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Deku no Bō (Blockhead)
Deku no Bō ["Blockhead"]
[Kobayashi], Kiyochika [illustrated by]; Koppi, Dōjin [Nishimori, Takeki] [text by].
Tōkyō: Matsuki Heikichi, Meiji 27 [1894].
A fūshiga satirising China's loss of Port Arthur to the Japanese army, from Kiyochika's Hyakusen Hyakushō: Nihon Banzai ("Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs") series of prin ...
Die ersten lectionen des Deutschen sprachunterrichts: im gebrauch der Deutschen anfangsclassen der Kaiserlich-Japanesischen Academie von Daïgaku-Nankō
Die Ersten Lectionen des Deutschen Sprachunterrichts: im Gebrauch der Deutschen Anfangsclassen der Kaiserlich-Japanesischen Academie von Daïgaku-Nankō
Daigaku Nankō [edited by].
Jedo [Tōkyō]: Daigaku Nankō, 1870.
The first German primer to be published in Japan, and the second German study book overall to be published in Japan (after 官版独逸単語篇 (Ka ...
Dōhan gashū (Album of copperplate prints)
Dōhan gashū ["Album of copperplate prints"]
[Illustrator unidentified].
[Japan: Naitō Den'uemon, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1870-80s)].
An album of 94 tipped-in copperplate prints from Uchida Masao's 13-volume geography textbook Yochi shiryaku ("A Compilation of Geographical Knowledge"). The prints, which were based on images found in Western ...
Dōke kyōga-zukushi (A collection of humorous caricatures)
Dōke kyōga-zukushi ["A collection of humorous caricatures"]
[Artist unidentified].
[Tōkyō-fu: Kogaya Kotsugorō, Meiji 8 (1875)].
A colour woodblock-printed montage of six humorous scenes, featuring women selling hot beans, a trapped oni (ogre) in postage-stamp patterned robes, a Japanese man winning a game of igo ('Go') against a Chinese man, ...
Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku (The cultivation of brocade prints, a famous product of Edo)
Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku ["The cultivation of brocade prints, a famous product of Edo"]
[Kitagawa], Utamarō [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early to mid Shōwa period (1930-60s)?].
A woodblock-printed reproduction of the central print from Utamarō's Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku triptych. The triptych was originally published ...
Edo Ryōgoku suzumi no zu (Cooling off at Ryōgoku in Edo)
Edo Ryōgoku suzumi no zu ["Cooling off at Ryōgoku in Edo"]
[Kikukawa], Eizan [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)]: Kawaguchi [Kawaguchiya Uhē], [Bunka 8 (1811)].
The rightmost print only of a triptych depicting a busy night scene at Ryōgoku Bridge in Tokyo. Eizan (1787-1867) studied both Kanō school and Shijō school painting styles and designed many bijin ...
Educational Illustration Published by the Ministry of Education: Screw
[Kuniteru II (illustrated by).
Tōkyō: Monbushō Seihonjo, Meiji 6 (1873)].
An illustrated explanation of screws, featuring an image of a Western book press. One diptych from a series of prints published by the bookbinding division of the Ministry of Education in the 1870s.
Diptych, complete. Foxing, repairs to some wormholes, centre fold, a ...
Eiwa Tsūshin (English-Japanese Transmissions)
Eiwa Tsūshin ["English-Japanese Transmissions"]
[Creator unidentified].
Asakusa, [Tōkyō]: Seyama Sakichi, Meiji 20 [1888].
A small copperplate-printed book of English words with diagrams, meanings, and pronunciations in Japanese. Because of the lack of visibility of the page numbers, it is difficult to determine if the work is complete. The first page, ...
Examples of Fröbel Gifts (Fröbelgaben) compiled by a kindergarten teacher in-training
[Untitled set of volumes on kindergarten play methods]
Maeda, Rie [transcribed by].
[Japan, ca. Meiji 29 (1896)]. Manuscript.
A collection of three manuscript volumes providing samples of four paper play methods and instructions for kindergarten teachers. The volumes are numbered "two", "three", and "five", and it is unclear how many volumes were in the or ...
Firefighting gear from Setagaya, Tokyo
[Firefighting gear from Setagaya, Tokyo]
[Creator/s unidentified].
[Tōkyō, ca. Meiji to early Shōwa period (1880-1920s)?].
A set of four hoods, one pair of gloves, and one jacket used by firemen working in Setagaya, Tokyo. The items, which probably date from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, were made using sashiko hand embroidery and aizom ...
Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan
[Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan]
[Shuntōsai (Okada Suigetsudō)] ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Japan: various publishers, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-60s)?].
A set of five maps of locations in Japan, copperplate-printed in the late Edo period to early Meiji period. The set includes one map of the city of Kyoto, one of the ci ...
Fujin Sokuhatsu no Hinagata (Models of Chignons for Women)
Fujin Sokuhatsu no Hinagata ["Models of Chignons for Women"]
Ashihara, Kuninao [illustrated by].
Nihonbashi, [Tōkyō]: [Inoue Kichijirō], Meiji 18 [1885].
A nishiki-e providing instructions for creating five foreign hairstyles: the "Western up-do", the "Western low-style", the "Italian style", the "Italian low-style", and the "twisted thread style". Western ...
Fuku Wakashi: Takara no Iribune (New Year's Luck at Boiling Point: Arrival of the Treasure Ship)
Fuku Wakashi: Takara no Iribune ["New Year's Luck at Boiling Point: Arrival of the Treasure Ship"]
Ikeda, Fusajirō [edited by]; [illustrator unidentified]
[Kyōto]: Ikeda Fusajirō, Meiji 17 [1884].
An illustrated compilation of zashiki-gei (party tricks) styled as a sugoroku (game sheet). The sheet may have been part of a party game in which particip ...
Fukubiki Kuchinamari-e
福引口訛絵 [Fukubiki Kuchinamari-e, “A Lottery Illustration of Provincialisms”]
Nagoya, Aichi: Tsukamoto Sutesaburō, [ca. Meiji 37 (1904)].
This print depicting famous figures of the early 1900s may have been used as a paper "board" game for gambling. The illustration uses a bright red pigment characteristic of Meiji period prints and features mil ...
Fukubiki Ōiri
[Illustrator not identified].
[Japan : (publisher not identified), ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1810-1870s)?].
A woodblock carved on both sides used to print a fukubiki lottery game. Fukubiki was a "popular pastime involving the drawing of lots or some similar method to win prizes".¹ This particular woodblock would have been used for a fukubiki game ca ...
Fūryū Itsutsu Karigane (The Refined Karigane Five)
Fūryū Itsutsu Karigane ["The Refined Karigane Five"]
Gototei [Utagawa], Kunisada [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō]: Izumi Ichi [Izumiya Ichibē], [ca. Bunsei 11 - Tenpō 2 (1828-1831)].
A complete pentatych by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III, 1786-1865) featuring five beautiful women as the Itsutsu Karigane - the "five karigane blood-brothers" or the "Karigan ...
Gōshū Nanpō Tairiku Oyobi Nyūjīrando Chōhakuun
Tsuchiya, Motosaku. Osaka: Asahi Shinbunsha, Taishō 5 [1916]. First edition. A detailed photographic record of the cultures and geographies of Australia and New Zealand, for Japanese readers, with many black and white photographic illustrations of the native animals, landscapes, cities, and indigenous peoples of the two countries. The book includes images of famous Australian ...
Hakurei gakuhyō (Pleasurable critiques by the Hakurei)
Hakurei gakuhyō ["Pleasurable critiques by the Hakurei"]
[Creator unidentified].
[Tōkyō?: Hakureisō-ren, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1770-1870s)?].
A carved woodblock used to print advertisements for a poetry competition. The text seems to invite submissions for the contest, which is to be judged by Senryū Sōshō (possibly Karai Senryū (1718-1790 ...
Hana Yujo Suikoden [A Suikoden of Beautiful and Brave Women]
Hana Yūjo Suikoden [A Suikoden of Beautiful and Brave Women]
Ōju [Toyohara], Kunichika [illustrated by].
Ningyochō, [Edo]: Gusokuya [Kahei], [1869].
A striking woodblock-printed triptych by Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900) depicting the heroes of the Suikoden as ten elaborately tattooed and weapon-bearing women. Each figure in the yakusha-e repre ...
Hanging scroll by Tsuda Seifū
[Hanging scroll by Tsuda Seifū]
Tsuda, Seifū [painted by].
[Japan], Shōwa 47 [1972]. In manuscript.
A hanging scroll featuring a self-portrait painted by the highly acclaimed artist and graphic designer Tsuda Seifū (1880-1978) when he was 93. The calligraphy (also by Seifū) includes references to tanroku-bon, the shinnai jōruri song Ranchō, and the Car ...
Hanging scroll depicting Jurōjin
[Hanging scroll depicting Jurōjin]
[Artist unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Edo period (late 18th to early 19th century?)]. In manuscript.
A hanging scroll depicting Jurōjin, the god of longevity and one of the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Fortune). Some of the lines that make up the illustration are thought to be hiragana characters spelling out the god's n ...
Hanging scroll of two rabbits
[Hanging scroll of two rabbits]
[Kitazawa], Rakuten [painted by].
[Japan, ca. late Meiji to Taishō period (1900-20s)?]. In manuscript.
A hanging scroll painted by the manga artist Kitazawa Rakuten (1876-1955), featuring two rabbits in snow, an arrow, and the Japanese proverb "He who chases two hares catches neither". Rakuten was an influential cartoonist a ...
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].
An ōban diptych of the courtesan Shiraito at the Hashimoto-ya pleasure house, from the Shinsen Azuma Nishiki-e ("Newly Selected Brocade Pictures of the East") series by the acclaimed uk ...
Hicchō-jō (An album of spontaneous brushstrokes)
Hicchō-jō ["An album of spontaneous brushstrokes"]
Yamamoto, Gyōhō, Kobayashi, Eikō ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Japan, ca. late Meiji period (1907?)]. Manuscript.
An album of paintings and calligraphic works by ten artists and calligraphers. The volume includes calligraphy by Nakane Hanrei (1831-1914), Nagasaka Sekitai (1845-1924), and Yoshida Banka (d ...
Hikanyakuōen (Medicine for the liver and spleen)
Hikanyakuōen ["Medicine for the liver and spleen"]
Ishida, Katsuhide [produced by].
Kyōto: Ishida Katsuhide, [revised in Meiji 28 (1895)].
A colour woodblock-printed leaf featuring information on Hikanyakuōen, a type of medicine claimed by the manufacturers to cure various issues with internal organs. The symptoms pictured in the lower half of the print ar ...
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 ...
Hitojichi henkan: jizai kyōikuhō zukai (Transformation of a person's temperament: free education method, illustrated)
Hitojichi Henkan: Jizai Kyōikuhō Zukai ["Transformation of a Person's Temperament: Free Education Method, Illustrated"]
Mihara, Muneaki [book being advertised authored by].
Okayama: Ritsuma Akiko, [ca. Meiji 21 (1888)].
A copperplate-engraved advertisement for the publication of a work on phrenology by Mihara Muneaki. The misspelled English subt ...
Hittatsu Sensei Bokumyō (Exquisite Paintings by Teacher Hittatsu
Hittatsu Sensei Bokumyō ["Exquisite Paintings by Teacher Hittatsu"]
Kunii, [Seinosuke] [illustrated by]; Fuyō, Mokuyō [Suzuki, Fuyō] [postscript by?].
Hamura, [Edo (Tokyo)?], Bunka 10 [1813]. In manuscript.
A handscroll by the artist Kunii Seinosuke of landscapes and birds in a nanga or bunjinga (literati painting) style. Kunii (dates of birth and death un ...
Hōmā Monogatari (Tales from Homer)
Hōmā Monogatari ["Tales from Homer"]
Homer [original works attributed to]; Kikuchi, Kan [translated by]; Honda, Shōtarō, Unno [Umino?], Seikō, Asano, Kaoru [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Bungei Shunjūsha, Shōwa 4 [1929].
A highly illustrated translation by celebrated author Kikuchi Kan (1888-1948) of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Two colour illustrated plates, ...
Homage to Ono Otsū's moji-e
[Homage to Ono Otsū's moji-e]
Ono-shi, Tsūjo [original illustration by]; [hand-copier unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Edo period (18th to early 19th century?)]. In manuscript.
A hand-painted copy by an unknown admirer of an illustration of the waka poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (sometimes known as Hitomaru, c. 653–655–c. 707– ...
Honchō Furisode no Hajime: Susanoo-no-Mikoto Yōkai Gōbuku no Zu
本朝振袖之始 素盞烏尊妖怪降伏之圖 [Honchō Furisode no Hajime: Susanoo-no-Mikoto Yōkai Gōbuku no Zu, “Susanoo no Mikoto Subdues the Yōkai in Honchō Furisode no Hajime”]
Edogawa [Katsushika], Hokki [illustrated by].
[Japan: unidentified publisher, ca. Kaei 4 (1851)].
A yoko-ōban nishiki-e by Katsushika Hokki (years of birth and death unknown), a pupi ...
Honour in a Loyal Death: the Great Fire at the Hosokawa Residence
"細川家大火忠死誉"
Kōchōrō, Kunisada [Utagawa, Kunisada III (illustrated by)]; Kawatake, Shinshichi III [original play by].
Nihonbashi, [Tōkyō] : Fukuda Kumajirō, Meiji 22 [1889].
A triptych by Utagawa Kunisada III (1848–1920) depicting the most famous scene from the kabuki play Tsutamoyō Chizome no Goshuin (蔦模様血染御書, “The Ivy-Patterned Bl ...
Hyakunin Isshu Karuta
[百人一首歌留多 (Hyakunin Isshu Karuta, “Cards of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets”)]
[Keisai, Eisen (illustrated by)].
[Tōkyō]: Shiba Senichi, [ca. 1850-60s].
A complete set of two hundred uncut hyakunin isshu cards (one hundred poem cards and one hundred poet cards) in eight leaves. The publisher and printer was Shiba Senichi (芝泉市), ...
Hyakunin Isshu karuta
[Hyakunin Isshu karuta]
[Creator unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Edo period (1750-1850s)?]. In manuscript.
A complete set of two hundred Hyakunin Isshu playing cards (karuta). The Hyakunin Isshu card game (a form of uta-garuta ("poetry karuta")) is based on the anthology of one hundred waka poems by one hundred poets compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in the thirtee ...
Imayō Mitate Hori Suri Ryōkō no Zu [A Modern-day Adaptation Picturing Carving and Printing]
Imayō Mitate Hori Suri Ryōkō no Zu ["A Modern-day Adaptation Picturing Carving and Printing"]
Utagawa, Kunisada [Toyokuni III] [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. Taishō period (1910-20s)?].
A simplified Taishō-era (?) reproduction of the triptych Imayō Mitate Shi-Nō-Kō-Shō: Shokunin ("A Modern-day Adaptation of the Four Classe ...
Information on the Fifth Miyabi-kai
Kyōto: Miyabi-kai, [ca. 1920-30s].
An early Shōwa period invitation to an exhibition of fabrics with new dyeing and weaving designs held by the Miyabi-kai. Information about the location and time of the event appears in the illustration of the gramophone and its base when the lower moving section of the card is revolved.
One card, complete. Light di ...
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 ...
John Orr Ewing & Co. Best Turkey Scarlet: H. Ahrens & Co., Yedo, Yokohama & Hiogo
[Japan]: H. Ahrens & Co., [ca. 1870-1910].
A piece of packaging for 'Turkey red' (a colour used to dye cotton fabrics) with a lithographic label tipped-in. H. Ahrens & Co. was a German trading company based in Tōkyō with branches in Yokohama and Kōbe. John Orr Ewing & Co. was the name of a prominent Turkey red firm in Scotland.
O ...
Joreishiki no Zu (Illustrations of Ladies' Etiquette)
Joreishiki no Zu ["Illustrations of Ladies' Etiquette"]
[Yasui], Kotō [illustrated by].
Nihonbashi, [Tōkyō]: Matsuno Yonejirō, Meiji 28 [1895].
A colour woodblock-printed album of scenes of elegant Japanese ladies engaging in traditionally appropriate pastimes and ceremonies. The fourteen scenes spread over eight leaves picture women exchanging N ...
Kagoshima Onna Suikoden [A Suikoden of Kagoshima Women]
Kagoshima Onna Suikoden [A Suikōden of Kagoshima Women]
Toyohara, Kunichika [illustrated by].
Umamichi, [Tōkyō]: Kodama Yashichi, Meiji 10 [1877].
This colourful triptych by Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900) transforms the Satsuma Rebellion (1877) into an imagined kabuki spectacle. In a striking exercise in theatrical imagination, Kunichika recasts ...
Kaichū Jūhō (Important Treasures, Pocket-Sized)
Kaichū Jūhō ["Important Treasures, Pocket-Sized"]
[Creator/s unidentified].
Ōsaka: Honya Kitarō, [ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-60s)?].
A portable booklet of charts and volvelles used in astrology for fortune-telling, featuring six woodblock-printed panels. Three of the panels feature intact volvelles used to quickly determine days and ...
Kaika jinkōki (The enlightenment Jinkōki)
Kaika jinkōki ["The enlightenment Jinkōki"]
Takahashi, Takematsu [text by].
Tōkyō: Shōgikudō, [ca. Meiji 18 (1885)].
A short book on the use of the abacus (soroban) in mathematical calculations. The Jinkōki, a text authored by Yoshida Mitsuyoshi (1598-1672, also Kōyū) in the early seventeenth century and acknowledged in the title of this work, is the ol ...
Kaiunbashi Daiichi Ginkō (Kaiunbashi Bridge and the First National Bank)
Kaiunbashi Daiichi Ginkō ["Kaiunbashi Bridge and the First National Bank"]
Kobayashi, Kiyochika [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early to mid-twentieth century?].
A later printing or re-carved edition of arguably Kiyochika's most famous work: a snowy scene featuring the First National Bank and Kaiunbashi Bridge in Tokyo. A se ...
Kakkoku Shoryō Bankoku Chimei Shōran
Shibata, Shūzō.
Edo [Tōkyō] : Shunsōdō, [Kaei 6 (1853)].
A guidebook of place names from around the world, recorded as "the first dictionary of place names [published in Japan]".¹ The author, Shibata Shūzō (1820–1859), was the son of a dried fish seller who lived on Sado Island in his early years. He enjoyed drawing pictures and maps of his local surr ...
Kanadehon Chūshingura, Dai-Kudanme (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers: Act Nine)
Kanadehon Chūshingura, Dai-Kudanme ["The Treasury of Loyal Retainers: Act Nine"]
Kōchōrō [Utagawa], Kunisada [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)]: Yorozuya Kichibē, [ca. Edo period (1830-40s?)].
A scene from Act 9 of Kanadehon Chūshingura, one of Japan's most popular plays, illustrated by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786–1864). The work seems ...
Kanzeon Reigenki Hyakuban Mokuroku (Record of the Miracles of Kannon: Index of the One Hundred Pilgrimage Sites)
Kanzeon Reigenki Hyakuban Mokuroku ["Record of the Miracles of Kannon: Index of the One Hundred Pilgrimage Sites"]
Ōju Mantei, Ōga [text by]; [Utagawa], Toyokuni [III], [Utagawa], Hiroshige [II] [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō): Nanden Nisanshō, Ansei 6 (1859)].
The index print for a series of nishiki-e listing one hundred temples from three pil ...
Kappa Sōden Kyūrizukai (A Kappa's Talks on Science: How to Use Cucumbers)
Kappa Sōden Kyūrizukai ["A Kappa's Talks on Science: How to Use Cucumbers"]
Kanagaki, Robun [text by]; [Kawanabe], Kyōsai [illustrated by].
Edo [Tōkyō]: Bankyūkaku, [preface dated Meiji 5 (1872), but printed Meiji 15 (1882)].
Issues six and seven of Kokkei Zansai Bukuro ("A Collection of Humorous Leftovers"), containing the full text of t ...
Kiso Kaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi (Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kiso Road)
Kiso Kaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi ["Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kiso Road"]
[Keisai], Eisen, [Utagawa], Hiroshige [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Shin'eidō, Taishō 10 [1921].
A Taishō era set of reduced-size woodblock-printed reproductions of Eisen and Hiroshige's famous Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series originally published between 1835 and 1837. ...
Kisoji no Yamakawa
木曽路之山川 [Kisoji no Yamakawa, “Mountain River on the Kiso Road”]
[Utagawa], Hiroshige I [illustrated by].
[Japan: unidentified publisher, ca. early to mid-20th century].
A set of three unused postcards delicately woodblock-printed with Hiroshige's famous illustration of the snowy Kiso Valley. Originally printed in 1857, Mountain River o ...
Kokkei Ō-A Gaikō Chizu = A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia
Kokkei Ō-A Gaikō Chizu = A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia
Nishida, Suketarō [text by]; Ohara, Kisaburō [envisaged by]; Nakamura, Shingo [supervised by].
Ishikawa: Nishida Suketarō, Meiji 37 [1904]. Third edition.
A satirical map produced in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). The work shows Russia as a giant octopus whose tentacl ...
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