With an unrecorded 31st Map
TOMATSU Masanori, Muneyasu KAGEYAMA et al. Edo Kiriezu. A complete set of 31 Coloured Woodblock Maps of Tokyo. 12mo., each bound in original pale blue wrappers, preserved in a contemporary wooden box. Edo: Owariya Seishichi, 1852-1864.
A possibly unique set of these Tokyo maps consisting of a......
Item nr. 168611
Price: $25,000.00
ISHIMOTO, Kikuji. Kenchikufu: utsukushiki form no symphonie. 4to., publisher's boards. Tokyo: Gei-ensha, 1924.
$1,250.00
Handsome phographic 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 Bruno Taut, Hans Poelzig, Walter Gropius, Josef Hoffmann, Peter.....
Item nr. 167217
Price: $1,250.00
KAZUNAGA, Nagata. Kuchu shashin sokuryo. 95, 56 pp., illustrations, and 3D viewing glasses. 4to., publishers illustrated cloth-backed boards. Tokyo: Kagaku Shugi Kogyosha, 1942.
$1,250.00
An interesting and unusual Japanese wartime book on aerial photography and aerial photogrammetry. With original 3D coloured viewer in back pocket. OCLC lists just the copies in the.....
Item nr. 167214
Price: $1,250.00
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 and the largest measuring 350 x 450 mm. Each in individual.....
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: $3,500.00
PHOTOGRAPHY. Shashin shuho, [Photography Weekly]. 20 Numbers. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new blue cloth box. Tokyo: Naikaku Johobu, 1941-44.
A group of issues of Japan's most prominent propaganda vehicle, which was established in 1938, and which enlisted well-known photographers such as Natorui and Kimura, who had provided.....
Item nr. 167272
Price: $1,500.00
ADVERTISING. Saishinban Kanban Zuanshu. 22 Colour Plates. 8vo., loose as issued in publisher's decorated board portfolio with cloth ties. Tokyo: Business-Sha, 1933.
$1,250.00
A charming collection of beautifully printed shop signs.
Item nr. 167216
Price: $1,250.00
KATSUMI, Tsuji. Kessaku kokoku zuan daishusei okuzuke. 320 pages, [2] pages of plates. 4to. Publisher's illustrated boards and decorated cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Kobunsha, 1934.
$1,500.00
A splendid illustrated survey of Japanese advertising art in the thirties. OCLC lists 3 copies in the US, 1 in Hawaii and 1 in Australia.
Item nr. 167215
Price: $1,500.00
RIKUGUN. Nanshi Hakengun. 8vo., 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
FUKUDA, Katsuji. Ginza. 134 pp. Illustrated. 8vo., publisher's illustrated boards and decorated cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Genkosha, 1941
A fine copy of this Japanese homage to the prewar European photobook. Includes some charming photographs of the city before it was firebombed. OCLC lists only the copies in Waseda and the National.....
Item nr. 167211
Price: $2,500.00
TOKYO. Nichinichi Shinbunsha. Teikoku kaigun no iyo. 36 ff. Illustrated throughout with photomontages. Oblong 4to., 255 x 350 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth stamped in silver and original printed cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha, 1942.
A spectacular photobook on the Japanese Navy in World War II. It is.....
Item nr. 167209
Price: $5,500.00
TOKYO. Tokyo Shisei Zuhyo [Graphic Illustration of Tokyo City]. By Mitsuyoshi Ohashi. 44 pages: comprised of Japanese text surrounded by colour-printed graphs, charts, maps, illustrated vignettes, etc. Folio, 443 x 307 mm, bound western-style in navy blind-patterned cloth, in the original printed cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Kyoto Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, 1935.
A.....
Item nr. 166830
Price: $8,500.00
YOSHIMURA, Tatsuo and Takeshi KOSHIISHI. Shin kenchiku kigen [Origin of New Architecture]. 219 pp. 8vo., 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 rubbing to the boards, but still.....
Item nr. 165719
Price: $975.00
FUKURO, Ippei. Soveto roshiya eiga no tabi. [Survey of Russian Cinema]. 154 pp. Illustrated. 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers. Tokyo: Oraisha, 1931. WITH:
FUKURO, Ippei. Roshia eiga shiryaku [History of Russian Cinema]. 209 pp. Illustrated. 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers. Tokyo: Oraisha, 1932. WITH:
Tokyo eiga shogekijyo Dai go shu [The small.....
Item nr. 165581
Price: $1,750.00
OZE, Keishi. Shin Rosia Gakan/Siluet Novoi Rossii. [8], 155, [5] pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and reproduced drawings throughout. 8vo., 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" is an exploration of.....
Item nr. 165562
Price: $1,750.00
OKADA, Sozo [Editor]. Manchoukou. An Epic. Front Numbers 5/6. Folio, bound in original photographic wrappers, preserved in a new cloth box. Tokyo: Tohosha, 1943.
A copy of the extremely rare English edition of this special issue of Front , which was modeled on USSR in Construction. Between 1942 and 1944 8.....
Item nr. 165559
Price: $3,500.00
TSUJI, Jiro, ed., et al. Shogaku Kagaku Ehon. 12 Volumes. Each volume with 32 pp with colour and duo-tone illustrations throughout. Square 8vo., publisher's boards with mounted illustration, dust wrappers. Tokyo: Tokyosha, 1937.
A rare complete set of the series Shogaku Kagaku Ehon - elementary school science picture books - This.....
Item nr. 165431
Price: $2,500.00
JAPAN. Japanese Fabric Samples. 30 Samples mounted in an album. Oblong 4to., 255 x 175 mm, bound in contemporary wrappers in a new chitsu case. NP. ND.
A handsome collection of early twentieth century Japanese fabric samples each measuring approximately 170 X 125mm.
Item nr. 165422
Price: $975.00
YAMAMOTO, Sekkei. Shin Gosho Moyo. [Imperial motifs]. Volume 5. Containing 25 pages of full-colour woodblock illustrations and 25 outline illustrations. Folio, 340 x 265 mm, bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case preserving the original label. Tokyo: Unsodo, 1933.
A volume of the set of Shin-gosho-moyo, Imperial.....
Item nr. 165421
Price: $2,250.00
KAWARAZAKI, Kodo. Shima Hyakushu. 2 Volumes. Each volume with 20 plates of which 10 are coloured woodblock prints. Folio, 300 x 210 mm, bound in publisher's decorated boards, in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1954.
A handsome set of design plates, with each plate having as many as seven different.....
Item nr. 165411
Price: $975.00
HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA. Shinkomon Gappon. Illustrated with 50 colour woodblock plates. 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 of the 50 plates having multiple images.
Slight wear.....
Item nr. 165409
Price: $975.00
NAKAMURA, Daizaburo. Shinko Kosode Buri. 5 volumes. Each illustrated with 10 colour woodblock plates. 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 wear, probably from heavy use, but the volumes.....
Item nr. 165408
Price: $3,500.00
YAMAOKA, Chinpei. Ashide e Uta awase (Ashide Art combined with Poems). 2 volumes. Each with 24 mounted colour woodblock prints. Folio. 480 x 320 mm. Publisher's silk over boards, in a new chitsu case, presrving the original label. Kyoto: Happodo, 1938.
A spectacular example of Japanese bookmaking containing exquistely colour woodblock.....
Item nr. 165407
Price: $3,500.00
KAWARAZAKI, Kodo. Cho, [Butterfly]. 20 woodblock printed plates of which 10 are in colour. Large folio, 420 x 305 mm, bound in publisher's woodblock printed boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi, 1933.
A splendid series of imaginative design plates featuring butterflies as the unifying motif. Each of.....
Item nr. 165406
Price: $2,500.00
KIMURA, Gyokudo. Hikanoko. Illustrated with 31 mounted colour woodblock prints. Folio, 435 x 320 mm, bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1934.
A magnificent volume of colour woodblock prints featuring elaborate ornaments. A spectacular example of the woodblockmaker's art...
Item nr. 165405
Price: $1,500.00