Kōkoku (Advertisement) An advertisement for useful documents, with a playful moji-e, ca. late Edo to Meiji period (1850-1900s)? SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Shamisen sekai no zu (Illustration of the Shamisen World) "Oiranda", the exotic land of the Oiran, ca. late Edo period (1860s)? US$1,680.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Eiri Nichiyō Onna Chōhōki (An Illustrated Handbook on Daily Life for Women) A manual for women, illustrated by Hokusai's daughter, Kōka 4 [1847]. SOLD
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Furuya Kōrin's design series Two hundred designs by Furuya Kōrin, Meiji 38-39 (1905-6). US$3,260.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Kanamegusa (Vital grasses) A magazine of elegant woodblock-printed scenes, Meiji 19 (1896). US$480.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Orimono shō-e (Textile designs) Hand-painted textile designs, ca. late Meiji period (1900-10s). US$2,160.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Tōkaidō gojūsan-tsugi (The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō) Envelope adaptations of Hiroshige's Tōkaidō station prints, ca. late Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-30s)? US$1,360.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
An album of match labels Over 400 match labels from the early Shōwa period, ca. Shōwa 2-10 (1927-35). US$1,360.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Shoshoku jinbutsu gafu (Album of people of various professions) Sketches by Bunpō and Keisai, ca. early Taishō period (1914)? US$380.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
(Shinpan) Kannin goryō kogane no kotonoha ((Newly published) Profit from perseverance: golden phrases) A collaboration between Bakin and Shigemasa, Kansei 8 (1796). US$480.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Makuragoto yume no kayoiji (Bedside koto: the passage of dreams) Illustrated by Sadahide, Tenpo 6 (1835). US$280.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Asakusa Kinryuzan Kaminarimon (Kaminarimon at Kinryūsan Temple, Asakusa) Rain at Kaminarimon, ca. Meiji 10 (1878). US$460.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku (The cultivation of brocade prints, a famous product of Edo) An ukiyo-e of an ukiyo-e workshop run by female artisans, ca. early to mid Shōwa period (1930-60s)? SOLD
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Dōhan gashū (Album of copperplate prints) An album of copperplate prints, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1870-80s). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan Produced by Japanese studios, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-60s)? US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Six printed items relating to Japan A miscellany of Japan-related prints, mid-Edo period to early Meiji period (1669-1840s?). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Emigration at first sight: a play in one act A lighthearted play set in Scotland, 1930. US$60.00
▶ Western Books
Two untitled photographs Early photos of photography studios, ca. Meiji era (1880-1900s)? US$1,280.00
▶ Photo Books
Kachi-Kachi Mountain A traditional tale in English and Japanese, for language learners, Meiji 20 (1887). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Moyō gajō (Album of patterns) Woodblock-printed patterns, ca. early Shōwa period (1920-40s)? SOLD
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Zhu shi jiao zheng Hua Ying si shu (The Four Books in Chinese and English, annotated and corrected) James Legge's translation of the Four Books, ca. early 20th century? US$540.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Hanging scroll by Tsuda Seifū A self-portrait by Tsuda Seifū, Shōwa 47 (1972). SOLD
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Homage to Ono Otsū's moji-e Homage to one of Japan's most celebrated women calligraphers, ca. Edo period (18th to early 19th century?). US$1,280.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Hanging scroll depicting Jurōjin A moji-e hanging scroll, ca. Edo period (late 18th to early 19th century?). US$350.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Hanging scroll of two rabbits Two rabbits in snow, by the manga artist Kitazawa Rakuten, ca. late Meiji to Taishō period (1900-20s)? SOLD
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Zuanchō (Album of designs) Exemplary designs for a textile company, ca. late Meiji to early Taishō period (1900-10s)? US$5,500.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Untitled surimono By Harada Keigaku, Kinoetatsu (1844). US$240.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled surimono By Harada Keigaku, Kinotomi (1845). US$240.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled surimono By Kita Busei, ca. late Edo period (1840-50s). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled surimono By Deguchi Sansetsu, Hinoetatsu (1856). US$220.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled sanjūrokkasen album A high-quality reproduction of a Sanjūrokkasen album, ca. early to mid-Shōwa period (1930-50s)? US$380.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Embroidered purse from the Edo period An Edo-period purse embroidered with purple and white irises, ca. mid to late Edo period (1800-1850s?) US$680.00
▶ Others
A Meiji era photograph of Japanese police graduating from an English language class Japanese police and their English teachers, 1906, 1906. US$80.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Shin'an Nankyoku tanken hikōki sugoroku (Antarctic expedition by plane: a newly devised game-sheet) A game based on the 'heroic era' of Antarctic exploration, Meiji 44 (1911). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Dodoitsu zue (Illustrated love poems) Love poems with humorous illustrations by Yoshimori, preface dated Manen gannen (1860). SOLD
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Seru shiori (Guidebook to seru fabric) A guide to the production of seru fabric, ca. early Taishō period (1910-20s)? US$180.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
A story of the Otokodate of Yedo = Banzuiin Chōbē On chivalrous street gangs of Edo, Meiji 35 (1902). SOLD
▶ Western Books