Kikkyō Kafuku Hitorihandan: Ekigaku Benmō (Judgements on Good and Bad Fortunes: A Primer on the Study of Divination) A fortune-telling kit based on the I Ching, Meiji 19 (1886). SOLD
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Manji (Quicksand) A lesbian romance written with a stream-of-consciousness technique inspired by Joyce's writings, Shōwa 6 (1931). SOLD
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Shinsaku Dodoitsu: Rokoku Seibatsu (New Dodoitsu Poems on the Crushing Defeat of Russia) Poems in various styles on the Russo-Japanese War, Meiji 37 (1904). SOLD
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Shina Taiji: Nihon Ryūkōbushi (Popular Japanese Songs on the Extermination of China) On the First Sino-Japanese War, illustrated by Kiyochika, Meiji 27 (1894). SOLD
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Ushiya Zōdan Aguranabe: Ichimei Doronken (Beef-Shop Small-Talk: Cross-Legged (at a Beef) Pot) Robun's famous satire on Western customs, [preface dated Meiji 4 (1871)]. SOLD
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Renpō Shōritsu (Commercial Law of the Federation) By Harvard law professor Theophilus Parsons, illustrated by Kyōsai, Meiji 6-7 [1873-1874]. SOLD
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Tsūzoku Isoppu Monogatari (Aesop's Popular Fables) The most widely known Japanese version of the Aesopica, Meiji 5-6 [1872-1873]. SOLD
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Kappa Sōden Kyūrizukai (A Kappa's Talks on Science: How to Use Cucumbers) A parody of Fukuzawa Yukichi's Western science textbook, [preface dated Meiji 5 (1872), but printed Meiji 15 (1882)]. SOLD
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Seiyō Dōchū Hizakurige: Bankoku Kōkai (Shank's Mare Round the West: A Voyage to All Countries) A complete set of Robun and Kyōsai's most well-known work, Meiji 3-9 [1870-1876]. SOLD
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Ōdontaku Shinbun Kidan (Great Sunday Newspaper: Stories of Demons) A Kyōsai-Ōga zasshi on the exploits of two monks, Meiji 5-6 [1872-1873]. SOLD
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Kanegura Sandaiki (Three Generations of Treasuries) Three Kyōsai-Ōga zasshi on a family's economic struggles, Meiji 7 [1874]. SOLD
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Shinsei Tobi Dango (Consultation with a Beautiful Rabbit: A New System) A story of greed, illustrated by Kyōsai, Meiji 6 [1873]. SOLD
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Tōsei Rikō Musume (A Clever Woman of the Present Day) A response to Fukuzawa Yukichi's Katawa Musume, [Meiji 6 (1873)]. SOLD
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Katawa Musume (The Deformed Girl) An extremely scarce Fukuzawa-bon, Meiji 5 [1872]. SOLD
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(Shinpan) Kannin goryō kogane no kotonoha ((Newly published) Profit from perseverance: golden phrases) A collaboration between Bakin and Shigemasa, Kansei 8 (1796). SOLD
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Kaika jinkōki (The enlightenment Jinkōki) Soroban arithmetic in the Meiji period, ca. Meiji 18 (1885). SOLD
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On John Manjiro, one of the first Japanese residents of the US Ikoku monogatari: Nakanohama Manjirō (Story of a foreign country: Nakanohama Manjirō), Kaei 5 (1852). SOLD
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On the Human Body, with a Diagram of Sign Language Jintai Mondō [Questions and Answers About the Human Body], Meiji 9 [1876]. SOLD
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The first cocktail book printed in Japan Cocktails: methods of mixing liquor, Shōwa 4 (1929). SOLD
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A Document on the Tokugawa Administration For Irish Diplomat J.C. Hall, ca. 1870-90s. SOLD
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Kōeki Shojaku Mokuroku Taizen A Catalogue for the Book Trade, Published in 1692, [Ca. Genroku 5 (1692)] SOLD
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The Golden Lotus and Other Legends of Japan Inscribed by Greey to Mrs. Fenollosa, with an Original Sketch, 1883 SOLD
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