Search Results: Japan from Brillig Books

Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. Quarto, charcoal gray cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 195 pp.including reference notes, catalogue notes bibliography, collector's preface and appendices on signatures and marks used by Zeshin. Generously illustrated throughout with 109 color and black and white plates and 115 seals reproduced. An exhibtion of Zeshin's work which included paintings, woodblock prints, lacquer and ceramic items including inro, netsuke and bowls and dishes. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Square small quarto, yellow cloth covered boards. 298pp. including index, bibliography and glossary. Generously illustrated with black and white photographs of performers, stage sets, costumes and accoutrements. With and detailed introduction to the history of Kabuki theater followed by four full scripts of Kabuki plays in translation along with photographs of the staging and performance of each play and illustrations and discussions of details of of the traditions of performance, set construction and costuming. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright volume with fresh cloth, unmarked and unblemished in a crisp, sharp, bright, dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A perfect copy..

New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1991. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Imperial octavo,(10.75" x 7.75") raspberry red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 271 pp. including index, chronology, notes on materials and techniques, extensive photographic catalogue of signatures and marks. Illlustrated with 440 photographs and reproductions including 16 in full color. A comprehensive treatment of the history, works and techniques of this pre-eminent Japanese potter. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, 1961. Book. Illus. by Yoshimoro Yamashino. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Small octavo, kelly green cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 233pp. including index and List of Japanese Birds. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white maps, photographs and diagrams and full color illustrations of each of the birds identified. This copy is clean and undamaged with very fresh cloth, sparkling gilt and bright clear unblemished pages and illustrations. The prior owner made some diminutive whimsical note at the top corner of the ffep and one on the verso of the last page "The real place for scenery is in the heart". With those exceptions, a bright, fresh, fine volume without dust jacket. Very near fine..

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1901. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Small octavo, in decorated yellow cloth boards. Illustrated with "original japanese color pictures" (color tinted). There is slight loss of color in robe of bowman on cover and nominal soil/wear. This is an unusually fresh and clean copy..

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1901. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Small octavo, in decorated yellow cloth boards. Illustrated with "original japanese color pictures" (color tinted). There is slight loss of color in robe of bowman on cover and nominal soil/wear. This is an unusually fresh and clean copy..

Ithaca, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY), 1984. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Octavo, blackand white photo-illustrated stiff wraps. 180pp. including index, selected bibliography and notes. A very tight, square, crisp, clean, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

Rutland, VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Small octavo, brown cloth covered boards with white spine titles. 113pp. Very elegantly illustrated with line drawings in the form of the traditional Japanese crest. A linked sequence of haiku (similar to the renga form), the short traditional Japanese poem of 17 sylabbles. A really accomplished use of this extended form with a modern American voice. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume, in a crisp, sharp, bright, dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Tokyo: Nippon Bunka Chuo Renmei, 1940. Book. Fine. Illustrated Wraps in Chemise. First Edition. First Edition. 10 volumes in decoratively illustrated chemise with ties and ivory fasteners. The correspondence course is in four parts which are monotone, pink, lavender, green and orange illustrated wrappers . The "Pamphlets" are in brilliantly multicolored illustrated wrappers of delicate hand made paper, each with a pictorial central illustration surrounded by color floral motifs and bound with bright colored silk ribbon ties. Each of the "course" parts is approximately 40-50 pages and each of the "pamphlets" is approximately 16-20 pages. All are generously illustrated throughout with full page black and white photographs of the arrangements. A beautiful fragile collection of finely produced pamphlets covering mlutiple phases of the art of flower arranging, including, Ikebana, Nae-Ire, Moribana, Kansui-ike and Ikenobo, as well as a history of the art. Single page table of… Read More

Rutland, VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1964. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. First printing. Small square quarto in dark blue cloth embroidered with color and gilt crests. 57pp. Illustrated throughout with full page color photographs of the traditional doll-and-flower arrangements with commentary. With original printed price wrapper around free front endpaper in original clear acetate dust jacket. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume. A couple of minor nicks to the edges of jacket, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Uncommmon.

Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center/University of Wisconsin, 1992. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, maroon cloth covered boards with white spine titles. 352 pp. plus Errata Sheets. An unprecedented work of art history documentation and reference. The Van Vleck collection perhaps the most important Western collection of Japanese prints and the almost 4,000 prints by 137 artists included in the collection includes the renowned Goodell Collection pluls a substantial collection of prints from the estate of Frank Lloyd Wright. This catalogue raisonne/checklist is ILLUSTRATED with thunmnail black and white images of every print in this collection (duplicates only listed but not illustrated). An exceptional work of scholarship and an invaluable ferference work for collectors and curators. This volume is tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unblemished, in a tight, clean, bright unclipped dust jacket with a couple of short closed edge tears else fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. UNCOMMON..

New York: St. Martin's Press,, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Square quarto, red cloth covered boards. 158pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with fascinating historical black and white photographs of all aspects of Japanese life and culture from 1859-1922, as well as color and black and white reproductions of art and historic documents from the same period. A lovely charming book production. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, clean and sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1980. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, brown cloth covered boards. 143 pp. including bibliography and appendices. Very generously illustrated throughout with 55 color and 81 black and white reproductions. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, volume in a tight, crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Faint tinge of yellowing to very edge of pages. New Old Stock. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Rutland, VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1958. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. True First Edition, first printing. Square small quarto, patterned cloth covered boards. Hand made paper endpapers. 168 pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white and colored photographs and unique decorative maps in color. A very scarce true first edition of this often reprinted classic by one of the West's most knowlegeable authorities on Japanese art. A very tight, clean, bright, unmarked volume in a tight, crisp, fresh copy with the "pre-publication" price clipped but the regular price still showing. Fine in fine dust jacket. SCARCE..

New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1980. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 104 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series. A complete index to the full series. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unblemished volume in a very tight, crisp, glossy, sparkling price-clipped dust jacket. Very Fine in Very Fine dust jacket. A beautifully preserved collector's copy. AS NEW. SCARCE..

Tokyo/New York: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai/Dodd Mead, 1938. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick Quarto, sand colored cloth covered boards with gilt cover decoration and spine titles. 239pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with 147 full page plates from photographs 11 of which are in full colour including the frontispiece with printed titled tissue guard. A still unsurpassed explication of the spirit of Japanese art and culture comprised of the texts of 11 lectures given by Professor Harada in the United States (mostly in Oregon) in the years 1935-36. A beautiful book production. This volume is a beautiful, unmarked and apparently unread volume. Very tight, clean and fresh pages with crisp tissue guards on the color plates. The only defect is a faint yellowing to the extreme top edge of the boards, else fine. In a very heavy, crisp, stiff dust jacket which has a couple of mere flecks of soil and some signs of faint dust darkening, else fine. This is a very handsome example of… Read More

New York: Dover Publications, 1979. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Thick octavo, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 381 pp. including index and extensive appendix of artists chops and marks and notes. Illustrated throughout with 274 black and white reproductions. This is a comprehensive, authoritative standard text on this popular field of collecting in Japanese art. A very tight, clean, stiff, square, crisp, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

New York: Tudor Publishing, 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong quaro, beige cloth covered boards. Unpaginated (approx. 250pp.) Page after page in serried rows of black and white mon (family crests) of Japan. 1.5" x 1.5" with 20 crests per page. Every conceivable motif is represented from lines and geometrical figures to floral, animal, mythological, religious and animal based figures. A feast of the purest traditional Japanese graphic design in its elemental forms. A very fine, tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with fresh cloth and bright interior. Discreet prior owner signature on ffep. In a dust jacket with a few edge tears and touches of light soi. Fine in a very good dust jacket.l.

Tokyo: Graphic-Sha, 1987. Book. Illus. by Kuniko Ishihara. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Small quarto, silvered cloth covered boards with calligraphic decoration and titles. 112pp. including notes on each photograph and a section of diagrams of courtyards and interior gardens in rear. Very generously illustrated throughout with vibrant, cristal clear full and double page photographs by Ohashi giving a brilliant view of this precious limpid style of indoor gardens for residences and public buildings as well as traditional architecture. Original Japanese folded paper publisher's price bookmark laid in. Text in Japanese and English. A very tight clean, fresh, shining, unmarked volume in a crisp sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick octavo, forest green coated paper covered boards. 558 pp. A reference work with everything Japanese listed from A-Z in encyclopedic form. A very tight, clean, fresh, volume with bright, sparkling gilt, unmarked and unread in a crisp, sharp, tight, brilliant dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually AS NEW..