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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 William Anderson
Japanese Art Books & Ephemera
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,...
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£202.38£172.02
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...
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£647.60£550.46
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
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£174.04
HOKUSAÖ
by Goncourt, Edmond de
Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1896. First edition. X-Library in library binding with remains of spine numbers and label and library stamps; Pages quite age toned; Cloth bound in good condition.. Text in French; 7" x 4.5"; Color frontis with facing tissue; xix, 386 pages.
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£356.18
"Japanese Dancer" Westbrae International - No.1 Importer of Japanese Food : Advertising Poster
Westbrae International , 1985. RARE advertising poster, 20 1/2"w x 35 1/2"h, printed on stiff cloth. featuring a Japanese dancer, in vivid colors and below a 1985 calendar. Fine, as issued. Well suited for framing, will ship loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 20 1/2" x 35 1/2".
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£283.32
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...
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£202.38
Art of The Samurai Japanese Arms And Armor, 1156-1868
by Morihiro Ogawa
A beautiful book. Text in English with 427 illustrations - the vast majority in full color and many full page. Both Book and unclipped dj are in "as new" condition.
Book will be priority mailed to any domestic address.
Book will be priority mailed to any domestic address.
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£120.62
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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£322.99
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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£202.38
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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£526.18
Waka moshiogusa - Gasan yōrosen, 和歌藻塩草 - 畫讃搖艫船
by Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴 1686 – 1769)
Two volumes bound together; 12 nn, 24 numbered, 56 numbered, 1 nn pages; [Kyoto] 柳枝軒, Horeki 9 (1759). Binding is worn; some worming (see photos). Title slip is missing.
Volume 1: 和歌藻塩草 / Waka moshiogusa, 5 not numbered pages, 12 number leaves (24 pages) with poems by Hahuin.
Volume 2: 畫讃搖艫船 / Gasan yōrosen, 1 not numbered leave (2 pages), 28 numbered leaves (56 pages) with 55 full pages woodblock illustratuin, 1 not numbered page.
This is one of the most remarkable and most... Read more about this item
Volume 1: 和歌藻塩草 / Waka moshiogusa, 5 not numbered pages, 12 number leaves (24 pages) with poems by Hahuin.
Volume 2: 畫讃搖艫船 / Gasan yōrosen, 1 not numbered leave (2 pages), 28 numbered leaves (56 pages) with 55 full pages woodblock illustratuin, 1 not numbered page.
This is one of the most remarkable and most... Read more about this item
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£20,815.20
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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£607.12
The Illustrated Life of Shakyamuni (Shaka goichidaiki zue kan yon) 釈迦御一代記図会巻四, 6 vols-set, first edition 1845 (Kōka 2)
by Katsushika Hokusai - 葛飾北斎 1760–1849
Rare original first edition, published and printed during Hokusai's lifetime (Bunka 2, 1845) - the coronation of the Gakyō Rōjin" 画狂老人; "The Old Man Mad About Art" period. Your chance to own an authentic Hokusai print and a piece of history!
Orange stitched (fukurotoji bindings) wrappers, 6 vol.set
The Shaka goichidaiki zue is the illustrated record of Shakyamuni's life, published in 1845, which consists of six volumes. The entire work is composed of 55 episodes compiled by Yamada Isai... Read more about this item
Orange stitched (fukurotoji bindings) wrappers, 6 vol.set
The Shaka goichidaiki zue is the illustrated record of Shakyamuni's life, published in 1845, which consists of six volumes. The entire work is composed of 55 episodes compiled by Yamada Isai... Read more about this item
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£1,561.14
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
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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£485.70£412.84
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
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...
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£121.42£103.21
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
Stories & Sketches
by Lafcadio Hearn , Preface, Compiled with Notes by R. Tanabe, Professor in the Peeresses School, Frontispiece with Color with Tissue Guard that has Yellowed,some fox & small Sticker blank endpapers
Hokuseido, Tokyo Japan, 1925. HBNODJ, 1925, 1st edition, 1st Issue,Olive Green Embossed decorated Cloth with Paper Label Lettered in Black,VG/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, Cover minor Rub, Wear & Small Nick & tiny Corner Chip, Spine only Slightly Sunned, 276 pgs + notes AD, Interior Minor Wear, Slight Fox , Some pgs show slight Yellowing, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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£97.14
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...
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£5,261.75
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,...
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£728.55
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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£485.70
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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£101.19
![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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£1,322.75
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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£161.90
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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£121.42
