An obi featuring ornate book wrappers From the Shōwa period, ca. Shōwa period (20th century). US$490.00
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A Charming Obi Decorated with Miniature Books A Playful Obi, ca. Shōwa period (20th century). US$570.00
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An Imari dish featuring book designs Patterned with floral devices, ca. mid-Meiji period (1870-1900s), ca. mid-Meiji period (1870-1900s). US$3,290.00
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Three Plates with Book Patterns A Set of Three Plates with Book Motifs, Ca. mid to late Meiji period (1880-1910s). US$510.00
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Untitled tsuba An Awa Shōami sword guard patterned with books, ca. late Edo period (18th to mid-19th century). US$3,900.00
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A Book-Shaped Water-Dropper for Calligraphy “Elementary Reader: Water-Dropper for the Encouragement of Learning”, ca. early to mid Meiji period (1870-1890s) US$1,700.00
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A Book-Shaped Sword Fitting Untitled Menuki, ca. 17~19 century. US$710.00
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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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A fragment of fabric depicting a bird's-eye view An embroidered fabric fragment, 1868-1912? US$215.00
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A fragment of fabric depicting foreign ships A fabric fragment, 1868-1912? US$165.00
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A Blank Book for Calligraphy Enthusiasts An Untitled Woodblock-Printed Album, 1890-1920s? US$180.00
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Samples of Japanese Advertising Design An Untitled Collection of Labels, 1900~1940s? US$215.00
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Shochiku Films Scenario: Farewell to Spring A Booklet on Japan's First 'LGBTQI+ Film', 1959 US$285.00
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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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Sketches of Landscapes Kitao Masayoshi's Masterpiece of Landscape Painting, 1813 US$985.00
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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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Hobby Cocktails An Early Japanese Cocktail Book, 1933 US$1,525.00
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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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Eiwa Shisho: Bessatsu Daigaku, Chūyō, Eibun, Zen An English Translation of Two of the Chinese Four Books, Meiji 18 [1885] US$680.00
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Bugaku Zukan An Illustrated Scroll of Bugaku Imperial Court Dances, Delicately Coloured, ca. late Edo period (early to mid-1800s). US$3,945.00
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Monyō-sen: moyō zushiki (Selected designs: pattern-illustrations) Circular motifs by the great masters, Shōwa 5 (1930). US$640.00
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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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Rokusan Shingaku no Zu (Illustration of the Six-Three Study of the Mind) Auspicious ways to position your stove and pillow, Meiji 19 (1886). SOLD
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Shinpan Katsura-tsuke (Stick-on Wigs, Newly Produced) Switch-and-play kabuki actor wigs, Meiji 4 (1871). SOLD
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Shinsei Yochi Zenzu (Newly-Produced Map of the Earth) A world map with political divisions clearly demarcated, Kōka Gannen (1844). SOLD
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Nankyoku he Itta Neko no Hanashi (The Tale of the Cat who Went to Antarctica) A little-known piece of Antarctic fiction, Shōwa 17 (1942). SOLD
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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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Draft illustrations for Onna Irezumi-shi (The Woman Tattoo Artist) Draft illustrations for a serialised story of a woman tattoo artist, ca. Shōwa 25 (1950). SOLD
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Jūshi Keisei Hara-no-uchi (Inside the Guts of Fourteen Bombshell Beauties) An anatomical parody by Shiba Zenkō, Kansei 5 (1793). 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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A collection of practice paintings by a student artist The fruits of an art student's labour, ca. Meiji period (1870-90s?). SOLD
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