IMAI, Kenji. Soeto roshia shinko kenchiku zuyo [Panorama of Modern Architecture in Russia]. 4 leaves text and 54 plates. Loose as issued in illustrated paper-covered boards, plates 257 x 185 mm., in a new cloth slipcase. Tokyo: Koyosha, 1931.
A handsome example of Japanese pre-war book design, in this case heavily.....
Item nr. 165556
Price: $3,500.00
IKEDA, Toritei. Kaisei Kyo machiezu saiken taisei: Rakuchu Rakugai machimachi kona zen. Colour woodcut map. 8vo, folded 210 x 145 mm., unfolded 1650 x 720 mm., bound in contemporary wrappers, in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Takehara Kobei, 1840.
This is the first printing of this revised version of this map.....
Item nr. 165328
Price: $1,500.00
FURUYA, Korin. Shima shima. 2 volumes. Each volume illustrated with 20 leaves of colour woodblocks. 8vo, 250 x 180 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1906.
An early twentieth century pattern book of textile designs with most pages having three designs. The designs are.....
Item nr. 165252
Price: $1,850.00
ASHIDA, Haruhisa. Hana tsutsumi. [Wrapping flowers]. 27 leaves, illustrated with woodcut frontispiece, 20 colour woodcuts, and 16 black-and-white woodcuts. 8vo, 255 x 185 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Nihon Kado Enshukai Soka Kyodobu: Kado Enshuryu Seifu Iemoto Kansai Jimusho, 1911.
A beautiful and unusual book.....
Item nr. 165251
Price: $875.00
MATSUOKA, Tokikata and Honma HYAKURI. Shozoku shokumon zue. [Patterns of Brocades Worn at Court]. 92 pp., illustrated with 146 woodcuts. 8vo, 240 x 167 mm., bound in original wrappers in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: n.p., 1815.
The first edition of this wonderful example of early nineteenth century Japanese bookmaking. Many.....
Item nr. 165242
Price: $1,500.00
AOYAMA, Toyotaro. Dainihon Hakuranzu, Tochigi-ken no bu. [Catalog of the Industrial Exhibition (Japan): Tochigi Prefecture]. 200 engraved plates on 100 leaves. Oblong folio, 320 x 220 mm., bound in contemporary cloth backed boards, rebacked, with part of the original spine laid down, in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: Seikosha, 1890.
A.....
Item nr. 165229
Price: $7,500.00
UEHARA, Toichiro. Tokyo kaimono hitoriannai. Shonin meika. 173 leaves, all printed on both sides, including a double-page woodcut frontispiece of Tokyo. Oblong 8vo, 125 x 175 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: Uehara Toichiro, 1890.
A beautifully printed guide to shops in Tokyo. With numerous woodcuts.....
Item nr. 165218
Price: $1,750.00
Takeo TAKEI, Takeo et al. Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei. 16 pp. including covers, all colour lithographs on light card. Oblong folio, 260 x 380 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new blue cloth folding box. Tokyo: Fureberukan, 1932.
This is one in a series of.....
Item nr. 165156
Price: $750.00
IEHARA, Masanori and Kan'ichiro SHIOZU. Gakko hitsuyo irozu mondo. [2], 40, [2] pp. on 22 double folded leaves. Illustrated with two hand-coloured charts and small hand-coloured squares throughout the text. 8vo., 210 x 150 mm, bound in publisher's wrappers with title label preserved in a new purple cloth folding box.....
Item nr. 165153
Price: $2,500.00
TOKYO GUIDE. Tokyo meisho hitori annai. Illustrated with two double-page woodcut maps and 28 full page woodcut views. Oblong 8vo, 120 x 165 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Hoeido, 1890.
A guide to Tokyo at the end of the nineteenth century. Among the scenes.....
Item nr. 165068
Price: $1,250.00
YASUI, Otsuyu. Tokyo meisho annai: Eiri. [Illustrated Guide Book of Scenic Beauty in Tokyo]. 2 Volumes. Illustrated with 60 plates and a folding map of Tokyo. 12mo, 93 x 54 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a modern chitsu case. Tokyo: Bunseido, 1883.
A charming guide book to Tokyo at the.....
Item nr. 165023
Price: $850.00
MATSUGI, Fujio. Kaigun Heigakko. Hodo Shashinshu. 134 pp., illustrated with photographs throughout. Folio, 257 x 179 mm., bound in cloth in publisher's dust wrapper and illustrated slipcase. Tokyo: Bancho Shobo, 1943.
A typical example of one of the photobooks produced by Matsugi, who was a prominent photographer in prewar Japan. This.....
Item nr. 165013
Price: $875.00
ONCHI. Shin Rosia Gakan/Siluet Novoi Rossii. By Keishi Oze. [8], 155, [5] pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and reproduced drawings throughout. 8vo, 185 x 165 mm., bound in original illustrated boards and matching illustrated cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 5 [1930].
"Views of the New Russia" is an exploration of the.....
Item nr. 164840
Price: $1,500.00
SAKAE, Okano. Shogakusei zenshu; Sanjutsu no Hanashi. Illustrated with one colour plate and numerous black-and-white illustrations and diagrams through the text. 8vo, 222 x 133 mm., bound in cloth backed publisher's illustrated card wrapper; illustrated title in red. Tokyo: Kobunsha, 1928.
This is an arithmetic text book, which forms part of.....
Item nr. 164386
Price: $575.00
MATSUYAMA, Shisui. Fune to zosensho no hanashi. 12, 244 pp., illustrated title, three photo plates, two folding plans, illustrations and photos through the text. 8vo, 181 x 123 mm., bound in publisher's colour illustrated boards and slightly rubbed slipcase. Tokyo: Kinto-sha, 1932 [Showa 7].
A spectacular piece of Japanese modernist book.....
Item nr. 164383
Price: $1,250.00
JAPANESE COMMERCIAL DESIGN. A Collection of approximately 200 labels for food and drink products. Various sizes, mounted in an album. Small folio, 305 x 225 mm., bound in pale blue wrappers in a recent brown chitsu case. [Japan, 1930's].
An eclectic collection of Japanese food and drink labels from the first.....
Item nr. 159825
Price: $1,500.00
OKADA, Gyukuzan, et al. Morokoshi Meisho Zue. [Illustrated Description of Famous Sites of China]. Six volumes bound in five, xylographically printed and illustrated throughout, including many double-page woodcut illustrations. 8vo, 265 x 185 mm., bound Japanese-style in original tan paper wrappers with printed paper lettering pieces, in a modern green.....
Item nr. 151243
Price: $15,000.00
HASHIZUME, Kanichi. Sekai Shobai Orai. 26 leaves. Illustrated throughout with small woodcuts in text. 8vo., 180 x 118 mm, bound in Japanese style original blue wrappers in a new blue cloth folding box. Tokyo: Seizando, 1873.
A handy bilingual vocabulary of world trade giving the English, with Japanese explanations, of a......
Item nr. 148958
Price: $975.00
AYAO, Yamano. Kafee Baa Kissaten Kokoku Zuanshu. 48 pp., illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white illustrations and some photomontage. Folio, 300 x 225 mm., bound in publisher's boards in the original cardboard portfolio. Tokyo: Seibundo, 1930.
A collection of designs by the important twentieth-century Japanese decorator/designer Yamana Ayao (1897-1980), the originator.....
Item nr. 147596
Price: $2,750.00
MANCHURIA. Saishin Manshu shashincho [The latest Manchuria photograph album]. By Kin'ichiro Yamazaki. Illustrated with two fold-out colour maps and 86 photographic plates (some hand-coloured) printed on various coloured papers interleaved with descriptive text in Japanese and English. Oblong 8vo., 135 x 195 mm, bound in publisher's pictorial cloth, two-hole binding.....
Item nr. 145211
Price: $2,250.00
SHIGEMASA, Kitao and Katsukawa SHUNSHO. Seiro Bijin Awase Sugata Kagami. Three volumes. Xylographically printed and illustrated throughout, including mostly double-page woodcut illustrations. 4to., 175 x 280 mm, bound alike in original gray-green wrappers in glassine, sewn Japanese-style, together in a new patterned silk chitsu box. Tokyo: Yamakazi Kinbei and Tsutaya.....
Item nr. 145013
Price: $17,500.00
OGAWA, K. Military Costumes in Old Japan. 34 pp. Illustrated with 15 black-and-white plates reproducing photographs taken by K. Ogawa. Folio, bound in paper wrappers, Japanese-style, side-sewn with new blue ribbon, in new cloth box. Tokyo: K. Ogawa, [1893].
Fifteen black and white plates reproducing photographs taken by K. Ogawa, under.....
Item nr. 143846
Price: $1,850.00
JAPANESE ORNAMENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Bijutsu Kai. Collection of Pictures Regarding Colour Designs for Japanese Textiles Costumes. Five parts in one volume. Five folding plates and 18 full-page coloured woodblock prints per section, for a total of 95 original illustrations. 8vo., 232 x 160 mm, bound in Japanese accordion style with.....
Item nr. 142126
Price: $7,500.00
EXPEDITION WATERCOLOURS. Krusenstern Voyage. 1 f. text and 50 original watercolours. 4to, 280 x 200 mm., bound in Japanese concertina form, original paper over boards, paper title-label on top cover, in a new chitsu folding case. [Tokyo?]: [ca. 1840].
A fascinating album of watercolours made after the originals painted during the.....
Item nr. 128519
Price: $15,000.00
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SHIMOMURA, Shotaro. Chudo-Ken. Views Within and Outside. Chewdoh-Ken (Tudor House). One leaf of text and 31 mounted gelatin silver prints, each with printed tissue guard. Oblong 4to., 218 x 278 mm, bound in contemporary decorative morocco by Matsuzaki & Co, preserved in a new tan half leather folding box. Kyoto.....
Item nr. 126157
Price: $4,750.00