/ white, black script title plate; green printed emblem on back board. top edge gilt. unpaginated, approx 150+ w/ black printing, fold-outs. brown slipcase w/ black script. There are four fold-outs; each re…

Treasures of the Shosoin

Shosoin Office [ed] · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. tan bevelled boards with white leatherette spine. White dust jacket with color illustraiton, black lettering. 100 pp text with BW illustrations + approx 240 pp with 110 color plates. "The Shosoin Treaures..are s…

Rétrospective Salvador Dalí 1982 = Dali Ten

Field, Albert et al. · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Art Life Ltd, 1982. Paperback. Glossy, color-illus. wraps with red lettering on front cover and blue text in Japanese on spine. [160] with 74 color and bw catalogue illustrations and 2 bw photos of Dali. Catalogue from the exhibition held 28 February-6 April, 1982, Isetan Museum…

Masterpieces of Chinese Ceramics from the Baur Collection, Geneva = Bau Korekushon Ch Goku T Ji Meihinten

Ayers, John et al. · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Tokyo, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 1994. Softcover. Glossy white and color illus. wraps, 125 pp. 84 color plates, many BW illus.; with 16-page English essay tipped in at front of book. Majority of text is in Japanese, with additional English captions; and 16-page English essay tipp…

Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. Volume 3: Museum Pusat, Jakarta

Mantra, Prof. Dr. I.B. and Abu Ridho · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

Tokyo / New York / San Francisco, Kodansha International, 1977. Limited. Hardbound. White linen cloth with gilt embossed design and title, contained within a bluish cloth clamshell box. 316 pp. with 99 mounted color plates and hundreds of smaller bw reference illustrations. "Thr…

Japanese Noh Plays: How to See Them

Nogami, Toyoitiro · 1938 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Tokyo, Board of Tourist Industry, 1938. Third Edition. Softcover. Tan wraps with black lettering; hand-painted color illus. laid on. 67 pp. with color frontis, 2 color plates, and 32 bw illustrations. Text in English. Volume 2 in the Tourist Library publications. Includes a note…

The Cooperative Program for the Conservation of Japanese Art Objects Overseas = Zaigai Nihon Kobijutsuhin Hozon Sh Fuku Ky Ryoku Jigy

2004 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Tokyo, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, 2004. Softcover. White & color illus. wraps, 220 pp. BW & color illus. Text is in Japanese and English. Provides details about the conservation of 9 pieces of Japanese art: 7 paintings and 2 decorative art works. They a…

Jean-François Millet Et Ses Amis: Peintres de Barbizon

Cogniat, Raymond et al. · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun, 1970. Softcover. White & color illus. wraps, unpaginated, many BW and color illus. Text is in Japanese and French. Issued in conjunction with a series of 1970 exhibitions featuring works by French painter and Barbizon School founder Jean-François Millet (…