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Japanese Art Books & Ephemera
Spring, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3
by Various Artists
Shueisha, Tokyo, 1974. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Fine. Various artists, Spring, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, 1974. Large folio (17x12 inches or 43x31cm), pp. 144, printed cream-colored cloth boards quarter-bound in white cloth, slipcased, text in Japanese. Large color plates, some folding, plus explanatory text. Condition of this book: Fine in near fine slipcase (soiling at top and bottom edges). Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in...
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$250.00
Japanese Art. a phase in colour-prints
by BARNETT, P. Neville
Sydney: Privately printed by the Beacon Press, 1953. First Edition. Standard de-luxe edition of one hundred and sixty copies (total issue of two hundred copies). Quarto, tipped colour plates throughout; original quarter vellum cream cloth boards, a near fine copy. As a publisher, Percy Nevillle Barnett insisted upon the finest materials, with elegant type cut in Europe and printed on paper handmade by the highly respected artisan, Harrie Mortlock, owner of the Beacon Press. A remarkable celebration of...
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A$1850.00
Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi
by Rosemary Bandini
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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CA$160.00
Shinba Meikan, New Blade Makers’ List (Arami-mei-zukushi) (新刃銘鑑) (あらみめいずくし)
by KANDA, Ryoko
1721 Japanese Samurai Katana Woodblock Swords New Blade Makers Ryoko Kanda 3v
An interesting Edo and Meiji woodblock-print of 'New Blade Maker's List.' This collection is the stamping of amateur warriors' blades and polishers throughout the Edo period and is equivalent to the sword of the Meiji era and later called "modern sword.". It follows up on the older collections of blade writings which summarized the accumulated knowledge of amateur warriors' blades and polishers throughout the Muromachi period.... Read more about this item
An interesting Edo and Meiji woodblock-print of 'New Blade Maker's List.' This collection is the stamping of amateur warriors' blades and polishers throughout the Edo period and is equivalent to the sword of the Meiji era and later called "modern sword.". It follows up on the older collections of blade writings which summarized the accumulated knowledge of amateur warriors' blades and polishers throughout the Muromachi period.... Read more about this item
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$750.00
Paper Sculpture 2
by Taniuchi, Tsuneo
Text and instructions in Japanese and English. Dramatic color and black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, followed by pattern pages that can be copied or used as is. 79 pages. Published in Tokyo in 1987. First edition, signed by author.
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$250.00
Dictionary Setsuyoshu (Tousho mokuroku) 頭書目録（とうしょもくろく）
by Unknown
1780 Japanese Illustrated Setsuyoshu JAPAN MAPS Atlas Samurai Osaka Encyclopedia
A rare, 18th century sino-Japanese woodblock print Dictionary or "Setsuyoshu". Setsuyoshu usually order words according to their first syllable under iroha divisions with semantic subdivisions being used for commoners and not just scholars.
"Setsuyōshū were books that first and foremost contained a dictionary part, but from the early modern period and onwards also started to include encyclopedic parts with... Read more about this item
A rare, 18th century sino-Japanese woodblock print Dictionary or "Setsuyoshu". Setsuyoshu usually order words according to their first syllable under iroha divisions with semantic subdivisions being used for commoners and not just scholars.
"Setsuyōshū were books that first and foremost contained a dictionary part, but from the early modern period and onwards also started to include encyclopedic parts with... Read more about this item
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$599.00
SHIN-BIJUTSUKAI The New Monthly Magazine Of Various Designs By The Famous Artists Of Today
by Furuya Korin / Yamada Naosaburo (ed)
Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1903. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Furuya Korin. Exceptionally scarce Japanese design publication from the early 20th century. This issue from early 1903, the third year of publication, features 20 full-page designs, all in colour and some with additional silver overprinting. One illustration is ink marked, appears to be printing fault. Front cover (Japanese script) is toned. English language cover has (filing?) label...
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£375.00
![Domestic Japan. ; Illustrated descriptions of articles used in Japanese daily life. First volume - Kitchen Utensils. [All published]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/736/639/1319639736.0.b.1.jpg)
Domestic Japan. ; Illustrated descriptions of articles used in Japanese daily life. First volume - Kitchen Utensils. [All published]
by NARUMO, Kinjiro
Japan: Yokohama Seishi Bunsha, 1895. First Edition. Rare English-language guide to Japanese domestic wares, with 76 fully-illustrated items. Its publication came at a time when Japan was experiencing a dramatic shift from the conservative, isolationist policies of the sh gun-dominated Edo period to the rapid and widespread drive to modernise and engage with the rest of the world that characterizes the Meiji Restoration. This booklet focuses on a traditional domestic interior and features a beautiful...
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A$3250.00
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF 116 PROFESSIONAL IMAGES, MOSTLY FROM MIE-KEN, CIRCA 1895-1925, DURING THE MEIJI AND TAISHO PERIODS
by Japan, Honshu
1925. Original photograph album. Very Good. Oblong, string-tied album of black cardstock leaves, 11" x 13", photographs mounted on 35pp, blanks at the rear. Bound in black, flexible boards with an embossed sailing ship and gilt lettering (Photo-Album) on the cover. Pasted in are 116 albumen and silver gelatin prints, ranging from small candids to 8 ½" x 10 ½" group portraits, a few fading, overall sharp and clean. Laid into the album are a Japanese news article, a small head-shot of an older...
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$600.00
The Pictorial Arts of Japan, with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans
by Anderson, William
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Oversize hardcover approx. 16" x 12" x 3". Boards are covered in olive-green cloth with red and gilt lettering on front with black background illustrations of birds in bamboo; spine is black cloth which is overlaid with the original black leather with gilt lettering; edges of boards are beveled; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; 80 numbered plates, 16...
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$375.00
![[MASTERPIECES Of The Japanese Woodblock Print] [Cover Title in Japanese]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/694/745/735745694.0.b.jpg)
[MASTERPIECES Of The Japanese Woodblock Print] [Cover Title in Japanese]
np: np, [c1900]. folio. 36 tipped-in colour woodblock prints after Isoda Koryusai, Hiroshige Ando, Shotei Watanabe, Tosa Mitsuoki, & others. tissue guards with legends in Japanese & English. original patterned silk, paper title label on cover (corners bit frayed)
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$2000.00
Catalogue of the Loan Collection of English Water-Colour Drawings. Held at The Institute of Art Research, Ueno, Tokyo, October 10-24th, 1929.
[Tokyo]: Privately Printed for The Binyon Reception Committee at The Kenkyusha Press, Collotype by the Otsuka Kogeisha., [1929]. First edition, folio, pp.xviii, 13, 54 collotype plates. No.12 of 200 copies only. A very good copy in original Japanese cloth binding, upper and lower edges gilt. Preserved in original slip-case. Some spotting to prelims. The fully illustrated Catalogue de luxe of this influential exhibition loaned from British private collections and curated by Laurence Binyon. Artists...
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£357.50
Faits divers illustrés, ou Le Japon en 1897.
by Bigot, Georges Ferdinand
Tokyo: [The author?], 1897. Oblong 4to, 23 x 31 cm., pictorial title, 18 leaves, 16 of which are illustration, 2 text. A very good copy stitched in the Japanese style in original pictorial wrappers. Stain to edge of front wrapper. Cartoons in Bigot's inimitable style on the subject of Japanese attacks on foreigners, in particular "Heaving a foreigner over a cliff for fun, Kobe" and "L'Affaire de Nikko" in August 1897. Georges Ferdinand Bigot (1860-1927) studied at the...
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£1980.00
Canvasism New Works (Signed with drawing)
by Ohtake, Shinro
Tokyo: Seibu Art Forum , 1988. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Signed and with a drawing of a man's head on the front endpaper, with two word inscription. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and Japanese. Essay by Yoshiaki Tono. 55 works in the exhibition, which consisted of paintings, drawings and sculpture. All works illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, about 60 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely...
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$250.00
A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)
by Saito Maruko (ed.)
Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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$399.00
Pageant of Japanese Art.
by Tokyo National Museum
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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£125.00
Tokyo Press Check: Making Face.
by [Anderson, Judy] Ginny Hoyle
Denver, Colorado:: X-Press Books,, 1986.. Edition of 40. 9.25" x 7.25"; 36 pages. Type is Cairo. Japanese calligraphy by Mitzuko Santo. Printed on a 10 x 15" Chandler & Price platen press. Silk screen images. Text paper is Japanese Toyo Kurumi. Cover is Arches. Overlay are UV Ultra II. Tip sheets are Okawara Hand made. Press check masks are printed on Mohawk superfine cover. Two texts: reading from front to middle: second reading from back to middle. Japanese stab binding. Signed and...
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$650.00
![富士見十三州輿地全圖. [Fujimi Jūsanshū yochi zenzu]. [Map of the Thirteen Provinces From Where Mt. Fuji Is Visible].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/859/807/1081807859.0.b.3.jpg)
富士見十三州輿地全圖. [Fujimi Jūsanshū yochi zenzu]. [Map of the Thirteen Provinces From Where Mt. Fuji Is Visible].
by AKIYAMA EINEN [OR NAGATOSHI] 秋山永年
Shūseidō 衆星堂. [Reprint].. Tenpō 14 (1843).. Large folding handcoloured map of the thirteen provinces from which Mt. Fuji can be viewed. 159 x 178cm. Folds into paper covered card covers measuring 40 x 24cm. Title label upper cover. A little browning along folds, occasional spotting and soiling. A little worming causing approximately 1cm of loss in places. Two chops in lower section. A very striking and attractive map. This very large handsome map is a detailed map of...
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A$2500.00
Kosometsuke
by Senju, Satou and Takeshi, Murayama
Kyuryudo, Japan, 1969 Book. Good. Hardcover. Japanese text; Hardcover (without dust jacket in slipcase); 29.5 x 30.5 cm; 1.890 Kg; 161 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear. The slipcase shows edgewear. Signs of wear on the interior.; A catalogue of fine examples of those Chinese porcelain wares known as Ko-sometsuke or literally 'old blue and white', destined to the Japanese market. In 161 pages, the book comprises 33 colour plates and a number of black and white images...
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€270.00
Form and Space of Japanese Architecture.
by CARVER, Norman F. Jr. Japanese translation by Ryuichi Hanaguchi
Tokyo: Shokokusha, 1955 First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a few short tears to the edges. Attractive clean copy. Text is in English and Japanese.
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$125.00
A Collection of Nagasaki Colour Prints and Paintings; Showing the Influence of Chinese and European Art on That of Japan
by Mody, N. H. N
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle 1969. (4to) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, mounted color plates (some fold-out), illustrations, photographs, index. A previous owner's bookplate and blindstamp, front dust jacket flap is corner clipped, and the dust jacket has a 2-inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Locale: Japan. (Art, Nagasaki Prints).
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$126.00
Art and Palace Politics in Early Modern Japan 1580s-1680s
by LILLEHOJ, Elizabeth
Leiden: Brill, 2011. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Vol 2 in the series, Japanese Visual Culture. Tall 8vo. (25.5cm). Boards, lettered title to cover. In unclipped dust jacket. pp. 296. W/ 98 colour plates. Some faint edgewear to jacket, minor signs of use, a very sound, almost as new copy.
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£99.00
Japan's Tattoo Arts. Horiyoshi's world : Vol. 2
by Horiyoshi; Akimitsu Takagi; Katsunari Fukushi; Ed Hardy; Jonathan Shaw
174 pp. photo-illustrated book. Folio. Limited to 2000. Very good. Illus. dust wrapper over cloth covers, housed in pictorial boards case. [787]
This copy boldly dedicated by Ed Hardy to Jonathan Shaw; a unique copy with fine associations.
This copy boldly dedicated by Ed Hardy to Jonathan Shaw; a unique copy with fine associations.
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$1200.00
The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture
by Lieberman, William S. [Introduction]
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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$40.00
JAPAN, a history in books.
by Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair "Japan Year
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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$150.00
