Phrases to Ward Off Sleep Nemuke-zamashi Hitori-tanoshimi Hitotsutose-bushi (Hitotsutose Songs to Enjoy Alone and to Shake Off Sleepiness), ca. late Edo period (1820-50s)? US$305.00
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Fist-Songs on the Red-light District Shinpan Irozato Ken'uta Ukarebushi (Red-light District Fist-songs, Newly Published), ca. late Edo period (1830-50s)? US$305.00
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Short Gobbledygook Songs Dōgu-zukushi Sucharaka-pokupoku Yoshikono-bushi (Various Tools, Gobbledygook Yoshikono Ballads), ca. late Edo period (1830-50s)?] US$125.00
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Short Love Songs Performed by Geisha Shinpan Geisha Hauta (Geishas' Short Songs, Newly Published), ca. late Edo period (1830-50s)?]. US$250.00
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Oshiegusa Yoshiwara Suzume (The Lesson of the Yoshiwara Sparrow) A Booklet of Lyrics for a Song on the Pleasure Quarters, ca. mid Edo period (1800-30s)? US$265.00
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An obi featuring ornate book wrappers From the Shōwa period, ca. Shōwa period (20th century). US$490.00
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Diagram of a Papermaking Factory Ōji Seishi-Gaisha Ryakuzu, Meiji 10 [1877]. US$450.00
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Viaje el Japon: Una libreria de Yedo Illustration of a Japanese Bookshop from a Western Perspective, Ca. 1876. US$270.00
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A postcard featuring Izumiya Ichibei's bookstore From Tōkaidō meisho zue, 1930-50s. US$110.00
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Reihō mankintan ["Sacred tiger balm"] An advertisement designed to resemble a leaf from a book, ca. 18th to 19th century. US$190.00
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On Booksellers' Official Licenses An Untitled Manuscript Record, 1871 US$390.00
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How to Elegantly Package Gifts, Warrior-Style Examples of Ways to Fold Envelopes, Ca. Meiji period (1868-1911)? US$845.00
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Samples of Japanese Advertising Design An Untitled Collection of Labels, 1900~1940s? US$215.00
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The Ivy-Patterned Bloodstained Seal A Playbill for the Nanshoku Play Tsutamoyō, 1914 US$385.00
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Four Sōshi Patterns Four Book-Envelope Designs from Sōshi Mon'yōshu, ca. 1920-30s? US$85.00
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Paper Guides for Sewing Tabi or Jika-Tabi Paper Guides for Sewing Shoes or Socks, ca. 1870-90s? US$315.00
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Usokurabe mitate hyōbanki A parody ranking of lies, ca. mid-19th century. US$125.00
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Yamadenai yama, kawadenai kawa: mitate sumo A parody ranking of non-mountain mountains and non-river rivers, ca. mid-19th century. US$125.00
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Takemura-style Safe Device for Milking and Nursing A Photographic Advertisement for a Breast-Pump, ca. 1890-1910s? US$120.00
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Pyramid: 'Best Model Extending Device' An Advertisement for Pyramid Cameras, ca. 1910-30s? US$105.00
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Two-Page Letter in Morse Code A Letter in Morse Code, ca. 1936? US$205.00
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An untitled collection of twenty-three kamon and katagami stencils A collection of hand-cut stencils for dyeing textiles, ca. late Edo to late Meiji period (1850-1900s)? US$650.00
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Natsu-matsuri Ikiji no Edokko (Summer Festival Spirit of the Edoites) Fishmonger vs Rōnin, [1858]. SOLD
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Dai-shin-kufū Zenmai Mawari Kage Tōrō (Grand New Ingenuity: A Spring-Wound Shadow Lantern) Instructions for constructing an automaton, ca. late Edo period to early Meiji period (1850-70s?). SOLD
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Untitled surimono A haikai surimono featuring an illustration of a shishimai by Utagawa Yoshimori, Meiji 2 (1869). SOLD
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Untitled surimono A haikai surimono illustrated by Shibata Zeshin, Kinoene (1864). SOLD
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Untitled compilation of illustrations of beautiful women by famous artists A comparison of beautiful women painted by famous artists, Meiji 24 (1891). SOLD
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Joreishiki no Zu (Illustrations of Ladies' Etiquette) On acceptable activities for Japanese ladies, Meiji 28 (1895). SOLD
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Muyōsei (The Six Personalities) A complete set of fan prints by Toyokuni, Kaei 6 (1853). SOLD
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Kotengeki no Shinenshutsu wa Ikani Arubekika: Sheikusupia 'Uenisu no Shōnin' (Mingei, Nissei Gekijo Kōen) ni Tsuite (How Should New Productions of Classic Plays be Staged? Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (Mingei and Nissei Theatre Product Manuscript draft of an article on a performance of The Merchant of Venice, ca. 1968. SOLD
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Miuchi-zoroi (Collection of Beauties) A beauty adjusts her hair in a mirror, ca. Edo period (1800-20s?). SOLD
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Seirō Mutamagawa (Six Jewel Rivers in the Pleasure Quarters) Tsutanosuke of the Aka-Tsutaya, by Eizan, ca. Edo period (1814-17?) SOLD
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Untitled folding object A folding object with secret compartments, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?) SOLD
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Untitled surimono A spring-themed surimono by an unidentified artist, ca. Meiji period (1870-1900s)? SOLD
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Imayō Mitate Hori Suri Ryōkō no Zu [A Modern-day Adaptation Picturing Carving and Printing] An ukiyo-e of an ukiyo-e workshop run by female artisans, ca. Taishō period (1910-20s)? SOLD
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Shimeizukushi Sugoroku [A Game Board of Various Papers] A sugoroku game of paper types, ca. early to mid Shōwa period (1930-50s)? SOLD
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Untitled print A modern woman playing cards, [ca. late Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-1930s)?]. SOLD
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Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera A woodblock printer's archive of over 140 products, [ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s)]. SOLD
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Collection of ephemera on female sumo wrestlers A small archive of ephemera on women's sumo, [ca. Meiji to early Shōwa period (1880-1930s?)]. SOLD
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Kanadehon Chūshingura, Dai-Kudanme (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers: Act Nine) A snowy scene from the Forty-Seven Rōnin, [ca. Edo period (1830-40s?)]. SOLD
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Tagoto-hime, Jiraiya (Tagoto-hime and Jiraiya) Jiraiya and Princess Tagoto, by Kunisada I, [1852]. SOLD
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Udaijin Michizane Kō (Minister of the Right, Michizane) Sugawara no Michizane, by Kunisada I, [1860]. SOLD
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Untitled omocha-e woodblock print Cut-out-and-play paper figures in Western attire, [ca. early Meiji period (1870-1880s)]. SOLD
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Yamakawa Furiwake Sugoroku (A Game Sheet of Mountains and Rivers Divided) A large sugoroku game sheet constructed from ōban prints, [Kōka 4 (1847) - Kaei 5 (1852)]. SOLD
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Yowamushi Korokoro Goton Jūton no Zu (Roly-Poly Cowards: Pigs with Five Heads and Ten Bodies) Yoshiiku's satire on the Sino-Japanese War, ca. Meiji 28 [1895]. SOLD
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Untitled sugoroku game A performance-themed sugoroku, ca. late Edo period (1800-1840s?). SOLD
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A kabuki-themed haikai surimono A kabuki-themed shūmei surimono illustrated by Zeshin, Meiji 14 (1881). SOLD
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