A finely bound record of a trip to Japan

A walk through Japan, 1877

Goff, Lieutenant-Colonel [Robert Charles] [text by].

London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1878.

The first cocktail book printed in Japan

Kokutēru: kongōshu chōgōhō ["Cocktails: methods of mixing liquor"]

Akiyama, Tokuzō [compiled by].

Tōkyō: Akiyama Ryōri Kenkyūjo, Shōwa 4 [1929]. Fourth edition.

Love fortunes: divination on the compatibility of men and women

Sanzesō Izumo tōzachō ["The Book of Divination: a current register of things in Izumo"]

Gyōkaen, Gochō [text by]; Ichimōsai [Utagawa], Yoshitora [illustrated by].

[Edo (Tōkyō): Kinkyōdō], Kōka 3 [1846].

The Eight Views of Omi, by an unidentified artist

Ōmi hakkei ["Eight views of Ōmi"]

[Artist unidentified].

[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-70s)?].

New Arrivals

Emon: okunizome (Patterns for okunizome dyeing)
A manuscript of okunizome designs, ca. late Meiji period to early Shōwa period (1880-1920s)?

Haru no gyokushō (Spring's excellent compositions)
Eye-catching designs for New Year's postcards, Meiji 44 (1911)?

Bikō zukan (A mirror of beautiful crafts)
One hundred patterns by Hasegawa Keika, Meiji 27 (1894).

Kokon moyō-shū: musō kōeki monchō (Collection of ancient and modern designs: patterns to gain unparalleled profits)
An early manual on designing patterns and crests, Meiji 18 (1885).

Hatsugoromo (First garments)
An unrecorded album produced by the Futaba-kai, Meiji 41 (1908).

Futaba (Budding leaves)
A scarce collection of designs by Tabata Kakudō, Meiji 40 (1907).

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