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 woodblock 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.....
Gesso Yoshimoto 吉本 月荘 (artist).
Nishinomiya Yosaku. No date. Ca. early 1900s. Woodblock print, image 14 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches on sheet size 15 x 10 inches. Upper edge of the print is tipped onto backing board, overall very good condition. Atmospheric image of an owl perched high up.....
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Ichikawa Raijirō (edited by).
Tokyo. Matsumura Magokichi 松邑孫吉. Meiji 23. 1890. VOLUME 1 ONLY 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.....
Tokyo. No date. Ca. 1890. Japanese woodblock print, image 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches on sheet 8 1/8 x 6 inches. Tight left margin; very good condition. Exquisite image in subtle shades of grey and pink from an unidentified late 1800s Japanese woodblock book.
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Suharawaya Mohei. Bunka 9. 1812. SET OF 3 VOLUMES each in two parts (total of six thin card bound books), 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.....
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.....
Fukui Gessai (illustrated after artists such as Okyo, Korin and Nangaku.).
Unsodo. [芸艸堂]. No date. [Meiji 28, 1895]. 12 color woodblock prints, color pictorial paper covered boards, Japanese accordion style binding, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (26 x 19 cm). Light spotting to 3 images, but overall very good.....
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.....
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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.....
Shimizu Seifu.
Tokyo. Unsodo. Meiji 44. 1911. ONE VOLUME OF A SERIES. Total of 53 pages of color woodblock prints, 10 x 7 inches, blind embossed paper wrappers with title label, stab binding, double fold sheets. Light soiling to covers, interior in very good condition. The full series comprised 10.....
Kokugakuin. Meiji 32. 1899. Color woodblock print on sheet 15 x 20 1/4 inches, folded as issued. Tiny hole (pinhole) at one fold intersection, light toning to verso of two panels (outer side when folded - not apparent on the sheet), overall very good condition. A woodblock print depicting a......
Hiyoshi Mamoru (artist).
Kyoto. Kyoto Hanga-in. Ca. 1950s. Color woodblock print, 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches on sheet size 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches. Very good condition. An engaging scene by Hiyashi Mamoru of street activity in a Korean town. The carver is Matsuda, the printer Ōno. The.....
Utagawa Yoshiiku (artist).
Yorozuya Kichibei. 1860. Color woodblock print, 14 1/2 x 10 inches, mounted to cardboard sheet. ONE SHEET ONLY of a triptych.. The title of the tripytch of which this was the right hand sheet is Edo Murasaki, a play on the word Murasaki, the author of the.....
Yoshida, Hiroshi (artist).
Hiroshi Yoshida. 1930. Color woodblock print, 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 (25 x 37.5 cm) on sheet 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (27 x 40 cm). Five light foxing marks, scarcely noticeable, light toning to paper, spot of adhesive residue at each corner of verso. Good.....
