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Emon: okunizome (Patterns for okunizome dyeing)
Emon: okunizome ["Patterns for okunizome dyeing"]
[Iwao, Joshun (illustrated by)?].
[Japan, ca. late Meiji period to early Shōwa period (1880-1920s)?]. Manuscript.
A manuscript of forty designs (including 23 in colour) for okunizome textile dyeing. Okunizome, later referred to as Kaga yūzen or Kaga okunizome, was a dyeing technique predominantly use ...
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 ...
Bikō zukan (A mirror of beautiful crafts)
Bikō zukan ["A mirror of beautiful crafts"]
Hasegawa, Keika [illustrated by].
Ōsaka: Aoki Tsunesaburō (Aoki Sūzandō), Meiji 27 [1894].
A complete two-volume set of colour woodblock-printed patterns designed by the painter Hasegawa Keika (act. 1892-1905). The one hundred patterns included would presumably have been designed for textiles and hand-craf ...
Kokon moyō-shū: musō kōeki monchō (Collection of ancient and modern designs: patterns to gain unparalleled profits)
Kokon moyō-shū: musō kōeki monchō ["Collection of ancient and modern designs: patterns to gain unparalleled profits"]
Murakami, Masatake [edited by].
Ōsaka: Maekawa Zenbē, Meiji 18 [1885].
A copperplate-engraved textbook on design, featuring ten pages of colour designs (the colours possibly woodblock-printed), the rest monochrome. Perhaps intended as a ma ...
Hatsugoromo (First garments)
Hatsugoromo ["First garments"]
Kumagai, Keiun [created by].
Kyōto: Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 41 [1908].
An album of thirty colour woodblock-printed textile designs produced by the textile artist Kumagai Keiun and the little-known Futaba-kai group. The brief biography of Keiun on p. 28 of the "Ku" section of Dainihon jinbutsushi: ichimei gendai jinmei ...
Futaba (Budding leaves)
Futaba ["Budding leaves"]
Tabata, Kakudō [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Yamada Unsōdō, Meiji 40 [1907].
An album of thirty full-page woodblock-printed illustrations by Tabata Kakudō. Kakudō studied under the artist Suzuki Hyakunen (1828-1891) and later became a teacher of dyeing design in Kyoto. He contributed illustrations to Unsōdō's Bijutsukai and Sh ...
Hana sekai (World of flowers)
Hana sekai ["World of flowers"]
Nonoguchi, Kajō [illustrated by]; Usui, Sukejirō [edited by].
Kyōto: Unsōdō, Meiji 43 [1910].
A collection of fifty kimono designs by Nonoguchi Kajō. The colour woodblock-printed designs feature flowers, birds, rabbits, butterflies, fans, landscapes, bamboo, and other traditional and modern themes. A highlight of the ...
Hana momiji (Flowers and autumn leaves)
Hana momiji ["Flowers and autumn leaves"]
Yamashita, Kōsen [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Miyata Toyamadō, Meiji 34 [1901].
An album of 37 colour woodblock-printed designs for kimono by Yamashita Kōsen. The designs present a creative array of themes including rabbits, birds, umbrellas, landscapes, and insects, and occasionally feature metallic pigments and kar ...
Miyako nishiki (Brocades of the capital)
Miyako nishiki ["Brocades of the capital"]
[Ueno, Seikō (illustrated by)?].
Kyōto: Honda Ichijirō, Meiji 32 (1899)].
A collection of inventive designs by an unidentified artist or artists, previously owned by the acclaimed designer and artist Ueno Seikō (1871-1943). The woodblocks for the prints were carved by Kinoshita Yūnosuke and printed by S ...
Odamaki (Columbine)
Odamaki ["Columbine"]
Dai Nihon Zuan Kyōkai Henshūbu [edited by], Ogiwara, Kunizō [editors represented by]; Komuro, Shinzō [essay by].
Kyōto: Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 40 [1907].
One of the scarcest zuan ("design") publications on zuan pedagogy. The album features eight designs selected from illustrations exhibited by the Industrial Design Dep ...
Shārokku Hōmuzu no omoide, Shārokku Hōmuzu: saigo no aisatsu, (and) Shārokku Hōmuzu no eichi
Shārokku Hōmuzu no omoide ["The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"] [with] Shārokku Hōmuzu: saigo no aisatsu ["His last bow"] [and] Shārokku Hōmuzu no eichi ["The intellect of Sherlock Holmes"]
Doyle, Arthur Conan [original text by]; Nobuhara, Ken [translated by].
Tōkyō: Shinchōsha, Shōwa 36 [1961].
Three books of Sherlock Holmes adventure ...
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 ...
An untitled set of Japanese photographs
[An untitled set of Japanese photographs]
[Photographer/s unidentified].
[Japan: publisher/studio unidentified, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s?)].
A complete set of souvenir photographs of Japan. The set is more adventurous than typical landscape-centric sets, focusing on the occupations and amusements of the common people. Highlights inc ...
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 ...
Saō meisaku-sen: zenyaku (Selection of famous works of Shakespeare: fully translated)
Saō meisaku-sen: zenyaku ["Selection of famous works of Shakespeare: fully translated"]
[Shakespeare, William (original text by)]; Kume, Masao [translated by].
Tōkyō: Shinchōsha, Taishō 5 [1916].
A collection of three famous works by Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Othello - translated into Japanese by the novelist and playwright Kume Mas ...
Shekusupīa monogatari (Tales from Shakespeare)
Shekusupīa monogatari ["Tales from Shakespeare"]
Seikōsha henshūbu [edited by]; Koyatsu, K. [illustrated by]; [Lamb, Charles, Shakespeare, William (original texts by)].
Tōkyō: Seikōkan, Taishō 12 [1923].
An abridged selection of plays from Shakespeare, including (but not limited to) Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, The ...
Zokugo Mako-den: shinyaku seisho (St. Mark in Japanese Colloquial)
Zokugo Mako-den: shinyaku seisho = St. Mark in Japanese Colloquial [sic]
[Translator unidentified].
Yokohama: Beikoku Seisho Kaisha = American Bible Society, Taishō 3 [1914].
A Taishō era translation of The Gospel of St. Mark into Japanese, published as a small pamphlet (12.7 x 9.4 cm) by the American Bible Society in Yokohama. H.W. Schwartz (Rev. He ...
Souvenir and programme of the visit of Prince Fushimi to England
Souvenir and programme of the visit of Prince Fushimi to England
[Author unidentified].
London: Burgess William & Co., [ca. 1907].
A crepe-paper poster detailing Prince Fushimi Sadanaru's itinerary for his 1907 trip to England and Scotland. The poster features a colour woodblock-printed floral frame and movable-type printed text. Although the state ...
Kingyoku shinseki: San'yō, Shōzan, Tōko (Precious true autographs of San'yō, Shōzan, and Tōko)
Kingyoku shinseki: San'yō, Shōzan, Tōko ["Precious true autographs of San'yō, Shōzan, and Tōko"]
Shikano, Shirō [edited by]; Yamamoto, Yoshitoshi [biographies by].
Tōkyō: Ryōzan Shokakuzō; Shikano Shirō, Meiji 13 [1880].
An album of woodblock-printed examples of the handwriting and name seals of the artist and poet Rai San'yō (1780-1 ...
Hōkyū gafu (Hōkyū's sketchbook)
Hōkyū gafu ["Hōkyū's sketchbook"]
Hōkyū, Gakei [illustrated by]; Kakumei, [Takeuchi?] [preface by].
[Japan, preface dated Mizunotoushi (Kaei 6 (1853) or Taishō 2 (1913))]. Manuscript.
A hand-painted album of nanga-style illustrations by Hōkyū (or Kataoka) Gakei, about whom no information was traced online. The album contains 16 double-page and 3 ...
An Edo period fortune lottery (omikuji) box
[An Edo period omikuji box]
[Creator unidentified].
[Japan: workshop unidentified, ca. mid to late Edo period (1700-1850s?)].
A lacquer box used for omikuji fortune telling, hand-crafted in the Edo period. Omikuji boxes, typically used at temples and shrines, contain bamboo strips, each of which is captioned by hand with a different 'level' of luck ...
Ukiyo nanabake ezukushi (Illustrated compilation of seven shapeshifters of the floating world)
Ukiyo nanabake ezukushi ["Illustrated compilation of seven shapeshifters of the floating world"]
[Illustrator and author unidentified].
Teramachi, Kyōto: Hishiya Jihē, [ca. mid-Edo period (1740-60s)?].
An illustrated story of vengeance unrecorded in online databases. Tsukumogami, closely related to hyakkimono, are utensils and implements that have become s ...
Taiheiki mochisake gassen (Chronicle of peace: battle of rice and sake) (with) Setaiheiki: garakuta-banashi (Chronicle of household peace: stories of miscellaneous utensils) (and) Setaiheiki: kanryaku no maki (Chronicle of household peace: abridged sectio
Taiheiki mochisake gassen ["Chronicle of peace: battle of rice and sake"] [with] Setaiheiki: garakuta-banashi ["Chronicle of household peace: stories of miscellaneous utensils"] [and] Setaiheiki: kanryaku no maki ["Chronicle of household peace: abridged section"]
[Author/s unidentified].
Bakurochō, [Tōkyō]: Yoshidaya Shōkichi, [ca. Tenpō 9 (1838)?].
...
Gibun kihan: haikan hikkei (Examples of humorous writing: an essential manual of folk rumours)
Gibun kihan: haikan hikkei ["Examples of humorous writing: an essential manual of folk rumours"]
Okamoto, Takejirō [edited by]; Suita, Dōshi [inspected by]; [Tsukioka], Yoshitoshi [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Katō Shōshichi, Meiji 16 [1883].
A collection of around eighty examples of humorous advertisements for restaurants, shops, and various products ...
Shimashima (Stripe patterns)
Shimashima ["Stripe patterns"]
Furuya, Kōrin [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Yamada Naosaburō, Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 39 [1906].
A complete set of over two hundred stripe-based patterns by the artist Furuya Kōrin (1875–1910), a student of Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942, the designer of Kokkei zuan). While at first glance the patterns may no ...
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 ...
Shima to kasuri (Stripe and splash patterns)
Shima to kasuri ["Stripe and splash patterns"]
Furuya, Setsuzan [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Yamada Naosaburō, Yamada Unsōdō, Meiji 38 [1905].
The first ('upper') volume of the first series of Shima to kasuri, illustrated by Furuya Setsuzan (active 1905-6). The work was published in two series, with two volumes in each series. This first pa ...
Kokkei zuan (Humorous designs)
Kokkei zuan ["Humorous designs"]
Kamisaka, Sekka [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Yamada Naosaburō, Yamada Unsōdō, Meiji 36 [1903].
An album of amusing patterns and illustrations by the famous designer and Neo-Rinpa artist Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942). Kokkei zuan was published two years after Sekka was sent by the Japanese government to Glasgow as part ...
Araihari ukiyo moyō (Floating world patterns stretched out to dry)
Araihari ukiyo moyō ["Floating world patterns stretched out to dry"]
Santō, Kyōden [original work by]; Kubota, Beisen [edited by].
Kyōto: Hakuseisha, Meiji 22 [1889].
A collection of 128 textile patterns from Santō Kyōden's Komon shinpō (1786), rearranged and coloured by the artist Kubota Beisen (1852-1906). While the upper wrapper notes t ...
Shingata konna monchō: Santō Kyōden zuan (Collection of newly-designed motifs for dyeing: designs by Santō Kyōden)
Shingata konna monchō: Santō Kyōden zuan ["Collection of new-shape distinguished crests for dyeing: designs by Santō Kyōden"]
[Kinokuzubō (Teisai, Senchō) (preface and illustrations by); Santō, Kyōden (illustrations by)].
Tōkyō: Ōshimaya Takeda Den'emon, [ca. mid-Meiji period (1880-90s)?].
A collection of patterns from Santō Kyōden's ...
Kokkei manga (Humorous sketches)
Kokkei manga ["Humorous sketches"]
Akatsuki, Kanenari [preface by]; [Santō, Kyōden (illustrated by)].
Ōsaka: Shioya Kisuke, Bunsei 6 [1823].
A re-carved, re-titled, and re-arranged edition of Santō Kyōden's Komon gawa (1790) featuring a new frontispiece and fifteen additional illustrations. Akatsuki no Kanenari I (1793-1860), the artist/author who w ...
An unidentified pictorial sutra
[Title illegible]
[Zenpachi (original illustrations by)].
[Ōsaka?: Hiyoshi Nobuhisa?, ca. mid to late Edo period (19th century?)].
Eshingyō, also known as mekurashinkyō, mekurakyō, and hannya eshingyō, are woodblock-printed copies of the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyō) produced for illiterate people. The illustrations provide vocal cues to the ...
An untitled Edo period eshingyō
[An untitled Edo period eshingyō]
[Zenpachi (original illustrations by)].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. mid Edo period (18th century?)].
Eshingyō, also known as mekurashinkyō, mekurakyō, and hannya eshingyō, are woodblock-printed copies of the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyō) produced for illiterate people. The illustrations provide vocal cues to the ...
Dōka kokoro no sugatami (Moral poems: mirror of the soul)
Dōka kokoro no sugatami ["Moral poems: mirror of the soul"]
Kasetsu Dōnin [Sangoen], Tsukimaro [text by]; Hori, Genpo [illustrated by].
[Kyōto]: Ryūshiken, Kōbuntei, Kōshōkan, [preface dated Kaei 2 (1849)].
A collection of dōka (didactic poems presenting lessons on life through a Buddhist lens) presented by Sangoen Tsukimaro (Hori Genpo), released ab ...
Dōka kokoro no utsushi-e (Moral poems: reflections of the soul)
Dōka kokoro no utsushi-e ["Moral poems: reflections of the soul"]
[Sangoen, Tsukimaro (text by); Hori, Genpo (illustrated by)].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, preface dated Bunsei 10 (1827)].
A collection of dōka (didactic poems presenting lessons on life through a Buddhist lens) and illustrations mainly based on the Japanese and Chinese character f ...
An unidentified woodblock-printed book of moji-e
[An unidentified woodblock-printed book of moji-e]
[Illustrator unidentified].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. mid Edo period (1680-1780s)?].
An unidentified woodblock-printed book of seventeen moji-e ("character-pictures") featuring animals. The hiragana characters hidden in each illustration also appear next to each figure, providing the name of the ...
A manuscript report of the death of the Christian 'Uheiji'
[A manuscript report of the death of Uheiji]
Uno, Niemon, Ōwaki, Giuemon ... [et al.] [addressed to].
[Usuki, Bungo Province (current-day Ōita Prefecture)], Kyōhō 11 [1726]. Manuscript.
A document addressed to local officials of the Usuki clan in Bungo Province reporting that Uheiji, the son of Shio (a daughter of "Jirōemon" captured in Kanbun 7 (1667) for ...
Tokugawa jūgo dairyakki (An abridged record of the fifteen Tokugawa shōguns)
Tokugawa jūgo dairyakki ["An abridged record of the fifteen Tokugawa shōguns"]
Ishikawa, Wasuke [edited by]; [Hasegawa], Sadanobu [II] [illustrated by].
Ōsaka: Ishikawa Wasuke, Meiji 13 [1880].
A complete three-volume set of this early/mid Meiji kusazōshi picture book featuring a mix of woodblockand copperplate-printing techniques. Each volume begins wit ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Naniwa miyage (Souvenirs from Naniwa)
Naniwa miyage ["Souvenirs from Naniwa"]
Nanritei, Kiraku ... [et al.] [text by]; Akatsuki, Kanenaru ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
Ōsaka: Kawachiya Heishichi, [ca. late Edo period (1850s?)].
A complete set of the first series of Souvenirs from Naniwa, a collection of satirical prints, many illustrated, that typically list or rank people, food, alcohol, cou ...
Banshoku tejōchin (Hand-lanterns for all sorts of professions)
[Banshoku tejōchin ("Hand-lanterns for all sorts of professions")]
Sankanjin, Kōrai [text by]; [Ikkōsai, Ikumaru (illustrated by)].
[Tōkyō: Yoshidaya Bunzaburō, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1850-70s?)].
A guidebook to a special calligraphic style which emerged in the late Edo period for use in advertisements, especially those handpainted on lantern ...
Sodetama kyōkashū (Sleeve-sized collection of kyōka poems)
Sodetama kyōkashū ["Sleeve-sized collection of kyōka poems"]
Benbenkan, Koryū [text by]; Eisai, Hokutai [Katsushika Hokutai] [illustrated by]; Shikitei, Sanba [preface by].
[Edo (Tōkyō): Yamatoya Kyūbē, Bunka 3-4 (1806-7)].
A collection of kyōka - 'mad poems' - edited by the kyōka poet and shogunate retainer Benbenkan Koryū (1746-1818). Koryū ...
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 ...
An untitled surimono featuring poems by kabuki actors
[An untitled surimono featuring poems by kabuki actors]
[Hasegawa], Sadanobu [II] [illustrated by]; Fukusuke, Tokizō, Danjurō ... [et al.] [poems by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early Meiji period (1870-80s?)].
A surimono (woodblock-printed leaf) featuring twentytwo poems, seemingly all by kabuki actors, and an illustration of a flaming jewel by ...
An untitled album of woodblock-printed illustrations
[An untitled album of woodblock-printed illustrations]
Taki, Katei, [Fukushima], Chikaharu, [Fukushima], Ryūho, [Shibata], Zeshin, [Satake], Eiko, [Tōdō], Ryōun, Rinsei, Zuika [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early Meiji period (1860-70s?)].
An untitled album of ten colour woodblockprinted illustrations of plants, flowers, animals, p ...
An untitled egoyomi tanzaku album
[An untitled egoyomi tanzaku album]
Shimomura, Kanzan, Takeuchi, Seihō, Taniguchi, Kōkyō ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. Meiji 42 (1909)].
A daishō egoyomi (pictorial calendar) for 1910, featuring twelve poetry-slip (tanzaku) sized leaves, one for each month of the year, illustrated by the artists Shimomura Kanzan (1 ...
Sasei haiga (Poems and illustrations by Sasei)
Sasei haiga ["Poems and illustrations by Sasei"]
Uzuki, Sasei [text and illustrations by].
Tōkyō: Uzuki Sasei, Shōwa 15 [1940].
A loose-leaf album authored, illustrated, and privately published by Uzuki Sasei (active ca. 1920-40s). The album features one woodblockprinted preface, one page of tips for painting haiga (simple illustrations to accompany haiku ...
Onna imagawa oshie no tamazusa: shinkoku kaisei (Precepts for women and teachings in excellent compositions: newly cut and amended)
Onna imagawa oshie no tamazusa: shinkoku kaisei ["Precepts for women and teachings in excellent compositions: newly cut and amended"]
Ikeda, Zenjirō [Keisai Eisen] [edited by]; Keisai, Eisen [illustrated by].
Tōto [Edo]: Kansendō, Tenpō 14 [1843].
A pedagogical text for girls and young women, edited and illustrated by the artist Keisai Eisen (1790&n ...
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