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Modern Art and Design Books
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Zuanchō (Album of designs)
Zuanchō ["Album of designs"]
[Takada, Kakushū (illustrated by)?].
Kyōto: Misona, [ca. late Meiji to early Taishō period (1900-10s)?]. In manuscript.
A concertina-folding album of 97 hand-painted designs tipped-in to card leaves. The work is identified as the "ninth collection" on the outer title panel, indicating that the company that produced the d ...
47 Pieces of Japanese Sheet Music
Takehisa, Yumeji, and others [illustrations by].
[Japan] : Senow, Symphony ... et al., Taishō to early Shōwa period [1920-30s].
A collection of 47 pieces of sheet music published in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sheet music published during this period in Japan is known for its beautiful Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs, and these examples do n ...
Asagiri (Morning mist)
Asagiri ["Morning mist"]
Ōta, Saburō [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Seibidō, Meiji 45 [1912].
A two-volume work featuring seventy illustrations matched with lyrics to folk or traditional Japanese songs. The illustrator, Ōta Saburō (1884-1969, sometimes referred to as Ōta Samurō), studied Western-style painting under the artist and politician Kuroda Seik ...
Bikō Zukan
Hasegawa, Keika [illustrated by].
Ōsaka : Aoki Tsunesaburō, Meiji 27 [1894]. First and only known edition.
A two-volume album of colour woodblock-printed designs by acclaimed artist Hasegawa Keika. Each volume contains 50 designs, two to a page, featuring motifs of flowers, plants, fans, birds, rivers, ships, shells, flags, and so on. The patter ...
Designs inspired by butterfly wings, by Shimomura Gyokukō
Kochōshiki ["Expressions of butterflies"]
Shimomura, Gyokukō [Tamahiro] [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Honda Ichijirō; Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 45 [1912].
An album of designs inspired by butterfly wings, featuring two beautiful woodblock-printed illustrations and 68 monochrome collotype illustrations. The designs were created by Shimomura Gyokukō (also known a ...
Furuya Kōrin's design series
[Furuya Kōrin's design series]
Furuya, Kōrin [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Unsōdō, Meiji 38-39 [1905-6].
A set of four books of woodblock-printed designs by the acclaimed Kyoto-based artist Furuya Kōrin (1875–1910). The set includes Date moyō hanazukushi ("Compilation of flamboyant flower patterns", 25 pages of designs), Matsuzukushi ("Compilati ...
Giga hichō (Secret notebook of caricatures)
Giga hichō ["Secret notebook of caricatures"]
Kimonoashi [preface (and illustrations?) by].
[Japan, preface dated Shōwa 7 (1932)]. Manuscript.
An album of twenty caricatures in pen and ink by an unidentified artist. The work includes a three-leaf preface dated Shōwa 7 (1932) in which political problems in Manchuria are described and the importance of ...
Haru no gyokushō (Spring's excellent compositions)
Haru no gyokushō ["Spring's excellent compositions"]
[Creator unidentified].
[Ōsaka?: Murakami-ten?, Meiji 44 (1911)?].
An unrecorded book of thirty-three designs for New Year's postcards and twelve postcard-sized illustrations in a nanga style. A printed note at the beginning of the book suggests the work was published in Meiji 44 by t ...
Hikobae (Root sprouts)
Hikobae ["Root sprouts"]
Ōta, Saburō [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Seibidō , Meiji 44 [1911].
An album featuring a three-page preface by the artist and seventy full-page illustrations in a variety of media, including half-tones and lithographs, on a variety of papers, several tipped-in. The illustrator, Ōta Saburō (1884-1969, sometimes referred to as Ōta Sa ...
Ishō Sekai (World of designs)
Ishō Sekai ["World of designs"]
Yokota, Hankichi [proofread by]; Sawa, Kyūkō ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō]: Seibikai, [Meiji 34 (1901)].
Issue two of the magazine Ishō Sekai, published by the Seibikai ("The Exquisite Beauty Association"). The thirteen textile designs (over fifteen pages) included were provided by members of the Seibikai. The use ...
Jūjun kagetsuchō (One-hundred-day album of flowers and the moon)
Jūjun kagetsuchō ["One-hundred-day album of flowers and the moon"]
Mutō, Inazō [edited by]; Rai, Kyōhei [compiled by]; Aoki, Mokubei, Oda, Kaisen, Uragami, Shunkin, Rai, Sanyō, Ema, Saikō, Nakabayashi, Chikutō, Ōkura, Ryuzan, Yoshida, Shūran, Nukina, Kaioku ... [et al.] [with contributions by].
Ōsaka: Shikada Seishichi, Shunsōdō [printing blocks owned by], Meiji ...
Moyō gajō (Album of patterns)
Moyō gajō ["Album of patterns"]
[Artist unidentified].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early Shōwa period (1920-40s)?].
An album of fourteen colour woodblock-printed patterns. Six of the patterns feature multiple colours; the remaining eight are single-colour prints. It is possible the prints were removed from a larger volume and bound in handmad ...
Over 100 colour woodblock-printed designs for kimono
Kuretake ["Henon bamboo"]
Ochiai, Naobumi [preface by]; [Ichida, Yaichirō (created and published by)].
[Kyōto: Ichida Shōten, (Meiji 35 (1902))].
An album of woodblock-printed textile designs, probably produced as a catalogue for the publisher: clothing and textile firm Ichida Shōten. The designs are remarkably detailed, and many depict landscapes and use ...
Sakigake (The Forerunner): Issue Eleven
Sakigake ["The Forerunner"]
Kaneko, Kinji, Kamisaka, Sekka, Taniguchi, Kōkyō [advised by]; Furuya, Kōrin [firm headed by]; Kawanabe, Kokichi [edited by].
Kyōto: Yamada Naosaburō, Kaiseisha, Meiji 34 [1901].
Issue eleven of Sakigake magazine, featuring two pages of designs in colour (possibly printed with a mixture of lithography and halftoning) and eight p ...
Sakigake (The Forerunner): Issue Six
Sakigake ["The Forerunner"]
Kaneko, Kinji, Kamisaka, Sekka, Taniguchi, Kōkyō [advised by]; Furuya, Kōrin [firm headed by]; Kawanabe, Kokichi [edited by].
Kyōto: Yamada Naosaburō, Kaiseisha, Meiji 34 [1901].
Issue six of Sakigake magazine, featuring two pages of designs in colour (possibly printed with a mixture of woodblocks and lithography) and eight page ...
Shima to kasuri (Stripe and splash patterns)
Shima to kasuri ["Stripe and splash patterns"]
Asano, Kokō [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Yamada Naosaburō, Yamada Unsōdō, Meiji 38 [1905].
The first ('upper') volume of the second series of Shima to kasuri, featuring 56 creative patterns of flags, boats, vegetables, brushes, tennis racquets, dragonflies, fans, billiard balls and cues, rulers ...
Shūshū (Collection)
Shūshū ["Collection"]
Hirō Shōeidō Ishō-bu [edited by].
Kyōto: Hirō Shōeidō, Shōwa 5 [1930].
Volume five of an interesting series of albums featuring colour woodblock-printed mini-envelopes (pochibukuro). The set was published between Taishō 13 (1924) and Shōwa 5 (1930) and was probably produced by the publisher/editor Hirō Shōeidō to promote the c ...
Sōsaku hanga to hanga no tsukurikata = How to make prints: drawn, blok-cut [sic] & printed by author
Sōsaku hanga to hanga no tsukurikata = How to make prints: drawn, blok-cut [sic] & printed by author
Tohary, Kogan [Tobari, Kogan] [text and illustrations by].
Tōkyō: Hangasha, Taishō 11 [1922]. Later printing.
A scarce copy of this valuable resource on the process of woodblock printing by the sculptor and sōsaku hanga artist Tobari Kogan (1882-1927). ...
Tama Kagami (Mirror of Treasures)
Tama Kagami ["Mirror of Treasures"]
Kobayashi, Gyokunen [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Fujisawa Shuppanbu, Meiji 34 [1901].
A complete two-volume set of colour woodblock-printed designs by the highly skilled but little-known graphic designer Kobayashi Gyokunen. Each volume includes one fold-out woodblock-printed frontispiece and twenty-five single-page colour wo ...
Tōshitsu (Ceramics and Lacquerware)
Tōshitsu ["Ceramics and Lacquerware"]
Nakamura, Shūho [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 43 [1910].
An album of twenty double-page spreads of colour woodblock-printed designs for ceramics and lacquerware, by Nakamura Shūho. Shūho is described in the preface as a "graduate of the design department of the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts" ...
Two Issues of Orienta Azio
Harada, Takeyoshi.
Oosakimaci, Ebaragun, Tokio : Redaktejo Sekaigo Soin, 1913-1914.
Two issues, December 1913 (number 26) and May 1914 (number 31), of the journal `Orienta Azio`. `Orienta Azio`, printed in Esperanto and Japanese, was published monthly between 1911 and 1916 in Tokyo by the Sekaigo Shoin run by Hara ...
Two Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Gaisha Menus from 1928
Watanabe, Kazan ... [et al.][illustrated by].
[Tōkyō?] : Nippon Yūsen Kaisha, 1928.
Two colour woodblock-printed one-leaf menus from the S.S. Hakozaki Maru and the Taiyō Maru. The menu from the S.S. Hakozaki Maru (Commander T. Sekine) is dated Thursday, 2nd August, 1928, and the Taiyo Maru menu is dated Sunday, January 29th, 1928. Both sh ...
Yukihisa Isobe Exhibition
Yukihisa Isobe Exhibition
Isobe, Yukihisa [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Tokyo Gallery, 1964.
A catalogue from an exhibition of works by Yukihisa Isobe (1935-) held in Tokyo in April of 1964. The card folder features four panels (three on the recto, one on the verso) that open to reveal scenes on loosely inserted cards. The cards can be removed from the outer ...
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Classic Illustrated Books Modern Art and Design Books Translations of Western Texts Japanese Literature Prints and Ephemera Western Books Photo Books Paintings & Scrolls Australia & New Zealand Others
Australia New Zealand Antarctica Japan Korea China Other
Edo Period [1603-1853] Bakumatsu Period [1853-1868] Meiji Period [1868-1912] Taishō Period [1912-1926] Shōwa Period [1926-1989]
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