Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi Hachiyama-zue (Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Mountains)

Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi Hachiyama-zue ["Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Mountains"]

Kimura, Tōsen [produced by]; Nan'yūtei [Utagawa, Yoshishige] [illustrated by].

Tōto [Edo]: Yoshida Kinbē, Kaei Gannen [1848] [but probably a Meiji era printing].

Jūshi Keisei Hara-no-uchi (Inside the Guts of Fourteen Bombshell Beauties)

Jūshi Keisei Hara-no-uchi ["Inside the Guts of Fourteen Bombshell Beauties"]

Shiba, Zenkō [text by]; [Kitao, Shigemasa (illustrated by)].

[Tōri Abura-chō (Edo): Senkakudō, Kansei 5 (1793)].

Musha Jūroku Musashi (A Jūroku Musashi Game of Warriors)

Musha Jūroku Musashi ["A Jūroku Musashi Game of Warriors"]

Ōsai [Utagawa], Fusatane [illustrated by].

Bakurochō, [Tōkyō]: Higuchi Gintarō, [ca. Meiji period (1880-90s?)].

Seiyō Jiki Teikokuhan (Model of Western Time Measurements)

[Seiyō Jiki Teikokuhan ("Model of Western Time Measurements")]

[Kanshūtei (preface by)].

[Tōto (Tōkyō): publisher unidentified, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1870-1890s)].

Kuang Shi Tu Shuo (An Illustrated Explanation of Ore)

Kuang Shi Tu Shuo ["An Illustrated Explanation of Ore"]

Fu, Lanya [Fryer, John] [text by].

[China: publisher unidentified], Guāngxù 10 [1884].

Untitled album of original paintings and sketches by prominent illustrators

[Untitled album of original paintings and sketches by prominent illustrators]

Matsuda, Seifū, Nonogase, Banka, Hirezaki, Eihō, Mizushima, Niou ... [et al.] [illustrated by].

[Japan, ca. late Taishō period (1917-1922)?].

Japan's most famous beauty bible

Miyako fūzoku kewaiden ["Cosmetic customs of the capital"]

Sayama, Hanshichimaru [text by]; Hayami, Shungyōsai [illustrated by].

[Japan: publisher unidentified, preface dated Bunka 10 (1813)].

Miyako Odori (The Miyako Dance)

Miyako Odori ["The Miyako Dance"]

Kajima, Seizaburō [text by].

Kyōto: Genrokukan, Meiji 35 [1902].

Eshi Zōshi (The Story of a Painter)

Eshi Zōshi ["The Story of a Painter"]

[Creator unidentified].

Edo [Tōkyō]: Nakaya Tokubē [distributed by], [ca. Kaei period (1849)?].

[Untitled painting of a woman daydreaming]

Hatori, Kozan [painted by].

[Japan, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s)?]. In manuscript.

Kyōka Momochidori [A Flock of Kyōka Poems]

[Kyōka Momochidori ("A Flock of Kyōka Poems")]

[Yanagawa, Shigenobu (illustrated by)]; Shakuyakutei, [Nagane] [preface by].

[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. 1830s?].

Hashimotoya Shiraito no Hanashi (The Story of Shiraito of Hashimoto-ya)

Hashimotoya Shiraito no Hanashi ["The Story of Shiraito of Hashimoto-ya"]

[Tsukioka], Yoshitoshi [illustrated by].

Bakurochō, [Tōkyō]: Tsunajima Kamekichi, Meiji 19 [1886].

New Arrivals

Draft illustrations for Onna Irezumi-shi (The Woman Tattoo Artist)
Draft illustrations for a serialised story of a woman tattoo artist, ca. Shōwa 25 (1950).

Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi Hachiyama-zue (Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Mountains)
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as miniature landscapes, Kaei Gannen (1848) (but probably a Meiji era printing).

Jūshi Keisei Hara-no-uchi (Inside the Guts of Fourteen Bombshell Beauties)
An anatomical parody by Shiba Zenkō, Kansei 5 (1793).

Untitled surimono
A haikai surimono featuring an illustration of a shishimai by Utagawa Yoshimori, Meiji 2 (1869).

Untitled surimono
A haikai surimono illustrated by Shibata Zeshin, Kinoene (1864).

Untitled compilation of illustrations of beautiful women by famous artists
A comparison of beautiful women painted by famous artists, Meiji 24 (1891).

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