ASAHI SHIMBUNSHA. Asahi Graph. A collection of 109 Issues. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, 1939-1941.
A splendid group of wartime issues of this handsomely produced Japanese answer to Life Magazine, which ran from 1923 until 2000. The group consists of 7 issues from.....
Item nr. 168627
Price: $3,500.00
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
TSUKIJI TYPE FOUNDRY. Specimens of Printing Borders and Ornaments etc. Made at The Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry. 146 pp each with copperplate printed 'Types of Cuts' Large 8vo., 252 x 168 mm, bound in original printed wrappers. In a new chitsu case. Tokyo: Nomura Sojuro. 1898.
A fascinating, apparently unrecorded, Japanese.....
Item nr. 168513
Price: $2,750.00
[SEJIRO, Miyake]. 4th Kimono Obi Belt Design Competition...volume 6 Kyoto Meiji 40 1907. 106 original gouache designs mounted back to back ranging in size from 330 x 275 to 475 x 320 mm. Folio, 535 x 385 mm, bound in a contemporary light blue Japanese block book cloth binding with.....
Item nr. 164052
Price: $15,000.00
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
[JAPANESE MATCHBOX COVERS]. Album containing over 950 Japanese Matchbox covers mounted on 59 leaves. Small folio 4to., bound in original boards in a new blue cloth folding box with a red leather label. Japan: 1920s and 30s.
This collection provides a unique view of Japanese pre-war design. Many of the labels.....
Item nr. 162577
Price: $2,500.00
HORI, Gennyusai; KAWABE Soyo; HORI, Genpo and Yasuyuki MORIKAWA. Eidai Setsuyo Mujinzo: shinso ryoten. Profusely illustrated in black and white and with 9 double-page and 1 single-page coloured woodcuts. 4to., publisher's wrappers. Edo [Tokyo]: Suharaya Mohe; Kyoto: Fugetsu Shozaemon, 1849.
A fine copy of this fascinating, copiously illustrated, pre-Perry encyclopedia covering.....
Item nr. 168632
Price: $3,500.00
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
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: $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 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: $2,500.00
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: $1,250.00
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
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: $3,750.00
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
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