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Untitled print
[Untitled print]
Hisashi [illustrated by].
[Japan, ca. late Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-1930s)?].
A print - probably a halftone - featuring an elegant Japanese woman playing cards. She sports a modern hairstyle, ruby red lips, and an obi that sparkles with a silver pigment. The artist's name, Hisashi, is printed in the upper left corner.
Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera
[Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera]
[Illustrators unidentified].
[Tōkyō: Miyake Mokuhan Surisakuho, ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s)].
Two albums of tipped-in ephemera, including menus, invitations, advertisements, and New Year's cards, woodblock printed for a range of Tokyo-based clients by the Miyake Woodblock Printing Store. Several prints provid ...
Three woodblocks
[Three woodblocks]
[Komatsuya (one block-face illustrated by)?].
[Japan: publishers unidentified, ca. Edo to Meiji period (1750-1910s)?].
A collection of three woodblocks used for printing in the Edo and Meiji periods. The earliest woodblock features an illustration on one side and part of another work on the other. The latter, evidently an earlier w ...
Treatise on Silk and Tea Culture and Other Asiatic Industries Adapted to the Soil and Climate of California
Treatise on Silk and Tea Culture and Other Asiatic Industries Adapted to the Soil and Climate of California
Kendo, T. A.
San Francisco: A. Roman & Co., 1870.
A detailed description of the processes of tea cultivation and sericulture by the Japanese immigrant T.A. Kendo. By mid-1869, "[s]everal hundred Japanese were reported settling with the intention ...
Collection of ephemera on female sumo wrestlers
[Collection of ephemera on female sumo wrestlers]
[Various creators].
[Japan, ca. Meiji to early Shōwa period (1880-1930s?)].
An archive relating to the activities of female sumo wrestlers in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Women were banned by the government from sumo wrestling in 1926 despite centuries of participating in the sport. The ban on wom ...
Shinmonku Yukari no Tsuki (The Moon of Affinity: New Lyrics)
Shinmonku Yukari no Tsuki ["The Moon of Affinity: New Lyrics"]
[Illustrator and author unidentified].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. Keiō 4 (1868)].
Kawaraban were woodblock-printed gossip and news sheets produced illicitly in the Edo period for the consumption of laypeople. Publishers who dared print kawaraban on political topics were at a particular ...
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 ...
Nijūshikō: Meiji Shinkoku (The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Newly Engraved in the Meiji Period)
Nijūshikō: Meiji Shinkoku ["The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Newly Engraved in the Meiji Period"]
Komiyama, Gorō [edited by].
Nihonbashi, [Tōkyō]: Makino Sōjirō, Meiji 17 [1884].
A Confucian guide to ethics (especially filial piety) originally produced in the Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) by Guo Jujing, The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars experienced incr ...
Tagoto-hime, Jiraiya (Tagoto-hime and Jiraiya)
Tagoto-hime, Jiraiya ["Tagoto-hime and Jiraiya"]
[Utagawa], Toyokuni [III] [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)]: Ebisuya, [1852].
A colourful depiction by Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada) of Jiraiya (probably played by Ichikawa Danjuro VIII) and Princess Tagoto (probably Iwai Kumesaburo III) from the play Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari. The pattern on Princess Tagot ...
Udaijin Michizane Kō (Minister of the Right, Michizane)
Udaijin Michizane Kō ["Minister of the Right, Michizane"]
[Utagawa], Toyokuni [III] [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)]: Jōshūya [Shigeshichi], [1860].
A beautiful impression of this portrait by Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada) of Kataoka Nizaemon as Sugawara no Michizane in the play Tenmangū Rishō no Kamimagaki. The pattern on the coat features stunnin ...
Jiyū no Kotowari (On Liberty)
Jiyū no Kotowari ["The Logic of Liberty"] = On Liberty
Mill, John Stuart [original text by]; Nakamura, Keitarō [Masanao] [translated by]; E.W.C. [Clark, Edward Warren] [preface by].
Suruga, Shizuoka: Kihira Ken'ichirō, Meiji Mizunoesaru [1872].
The first full Japanese translation of John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (originally published in London in ...
Untitled omocha-e woodblock print
[Untitled omocha-e woodblock print]
[Artist unidentified].
[Japan]: Monbushō Seihonjo, [ca. early Meiji period (1870-1880s)].
An early Meiji "cut-out-and-play" style omocha-e (toy print) featuring a foreign woman and three children, an outfit for each, and an array of accessories. The figures reflect the fascination with Western clothes that followed the o ...
Wayō Jikon Burui (Classes of Mixed Japanese and Western Characters)
Wayō Jikon Burui ["Classes of Mixed Japanese and Western Characters"]
Miki, Kōsai [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Hōzandō, Meiji Mizunoesaru [1872].
An illustrated encyclopedia in kanji and romanised Japanese, with definitions in mixed kana and kanji. The volume was compiled and presumably illustrated by Miki Kōsai (1830-1884), also known as Utagawa Yoshimori I. Books, fu ...
Yamakawa Furiwake Sugoroku (A Game Sheet of Mountains and Rivers Divided)
Yamakawa Furiwake Sugoroku ["A Game Sheet of Mountains and Rivers Divided"]
Ichiyōsai [Utagawa], Toyokuni [III] [illustrated by].
Akasaka, [Edo (Tōkyō)]: Iseya Kanekichi, [Kōka 4 (1847) - Kaei 5 (1852)].
A scarce multi-ōban sugoroku game sheet by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada) based on scenes from folktales located at mountains or rivers. The squa ...
Mahometto-den (A Biography of Muhammad)
Mahometto-den ["A Biography of Muhammad"]
[Prideaux, Humphrey (original text by)]; Hayashi, Tadasu [translated by].
Tōkyō: Higashi Kan'ichi, Meiji 9 [1876].
The first biography of the Prophet Muhammad published in Japanese. The translator, diplomat Hayashi Tadasu (1850-1913), studied at University College School and King's College London between 18 ...
Yowamushi Korokoro Goton Jūton no Zu (Roly-Poly Cowards: Pigs with Five Heads and Ten Bodies)
Yowamushi Korokoro Goton Jūton no Zu ["Roly-Poly Cowards: Pigs with Five Heads and Ten Bodies"]
Seirakusai [Ochiai], Yoshiiku [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. Meiji 28 (1895)].
A satirical giga print on the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) featuring, as the title suggests, interjoined Chinese soldiers with a total of ten bodies and five ...
Sentakusho yori Nomishirami Kadomo he Onmōshi-idashi no Koto narabi ni Mushi Sanka Nakama yori Sentakujo he Negai Izuru Koto (A Formal Statement from a Laundry to Fleas, Lice, and Mosquitoes, together with a Humble Request from the Three Groups of Insects
Sentakusho yori Nomishirami Kadomo he Onmōshi-idashi no Koto narabi ni Mushi Sanka Nakama yori Sentakujo he Negai Izuru Koto ["A Formal Statement from a Laundry to Fleas, Lice, and Mosquitoes, together with a Humble Request from the Three Groups of Insects to the Laundry"]
[Matsuda, Yasuke (original text by)].
Hacchōbori, [Edo (Tōkyō)]: Kyōya Sōbē, [ca. late Edo peri ...
Manpō Eitai Shin-zassho: Nihon-zu-iri (New Miscellany of Countless Eternal Treasures, with a Map of Japan)
Manpō Eitai Shin-zassho: Nihon-zu-iri ["New Miscellany of Countless Eternal Treasures, with a Map of Japan"]
[Tokanshi (selections by)?].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. Bunka 8 (1811)].
This encyclopedic sheet, woodblock-printed on both sides, provides astrological, historical, and geographical information about Japan to the reader. The sheet could be ...
Nihon Chimei-kagami (Mirror of the Names of Regions in Japan)
Nihon Chimei-kagami ["Mirror of the Names of Regions in Japan"]
[Shimizu], Yoshitamajo [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. late Edo period (1850-60s)?].
A list of place names in Japan, illustrated with seven double-page spreads of landscapes by Shimizu Yoshitamajo, also known as Utagawa Yoshitama (1836-1870). Yoshitamajo was a pupil of Ut ...
Oshiegusa Onna Daigaku Sakae Bunko (Lessons for Women: Library of Honour)
Oshiegusa Onna Daigaku Sakae Bunko ["Lessons for Women: Library of Honour"]
Shimizu, Yoshitamajo [illustrated by].
Edo [Tōkyō]: Eikyūdō, Kaei 4 [1851].
A manual of conduct for women, illustrated by Shimizu Yoshitamajo, also known as Utagawa Yoshitama (1836-1870). Yoshitama was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and later became a pupil of Shibata Zeshin. Aside ...
Untitled sugoroku game
[Untitled sugoroku game]
[Illustrator unidentified].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. late Edo period (1800-1840s?)].
A sugoroku game sheet based on several contemporary plays including the jōruri (puppet) play Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki, which features as its protagonist the courtesan Akoya and was first staged in 1732, and one of the several iterations o ...
Untitled collection of photographs
[Untitled collection of photographs]
[Photographer unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Taishō to mid-Shōwa period (1920-30s)?].
A collection of beautiful and striking photographs of Japanese infrastructure and architecture by an unidentified photographer. The seven sepia and monochrome photographs of cranes, bridges, buildings, and ships, have each been mounted on ...
Baren
Baren
Yamada, Sadatoshi, Ōki, Reiko, Kobayashi, Yoshito, Tanaka, Michio ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Okayama: Okayama Bijutsu Dōkōkai Hanga Sākuru], 1959-[1961?].
Issues six, eight, nine, and twelve of Baren, an obscure magazine created by (and produced for) members of the Okayama Art Lovers' Printing Circle. Issue six features ten hand- ...
A kabuki-themed haikai surimono
[A kabuki-themed haikai surimono]
[Shibata], Zeshin [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, Meiji 14 [1881].
A surimono by acclaimed artist Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) featuring poems by kabuki actors and illustrated with an actor surrounded by wigs. The surimono was produced to celebrate the name-change (shūmei) of the actor Sawamura Hyakunosuke ...
Tomonoura Harbour
Tomonoura Harbour
Yoshida, Hiroshi [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. 1985].
A later printing of Yoshida Hiroshi's 1930 Tomonoura Harbour, produced by his son Yoshida Toshi in commemoration of a catalogue of Hiroshi's works published around 1985. An interesting feature of this particular print is that the black outlines of the ke ...
Two untitled sketchbooks by an amateur artist
[Two untitled sketchbooks by an amateur artist]
Tanaka, Yūtai [illustrated by].
Ōsaka, Shōwa 11-15 [1936-1940]. In manuscript.
Two sketchbooks of stunning landscapes in pencil and watercolours by Tanaka Yūtai, an amateur Yōga (Western-style) artist. Most of the illustrations, which depict factories, ports, ships, people, and landscapes in and around Osak ...
Seiyō Bunkenroku (Record of Things Seen and Heard about the West)
Seiyō Bunkenroku ["Record of Things Seen and Heard about the West"]
Murata, Fumio [compiled by].
Hiroshima: Izutsuya Shōjirō, Meiji 2-4 [1869-1871].
A complete set of this illustrated record of the history, politics, society, government, geography, and customs of Britain. The compiler, Murata Fumio (1836-1891), is better known as Nomura Fumio, the journa ...
Mitate Hakkei: Yashima Sekishō (Selection for the Eight Views: Evening Glow at Yashima)
Mitate Hakkei: Yashima Sekishō ["Selection for the Eight Views: Evening Glow at Yashima"]
Ichiyusai [Utagawa], Kuniyoshi [illustrated by].
[Shibamishima-cho, (Tokyo)]: Wakasaya, [1846].
An unusual triptych from Kuniyoshi's Selection for the Eight Views series, featuring a scene from the Battle of Yashima of the warrior monk Benkei peering through ...
Shōmon Jittetsu (The Ten Eminent Disciples of Bashō)
Shōmon Jittetsu ["The Ten Eminent Disciples of Bashō"]
[Creator's name illegible].
[Japan: creator illegible, ca. early Shōwa period (1930-40s?)].
A set of woodblock-printed matchbox-sized labels featuring portraits of the ten most highly acclaimed pupils of the famed poet Matsuo Bashō, together with examples of their poetry. The disciples are (left to ...
Album of works by calligraphers and artists
[Album of works by calligraphers and artists]
Seishū, Baien, Tekiho, Keiho, ... [et al.] [illustrations and calligraphy by].
[Japan, ca. late Meiji to Taishō period (1900-20s)?]. In manuscript.
An album of elegant hand-painted illustrations and calligraphy by a range of little-known Japanese artists and calligraphers. The album contains seven double-page ...
Kiyoki (Purity)
Kiyoki ["Purity"]
Tabata, Seikō, Yoshī, Seisen, Yamada, Seikyo [edited by].
Kyōto: Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 40 [1907].
The first volume (all published) of the little-known Unsōdō publication Kiyoki. The large format volume features fifty colour woodblock-printed designs for kimono, presumably by the editors Tabata Seikō, Yoshī Seisen, and Yamada Seikyo ...
Atagoyama no Zu (View from Mt. Atago)
Atagoyama no Zu ["View from Mt. Atago"]
Kobayashi, Kiyochika [illustrated by].
Ryōgoku, [Tōkyō]: Matsuki Heikichi, Meiji 11 [1878].
A colour woodblock-printed illustration designed by the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) of the view of Tōkyō from Mt. Atago. Kiyochika's characteristic use of shadows and areas of flat colour creates an image resona ...
Usumurasaki Genji no Somewake (Dyeing of the Lilac Genji)
Usumurasaki Genji no Somewake ["Dyeing of the Lilac Genji"]
[Toyohara], Kunichika [illustrated by]; Ōta, Komakichi [printing blocks cut by].
Fukagawa Takabashi (Edo): Etsuka, Bunkyū 2 [1862].
A fascinating triptych featuring characters from The Tale of Genji examining a newly purchased sugoroku game sheet based on famous kabuki actors. Searches for the ti ...
Tsūzoku Isoppu Monogatari (Aesop's Popular Fables)
Tsūzoku Isoppu Monogatari ["Aesop's Popular Fables"]
Aesop [original fables by]; Watanabe, Tazunu [translated by]; Fujisawa, Bainan, Sakaki, Kōson, Kawanabe, Kyōsai, [Tenniel, Sir John], [Wolf, Joseph] [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Watanabe Tazunu [printing blocks owned by], Yamashiroya Sahē [distributed by], Meiji 5-6 [1872-1873].
The most wid ...
Dokuhin Benran (Guide to Poisonous Things) = Poisonous Plants: I. Collection
Dokuhin Benran ["Guide to Poisonous Things"] = Poisonous Plants: I. Collection
Ono, Motoyoshi [selections by]; Murayama, Tokujun [proofread by]; Mogami, Kōkichi [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Ono Motoyoshi, Meiji 11 [1878].
The first collection (of two) of Ono Motoyoshi's privately published guide to poisonous plants native to Japan. The volume features c ...
Shihonron (Das Kapital)
Shihonron ["Das Kapital"]
Marx, Karl [original text by]; Takabatake, Motoyuki [translated by].
Tōkyō: Kaizōsha, Shōwa 2-3 [1927-1928].
One of the earliest complete Japanese translations of Das Kapital. The translator, Takabatake Motoyuki (1886-1928), discovered an English edition of Marx's work during time he spent in jail for an article on the 1908 po ...
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 ...
Kaichū Hoshi Tokei (Pocket-Sized Clock of the Stars)
Kaichū Hoshi Tokei ["Pocket-Sized Clock of the Stars"]
Senshūkan Shujin [created by].
[Japan]: Marita Genryōdō, Kaei 5 [1852].
A chart of the "Twenty-Eight Mansions" of Chinese astronomy (loosely equivalent to the zodiacal constellations of Western astronomy), with text describing the locations of five mansions for each of the 24 divisions of the solar y ...
Chōko Kyūridō Shōhon Chiten Shinzu (New Diagram of the Earth Revolving)
Chōko Kyūridō Shōhon Chiten Shinzu ["New Diagram of the Earth Revolving"]
Tsurumine, Shigenobu [created by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified], Bunsei 10 [1827].
An astronomical chart of the solar system created by Tsurumine Shigenobu (1788-1859), a scholar of mathematics, astronomy, and Japanese, Chinese and Western literature. In 1832, at the age of ...
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' ...
Three woodblock-printed envelopes
[Three illustrated envelopes]
[Ogawa, Usen (original designs by)].
[Kyōto]: Kineya: Kyō-tsukushiya, [ca. early to mid-Shōwa period (1930-40s)?].
Three woodblock-printed envelopes based on designs by Ogawa Usen (1868-1938). The leftmost illustration seems to depict a person dancing with a fan at night in front of a large statue of a religious or historical ...
Collection of fourteen woodblock prints
[Collection of fourteen prints]
Sekino, Jun'ichirō, Azechi, Umetarō ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Yokohama]: Chikuhōdō, [ca. late Shōwa period (1980-90s?)].
A set of fourteen woodblock-printed designs in a variety of styles by Japanese artists including (but not limited to) Mabuchi Tōru (1920-1994), Maeda Masao (1904-1974), Sekino Jun'ichirō (191 ...
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 ...
Shinpan Katsura-e (Illustrations of Wigs, Newly Published)
Shinpan Katsura-e ["Illustrations of Wigs, Newly Published"]
[Utagawa], Yoshikazu [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)]: Shiba Sen'ichi, Kaei 6 [1853].
A colour woodblock-printed omocha-e (toy print) featuring illustrations of six kabuki actors (including one onnagata actor) and 38 wigs to be cut out and placed on the actors' heads for amusement. Each wi ...
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 ...
Ansei San Heishin-reki (Calendar for Ansei Three)
Ansei San Heishin-reki ["Calendar for Ansei Three"]
[Creator unidentified].
Yamada, Watarai-gun, Ise: Yamaguchi Ubē, Ansei 2 [1855].
An Isegoyomi calendar for Ansei 3 (1856) produced in deluxe navy wrappers decorated in a gold pigment with auspicious symbols including cranes and turtles. Isegoyomi calendars were produced in and around Ise Shrine by ...
Shinshiki Sanpō: Kuku no Fuda (Nine-Nine Cards: A New Method of Arithmetic)
Shinshiki Sanpō: Kuku no Fuda ["Nine-Nine Cards: A New Method of Arithmetic"]
[Tsurumine, Shigenobu (devised by)].
Nagoya: Tōhekidō, Bunsei 9 [1826].
A folded sheet of instructions for performing calculations using kuku ("nine-nine") cards, together with thirty cards. A relative of the Chinese multiplication table, this kuku method was created to help pe ...
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 ...
Shinsen Jinbutsu: Orikata Tehon Chūshingura, Jūichi-dan (New Selection of Figures: Models of Paper Folding for the Eleven Acts of the Chūshingura); Chūshingura Orikata Denjū-gaki (Instructions on How to Fold the Chūshingura)
Shinsen Jinbutsu: Orikata Tehon Chūshingura, Jūichi-dan ["New Selection of Figures: Models of Paper Folding for the Eleven Acts of the Chūshingura"]; Chūshingura Orikata Denjū-gaki ["Instructions on How to Fold the Chūshingura"]
[Tsuyama, Yūzō (attributed to)].
Ōsaka: Konomura Hikosuke, [ca. Meiji period (1870-1890s)].
A set of two sheets prov ...
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 ...
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