TAKEDA, Narajiro. Misebaya. 12 leaves showing 24 plates. Folio, 355 x 245 mm., publisher's decorated fabric binding in cloth chitsu case. Kyoto: Daimaru Gohukuten, 1911.
A spectacular album of kimono designs, and also a perfect example of the unrivalled quality of Japanese woodblock printing.
OCLC lists only the National Diet Library.
Item nr. 171835
Price: $2,850.00
GOTO, Hakuzan. Jidai Shokubutsu Somegire Kagami. 4 volumes, with 127 mounted fabric samples. Small folio, 286 x 213 mm., publisher's cloth. N.p.: [ca. 1956-1957].
The mounted fabric samples are notable for the delicacy of the colours which are almost all in pastel shades. Presumably produced in a small quantity. In fine.....
Item nr. 171834
Price: $1,500.00
INOKUMA, Asamaro. Yusoku Genji Kagami. 2 volumes containing a total of 54 colour woodcuts. Oblong folio, 265 x 350 mm., in publisher's boards and a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Kondo Happodo, 1931.
These two volumes comprise an extraordinary collection of exquisite design plates, which are also masterpieces of the printmaker's art.....
Item nr. 171814
Price: $4,750.00
KIMONO DESIGNS. Gofuku Komon Mihon cho. 836 mounted designs. Folio, 315 x 120 mm., contemporary wrappers, in a new chitsu case. N.p.: [ca. 1870-1890].
A stunning collection of original designs for kimonos with a manuscript title-page. Contrary to the usual collections of kimono designs which tend to dazzle with their opulent.....
Item nr. 171812
Price: $15,000.00
GYOKURIN, Hiratsuka. Hiratsukaha yamatomoyo. 2 volumes, each with 5 woodblock plates. Folio, 369 x 255 mm., publisher's decorated wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Miyata Toyamado, 1899.
A truly spectacular collection of kimono designs, which once again demonstrate the incredible artistic creativity involved in the craft, and also the unparalleled.....
Item nr. 171808
Price: $2,500.00
NAKAMURA, Gyokushu. Miyama no shiori. 2 volumes. Each with 26 plates. 8vo, 251 x 160 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Honda Unkindo, 1901.
A truly stunning collection of design plates, distinguished by a distinct modernist sensibility.
Extremely rare with OCLC listing only the Wolfsonian and National Diet Library.....
Item nr. 171803
Price: $4,750.00
NAKAMURA, Gyokushu. Moyo Bijutsu Binran. 50 plates on 25 leaves. 8vo, 178 x 110 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Mie: Yamanaka, Heisuke, 1889.
A charming little book, in which the bottom third of each of the 50 plates depicts a kimono, and the top third is divided in.....
Item nr. 171794
Price: $2,250.00
KOSEN, Yamashita. Hanagata. 4 volumes, each with 20 double-sided plates. Folio, 365 x 232 mm., publisher's wrappers. Kyoto: Miyata Toyamado, 1899-1900.
A complete set of this spectacular collection of kimono designs, many with a modernist sensibility. Slight wear to the wrappers, but internally immaculate.
OCLC lists Columbia, Stanford, Yale, LC, Harvard, Virginia.....
Item nr. 171793
Price: $8,500.00
KORIN, Furuya. Korin moyo. 2 volumes. With 13 and 12 double-page woodcut plates. 8vo, 250 x 180 mm., publisher's wrappers in a recent chitsu case. Kyoto-shi : Unsodo, 1907.
A truly spectacular collection of design plates by this important Rimpa artist. The work was primarily intended for inspiration in the manufacture.....
Item nr. 171784
Price: $3,750.00
JAPANESE TEXTILES. A collection of 521 original designs for Japanese textiles. Various sizes, laid on sheets in a folio album, 297 x 190 mm., in a modern silk chitsu case. N.p.: n.d.
An extraordinary collection of original designs exhibiting the highest quality of draughtsmanship and a truly remarkable artistic sensibility. The.....
Item nr. 171782
Price: $15,000.00
SEKKA, Kamisaka. Betsugonomi kyozome miyako no omokage. 27 double-side leaves of plates. 8vo, 239 x 155 mm., original wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto-shi : Tanaka Jihe : Bunkyudo zohan, 1890.
An early work from Sekka, who was truly an exceptional master of design. The first two plates each show.....
Item nr. 171781
Price: $1,500.00
GYOKKO, Shimomura. Genroku furyu Meiji-buri. 2 volumes, each with 16 double page plates. Folio, 328 x 225 mm., original boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Honda Ichijiro, 1905.
A stunningly beautiful collection of plates depicting artfully displayed kimonos.
OCLC lists FIT, Stanford, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Item nr. 171779
Price: $4,750.00
KIMURA, Gyokusen. Saisho shitsu. 48 plates, of which 24 are kimonos and 24 are designs. 300 x 218 mm. N.p.: Happodo, n.d.
A stunning collection of designs by Gyokusen Kimura. The 24 plates showing the kimonos are spectacular. The silk covering of the boards is worn, but the book is internally.....
Item nr. 171778
Price: $2,850.00
Tokyo. Teishitsu Hakabutsukan [Imperial Museum]. Shokumon Ruisan. [Historical textiles compiled by the Imperial Museum]. 10 volume corpus with 1,034 superb color woodblock plates with tissue guards, some printed in metallic inks. 4tos, 253 x 182 mm., wrappers laid into two chitsu cases. Tokyo: Yorindo, 1892.
A splendid set of this monumental.....
Item nr. 171764
Price: $25,000.00
JAPANESE DESIGN. Juraku Cho. 3 volumes, illustrated with a total of 90 colour and monochrome woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 270 x 390 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1934.
A spectacular series of designs with superb colour woodblock plates, with each volume devoted.....
Item nr. 165341
Price: $3,750.00
JAPAN. AIR DEFENCE ASSOCIATION. Kokumin Boku Zufu. Title, Colophon and 35 colour lithographic Plates. Oblong Folio. 750 x 515 mm. Loose in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Japan Air Defence Association,1941.
A truly extraordinary example of Japanese graphic art. As with much material published between the wars by the Rusia.....
Item nr. 171994
Price: $15,000.00
SEKKA, Kamisaka Furuya Korin and others. Shin Bijutsukai. 7 volumes. A total of 720 plates on 360 leaves. 8vo, 239 x 150 mm., publisher's decorated wrappers, in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1902-1905.
A splendid complete set of this legendary publication, here consisting of the plates from the 70 issues.....
Item nr. 171845
Price: $27,500.00
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ITAGAKI, Takao. Kikai to Geijutsu to no Koryu [The Correspondance or Cultural Exchange between Machine and Art]. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 8vo., publisher's decorated linen over boards, with two mounted photographs, and cardboard slipcase, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Iwanami, Shoten, 1929.
An unusually fine copy of this important.....
Item nr. 166636
Price: $3,750.00
JAPAN. Manchoukuo and Mongolia. Illustrated in black and white and colour throughout. 8vo, 220 x 150 mm., publisher's cloth. 1941.
Interesting wartime propaganda book composed of just one page of text, the rest being photographs and photomontages. Slight damage to the spine, but overall in fine condition. rare with no copies.....
Item nr. 171537
Price: $850.00
WITH AN UNRECORDED 31st MAP
TOMATSU Masanori, Muneyasu KAGEYAMA et al. Edo Kiriezu. A complete set of 31 Coloured Woodblock Maps of Tokyo. 12mo, 165 x 90 folded, 490 x 535 unfolded, each bound in original pale blue wrappers, preserved in a contemporary wooden box. Edo: Owariya Seishichi, 1852-1864.
A very special.....
Item nr. 171513
Price: $25,000.00
SUGIHARA, Jiro (editor). Dai Toa kensetsu gaho: Ajia no mamori, Teikoku Kaigun. 60 pp., iIllustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, 420 x 295 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers. Tokyo: Nihon Denpo Tsushinsha Shuppanbu, 1942.
This is the Japanese language edition of the great propaganda magazine Front, which appeared in some 15.....
Item nr. 165015
Price: $1,500.00
SEKKA, Kamisaka. Cho senshu. 2 Volumes, each with 25 double-page plates of coloured woodcuts depicting butterflies by Sekka. 8vo, 248 x 178 mm. folded, bound accordion-style (orihon) in green silk over boards, in a new green cloth box. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1903.
A fine copy of the first printing of this.....
Item nr. 171525
Price: $6,500.00
SHIMIZU, Yoshiyasu. Tokaido panorama chizu. [Panoramic Map of Tokaido]. Folding panorama, 230 x 7070 mm unfolded. 8vo., 230 x 90 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tokyo: Kanao Bun'endo, 1921.
A charming panorama depicting Tokaido (the East Sea Road), the route connecting Kyoto to Tokyo. Travel, particularly along the Tokaido, was.....
Item nr. 165258
Price: $575.00
ONCHI, Koshiro. Chu. Gyo. Kai. [Insects, Fish, Shells]. Unpaginated, 14 ff. Illustrated with 10 prints done with a mix of techniques including pochoir and woodcut. 4to., 265 x 210, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Tokyo: Aoi Shobo, Showa 18 [1943].
Onchi was an extremely prolific and gifted artist whose work with.....
Item nr. 169968
Price: $7,500.00
OGAWA KAZUMA. A Model Japanese Villa. 4 pp., illustrated with 14 hand-coloured collotype plates. Oblong folio, 265 x 375 mm., bound in publisher's silk-covered boards, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Ogawa, 1899.
Splendid Japanese photo album depicting Meiji style gardens surrounding a model country villa. This appealing work in.....
Item nr. 123383
Price: $1,750.00