Kōno Bairei (illus).
Meiji 29. 1896. 1 VOLUME ("hito") ONLY FROM A SET OF THREE, 22 double page two-color woodblock prints, patterned blue stiff card covers with printed paper title labels, accordion format with reinforced paper spine, 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm). Light wear and tearing.....
Kawachiya Mohei. 1851? 77 single color and black and white woodblock prints, 39pp, 10 x 7 inches, traditional Japanese binding: folded sheets with thread binding (fukurotoji). Wear and soiling to cover; light dampstaining visible in top 1/3 corner of several sheets. A primer of how to paint bamboo illustrated with.....
Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917) (illus).
Yokohama. Meij 18. 1885. Two volumes, Japanese thread binding full page and single two-color woodblock prints, folio (14 x 9 1/2 inches, 35.5 x 24.5cm). First volume: 4 pages of text followed by 24 single page woodblock prints and 21 double page woodblock prints. Second volume.....
No date. Ca. 1890- early 1900s? Black and white illustrations throughout, approximately 62 images per volume, 5 x 6 inches, Japanese stab binding. Each volume is separately paginated. One volume is missing rear cover, one volume missing title label, insect damage to back cover and last couple of pages of.....
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Ichikawa Raijirō (edited by).
Tokyo. Matsumura Magokichi 松邑孫吉. Meiji 23. 1890. VOLUME 1 OF 2, 12 double page color woodblock prints, Japanese style accordion format (orihon) with decorative embossed blue thick card covers and title label, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Title label has been affixed to the front.....
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Suharawaya Mohei. Bunka 9. 1812. SET OF 3 VOLUMES each in two parts, black and white woodblock illustrations and diagrams, 22+30+41 pp, 5 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (15 x 21.5cm), title labels, Japanese stab binding. Light wear to covers, chips and creasing to a couple of the title labels.....
Hoitsu, Sakai; Suzuki and Nakano (illus).
Kyoto. Yamada Unsodo. 1908. Meiji 41. Single volume of this set, Japanese accordion style binding with paper covered boards, 11 x 7 1/2 inches, 26 double page, 2 single page color woodblock prints. WITH ORIGINAL PAPER TITLED WRAPPER / SLIP. Scattered light soiling to.....
Osaka. Seikadō. Meiji 30. 1897. SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE, full page and in-text black and white woodblock illustrations throughout, each volume 8 1/2 x 6 inches decorative embossed paper wrappers with title labels, double sheets with stab binding in modern cloth-covered case with clasps. Two labels glued to the front of.....
Kyoto. Unsodo. Meiji 43. Volume 43. 24 single page color and black and white woodblock prints on Japanese style folded sheets, stab thread binding, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Damp staining in upper margins, previous owner's blind stamp on corner of several pages, wear to covers. There are 10.....
Kyoto. Unsodo. Meiji 43. 1910. Volume 43. 24 single page color and black and white woodblock prints on Japanese style folded sheets, stab thread binding, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Damp staining in upper margins, previous owner's blind stamp on corner of several pages, wear to covers. There are.....
Meiji 16. 1883. Japanese accordion style book (orihon), 10 numbered double page color lithograph illustrations (multiple images per page), 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches, patterned cloth-covered boards. Wear to cover extremities, interior in very good condition. The illustrations feature details of brocade cloths, exquisitely printed to give the effect.....
Yoshii, Seisen (illus).
Kyoto. Honda Unkindo. Meiji 34. 1901. ONE VOLUME OF A SET OF TWO. 30 color woodblock full page illustrations (2 of which form a vertical two-page illustration), Japanese style paper wrappers with stab binding, handwritten title to front cover, 10 x 7 inches. Cover is very worn.....
Kyoto. Meiji 36. 1903. THREE VOLUME SET, 2 large folding maps, 19 double page color woodblock prints, black and white photo illustrations (process prints), 260+212+164pp, 9 x 6 inches, Japanese style binding (decorative paper wrappers with stab binding) with decorative title label. Very good condition. An exquisite publication with color.....
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Kubota Beisai; Minko Tachibana.
Taisho 5. 1916. Reprint edition. TWO VOLUMES, two-page color woodblock prints throughout (15 in first volume, 13 in second volume) on double leaves, oriental style, 12 x 8 1/2 inches, decorative paper covers (Japanese thread binding fukurokuji) with title labels. Light abrasion to cover extremities, threads.....
Tokyo. Seibikai. Meiji 34. 1901. 18 full page color woodblock prints, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, decorative color paper wrappers with two ribbon ties. Light soiling and tiny hole (pinhead size) to lower left corner margin of frontispiece illustration, light wear to back cover, small areas of light dampstaining.....
1817- 1900? TWO VOLUMES ONLY. Two volumes only of the Kojitsu sōsho, these are the Reifuku (Ceremonial or formal clothing) and the Kariginu (literally "hunting clothes" sometimes used to mean Noh costumes; informal clothing at the time of the Heian Court) volumes, with illustrations of the textile colors and patterns.....
Sesshu, Kato (illus).
Tokyo. Seizandō. Meiji 6. 1871. Woodblock frontispiece and one full page woodblock print, in-text woodblock images throughout, 7 x 4 3/4 inches (18 x 12 cm), color paper wrappers with title label, oriental style stab binding. Some fading to front cover, small insect hole in back cover.....
London. Sotheby's Publications. 1987. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, pictorial endpapers, 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, 1131pp, index, cloth covered boards (hardbound) with color pictorial dust jackets,cloth covered slipcase. New condition, never used, in original corrugated card publisher's mailing container (stamped on the outside "Art of.....
Honolulu, Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press. 1990. First Edition. 16 pages of color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout, x+324pp, index, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches, cloth-covered boards with gilt-lettered spine, color pictorial dustjacket. Light wear to dustjacket, top corners lightly bumped, otherwise very good condition. From the dustjacket.....
Lum, Bertha (illus).
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution. 1991. First Edition. 16 pages of color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout, 10 x 8 inches, pictorial card wrappers. Chronological catalog, bibliography, major exhibitions of prints, index. As new condition with slight curl to covers. A beatufiully produced record of Bertha Lum's.....
Yokohama. Yoshikawa Book Store. No date. Ca. 1936. 9 tipped-in color woodblock prints, 12 color plates, black and white in-text illustrations, 87pp, 9 x 6 1/2 inches, pictorial paper-covered boards. Light dampstain to lower edge of gutter of first half of book, not impinging on the images; light dampstain to.....
