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[Untitled tsuba]
A sword guard patterned with books, ca. Edo to early Meiji period [18th to mid-19th century]?
US$1,240.00
▶ Others
Matsui Toshu Sensei Gashu [Collection of Illustrations by Master Matsui Toshu]
Paintings by Matsui Tōshū, Taishō 5 [1916].
US$560.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Fuzoku Sanjuni-so: Yuho ga Shitaso, Meiji-nenkan Saikun no Fuzoku [Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners: A Wife of a Nobleman of the Meiji Period, Looking Like She Wants to Go for a Stroll]
Portrait of a modern woman in Western attire, by Yoshitoshi, Meiji 21 [1888].
US$1,500.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Gaikoku Zoshohyo: Kan [Foreign Bookplates: Complete]
A Japanese collector's album of foreign bookplates, ca. 1920s.
US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
[Untitled oil painting]
A painting of Alice Springs by Florence Broadhurst, [ca. 1920-50s?].
US$1,080.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Japonská Pohádka o Dvou Dědcích [A Japanese Tale of Two Old Men]
A Czech adaptation of Hanasaka Jiisan, [ca. 1919].
US$80.00
▶ Western Books
[Untitled album of hand-painted postcards]
An album of beautiful hand-painted postcards by a forgotten Meiji era illustrator, [ca. 1910-1911].
US$4,500.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
[Gyofu (Fisherman)]
A memorial edition of the print that heralded the sōsaku hanga movement, [1960].
US$2,500.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled kabuki print
A little-known Kuniyoshi yoko-e, [ca. 1847-1853].
US$280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Chiyo no Nishiki [Brocades of a Thousand Generations]
Inventive designs for haori, Meiji 33 [1900].
US$860.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Zuan Fukusa Awase (Design Combinations for Fukusa)
Elegant woodblock-printed patterns for fukusa, [Meiji 27 (1894)].
US$320.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Kotatsu
Kotatsu, by Itō Shinsui, Shōwa 6 [1931].
US$2,480.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Fūryū Waka Sannin: Migi
An elegant woman enjoys a literary breather, ca. Bunka 9-11 (1812–1814).
US$3,680.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled photograph of the premises of T.I. Yonemitsu, Jeweler & Watchmaker
Photograph of a Japanese watchmaker and jeweler in Vancouver, ca. 1930-40s.
US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Daishō Koyori Te-asobi: Mukashi Arishi Jūnikagetsu (Hand-play with Big and Small Twisted Paper Strings: The Twelve Months of Olden Times)
Cryptic calendar puzzles with twisted string, ca. early Meiji period (1860-80s)?
US$160.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Tenth Annual Exhibition: Contemporary Lithographs, Serigraphs, Stencils, Intaglio, Combined Medium, Concrete, Iron and Woodblock Prints
Catalogue of a 1965 print exhibition, 1965.
US$280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Kikkō-shū (Album of Auspicious Light)
Designs by Tatsumura Heizō and poems by Yosano Akiko, preface dated Shōwa 4 (1929).
US$220.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Untitled album of calligraphy samples
Professional lettering for books and advertisements, ca. Meiji 13 (1880).
US$280.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Shinpan Katsura-tsuke (Stick-on Wigs, Newly Produced)
Switch-and-play kabuki actor wigs, Meiji 4 (1871).
US$460.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Takagi Oriemon Buyū Suirikuden (Tales of Valour on Land and Sea)
The heroic exploits of the founder of jūtaijutsu, Bunsei 14 (1831).
US$680.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)
A sizeable map of Antarctica produced by the Japan Polar Research Association, 1965.
US$160.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)
A large map of Antarctica published to commemorate the International Geophysical Year, ca. 1957-1958.
US$280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Nankyoku Tanken Jitsuroku (True Record of the Antarctic Expedition)
Tada's memoirs of the Antarctic expedition, Shōwa 31 (1956).
US$1,680.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Nankyoku Tanken Inuzori-tai: Futari no Ainu no Hanashi (Antarctic Expedition Dog Sled Team: The Story of Two Ainu People)
The story of two Ainu men in Antarctica, Shōwa 20 (1945).
US$600.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Watashi no Nankyoku Tanken-ki (My Account of the Antarctic Expedition)
A re-packaged edition of Shirase's personal account of the Antarctic expedition, Shōwa 18 (1943).
US$1,400.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Shirase Chūi Tanken-ki (An Account of Lieutenant Shirase's Expeditions)
The first trade edition of Shirase's biography, Shōwa 17 (1942).
US$2,680.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Nankyoku Tanken (Expedition to Antarctica)
A personal account of Japan's first Antarctic expedition, by Shirase Nobu, Taishō 2 (1913).
US$1,640.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Nankyoku Tanken Shiroku (A Personal Account of the Antarctic Expedition)
An unauthorised account of Japan's first Antarctic expedition, Taishō Gannen (1912).
US$2,680.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Untitled album of tipped-in photographs of the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden
An album of tipped-in photographs of the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden, [ca. 1930s].
US$2,860.00
▶ Photo Books
Kyōji Kozaiku no E, Oteasobi Mono Shinajina (Stationer's Goods for Intricate Handiwork, Playthings, and so on)
An advertisement for stationery and amusements, ca. late Edo period [1800-50s?].
US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Shinpan Kuchikara Dehaudai Oshiegusa (Teachings on Whatever Comes to Mind, Newly Produced)
Unsolicited advice, Edo-style, ca. Tenpo period [1830-1845]?
US$1,460.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Kokkei Ana-sagashi (Funny Flaw-Finding)
Comical human flaws illustrated by Yoshimori, [1864].
US$480.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled book of hand-sewn amulets
Sewn protection crests for children, ca. late Edo period [1800-60s?].
US$480.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled album of copperplate-printed illustrations
Copperplate-printed landscapes, ca. late Meiji period [1905-1915?].
US$960.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled surimono depicting Urashima Tarō and a turtle
Urashima Tarō and the turtle, by Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. late Meiji to Taishō period [1890-1920s)?].
US$360.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled set of albums depicting military figures from Chinese history
Biographies of thirty six military figures from Chinese history, ca. late Edo period [1800-1850s?].
US$3,500.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Ryūkō Fukitashi-kusa (Modish Seeds of the Sayings of the Wealthy and Arrogant)
An unrecorded manga precursor, featuring slug-like characters, Kōka 3 [1846].
US$2,500.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Tōga Hitorigeiko (Modern Illustration for Solo Study)
A painting manual for beginners, Kōka 5 [1848].
US$2,500.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Ushiya Zōdan Aguranabe: Ichimei Doronken (Beef-Shop Small-Talk: Cross-Legged (at a Beef) Pot)
A famous satire on Westernisation, preface dated Meiji 4 [1871].
US$1,840.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Untitled collection of six uchiwa-e
A small collection of elegant fan prints by notable artists, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period [1850-70s?].
US$900.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Sumiyoshi Monogatari (The Tale of Sumiyoshi)
A Nara ehon Cinderella story, ca. early Edo period [1600-1750s?].
US$5,800.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi Hachiyama-zue (Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Mountains)
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as miniature landscapes, Kaei Gannen (1848) (but probably a Meiji era printing).
US$5,500.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Musha Jūroku Musashi (A Jūroku Musashi Game of Warriors)
A Meiji era Jūroku Musashi game, ca. Meiji period (1880-90s?).
US$740.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
A collection of 39 fans
A collection of fans featuring designs by Tessai, Sekka, and other acclaimed artists, ca. late Meiji to early Shōwa period (1910-1920s?).
US$3,980.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Bijutsukai (Sea of Art)
Fifteen issues of Bijutsukai, illustrated by Kamisaka Sekka, Furuya Kōrin, Kaigai Tennen, and other celebrated graphic designers, Meiji 32-38 (1899-1905).
US$3,860.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Shin'an Ishō Chikosakura (Chigozakura: New Designs)
Patterns by students featuring insects and vegetables, Meiji 23 (1890).
US$370.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Ishō Sekai (World of Designs)
A magazine of woodblock-printed textile designs, Meiji 34 (1901).
US$480.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Seiyō Jiki Teikokuhan (Model of Western Time Measurements)
On how to read a Western clock, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1870-1890s).
US$680.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Grand Concert Parisien, Rentree de Mme Bonnaire (...)
A crepe paper poster for a Parisian concert starring Yvette Guilbert, 1890?
US$480.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Bandō Shichi-eishi (The Seven Great Samurai of Bandō), Tenjin Shichidaiki (Record of the Seven Generations of the Age of the Gods), Taiheiki (Chronicle of Great Peace)
An assortment of incomplete kibyōshi, 1790-1810s?
US$480.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books

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Edo Period [1603-1853] Bakumatsu Period [1853-1868] Meiji Period [1868-1912] Taishō Period [1912-1926] Shōwa Period [1926-1989]

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