EDO JAPAN. Morioka ezu. Hand coloured woodblock print map. 122.5 x 63.5 cm (unfolded), 217 x 160 mm (folded), folded with wrappers, in a new chitsu case. N.p.: Edo period [1603-1867].
A masterpiece of the cartographer's art with unique topographic details and magnificent colouring. The map is a detailed, colored diagram.....
Item nr. 172878
Price: $7,500.00
![Item nr. 172832 Sasshu Kagoshima Gojo Ezu [Map of Kagoshima Castle]. KAGOSHIMA](https://ursusbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/172832_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1738888273)
Sasshu Kagoshima Gojo Ezu. [Map of Kagoshima Castle.] Manuscript map with color, 145 x 205 mm folded, 82.5 x 115 cm unfolded, publisher's wrappers, in a new chitsu case. N.p.: N.d.
A cartographic masterpiece consisting of a splendidly coloured manuscript map of Kagoshima Castle.The castle was built in 1600 and is.....
Item nr. 172832
Price: $4,500.00
YAMAMURA, Seisuke. Tokyo shin sokuryo ezu kubun ichiran. [New Survey of Tokyo.] Coloured printed map. (folded) 123 x 83 mm, (unfolded) 375 x 492 mm. Folded into publisher's wrappers. Tokyo: Okura Shirobei, 1882.
A charming pictorial map based on the results of a detailed survey of Tokyo. Extremely rare with OCLC.....
Item nr. 172919
Price: $1,500.00
TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE. Edo sichu onari no fushi keibi no zu. Edo inspection security map. Coloured manuscript map, 115 x 41 cm (map), mounted onto a hanging scroll, housed in a wooden box. Edo: n.p., [1789-1818].
This beautifully drawn map was apparently created mainly as a security map for the Tokugawa shogun.....
Item nr. 172877
Price: $12,500.00
NAGASAKI. Hizen Nagasaki-zu. Woodcut map of Nagasaki. Coloured woodcut map with outer wrappers, the front illustrated. 620 x 860 mm, folded in a new chitsu case. Nagasaki: n.p., [1802].
A masterpiece of the woodblock printer's art. This splendid and boldly coloured map of Nagasaki includes a distance chart and a table.....
Item nr. 172810
Price: $4,750.00
MANUSCRIPT MAP. Shogunke Edo Junkou-zu. Coloured manuscript map scroll. 17 x 830 cm, housed in a new chitsu case. [Edo]: n.p., [1697-1774].
This rare and innovative portable strip map scroll provides a street-by-street, turn-by-turn route around central Edo, navigating the intricate layout of Edo's streets as one would encounter them while.....
Item nr. 172809
Price: $15,000.00
JAPANESE MILITARY MANUSCRIPTS. Ushikubo Kageharu Castle Map. By Ushikubo Kageharu, reworked by Yoshida Gizaemon. 2 ff, and folded map. 27 x 20 cm (folded), with a foldout 27 x 600 cm, wrappers, housed in a new chitsu case. ca. 1769-1777.
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Kohyakujou-zu. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout in black and white. 28 x 40.....
Item nr. 172806
Price: $12,500.00
KIMURA Kenkadô. Nihon Sankai Meisan Zue. [Illustrations of the Noted Products of Mountain and Sea.] 5 volumes. Unpaginated, illustrated with woodblock prints throughout, one with contemporary (?) hand colouring. 4to, ca. 227 x 152 mm, stab bound in publisher's original wrappers, preserved in a new chitsu case. Osaka:NAniwa Shorin, Kansei.....
Item nr. 172776
Price: $3,750.00
HORI, Gennyusai; KAWABE Soyo; HORI, Genpo and Yasuyuki MORIKAWA. Eidai Setsuyo Mujinzo: shinso ryoten. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated in black and white and with 6 double-page and 1 single-page coloured woodcuts. 4to, 259 x 190 mm., contemporary cloth wrappers. [Tokyo]: Suharaya Mohe; Kyoto: Fugetsu Shozaemon, 1831.
A fine copy of this fascinating.....
Item nr. 168631
Price: $1,500.00
TOKYO NICHINICHI SHINBUNSHA. Teikoku kaigun no iyo. 36 ff., illustrated throughout with photomontages. Oblong 4to, 350 x 255 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth stamped in silver, in original printed cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha, 1942.
A spectacular photo book on the Japanese Navy in World War II. It.....
Item nr. 167209
Price: $3,750.00
TOKYO. Edo Meisho Zue. [Famous Sights in and about Edo.] 20 Volumes. Illustrated with ca. 600 woodcuts by Hasegawa Settan. By Gesshin Saitô et al. Small 4tos, 255x 180 mm, bound in original Japanese pale blue paper with paper title labels on front covers, stab binding with original publisher's wraps.....
Item nr. 172770
Price: $18,500.00
VIEWS OF JAPAN. Album of 20 etched plates, and one loose plate laid-in. Oblong 12mo, 104 x 160 mm., contemporary full flexible brown stiff paper over boards. [Tokyo, ca. 1900].
A delicate and extremely unusual pocket album of finely etched views of the famous sites around Japan. Includes views of Mt.....
Item nr. 121391
Price: $975.00
SEKKA, Kamisaka. Momoyogusa. [Flowers of a Hundred Worlds]. 3 volumes. Suite of 60 double-spread colour printed woodblock prints. Oblong 4tos, 301 x 225 mm, accordion bound with original publisher's printed covers, preserved in Japanese chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsôdô, 1909-1910.
A spectacular Japanese coloured woodblock book, called the "finest Japanese design book.....
Item nr. 172769
Price: $57,500.00
JAPANESE GARDENS - MEIJI. NAKAJIMA, Yoshinobu Shunko. Teizoho Zushiki Taikan. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 3 black-and-white full- page photographs and 32 colour lithographic plates. Oblong folio, 268 x 382 mm, bound in Japanese style with white cord, green cloth over boards, gilt Japanese lettering on cover, in a new cloth folding.....
Item nr. 171993
Price: $1,250.00
JAPAN. Mondokoro Kirikata. "Stencils for crest-cutting". 8 Leaves. 8vo., in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: Onoya Kinzo, N.D.
An extremely fragile little pamphlet with instructions on how to cut family crests from folded paper. Following the instructions ensures the destruction of the pamphlet, hence its rarity, with no copies listed on.....
Item nr. 171811
Price: $1,250.00
TOKUNO, Ryosuke. Kahei Seizu. 55 plates. Oblong Folio, 273 x 364 mm., contemporary morocco-backed cloth. [Tokyo] : Okurasho Insatsukyoku, 1879.
A splendid example of Japanese chromolithography, this method of printing being presumably thought to be better suited to the reproduction of gold and silver coins than the more traditional Japanese method.....
Item nr. 171760
Price: $4,750.00
![Item nr. 168700 Chado Hokan. [A Treasury of the Tea Ceremony]. 3 volumes. Sugimura KOSUGI](https://ursusbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/168700_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1725646084)
KOSUGI, Sugimura and Yukimaro Miyazaki. Chado Hokan. [A Treasury of the Tea Ceremony]. 3 volumes. 16 double-page and 4 single page plates; 30 double-page and 1 single page plates; 32 double-page and 3 single page plates. 4to, 245 x 180 mm., publisher's boards in contemporary chitsu case, label worn. Tokyo.....
Item nr. 168700
Price: $1,500.00
YAMAGUCHI, Ryoshu. Nogu taikan. 4 volumes; 27, 25, 25, 25 colour woodblock plates, each with facing text. Oblong folio, 255 x 365 mm., publisher's silk over boards in 2 chitsu cases. Kyoto-shi: Bijutsu Shoshi Gomei Kaisha Unsodo, 1924.
A classic example of Unsodo printing. This unusual collection of 102 exquisite woodcuts.....
Item nr. 168695
Price: $2,750.00
KAMISHIBA. Kagayaku Seiho. 24 large offset colour-printed plates (including introductory title). 13 x 18 1/2 in. NP. Tokyo: ca. 1941.
$1,500.00
A rare survival of a wartime Kamishiba telling the story of a renowned samurai who organized his people to fight, and showing how the sentiment reflects Japan's ambition to win World.....
Item nr. 168634
Price: $1,500.00
MIYAGAWA, Shohei. Datemon. 31 leaves, 15 colour woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 295 x 360 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Bijutsu Shoin, Happodo, 1938.
An exquisite collection of 15 magnificently printed woodblock prints. The brilliant quality of the printing is typical of the workmanship.....
Item nr. 165338
Price: $1,500.00
JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY. Nihon Shashin nenkan. The Japan Photographic Annual.. 172 pp., profusely illustrated. 4to, 255 x 180 mm., publisher's illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box.. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1941.
A handsome survey of contemporary Japanese phootography containing photographs by Shinzo Fukuhara, Hiroshi Hamaya, Shigene Kanamaru, Kiyoshi Koishi, Iwata Nakayama.....
Item nr. 169993
Price: $1,250.00
KIYOSHI, Goto et al. Jugo no senka. [The Battle Behind the Lines]. 106, [8] pp, illustrated throughout. 8vo, 296 x 207 mm., publisher's cloth and illustrated dust jacket. Tokyo: Meguro Shoten: Ikuei Shuppan, Showa 19 [1944].
A handsome propaganda book purporting to show how the population as a whole were contributing.....
Item nr. 167210
Price: $1,250.00
NISHIMURA, Gon'emon. Daiku hinagata hidensho zukai.[Secrets of Architectural Design]. 2 volumes. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. 8vo, 229 x 155 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Edo: Suharaya, 1727.
A delightful early eighteenth-century Japanese pattern book. The profession of architect as a specialist in designing buildings did not really come about.....
Item nr. 168685
Price: $2,500.00
JAPANESE ART. Artist's Manuals. A collection of 18 titles in 44 volumes. Various sizes, publisher's wrappers. Japan: Various publishers, 1881-1915.
A remarkable collection of early Japanese manuals used for the instruction of painting, including some of the earliest examples of the genre. In the 1850s the Japanese government had established a......
Item nr. 171783
Price: $18,500.00
WIRGMAN, Charles and Minekichi YAMASHITA. Gagaku Kihan. 12 volumes, each with 12 lithographic plates by Yamashita. Small oblong 8vos, ca. 145 x 200 mm, illustrated wrappers as issued in a contemporary chitsu case and modern wooden box. Tokyo: Bunseido, 1887-1888.
This extremely attractive set of books constitutes one of the very.....
Item nr. 171802
Price: $9,750.00