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
HOSHINO, Tatsuo. (Editor). Shina Jihen Shashin Zenshu [China Incident Photograph Album]. 6 volumes, illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small folio, 330 x 255 mm., bound in publisher's decorated cloth in original decorated cardboard slipcases. Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1937-1940.
A rare complete set of these important and extensive propaganda books published.....
Item nr. 169728
Price: $7,500.00
WADA, Senzo. Shikisai Haigo-ban. 8vo. 250 x 175 mm bound in publisher's colour illustrated boards which open to three panels with some explanatory text; a framed panel with eight colour strips which holds eight separate coloured cellophane filters in card frames; and a rotating volvelle with cellophane colour filters. In.....
Item nr. 165377
Price: $1,500.00
KYOKARAKAMI, [JAPANESE PATTERN PAPER]. Kara nagatezuri mokuhan monyo [Kara-cho Designs for Hand-Printed Woodcut Pattern Paper.] Edited by Ansou Hisao. Preface by Osaragi Jiro. Two volumes. Contents includes: 2 ff. prefaces, 102 sheets of decorated papers, printed in colours from the original woodblocks on Kurotani paper, sheet size 390 x 510.....
Item nr. 163891
Price: $12,500.00
EAST ASIA. An Official Guide to Eastern Asia. Trans-Continental Connections between Europe and Asia. Vol. I: Manchuria & Chosen. Vol. II: South-Western Japan. Vol. III: North-Eastern Japan. Vol. IV: China. Vol. V: East Indies. Five volumes. I: [2], LXXXVI, 350 pp., illustrated with 17 colour folding maps, 16 black and.....
Item nr. 153804
Price: $3,500.00
ISHIMOTO, Kikuji. Kenchiku-fu: utsukushiki form no symphonie. 50, [2] ff., chiefly illustrated. 4to, 265 x 189 mm., publisher's boards. Tokyo: Gei-ensha, 1924.
Handsome photographic survey of modernist architecture published by the Bunriha Kenchiku-kai, which was the first and perhaps the most important voice of 'modern' architecture in Japan. Includes works by.....
Item nr. 167217
Price: $1,250.00
KAZUNAGA, Nagata. Kuchu shashin sokuryo. 95, 56 pp., illustrations, and 3D viewing glasses. 4to., 255 x 180 mm., publishers illustrated cloth-backed boards. Tokyo: Kagaku Shugi Kogyosha, 1942.
An interesting and unusual Japanese wartime book on aerial photography and aerial photogrammetry. With original 3D coloured viewer in front pocket. OCLC lists just.....
Item nr. 167214
Price: $975.00
KATAGAMI STENCIL DESIGNS. A Collection of Meiji Period Original Kimono Stencil Plates. With 20 stencil plates. Stencil paper was constructed from the bark of mulberry trees then treated with persimmon juice; the sheets measure ca. 220 x 400 mm., the largest measuring 350 x 450 mm. Each in individual mylar.....
Item nr. 168446
Price: $7,500.00
[JAPANESE EXHIBITION]. Tokyo Seihansho. Dai-Gokai Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai. No text. Illustrated with 24 black and white collotype prints. Oblong folio, 255 x 368 mm, bound in the Japanese style in green, white and red printed paper wrappers with gilt emblem on building from exposition, bound by purple and white tassels.....
Item nr. 167040
Price: $2,500.00
ADVERTISING. Saishinban Kanban Zuanshu. 22 colour plates. 8vo, 260 x 185 mm., loose as issued in publisher's decorated board portfolio with cloth ties. Tokyo: Business-Sha, 1933.
A charming collection of beautifully printed shop signs.
Item nr. 167216
Price: $1,250.00
KATSUMI, Tsuji. Kessaku kokoku zuan daishusei okuzuke. 320, [2] pp., chiefly illustrated. 4to, 253 x 185 mm., publisher's illustrated boards and decorated cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Kobunsha, 1934.
A splendid illustrated survey of Japanese advertising art in the thirties. OCLC lists 3 copies in the US, 1 in Hawaii and 1 in.....
Item nr. 167215
Price: $1,250.00
RIKUGUN. Nanshi Hakengun. ca. 200 pp., chiefly illustrated. 8vo, 258 x 185 mm., publisher's cloth and cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Kokusai Hodo Kogei Kabushiki Kaisha, 1940.
A typical example of a wartime Japanese photobook, this one being a history of Japanese military activities in China.
Item nr. 167212
Price: $975.00
TOKYO NICHINICHI SHINBUNSHA. Teikoku kaigun no iyo. 2 volumes, 36 ff., illustrated throughout with photomontages. Oblong 4to., 350 x 255 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth stamped in silver and original printed cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha, 1942.
A spectacular photo book on the Japanese Navy in World War.....
Item nr. 167209
Price: $3,750.00
YOSHIMURA, Tatsuo and Takeshi KOSHIISHI. Shin kenchiku kigen [Origin of New Architecture]. 219 pp., illustrated throughout. 8vo, 221 x 150 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tokyo: Kenchiku Kogyo, 1930.
An interesting, and profusely illustrated, Japanese survey of contemporary architecture, with the book design very much influenced by the Bauhaus. Some.....
Item nr. 165719
Price: $975.00
OZE, Keishi. Shin Rosia Gakan/Siluet Novoi Rossii. [8], 155, [5] pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and reproduced drawings throughout. 8vo, 185 x 170 mm. bound in original illustrated boards and matching illustrated cardboard slipcase. Preserved in a dark grey folding box. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 5 [1930].
"Views of the New Russia".....
Item nr. 165562
Price: $1,750.00
JAPAN. Japanese Fabric Samples. 30 Samples mounted in an album. Oblong 4to, 175 x 255 mm., bound in contemporary wrappers in a new chitsu case. N.p.: n.d.
A handsome collection of early twentieth century Japanese fabric samples each measuring approximately 125 x 170 mm.
Item nr. 165422
Price: $975.00
YAMAMOTO, Sekkei. Shin Gosho Moyo. [Imperial motifs]. Volume 5. 27 leaves, 25 full-colour woodblock illustrations and 25 outline illustrations, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 405 x 270 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case preserving the original label. Tokyo: Unsodo, 1933.
A volume.....
Item nr. 165421
Price: $2,250.00
KAWARAZAKI, Kodo. Shima Hyakushu. 2 Volumes. Each volume has 11 leaves, including 20 plates of which 10 are coloured woodblock prints, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 300 x 210 mm., bound in publisher's decorated boards, in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1954.
A handsome set of design.....
Item nr. 165411
Price: $975.00
HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA. Shinkomon Gappon. 27 leaves, including 50 colour woodblock plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 325 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's decorated paper silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1934.
A typical collection of Japanese design plates, with each.....
Item nr. 165409
Price: $975.00
NAKAMURA, Daizaburo. Shinko Kosode Buri. 5 volumes. Each 11 leaves, including 10 colour woodblock plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 360 x 260 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1933.
A superb compendium of kimono designs. The boards show signs of.....
Item nr. 165408
Price: $3,500.00