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Hobby Cocktails
"趣味のコクテール"
Momose, Susumu [text by].
Tōkyō : Kinseidō , Shōwa 8 [1933].
One of the earliest Japanese cocktail books, containing information on the history of cocktails, notes on mixing liquors, illustrations of implements used in bartending, and, of course, many cocktail recipes.
Original boards, minor wear to spine. ...
How to Elegantly Package Gifts, Warrior-Style
Tsutsumimono Orikata Hinagata ["Examples of Ways to Fold Envelopes"]
[Creator unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Meiji period (1868-1911)?].
A collection of 54 samples of papers folded in specific ways for various occasions. Rules for the correct pre ...
Humorous Tales from Chinese History
Kokkei Retsuden ["Biographies of Jesters"]
[Sima, Qian (original text by)]; Hamamura, Zōroku II [owned and/or copied by].
[Hyōgo?], Kansei 12 [1800]. Manuscript, on woodblockprinted stationery.
A kanbun rendering in manuscript of Guji Liezhuan ("The Biographies of Jesters"), volume 126 of the Shiji ("Records of the Grand Historian") by Sima Qian (c. 145-8 ...
Japonská Pohádka o Dvou Dědcích [A Japanese Tale of Two Old Men]
Japonská Pohádka o Dvou Dědcích [A Japanese Tale of Two Old Men]
Havlasa, Jan [text by]; Šaloun, Lad. [Ladislav] [illustrated by].
Prague: B. Kocí, [ca. 1919].
An adaptation of the Japanese folktale Hanasaka Jiisan (The Old Man Who Made the Withered Trees Bloom) for a Central European audience, illustrated with char ...
Jurin Shomoku [Catalogue of Works from the Ranks of Confucian Scholars]
Jurin Shomoku ["Catalogue of Works from the Ranks of Confucian Scholars"]
[Compiler unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Meiji to Taishō period (1880-1910s)?]. In manuscript.
A manuscript catalogue listing texts composed or edited by Japanese Confucian and Neo-Confucian philosophers including but not limited to Hayashi Razan (Dōshun, 1583-1657), Hayashi Gahō ( ...
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 ...
Kaika Shindai Toppyō Shiwa (Outrageous Poems and Stories: New Titles for a Civilised Age)
Kaika Shindai Toppyō Shiwa ["Outrageous Poems and Stories: New Titles for a Civilised Age"]
Ryūsuitei, Tanekiyo [text by]; Seisei [Kawanabe], Kyōsai [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Ryūshindō ... [et al.], Meiji 13 [1880].
A complete set of this collection of humorous poems illustrated with comical and risqué scenes by Kyōsai. The books are d ...
Kokkei Ana-sagashi (Funny Flaw-Finding)
Kokkei Ana-sagashi [Funny Flaw-Finding]
[Utagawa], Yoshimori [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō]: Iseshō [Iseya Shōnosuke], [1864].
A comical woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshimori (1830-1885), introducing seven character flaws across two scenes. The nishiki-e, number five of an indeterminate number of prints in Yoshimori's Kokkei Ana-sagashi series, describes ch ...
Kokkei jitsuwa (Amusing true tales)
Kokkei Jitsuwa ["Amusing True Tales"] = A Foreigner's Blunders in Japan
Eastlake, F. Warrington [text by]; [translator unidentified].
Tōkyō : Kanasashi Horyudo, Meiji 36 [1903].
A collection of nineteen amusing stories of embarrassing cultural and linguistic blunders made in Japan by the author, Frederick Warrington Eastlake (1856-1905). Eastlake, an ...
Kokkei Usaharashi (Humorous Distractions)
Kokkei Usaharashi ["Humorous Distractions"]
Itō, Kyōtō ... [et al.] [text by].
Tōkyō: Kokkeidō, Meiji 15 [1882].
Issue seven of Kokkei Usaharashi, a magazine of short stories and kyōka, haiku, and dodoitsu poems. The publishing house that produced the magazine, Kokkeidō, was owned by Akiyama Buemon (d. 1900), a pupil of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and ...
Kotatsu
[Kotatsu (Heated table)]
[Itō], Shinsui [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō]: Watanabe, Shōwa 6 [1931].
Kotatsu, a woodblock print designed by Itō Shinsui and published by Watanabe Shōzaburō in 1931 as part of the series Gendai Bijin-shū: Dai-ni-shū (Collection of Modern Beauties: Second Series), depicts a young woman seated in a kotatsu (heated table covered by a ...
Kyōji Kozaiku no E, Oteasobi Mono Shinajina (Stationer's Goods for Intricate Handiwork, Playthings, and so on)
Kyōji Kozaiku no E, Oteasobi Mono Shinajina [Stationer's Goods for Intricate Handiwork, Playthings, and so on]
Kyōjiya Hikobē-ten [produced by].
Kyōto: Kyōjiya Hikobē-ten, [ca. late Edo period (1800-50s?)].
An advertisement for goods produced by a kyōjiya - a specialist in mounting hanging scrolls and installing interior screens but also, as thi ...
Makura Jidō: kabukiza shinkyōgen (Makura Jidō: new kyōgen at the kabuki theatre)
Makura Jidō: kabukiza shinkyōgen ["Makura Jidō: new kyōgen at the kabuki theatre"]
Kōchōrō [Utagawa Kunisada III] [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, Meiji 25 (1892)?].
A triptych by Utagawa Kunisada III (1848–1920) depicting the eponymous Kiku Jidō (Jidō of the Chrysanthemum, also known as Jidō of the Headrest) from the play Makura Jid ...
Manifesto of the Communist Party
Manifesto of the Communist Party
Marx, Karl, Engels, Frederick [text by].
London: William Reeves, [1927]. "6th impression".
The so-called "sixth impression" of the first authorised English translation of the Communist Manifesto. Although the upper wrapper is dated 1888 and describes the work as a sixth impression, bibliographical research suggests that the present ...
Matsui Toshu Sensei Gashu [Collection of Illustrations by Master Matsui Toshu]
Matsui Tōshū Sensei Gashū [Collection of Illustrations by Master Matsui Tōshū]
Matsui, Tōshū [illustrated by].
[Japan], Taishō 5 [1916]. In manuscript.
An accordion-folding album containing twelve double-page paintings attributed to the artist and designer Matsui Tōshū, each bearing his seal, with the final painting signed and dated. Tōshū is best kn ...
Mizugaki manji sōshi (Notebooks for brush-and-water calligraphy)
Mizugaki manji sōshi ["Notebooks for brush-andwater calligraphy"]
Asai, Shigemitsu [produced by].
Tōkyō: Manjidō, Meiji 17 [1884].
A Meiji period advertisement for mizugaki paper produced by the Tokyo firm Manjidō. Mizugaki is a type of calligraphy practice in which the brush is dipped in water instead of ink.
One loose leaf, printe ...
Mongata Kiriyō-den (Stencils for Crest-Cutting)
Mongata Kiriyō-den ["Stencils for Crest-Cutting"]
[Creator unidentified].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. mid-Meiji period (1870-90s)?].
A playful woodblock-printed work on cutting kamon (family crests) from folded paper in a process called monkiri ("crest-cutting"). This process involves cutting out the desired template from the book, laying it on to ...
Monyo shōhin (Small patterns)
Monyo shōhin ["Small patterns"]
[Tsuda, Seifū (illustrated by)]; Honda, Ichijirō [edited by].
Kyōto: Honda Unkindō, Meiji 33-[35] [1900-(1902)].
A two-volume compendium of woodblock-printed designs and patterns illustrated by the acclaimed graphic designer Tsuda Seifū (1880–1978) and produced by the famous design book publisher Unkindō.& ...
Musha Juroku Musashi [A Juroku 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?)].
A variation on a classic Japanese strategy game, Jūroku Musashi ("Sixteen Soldiers"). In the game, which is believed to have originated in the Edo period, two players first decide who ...
Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)
Nankyoku Tairiku [The Antarctic Continent]
Tada, Fumio [proofread by].
Tōkyō: Chiseisha, [ca. 1957-1958].
A large (115 x 109 cm) colour map of Antarctica produced in commemoration of the International Geophysical Year (also known as the IGY, 1957-1958). Professor Tada Fumio (1900-1978), who proofread the map, was a central figure in organising Japan's ...
Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)
Nankyoku Tairiku [The Antarctic Continent]
Nihon Kyokuchi Kenkyū Shinkōkai [edited by].
Tōkyō: Nihon Kyokuchi Kenkyū Shinkōkai, 1965.
A sizeable (79 x 109.5 cm) colour map of Antarctica edited and produced by the Japan Polar Research Association (J.P.R.A.) in 1965. The map has a scale of 1:6,500,000, and place names are recorded in English and occasional ...
Nankyoku Tanken Inuzori-tai: Futari no Ainu no Hanashi (Antarctic Expedition Dog Sled Team: The Story of Two Ainu People)
Nankyoku Tanken Inuzori-tai: Futari no Ainu no Hanashi [Antarctic Expedition Dog Sled Team: The Story of Two Ainu People]
Koide, Shōgo [text by].
Tōkyō: Fuzanbō, Shōwa 20 [1945]. First edition.
The story of the two Ainu men, Yayomanekuh (Yamabe Yasunosuke, 1867-1923) and Sisratoka (Hanamori Shinkichi, b. 1875/1876- year of death unknown), who travelled as ...
Nankyoku Tanken Jitsuroku (True Record of the Antarctic Expedition)
Nankyoku Tanken Jitsuroku [True Record of the Antarctic Expedition]
Tada, Keiichi [text by].
Tōkyō: Kainan Shuppan Kyōkai, Shōwa 31 [1956]. First edition.
A record of Japan's first Antarctic expedition (1910-1912) by the expedition's secretary and, later, assistant naturalist Tada Keiichi (1883-1959), following earlier works including his personal, ...
Ōiri ["Full House"]
Kubo, [first name illegible] [produced by]; Sogai [illustrated by?].
Kōbe: Shinyūren, [ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s)?].
A set of six woodblock-printed match labels featuring illustrations possibly associated with kabuki or another form of traditional performance. The term ōiri (大入) which appears on each of the match car ...
On Booksellers' Official Licenses
[Documents Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (text by)].
[Ibaraki, Japan], Meiji 4 [1871]. Manuscript.
A handwritten draft or record of a text produced by authorities regarding the granting of official licenses to booksellers, on stationery woodblock-printed by the Koga Domain (present day Ibaraki Prefecture).
Two folded leaves, considerab ...
On Socrates
Sokuratesu ["Socrates"]
Saiki, Sensui [text by].
Tōkyō : Keibunkan, Taishō 4 [1915].
The opening of Japan to trade brought an influx of Western books and a Renaissance-like discovery of the works of classical Greek and Roman philosophers to Japan. This book, more of a biography than a translation of Socrates's oeuvre, was produced by Saiki Sensui (18 ...
On the Jesuits, Organtino, and Fabian Fucan
Kirishitan Kikigaki ["A Verbatim Account of the Christians"]
[Author and transcriber unidentified].
[Japan, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1850-70s)?]. Manuscript.
A collection of writings about the Jesuit presence in Japan in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The manuscript begins with a brief description of the arrival of Christians (Jesuits) in Ja ...
On the origins of Edo's pleasure quarters
Hokujoryo kigen shōsho ["Origins of the northern pleasure district, abridged"]
Shōji [Nishida], Katsutomi [original text by].
[Japan, ca. Ganji period (1864-1865)?]. Manuscript.
An abridged manuscript version of Hokujoryo kigen - an edition of Ihon Dōbō Goen ("Sequel to A garden of words from the boudoir", 1733) with additions by poet Ishihara Toryū (or T ...
Pītā Pan (Peter Pan)
Pītā Pan ["Peter Pan"]
Barrie, James Matthew [original text by]; Kikuchi, Kan, Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke [translated by]; Ichiki, Ton, Katō, Masao [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, Shōwa 4 [1929].
An early Japanese edition of Peter Pan, translated by two of the most acclaimed Japanese novelists of the twentieth century, Kikuchi Kan (1888-1948) and A ...
Pō Shishū (A Collection of Poems by Poe)
Pō Shishū ["A Collection of Poems by Poe"]
Poe, Edgar Allan [original text by]; Wakameda, Takeji [translated by].
Tōkyō : Etsuzandō , Taishō 12 [1923]. Third edition.
An early Japanese translation of poems by Edgar Allan Poe. The translator, Wakameda, also helped to produce a Japanese translation of The Merchant of Venice in 1913 and an English t ...
Pyramid: 'Best Model Extending Device'
Tōkyō: Mizuno Shōten, [ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s)?].
An advertisement for "Pyramid Best" cameras.
One leaf. Creases, paper lightly browned. 19.2 x 14.4 cm.
...
Reihō mankintan ["Sacred tiger balm"]
Reihō Mankintan ["Sacred Tiger Balm"]
Ise, [Japan]: Noma Inaba-en, [ca. mid-Edo period (17th to 19th century)].
An advertisement or set of instructions for the Noma family brand's Reiho Mankintan, a famous cure-all popular as a souvenir from Ise in the Edo period. The print is designed to look like a leaf from a book, as is apparent from the hanshin title colu ...
Ryūkō Fukitashi-kusa (Modish Seeds of the Sayings of the Wealthy and Arrogant)
Ryūkō Fukitashi-kusa [Modish Seeds of the Sayings of the Wealthy and Arrogant]
Gyokusui, En [or Gyokusuien] [selections by]; [artist unidentified].
[Japan: publisher unidentified], Kōka 3 [1846].
A bizarre woodblock-printed compilation of single-frame giga (cartoons), featuring visual puns, nazonazo puzzles, and tricky wordplay often requiring knowledg ...
Samples of Japanese Advertising Design
[Untitled Collection]
[Japan: various publishers, ca. late Meiji to early Shōwa period (1900-1940s)?].
A collection of fourteen labels and advertisements for products including matches, medicine, toys, food, silk, and so on, from the early twentieth ...
Santō kokkei monzen [A collection of Santō's comical writings]
Santō kokkei monzen ["A collection of Santō's comical writings"]
Seisei, Sanjin [Santō, Kyōden] [text by].
Tōto [Tōkyō]: Tōto Shorin: Bakanrō [blocks owned by], [preface dated Kansei 2 (1790)].
A parody by Santō Kyōden of Keiten Yoshi, a well-known textbook/commentary on the Four Books of classical Chinese philosophy for Japanese rea ...
Seiyō komamono nokorazu (Unexcelled Western sundries)
Seiyō komamono nokorazu ["Unexcelled Western sundries"]
Kanbe, Senzō [produced by].
Kanda, [Tōkyō]: Shinseidō, [ca. Meiji 20s (1887-97)].
A flyer printed around the end of the nineteenth century for Shinseidō (or Shinshōdō), a Western sundries shop in Kanda, Tōkyō. The illustration on the right side of the flyer, which is probably woodblock-printed, shows ...
Seiyō Tsurezuregusa (A Western Tsurezuregusa)
Seiyō Tsurezuregusa ["A Western Tsurezuregusa"]
Murai, Chinushi, Ōhashi, Eizō [translated and edited by].
Tōkyō : Hokubunkan, Taishō 4 [1915].
A collection of English epigrams by four Western authors with parallel translations in Japanese. The authors featured are Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794), John Oliver Hobbes (Pearl Mary Teres ...
Seru shiori (Guidebook to seru fabric)
Seru shiori ["Guidebook to seru fabric"]
[Ichida, Yaichirō].
Tokyo: Y. Ichida & Co., [ca. early Taishō period (1910-20s)?].
This 'guidebook' produced by Y. Ichida & Co. introduces the firm's factory in monochrome photographic illustrations, the majority of which show the machinery used to manufacture seru. The word seru derives fro ...
Set of four garments
[Set of four garments]
[Creator/s unknown].
[Japan, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-40s)?].
A hanten (jacket), set of protective gear, and padded zukin hood with internal inkan (stamp/seal) motifs, possibly from the early twentieth century. The two garments pictured together (one of which appears to be a chest-plate) may have been used as (or togeth ...
Setsuyoshu [Collection for Practical Use]
Setsuyōshū [Collection for Practical Use]
Ekirin [recorded by].
[Kyōto]: Ekirin, postscript dated Keichō 2 [1597].
A landmark Japanese dictionary of the late sixteenth century, the Ekirin-bon Setsuyōshū ranks among the most important and influential works in the history of Japanese lexicography. The edition takes its name from the final line of text ("Re ...
Shamisen sekai no zu (Illustration of the Shamisen World)
Shamisen sekai no zu ["Illustration of the Shamisen World"]
[Utagawa], Yoshifuji [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. late Edo period (1860s)?].
This aizuri-e (indigo-printed illustration) designed by Yoshifuji (1828-1887), a pupil of Kuniyoshi, shows an oiran viewing a globe of the Shamisen Sekai ("Shamisen World"). Each country or provin ...
Shichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods)
Shichifukujin ["Seven Lucky Gods"]
Kiyama, Shōzan [produced by].
[Japan: Kiyama Shōzan, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-30s)?].
A set of seven woodblock-printed match labels featuring the Seven Lucky Gods - Ebisu, Daikokuten, Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Hotei, Fukurokuju, and Jurōjin. The text on each card records the name Kiyama - the individual who pr ...
Shin'an Ishō Chikosakura (Chigozakura: New Designs)
Shin'an Ishō Chikosakura ["Chigozakura: New Designs"]
Tanaka, Jihē [edited by].
Kyōto: Tanaka Jihē, Meiji 23 [1890].
Volume one, believed to be all published, of this little-known album of creative designs for embroidery, brush cases, vases, inkstones, weights for hanging scrolls, and other objects. The preface notes that the work was published to s ...
Shinpan Katsura-tsuke (Stick-on Wigs, Newly Produced)
Shinpan Katsura-tsuke [Stick-on Wigs, Newly Produced]
[Takeda], Ikumaru [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō]: To [Yamaguchiya Tōbē], [Meiji 4 (1871)].
A toy print (omocha-e) designed with cut-out wigs to be arranged interchangeably on the heads of the three kabuki actors depicted below. From left to right, the figures are captioned Kanjaku, Shikan, and Sans ...
Shinpan Kuchikara Dehaudai Oshiegusa (Teachings on Whatever Comes to Mind, Newly Produced)
Shinpan Kuchikara Dehaudai Oshiegusa [Teachings on Whatever Comes to Mind, Newly Produced]
Hyakunokuchi, [Nukemaru?] [edited by].
Kyōto: Akitaya Tōroku, [ca. Tenpo period (1830-1845)?].
A comical print recording a wave of unsolicited advice ("teachings") on men and women from a rambling author, pictured yawning on the right. In the lower section of t ...
Shirase Chūi Tanken-ki (An Account of Lieutenant Shirase's Expeditions)
Shirase Chūi Tanken-ki [An Account of Lieutenant Shirase's Expeditions]
Taniguchi, Zenya, Kimura, Yoshimasa [text by].
Tōkyō: Daichisha, Shōwa 17 [1942]. First trade edition.
The first trade edition of Shirase's biography, published two years after the extremely scarce first edition. The authors, Taniguchi Zenya (1916-2011) and Kimura Yoshimasa ...
Shiroto Jōjuri Shikata Mitate: Chūshingura Nanatsume Monku (Methods of Jōjuri Amateurs: Seven Phrases from The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
Shiroto Jōjuri Shikata Mitate: Chūshingura Nanatsume Monku ["Methods of Jōjuri Amateurs: Seven Phrases from The Treasury of Loyal Retainers"]
[Creator unidentified].
Teramachi, [Kyōto]: Kashiwaya Sōshichi, [ca. late Edo period (1830-40s)?].
A woodblock-printed sheet of words and phrases, often humorous, used by amateur players in jōjuri (puppet) theatre. ...
Shochū O-utagai (Summer Greetings)
Shochū O-utagai ["Summer Greetings"]
Oda, [Hidekazu] [produced by].
[Tōkyō]: Oda [Hidekazu], Shōwa 8 [1933].
A set of twelve woodblock-printed matchbox-sized cards featuring fans illustrated with summer flowers. The text on each card records the name Oda - the individual who produced the set for an unidentified group of matchbox card enthusiasts. Oda' ...
Shoshoku jinbutsu gafu (Album of people of various professions)
Shoshoku jinbutsu gafu ["Album of people of various professions"]
[Ichijusai, Kishun (edited and partially illustrated by); Kawamura, Bunpō, Kitao, Masayoshi [Kuwagata, Keisai] (illustrated by)].
Nagoya: Kajita Gensuke, [ca. early Taishō period (1914?)].
A Taishō period printing of an Ansei era work that compiles simple illustrations of birds, flowers, chi ...
Showa Bijo Sugata Kurabe: Benisomezuki, Shusho [Competing Beauties of the Showa Era: The Eighth Month, Lingering Heat]
Shōwa Bijo Sugata Kurabe: Benisomezuki, Shūsho [Competing Beauties of the Shōwa Era: The Eighth Month, Lingering Heat]
[Watanabe], Ikuharu [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early Shōwa period (1927-1930?)].
A beautiful woman attempts to keep cool in this attractive dai-ōban print by Watanabe Ikuharu (1895–1975). The beauty holds ...
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