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NP: NP, 1914. Original Wraps. Orig. brown printed wrappers. Very good. 48 pages. 22 x 15 cm. The Bank of Japan Act. Promulgated by Imperial Ordinance No. 32 of June 27th in the Fifteenth Year of Meiji (1882). The Bank of Japan was founded in Meiji 15 (1882) after a Belgian model. This copy carries withdrawal stamp of Crerar Library on front cover.

Tokyo: Togo Gensui Publishing Society, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's gray patterned cloth decorated in gilt. Teg. Very good. 347 pages. 30.2 x 23 cm. Illustrated with 22 color plates with tissue guards and black and white illustrations. A tribute in the laudatory style of contemporary Japanese imperial culture; the encomiums for Togo who died in 1934 never cease. His exploits in the Russo-Japanese war won him national renown, some modest extremity rubbing, solid binding, internally clean.

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1974. First edition. Publications: OccasionalPapers. Nos. 7. Extensive Bibliography. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine.

Tokyo: Charles E.Tuttle, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 201 pages. Eleven color and 109 black and white plates. With a List of Plates, Bibliography and Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I557."An introduction to the major arts and the most highly developed crafts in Japan. Well-chosen illustrations.

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1972. Hardcover. Orig. decorated beige cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrappers in clear plastic overwrappers. 2 Vols. 236, 229 pages. Folio, 36.5 x 27 cm. Two monumental works with a host of black and white, color and tipped-in plates. Chronology of Japanese Art until 1568 (Vol.I) and Chronology of Japanese Art from the Sixteenth Century. Supplementary Notes and Glossary in each volume. Interior contents bright and fresh. Book label of Ursus Books.

Tokyo: Takum Craft Shop, 1974. First edition. Paper. Orig. decorated mulberry paper, bamboo header with cloth ties for hanging. Fine. Serizawa, Keisuke. Folio, 37.2 x 28.6 cm. Twelve single sheets, one for each month, these calendar sets are stenciled individually by hand on handmade untrimmed Japanese mulberry paper. All Serizawa calendars are unique. As a highly respected Japanese textile designer, inspired by the bingata (multicolored, stencil dyed) textiles of Okinawa, he began to research the latter and traditional textile designs of other Japanese regions. He contributed works to the mingei (folk art) movement, his katazome calendar folios were initiated in 1946. Serizawa was designated a "Living National Treasure" by the Emperor of Japan in 1956, and after his death, the Tohoku Fukushi University of Sendai, constructed and dedicated a museum comprised solely of Serizawa's art work.

Tokyo: Takum Craft Shop, 1972. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Serizawa, Keisuke. Folio, 37.2 x 28.6 cm. 12 single sheets, one for each month, these calendar sets are stenciled individually by hand on handmade untrimmed Japanese mulberry paper. They are usually contained in a thick cardboard (also mulberry paper) folding case as is our copy, and in addition, on the front cover of the folding case is pasted an illustrated stenciled label with the word "Calendar." All Serizawa calendars are unique. As a highly respected Japanese textile designer, inspired by the bingata (multicolored, stencil dyed) textiles of Okinawa, he began to research the latter and traditional textile designs of other Japanese regions. He contributed works to the mingei (folk art) movement, his katazome calendar folios were initiated in 1946. Serizawa was designated a "Living National Treasure" by the Emperor of Japan in 1956, and after his death, the Tohoku Fukushi University of Sendai,… Read More

New York: Maecenas Press (Random House), 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white box slightly soiled, the cream portfolio is fine. Levine, Jack. Printed booklet of XXXII pages. 48 x 31 cm. One of 2500 copies. Folding box inside cover signed by James A. Michener and Jack Levine. Four full page color lithographs after Hokusai signed in stone by the artist and printed on Rives Paper. Lacks the additional 54 watercolor, gauches and drawings. The above in a cream portfolio with a black cloth tie and is housed in the original white cardboard box case, also with a matching black cloth tie noted on cover as "Cut.

Tokio: Printed By The Shiuyei Sha & Published By Kelly and Walsh, 1899. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt. Very good. 142 text pages [Appendix VIII]. Half title, 72 black and white plates, 39 text illustrations, and 14 full page color lithographs with lettered tissue guards. With K. Ogawa he published Landscape Gardening In Japan in 1893, also served as an architect, and taught at the Imperial College of Engineering, and designed western style buildings. This second edition was the first in English on ikebana. Ex-library, contents clean, fresh with interior unmarked with ex-library marks. Extremities rubbed, beveled edges.

New York: Japan Society, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white boards, front cover paper label with gilt border. Fine. 35 (3) pages. 32 x 21 cm. 1000 copies printed for the Japan Society. Tipped in and full page plates in color, printed in red and black. An attempt to introduce No Plays to a Western audience. Very bright, fresh copy.

New York: Japan Society, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. thick boards and cloth. Very good. 52 pages. 32 x 26 cm, twenty-four plates, all but two are in full-color -- latter are lithographs on mounted vellum stock. An early appreciation and retrospective of the master artists of the Ukiyoe school --Harunobu, Kiyomitsu, Toyonobu, Masanobu, et al .Gookin notes, "They represent a plebeian art which was not a spontaneous upgrowth from the soil, but, so to speak, a down-growth or offshoot from an old and highly developed art of aristocratic lineage. Notable lenders to the exhibit were Samuel Isham, The Estate of Francis Lathrop and Howard Mansfield; indeed,they were the major American collectors at that time. Limited edition, copy 209 of 1000 printed by DeVinne. Clean and very fresh internally, slight bump front cover corners.

Np: Np, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Orig. contemporary decorated paper covers, string-tied, paper cover label chipped. Very good. 12 leaves. 17.5 x 12 cm. All plates french-leaved 2 plates in color, balance black and white. These picture books, very popular during the late Edo-Meiji era were a significant aspect of the Japanese publishing industry during the 19th century with a host of Japanese woodblock print artists contributing their efforts. Images by Utagawa Kunisada, mostly portraiture of men and women from the waist up: he was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.

Np: Np, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Orig. contemporary decorated paper covers, string-tied with paper cover label. Very good. 18 leaves. 17.5 x 12 cm. All plates french-leaved in color. These picture books, very popular during the late Edo-Meiji era were a significant aspect of the Japanese publishing industry during the 19th century with a host of Japanese woodblock print artists contributing their efforts. This Ehon presents a series of samurai engagements with arrows flying and spears thrusting in a myriad of battle scenes.

New York: E. Weyhe, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine and decorated boards, front cover paper label. Very good. Unpaginated. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Eight plates in full color and forty-four in half tone, each with descriptive text. Limited edition, one of 400 copies. Harunobu flowered late in life, during the last six years he produced his most beautiful designs. Shunsho, one of the most powerful and dramatic artists of the popular school is known as the leading designer of actor prints in hoso-ye form -- Sharaku. Backstrip extremities, lower corners rubbed, covers and interior contents clean and fresh.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth lettered in gilt, decorated in red. Teg. Near fine. 468 pages. Edited by Elizabeth Bisland. Six illustrations. Index. The letters are to Basil Hall Chamberlain, to W.B. Mason and to Mrs. Hearn. The majority of letters are to Professor Chamberlain. Hearn was a shy man; the letter format suited his need for intimate communication and mental companionship -- in Ms. Bisland's view.

Np: Np, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Orig. contemporary decorated paper covers, string-tied, paper cover label. Very good. 9 leaves. 17.5 x 12 cm. All french-leaved all plates in color. These picture books, very popular during the late Edo-Meiji era were a significant aspect of the Japanese publishing industry during the 19th century with a host of Japanese woodblock print artists contributing their efforts. Images by Utagawa Kunisada, mostly portraiture of men and women from the waist up: he was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. olive green cloth in simulated Japanese style binding, spine and front cover lettering in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 388 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Owner inscription. A bright, fresh copy. Slight spine fade.

Tokyo: Manichi Newspapers, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 12 volumes in six boxes. Fine. 42 x 32 cm. 12 volumes in 6 cases covering -- The Protohistoric, Asuka, and Nara periods * Heian Period (8th to 11th centuries) * 11th & 12th centuries * Kamakura Period (12th to 14th centuries) * Late Kamakura Period (13th & 14th centuries) * Namboku-cho, Muromachi, Momoyama and Edo Periods (14th to 19th centuries). A compendium of cultural, historic, artistic, architectural and national treasures protected by a comprehensive network of legislation to maintain their primacy. Japanese cultural properties were originally owned by Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and aristocratic or samurai families. Text in English and Japanese, with extensive English notes. Nearly 1200 color plates and a plethora of black and white images in the text. The publisher, Manichi, prints the oldest daily newspaper in Japan; former CEO's have been elected Prime Ministers of Japan, and it is the only Japanese new company to have won a… Read More

Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1957. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige boards and maroon cloth spine. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 174 pages. Voluminously illustrated, mostly in black and white with five full-page color, and two-toned plates. Original German version printed by Urs-Graf Verlag; Bern, Switzerland. A survey and history of the Japanese color woodcut by a prominent, if now infamous collector. Oversize format.

New York: Praeger, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Very good. 180 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs. Biographicaldata on leading Japanese architects. A comprehensive review of Japanese architecture since 1945.