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Kurokawa Kisho no Sakuhin [The Works of Kurokawa Kisho]
Kurokawa Kishō no Sakuhin [The Works of Kurokawa Kishō]
Awazu, Kiyoshi [book design by].
Tōkyō: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1970.
A striking tribute to the work and architectural theories of Kurokawa Kishō (1934–2007), a founding member of the Metabolist movement and architect of the Nakagin Capsule Tower. Designed by the influential graphic designer Awazu K ...
[Miniature book with a miniature desk]
[Miniature book with a miniature desk]
Yosa, Buson [text by].
Hinoshi, [Tōkyō]: Mirai Kōbō, Shōwa 58 [1983].
An accordion-folding miniature book (34 x 28 mm) - Yosa Buson's Shunpū Batei no Kyoku - together with a miniature wooden desk (76 x 158 x 49 mm) featuring openable drawers. The publisher, Mirai Kōbō, created this series of miniature books ...
[Miniature book with a miniature cabinet]
[Miniature book with a miniature cabinet]
Kono, Taeko [text by].
Hinoshi, [Tōkyō]: Mirai Kōbō, Shōwa 57 [1982].
A miniature book (34 x 33 mm) - Kōno Taeko's Mado - together with a miniature glass-fronted wooden display cabinet (150 x 62 x 38 mm). The publisher, Mirai Kōbō, created this series of miniature books accompanied by miniature furniture i ...
Kokujin wa Teikosuru: Sento teki Kokujin Undo no Puroguramu [The Black People Will Resist: A Program for a Militant Black Movement]
Kokujin wa Teikōsuru: Sentō teki Kokujin Undō no Puroguramu [The Black People Will Resist: A Program for a Militant Black Movement]
Marukomu X [Malcolm X] [original text by]; Kokujin Shisō Kenkyūkai [translated and edited by].
Matsudo, [Chiba]: Kokujin Shisō Kenkyū kai, 1965.
An early Japanese-language publication on Malcolm X and the Black liberation ...
[Untitled collection of daisen]
[Untitled collection of daisen]
[Compiler unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Edo to early Shōwa period (1600s-1940s)?].
A collection of 393 daisen title panels from books published between the Edo to early Shōwa periods. Daisen are strips of paper typically printed or handwritten with the title (and sometimes other bibliographical details) of a book and pasted to ...
Utopia = Ryo seifu-dan [A Treatise on Good Governance]
Utopia = Ryō seifu-dan [A Treatise on Good Governance]
Mōru, Sā Tōmasu [Sir Thomas More] [original text by]; Inoue, Tsutomu [translated by].
Tōkyō: Shiseidō, Meiji 15 [1882].
The first Japanese translation of Sir Thomas More's Utopia. More's discussion of government and social organisation was especially timely in early Meiji Japan, when political ...
Nankyoku-ki [A Record of Antarctica]
Nankyoku-ki [A Record of Antarctica]
Nankyoku Tanken Kōenkai ... [et al.] [text by].
Tōkyō: Nankyoku Tanken Kōenkai, Taishō 2 [1913].
The official record of Japan's first Antarctic expedition, compiled by the Nankyoku Tanken Kōenkai (Antarctic Expedition Supporters' Association) from the writings of expedition members including Shirase Nobu. Nan ...
[Untitled collection of woodblock-printed illustrations designed by Takehisa Yumeji]
[Untitled collection of woodblock-printed illustrations designed by Takehisa Yumeji]
Takehisa, Yumeji [illustrations by].
[Tōkyō: Kokusai Jōhō-sha, 1924].
A collection of five colour woodblock-printed illustrations designed by the acclaimed artist and graphic designer Takehisa Yumeji (1884–1934). The two landscape-format prints originally appeared ...
[Untitled set of 36 woodblocks]
[Untitled set of 36 woodblocks]
Kawakami, Sumio [illustrated by].
[Japan, 1950-1980s?].
A set of 36 carved woodblocks used in the printing of two books illustrated by the sōsaku-hanga artist Kawakami Sumio (1895–1972). Twenty-two of the blocks, including four containing text only, appear to have been used for Isoho no Tatoebanashi, one of several dis ...
Toki Seo [Shouldering the Weight of Time]
Toki Seō [Shouldering the Weight of Time]
Kamisaki, Sunao [created by].
[Japan]: Gohachi, Shōwa 61 [1986].
A charming stencil-printed work by Kamisaki Sunao (1932–) exploring the theme of time, pairing quotations from influential Western figures—including Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Balzac, and Beethoven—with striking ex libris desi ...
Aoarashi Yanagi no Shitakage [Under the Shade of a Willow Tree in the Blue Storm]
Aoarashi Yanagi no Shitakage [Under the Shade of a Willow Tree in the Blue Storm]
Jippensha, Ikku [text by]; Ichiga [Jippensha, Ikku?] [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō): Yamaguchiya, preface dated Bunka 3 (1806)].
A kibyōshi that plays with the conventions of popular revenge tales, written (and possibly illustrated) by the famous author Jippensha Ikku. I ...
Uchiateta Kozuchi no Honmo: Eto Kinoene Risho Daikoku [Daikoku's Magic Mallet: A Vengeance Fulfilled]
Uchiateta Kozuchi no Honmō: Eto Kinoene Rishō Daikoku [Daikoku's Magic Mallet: A Vengeance Fulfilled]
Akagi, Sankanojo [written by]; Eisai, Hokutai [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō): Nishinomiya, preface dated Kyōwa 4 (1804)].
An entertaining kibyōshi centred on Daikokuten, the god of wealth, and a cast of anthropomorphised cats and mice. The story follow ...
[Untitled katazome print on papermaking]
[Untitled katazome print on papermaking]
[Artist unidentified].
[Japan, ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s-1960s)?].
A colour stencil-printed montage depicting scenes from traditional papermaking villages. The images show papermaking tools and sheets of paper drying in the sun, accompanied by a Japanese poem on the winter process of making washi (Japanese paper). ...
Dai Nippon Bussan Zue [Products of Greater Japan]
Dai Nippon Bussan Zue [Products of Greater Japan]
[Utagawa], Hiroshige [III] [illustrations by].
Nihonbashi, [Tōkyō ]: Ōkura Magobē, [Meiji 10 (1877)].
An album of thirty woodblock-printed scenes depicting local products from across Japan, from pottery, silkworms, and seaweed to tobacco, soy sauce, and textiles, and the people involved in their productio ...
Kenshi Rokujū-chō Kō no Zuki [Record of Incense Diagrams for the Sixty Chapters of Genji]
Kenshi Rokujū-chō Kō no Zuki [Record of Incense Diagrams for the Sixty Chapters of Genji]
[Creator unidentified].
[Japan]: Fukueidō, [ca. late Edo period (1830s-1850s)?].
A single-sheet surimono providing instructions for a karuta awase (card-matching) game based on The Tale of Genji. The sheet includes diagrams illustrating the game and a scor ...
Wakoku Chiekurabe [A Battle of Wits in Japan]
Wakoku Chiekurabe [A Battle of Wits in Japan]
[Tagaya], Kanchūsen [selections by]; [illustrator unidentified].
Kyōto: Hishiya Jihē, Kyōho 12 [1727].
Widely accepted as Japan's first published work on mathematical puzzles for amusement, Tagaya Kanchūsen's Wakoku Chiekurabe represents an important milestone in the history of recreationa ...
[Untitled hangi (woodblock) for a large surimono]
[Untitled hangi (woodblock) for a large surimono]
Tōgaku [illustrated by].
[Japan, ca. late Edo period (1840s-1850s)?].
A woodblock used to print a surimono for a small group of sponsors (possibly artists or poets) in the late Edo period. The curtain illustrated at the top of the print and the presence of two family crests suggest a link with the theatre. ...
[Untitled album of tipped-in advertisements, labels, and ephemera]
[Untitled album of tipped-in advertisements, labels, and ephemera]
[Compiler illegible].
[Japan, compiled ca. early Meiji period (1870s)].
An album of approximately 150 tipped-in woodblock-printed advertisements, hikifuda (flyers), labels, and other ephemera, largely dating from the Edo period. Particularly prominent are labels for sweets and other foods, ...
[Untitled set of woodblock-printed illustrations designed by Shibata Zeshin]
[Untitled set of woodblock-printed illustrations designed by Shibata Zeshin]
[Shibata], Zeshin [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. 1870s-1880s?].
A set of three colour woodblock-printed sheets featuring illustrations by the celebrated artist Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891). One depicts the Shichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods) enjoying some d ...
Seiyo Ryori-tsu [A Connoisseur of Western Cuisine]
Seiyō Ryōri-tsū [A Connoisseur of Western Cuisine]
Kanagaki, Robun [notated by]; [Kawanabe], Kyōsai [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Wanya Kihē, Meiji 5 [1872].
An early Japanese guide to Western cooking, containing seventy recipes, including one of the earliest recipes for curry printed in Japanese. The work is said to be an abridged translation by Kanagaki R ...
Jūnikagetsu [The Twelve Months]
Jūnikagetsu [The Twelve Months]
Toyohara, Kunichika [illustrated by].
Kyōbashi, [Tōkyō]: Kamiyama Seishichi, Meiji 17 [1884].
A complete set of three large-format nishiki-e prints, each divided into four scenes depicting a leading kabuki actor in the guise of a child engaged in a seasonal pastime. Together, the three prints represent the twelve ...
[Untitled collection of booksellers' tickets, book-binders' labels, and ex-libris]
[Untitled collection of booksellers' tickets, book-binders' labels, and ex-libris]
[Compiler unidentified].
[Compiled in Japan, ca. 1930s?].
A collection of approximately 120 ex-libris and 120 booksellers' tickets and bookbinders' labels from around the world, with a particularly striking geographical range: booksellers and binders from Gla ...
Uchiwa Shiire-dokoro Tamanoi Mise-ita [Tamanoi Fan Shop Display]
Uchiwa Shiire-dokoro Tamanoi Mise-ita [Tamanoi Fan Shop Display]
[Illustrator unidentified].
[Japan]: Tamanoi, [ca. Meiji period (1870s-1890s?)].
A tatebanko (or kumiage-e), a type of toy print (omocha-e) in which the illustrations are designed to be cut out and assembled, depicting the goods and interior of Tamanoi, a fan shop and the publisher of th ...
[Untitled manuscript handscroll on auspicious measuring techniques]
[Untitled manuscript handscroll on auspicious measuring techniques]
[Scribe unidentified].
[Japan, ca. late Edo period (1800s-1850s?)]. In manuscript.
A manuscript handscroll containing information on inzu (hand gestures symbolising the teachings and vows of the Buddha), followed by material on geomancy and divination. Twenty-three hand symbols are illustr ...
Meisho Edo Hyakkei: Asakusa Kinryuzan [One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa]
Meisho Edo Hyakkei: Asakusa Kinryūzan [One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Kinryūzan Temple in Asakusa]
[Utagawa], Hiroshige [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō: Uoya Eikichi, ca. 1856?].
A famous view by Hiroshige depicting the snowy approach from Kaminarimon Gate to the grounds of Sensōji Temple in Asakusa. The first print in the winter section of the Meisho Edo Hya ...
Sekai Kokumei-zukushi [Compendium of the Countries of the World]
Sekai Kokumei-zukushi [Compendium of the Countries of the World]
[Illustrator unidentified].
[Edo (Tōkyō): Fujiokaya Keijirō, ca. 1844-1856].
An apparently unrecorded colour woodblock print depicting a series of vignettes representing foreign countries. Curiosity about the wider world increased during the closing decades of the Edo period as Japan experien ...
[Yugiri]
[Yūgiri]
[Shima], Seien [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō: Dai Chikamatsu Zenshū Kankōkai, 1923?].
A large (dai-ōban) woodblock print by the prominent painter Shima Seien (1892–1970), depicting Yūgiri, the courtesan heroine of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's Yūgiri Awa no Naruto. The print was originally issued with the sixteen-volume Dai Chikamatsu Zenshū (T ...
Seiei [Essence]
Seiei [Essence]
Ueno, Seikō ... [et al.]; Yamada, Naosaburō [edited by].
Kyōto: Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 40 [1907].
Issue 14 of the design periodical Seiei produced by the famed Kyoto-based zuan publisher Unsōdō. The issue features an index and ten stunning double-page woodblock-printed designs by acclaimed graphic designers and artists including Ueno Se ...
Shu no Kigen: Seizon Kyoso Tekisha Seizon no Genri [The Origin of Species: The Principle of Survival of the Fittest in the Struggle for Existence]
Shu no Kigen: Seizon Kyōsō Tekisha Seizon no Genri [The Origin of Species: The Principle of Survival of the Fittest in the Struggle for Existence]
Darwin, Charles [original text by]; Oka, Asajirō [translated and revised by].
Tōkyō: Tōkyō Kaiseikan, Meiji 38 [1905].
An early and influential Japanese edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species ( ...
A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft: So Farre Forth as it is Reuealed in the Scriptures, and Manifest by True Experience
A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft: So Farre Forth as it is Reuealed in the Scriptures, and Manifest by True Experience
Perkins, William (framed and delivered by); Pickering, Thomas (published by).
[Cambridge]: Printed by Cantrell Legge, Printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, 1609.
Written by English Puritan theologian William Perkins as a& ...
[Untitled manuscript of fortress diagrams]
[Untitled manuscript of fortress diagrams]
[Creator unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Edo period]. In manuscript.
A manuscript handbook on Japanese castle planning and military engineering from the Edo period. The volume contains numerous nawabari (castle layout plans), together with diagrams and annotations illustrating moats (hori), sewage and drainage cha ...
Seiyo Chie Ita Zukai Tsuketaru Zu Tehon = Ninety New Moveable Puzzles
Seiyō Chie Ita Zukai Tsuketaru Zu Tehon = Ninety New Moveable Puzzles
Itabe, Masashichi [translated by].
Ōsaka: [Kanshōdō], Meiji 10 [1877].
A charming and unusual Meiji-period introduction to Western style dissection puzzles, adapted from the English Ninety New Moveable Puzzles, published in London by Joseph, Myers, & Co. in the mid-nineteenth century ...
Yizhi Tu [Enhanced Intelligence Diagrams]
Yizhi Tu [Enhanced Intelligence Diagrams]
Tong, Xiegeng [created by].
[China]: Hulin Ren shi, Qing Guangxu 4 nian [1878].
A scarce first edition of this two-volume Chinese collection of yizhi tu puzzles devised by Tong Xiegeng. While the typical tangram puzzle uses seven pieces, Tong Xiegeng's puzzle uses fifteen pieces, several of which are curved, re ...
[Untitled painting with three fruit studies]
[Untitled painting with three fruit studies]
[Shōji], Chikushin [et al.] [illustrations attributed to].
[Japan, ca. mid- to late-Meiji period (1870s-1890s?)]. In manuscript.
A brush-and-ink painting comprising three studies of fruit, one bearing the signature "Chikushin", referring to Shōji Chikushin (1854–1936), together with two further studies sig ...
[Collection of nineteen fan prints]
[Collection of nineteen fan prints]
[Shōji], Chikushin [illustrated by].
[Japan, ca. mid- to late-Meiji period (1870s-1890s?)].
A collection of nineteen sensu fan designs by Shōji Chikushin (1854–1936), a leading pupil of the celebrated artist Shibata Zeshin. Most, if not all, are woodblock printed, and many are enhanced with metallic pigments. One d ...
Gonin no Kakube, Junin no Hataraki [Five Kakubei Doing the Work of Ten]
Gonin no Kakube, Jūnin no Hataraki [Five Kakubei Doing the Work of Ten]
Ippōsai, Yoshifuji [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō]: Isetatsu, [ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (ca. 1910s-1930s)].
After a design by Ippōsai Yoshifuji, this unusual woodblock print depicts a jumble of Kakubei-jishi performers. Five heads are ingeniously arranged so that each appears to bel ...
Shunshoku Kogane no Hana [Flowers of Gold: The Colour of Spring]
Shunshoku Kogane no Hana [Flowers of Gold: The Colour of Spring]
Ryūtei, Tanehiko [III] [text by]; Bōsai [Toda], Shūgetsu [illustrated by].
Kyōbashi, [Tōkyō]: Kyōryūsha, Meiji 17 [1884].
A short novel by Ryūtei Tanehiko III (Takabatake Ransen), illustrated by Toda Shūgetsu with anthropomorphised cats. In his preface, the author pays tribute to celebr ...
Tehon Ikkan Zeshin-ō Kohitsu [One Old Scroll of Model Drawings from the Brush of the Venerable Zeshin]
Tehon Ikkan Zeshin-ō Kohitsu [One Old Scroll of Model Drawings from the Brush of the Venerable Zeshin]
[Shibata], Zeshin [illustrated by]; [Shōji], Chikushin [authenticated by].
[Japan, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1850s-1890s)?]. In manuscript.
A signed handscroll of simple yet charming drawings depicting playing cards, toys, cooking implements, an ...
Wayo Kijinden: Shohen [Notable Figures from Japan and the West: First Series]
Wayō Kijinden: Shohen [Notable Figures from Japan and the West: First Series]
Jōno, Takashige [text by], Ochiai [Utagawa], Yoshiiku [illustrations by].
Tōkyō: Sanshobō, Meiji 5 [1872].
An international take on the kijinden ("eccentric figures" or "extraordinary figures") genre, featuring portraits and brief biographies of a total of 37 Japanese and Wes ...
[Untitled woodblock print of an Ichikawa family kabuki actor]
[Untitled woodblock print of an Ichikawa family kabuki actor]
[Katsukawa], Shunjō [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. An'ei to Tenmei period (1778-1787)].
A hosoban woodblock print by the Edo period artist Katsukawa Shunjō (active c. 1778-1787), possibly depicting the kabuki actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Aoto Gorō. The figure stands ...
Kagetsujo [Kagetsu's Album]
Kagetsujō [Kagetsu's Album]
Kireiken [Itō, Genbei] [edited by]; Kamo no Suetaka [preface by]; [Kano, Eigaku] [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Japan: privately published, 1836?]. Presumed later printing.
An unusual later issue of one of the finest illustrated erotic books produced in Japan during the late Edo period. Conceived by Itō Genbei (1778–?) un ...
Yusai Gafu [Yusai's Painting Album]
Yūsai Gafu [Yūsai's Painting Album]
Nakabayashi, Chikutō [illustrated by].
Kōto [Kyōto]: Hishiya Magobē, Kōka 3 [1846].
One of several distinct works published under the title Yūsai Gafu during the late Edo period, this album was illustrated by Nakabayashi Chikutō (1776–1853), one of the foremost painters of the Japanese literati (Nanga) tradi ...
Nouvelles Compositions Decoratives, Premiere Serie [New Decorative Compositions, First Series]
Nouvelles Compositions Décoratives, 1re Série [New Decorative Compositions, First Series]
Gladky, Serge [illustrated by]; Rémon, Georges [introduction by].
Paris: Éditions d'Art Charles Moreau, [ca. 1928–1930?].
A complete portfolio comprising an introduction by Georges Rémon and forty-eight colour pochoir plate ...
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 ...
Natsukusa [Summer Grasses]
Natsukusa [Summer Grasses]
Tsuda, Seifū [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Yamada Naosaburō, Meiji 37 [1904].
One of the scarcest works by the highly regarded artist and graphic designer Tsuda Seifū (1880–1978), Natsukusa contains thirty woodblock-printed designs for uchiwa fans. Produced early in Seifū's career, the book already shows the strong sense ...
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 ...
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 ...
[Otokodate Junin-zoroi (Ten Chivalrous Men)]
[Otokodate Jūnin-zoroi (Ten Chivalrous Men)]
[Toyohara], Kunichika [illustrated by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)]: Izutsuya [Shōkichi], Keiō Gannen [1865].
A selection of five prints from Toyohara Kunichika's Otokodate Jūnin-zoroi (Ten Chivalrous Men), a ten-print series portraying leading kabuki actors as famous otokodate, the gallant commoners of Edo popular fict ...
Atago-yama no Zu [Illustration of Atago Hill]
Atago-yama no Zu [Illustration of Atago Hill]
Kobayashi, Kiyochika [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. Meiji 11 (1878)].
An early example of a kōsen-ga (light-ray picture) by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915), this view from the summit of Atago Hill looks out across Tokyo toward the bay. In the foreground, a man in Western dress sits smokin ...
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 ...
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