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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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£324.75

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.

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£976.68

Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection

by Jack Hillier

This three-volume set is number 1,151 of 2,000 numbered copies in a special edition. Appears unread. 974 plates and text illustrations; some in color. The Wikipedia article on Henri Vever (1854–1942) writes that the French jeweler was a collector of a broad range of fine art, including prints, paintings, and books of both European and Asian origin. By the 1880s, Vever had become one of the first Europeans to formally collect Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

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£325.56

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... Read more about this item

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£1,695.20

Vantine's - The Oriental Store, 1916 Catalog (Catalogue)

New York: A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc., 1916. A RARE catalogue, and in lovely condition, of the major importer of Oriental goods into America from 1866 to 1921. Very Good Plus in original full color pictorial wrappers, 120 pp. plus 2 order pages at rear, pre-addressed envelope tipped at page 106. numerous black and white and color photographs throughout, small tears at spine ends, small spot rear wrapper, else Near Fine. In 1916 Vantine's was located at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street.. Clothing,... Read more about this item

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£732.51

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... Read more about this item

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£1,304.00

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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£40.70

Nihonga

by Ellen P. Conant

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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£97.67

HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE

by [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endo^, publisher

1916. [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endo, publisher. HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE A folding album of 24 (of 30) prints - oban size color woodcut, printed by Nishimura Kumakichi and published by Kanao Bun'endo in 1916,17. The finest of all of Bun'endo's remarkable porfolio productions, The HANSHIN MEISHO ZUE is a great rarity, even individual prints from the series of 30 are by no means common. We are missing only prints #7, 21-25 (6 in all). There are two prefatory pages, one is a map of the trip around western... Read more about this item

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£5,290.35

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... Read more about this item

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£488.34

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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£80.10

Shoe, Shoe PARADISE

by TAKADA, Kisa [1941-2006]

Tokyo: Libro Port, 1991. First edition. Original Cloth. Fine/very good. Sm oblong 4to. In the bright yellow cloth boards with blind embossed title. Illustrated endpapers. pp. 125 with 122 colour photographic plates of shoes designed by Takada between 1967 and 1990. Held her first exhibition at a Ginza art gallery in 1966 since when she became one of the most innovative and stylish shoe designers of the C20th. Unclipped jacket with light edgewear only. Uncommon.

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£108.00

Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199)

by Utagawa Kunisada

Edo: Fujiokaya Keijiro, 1844. Original woodblock print on mulberry paper. This is the centre panel from the colour woodblock triptych entitled 'Kamakura Buei Yoshi Kagami'. Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199. There was a film made in 1945 about his relationship with his brothers entitled Tora no O o Fumu Otokotachi: The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail. In this print he is actually depicted with his famous tiger's... Read more about this item

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£80.00

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... Read more about this item

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£203.48

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... Read more about this item

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£190.76

Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3

by Various

Shueisha, Tokyo, 1974. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Fine. Various, Shunsho, 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. Part of a 12-volume set, this book devoted exclusively to Shunsho.Condition of this book:Fine in near fine slipcase (soiling at top and bottom... Read more about this item

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£203.48

Ehon Imayo Sugata

by Beisai Kubota, Shikitei Sanba

Early 20th-century reprint of Utagawa's famous book on Japanese women's fashions originally published in 1802.Volume 1 only of the 2 volume set.With 25 full-color woodblock prints depicting 12 scenes over double pages with different classes of women, 23 pages of Japanese text.Includes woodcuts of noble courtiers under cherry blossom, samurai wives relaxing, concubines, merchant women, servants at bathhouse, dancers, laundress, nursemaid, etc.Condition: blue embossed paper boards scuffed and discolored,... Read more about this item

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£203.48£172.95

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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£101.74

Honzo Zufu: Tsubaki

by Kan'en Iwasaki

Rare volume on camellias from Kan'en Iwasaki's multi-volume botanical series Honzo Zufu (Iconographia Plantarum), originally compiled in 1828 and later published in 92 volumes. This volume, number 88 in the series, includes 10 pages of text and index of camellia species, and 47 color woodcuts of Camellia japonica varieties.Condition: Washi paper covers scuffed, but interior very clean, strong impressions of color plates with vivid color.Kan'en Iwasaki or Tsunemasa Iwasaki (1786–1842) was a Japanese... Read more about this item

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£651.12£553.45

Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels (Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts)

by Linduff

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 illustration
My scanner produces shadows that chould not be there

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£174.99

Moko Shurai Ekotoba

by Beisai Kubota

Woodblock reprint of two famous Japanese picture scrolls which recorded the unsuccessful Mongol invasions of Japan in the 13th century.The scrolls were originally drawn between 1275 and 1293 for the samurai Suenaga Takezaki to record his battlefield valor and deeds during Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan. The scrolls depict the Battle of Bun'ei in 1274 and the Battle of Koan in 1281.
Complete in 3 volumes, with 66 pages with 56 color plates in vol. 1, 54 pages with 33 color plates in vol. 2,... Read more about this item

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£488.34£415.09

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

Enchuro-ryu Soka Zue

by Shuei Shounsai, Hakusui Kikunsai

One volume only from the 8-volume series of guidebooks to the Enchuro School of ikebana or flower arrangement first published in Tokyo in 1807. 8 pages of text and 52 pages of woodcuts of ikebana featuring flowers in vases on tables, in hanging baskets, etc. Condition: Washi paper covers worn and fragile, binding resewn, the delicate woodcuts on thin washi paper mostly clean and bright. Ikebana was a very popular leisure activity in the Edo Era. The Enchuro-Ryu was a new school of ikebana that emerged in... Read more about this item

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£122.08£103.77

Waro Kishi.

by KISHI, Waro. With an introduction by Terence Riley

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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£162.78

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.