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Tokyo: Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1990. Book. Fine. Paperbound. printed paper wraps, paperbound with dust jacket, gilt wraps, 159 pages, illustrated, (numerous full color illustrations, Includes index. Japanese books from the earliest to the present. Illustrations include, scrolls, Buddist texts, illuatrated books, scientific works, novels. a bright copy. a very large folio measuring 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, ( 36.5 x 26 cm) will require extra post. Size: Foilio, (37 cm.).
Strange Pictures by Anno, Mitsumasa - 1971
by Anno, Mitsumasa

Strange Pictures
by Anno, Mitsumasa
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Tokyo, Japan: Fukuinkan-Shoten, 1971. Not a First. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Mitsumasa Anno. Tokyo, Japan: Fukuinkan-Shoten, 1971. Copyright date is 1968, this copy dated 1971. Gift inscription on inside of front cover reads, "To B. M., This book "Strage Pictures" is by Anno, a Japanese illustrator, a man who we think is sensitive to the dilemmas of Everyman in any urban setting. With thanks for all your kind help. T, W, S, L Tokyo to Chicago." Title on cover and on title page are in Japanese. CONDITION: Paper covered boards show light soiling along the edges as does the plastic sleeve, (which is not attached, but stretched over the boards so we didn't remove it to try to clean it.) The interior is all illustration - no words - and is unmarked and clean throughout. . Not a First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mitsumasa Anno.
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- Place of Publication Tokyo, Japan
- Date Published 1971

JAPAN, a history in books.
by Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair "Japan Year".
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Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels (Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts)
by Linduff
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- ISBN 13
- 9780824032371
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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NEW hardbound isbn 0824032373 first edition and presumed first printing. IMPECCABLE PERFECT UNTOUCHED Suspect this was issued without a dust jacket. Doctprate study by Katheryn Linduff with 39 plates of charts, maps, and illustrationMy scanner produces shadows that chould not be there
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Pageant of Japanese Art.
by Tokyo National Museum
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Toto Bunka. Tokyo. 1952-54. Six volumes. Folio. Paintings I, Paintings II, Sculpture, Ceramics and Metalwork, Textiles & Lacquer, Architecture and Gardens. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth, with some sunning, in original dust wrappers, some tears and chipping. Lower corner bumped to Vol. I.(Due to the weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply overseas)
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Kuniyoshi; The Warrior-Prints
by Robinson, B.W.
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Ithaca: Cornell University Press [0-8014-1488-1] 1982. (4to) 208pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations, map, glossary, bibliography, indices. The top and bottom of the spine are no longer crisp and there is a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. "The stock subjects of Japanese prints - women, actors, and landscapes - have received much scholarly attention, but the warrior-prints have been somewhat neglected, chiefly because a full appreciation of them depends on knowledge of the legends and characters depicted. B. W. Robinson, a renowned Kuniyoshi scholar, fillls this need by telling the stories most frequently portrayed. Kuniyoshi was one of the most prolific of the Ukiyo-e artists, and in the descriptive catalogue of the warrior-prints, which forms the greater part of this volume, Robinson lists over 350 triptychs (large three-sheet compositions) and some 1,500 single-sheet scenes arranged in…
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Waro Kishi.
by KISHI, Waro. With an introduction by Terence Riley
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- ISBN 13
- 9788425216688
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- 8425216680
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gill, S.A., 1995. Signed by Waro Kishi. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. Text is in English and Spanish. A paperbound original. The first monograph in English on Waro Kishi.
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JAPAN, a history in books.
by Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair "Japan Year".
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Tokyo: Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1990. Book. Fine. Paperbound. printed paper wraps, paperbound with dust jacket, gilt wraps, 159 pages, illustrated, (numerous full color illustrations, Includes index. Japanese books from the earliest to the present. Illustrations include, scrolls, Buddist texts, illuatrated books, scientific works, novels. a bright copy. a very large folio measuring 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, ( 36.5 x 26 cm) will require extra post. Size: Foilio, (37 cm.).
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Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels (Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts)
by Linduff
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- first
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- new
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- First edition First printing
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- ISBN 13
- 9780824032371
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- 0824032373
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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NEW hardbound isbn 0824032373 first edition and presumed first printing. IMPECCABLE PERFECT UNTOUCHED Suspect this was issued without a dust jacket. Doctprate study by Katheryn Linduff with 39 plates of charts, maps, and illustrationMy scanner produces shadows that chould not be there
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Pageant of Japanese Art.
by Tokyo National Museum
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Toto Bunka. Tokyo. 1952-54. Six volumes. Folio. Paintings I, Paintings II, Sculpture, Ceramics and Metalwork, Textiles & Lacquer, Architecture and Gardens. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth, with some sunning, in original dust wrappers, some tears and chipping. Lower corner bumped to Vol. I.(Due to the weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply overseas)
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Kuniyoshi; The Warrior-Prints
by Robinson, B.W.
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- ISBN 13
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- 0801414881
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Ithaca: Cornell University Press [0-8014-1488-1] 1982. (4to) 208pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations, map, glossary, bibliography, indices. The top and bottom of the spine are no longer crisp and there is a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. "The stock subjects of Japanese prints - women, actors, and landscapes - have received much scholarly attention, but the warrior-prints have been somewhat neglected, chiefly because a full appreciation of them depends on knowledge of the legends and characters depicted. B. W. Robinson, a renowned Kuniyoshi scholar, fillls this need by telling the stories most frequently portrayed. Kuniyoshi was one of the most prolific of the Ukiyo-e artists, and in the descriptive catalogue of the warrior-prints, which forms the greater part of this volume, Robinson lists over 350 triptychs (large three-sheet compositions) and some 1,500 single-sheet scenes arranged in…
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Waro Kishi.
by KISHI, Waro. With an introduction by Terence Riley
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- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9788425216688
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- 8425216680
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gill, S.A., 1995. Signed by Waro Kishi. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. Text is in English and Spanish. A paperbound original. The first monograph in English on Waro Kishi.
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The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture
by Lieberman, William S. [Introduction]
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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 240 x 210 mm), 116 pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue for a U.S. traveling exhibition of 46 Japanese artists. Short bios of each artist, along with black-and-white illustrations of their works. The catalogue also features 13 color illustrations at the beginning of the book. Introduction by the curator, William S. Lieberman. CONDITION: Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers, toning to page edges. Very Good.
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Sho Fukumoto Sketchbook 1986: Leda (Boxed Set)
by Sho Fukumoto
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N. Nomura & Co., Ltd., 1986. Book. Like New. Boxed Set. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A hardcover book and a softcover book in a cloth-covered box, all in like-new condition. Clamshell box is covered in natural-covered linen with brown lettering to spine and brown facsimile signature on top. Hardcover with three-quarter charcoal-gray cloth with blue marbled (faux) boards; no text other than a tipped-in plate with title, etc. in English; pages are facsimile reproductions of the sketched art--b&w and color of Leda and Swan; no title on binding. Softcover is staplebound with blue cardstock cover with title etc. in English on front; approx. 27 pages; b&w photo frontispiece of artist; 7 plates of art; text in Japanese. Books are about 9-1/2" by 6-1/4". Box is 10-1/2" by 6-3/4"..
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Hiroshige: Birds and Flowers
by Hiroshige, Ando; introduction by Cynthea J. Bogel; commentaries on the plates by Israel Goldman; poetry translated by Alfred H. Marks
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780807611999
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- 0807611999
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Granville, New York, United States
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NY: Braziller, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Braziller, 1988, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with 91 full color plates. Fine in near fine. price clipped dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool.
by NARA, Yoshitomo
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- ISBN 13
- 9780810994140
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- 0810994143
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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New York: Asia Society Museum / Harry N. Abrams: 2010. First edition / First printing. Illustrated laminated boards in die-cut illustrated slipcase. Very fine in a very fine slipcase.
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Traditional Japanese Furniture: A Definitive Guide
by Kazuko Koizumi
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 13
- 9780870117220
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- 087011722X
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Minor shelf and handling wear to DJ. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.
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Tsubasa Album De Reproductions 2 (Japanese Version)
by Clamp
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- ISBN 13
- 9784063647983
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- 4063647986
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Kodansha, 2009. Paperback with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is in Japanese. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Very light scuffing along to top edges of the dust jacket. Small tear on the top right corner of the bottom black banner on the front cover. No markings on the inside of the book.Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints From The Anne Van Biema Collection
by Ann Yonemura; Donald Keene; Andrew Gerstle; Elizabeth De Sabato Swinton; Joshua S. Mostow
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Both the book and dj are in 'as new' condition. It has . 10 unpaginated pages followed by 362 numbered pages. It was published to coincide with the exibition of the same name. A beautiful book with well over 100 color illustrations and even more in b&w. The book includes a series of essays on the historic, economic, and cultural environment of Edo period Japan and the collections focus on early Kabuki actor prints, including many by the artists Toyokuni and Kuniyoshi).Book will be priority mailed to any domestic address. International sale may incur additional charges.
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden
by Marc P. Jiro Takei; Keane
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Martinez, California, United States
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* Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Jacket like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this…
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Nihonga: Nihonga - Transcending the Past: Japanese-Style Painting, 1868-1968
by Ellen P. Conant
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- ISBN 13
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The Saint Louis Art Museum / The Japan Foundation, 1995. Good condition. Spine is creased and has minor soiling. Covers show shelf and handling wear with abrasion, light soiling, small creases, and worn corners. Interior pages show faint age-related toning around edges and two small black marks at the top of pgs 180-181. A solid copy. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi
by Rosemary Bandini
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- ISBN 13
- 9780953573301
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- 0953573303
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Rosemary Bandini, London, 1999, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 174 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting "netsuke" of animals and mythical beings.
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