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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)?
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▶ Prints and Ephemera

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).
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▶ Translations of Western Texts

Natsu-matsuri Ikiji no Edokko (Summer Festival Spirit of the Edoites)
Fishmonger vs Rōnin, [1858].
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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?).
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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).
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▶ Paintings & Scrolls

Jūshi Keisei Hara-no-uchi (Inside the Guts of Fourteen Bombshell Beauties)
An anatomical parody by Shiba Zenkō, Kansei 5 (1793).
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▶ Classic Illustrated Books

Untitled surimono
A haikai surimono featuring an illustration of a shishimai by Utagawa Yoshimori, Meiji 2 (1869).
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Untitled surimono
A haikai surimono illustrated by Shibata Zeshin, Kinoene (1864).
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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).
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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?).
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Untitled set of printing blocks
An assortment of metal and wooden printing blocks, ca. late Edo to early Shōwa period (1860-1930s?).
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A small set of movable type
Produced in the Meiji period, ca. Meiji period (1870-90s?).
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Bankoku Meisho-zue: Sekai Ryokō = Illustrated Guide Book for Travellers Round the World
Copperplate-printed guidebooks for travellers round the world, Meiji 18-19 (1885-1886).
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▶ Japanese Literature

Joreishiki no Zu (Illustrations of Ladies' Etiquette)
On acceptable activities for Japanese ladies, Meiji 28 (1895).
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▶ Prints and Ephemera

Muyōsei (The Six Personalities)
A complete set of fan prints by Toyokuni, Kaei 6 (1853).
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Title unidentified
Printing block for a strip cartoon, ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950-60s)?
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Pengin-chō no Hanashi (The Story of Penguins)
On encounters with penguins in Antarctica, Taishō Gannen (1912).
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▶ Japanese Literature

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.
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Gokuraku Dōchu-zue (Illustrations of the Roads to Heaven and Hell)
Travel guides to Heaven and Hell, Meiji 31 (1898).
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▶ Japanese Literature

Four sets of illustrated physics and optics textbooks
Gohō Shinron, Shi-shi Butsuri Shogaku, Butsuri Kaitei, and Butsuri Shoho, 1867-1883.
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▶ Japanese Literature

Mata Yakinaosu Hachikazuki Hime: Kusazōshi Kojitsuke Nendaiki (The Re-Baked Bowl-Crowned Princess: A Contorted History of Illustrated Fiction)
An illustrated chronology of Japanese book culture, Kyowa 2 (1802).
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▶ Classic Illustrated Books

Miuchi-zoroi (Collection of Beauties)
A beauty adjusts her hair in a mirror, ca. Edo period (1800-20s?).
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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?)
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Hanagasane (Layers of Flowers)
One hundred woodblock-printed kimono designs, Meiji 31 (1898).
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Untitled folding object
A folding object with secret compartments, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?)
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Untitled painting of a monkey
A simple and clever painting on silk, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-40s)?
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Untitled surimono
A spring-themed surimono by an unidentified artist, ca. Meiji period (1870-1900s)?
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The Ten Bulls
A famous Chinese parable, skilfully woodblock printed by master craftsmen, Taishō 3 (1914).
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▶ Japanese Literature

Over 290 chiyogami samples from the Edo to Shōwa periods
Over 290 chiyogami samples from the Edo to Shōwa periods, Shōwa 47 (1972).
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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)?
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Keisei Koi Samisen: Yūkiri Izaemon [A Courtesan's Shamisen of Love: Yūkiri and Izaemon]
Fierce women brandishing swords, Bunsei 10 (1827).
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▶ Classic Illustrated Books

Shimeizukushi Sugoroku [A Game Board of Various Papers]
A sugoroku game of paper types, ca. early to mid Shōwa period (1930-50s)?
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Tsuru no Chitose: Soga no Kadomatsu [Thousand Years of the Crane: Kadomatsu of Soga]
A complete gōkan set illustrated by Kunisada, featuring skull motifs, Genji 2 (1865).
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▶ Classic Illustrated Books

Three scrolls, featuring Jurōjin and cranes
Painted by a pupil of Tenkaikutsu Ganku?, ca. late Edo period (1800-1830s?)
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Two untitled scrolls signed Yamamoto Shōun
Two delicate paintings of flowers and folktale characters, ca. Meiji period (1890-1930s?)
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Seiro Kinen (Commemoration of the Attack on Russia)
Momotaro and friends take on Russia, ca. 1904-1905.
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The Demon Queller Shōki, with Two Quelled Demons
Illustrated by Sōsai Eisen, ca. Meiji period (1880-1890s?)
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Untitled set of scrolls featuring a dragon and a tiger
A classic tiger-dragon pairing, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?).
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Untitled print
A modern woman playing cards, [ca. late Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-1930s)?].
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Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera
A woodblock printer's archive of over 140 products, [ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s)].
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Three woodblocks
A set of three printing blocks from the Edo and Meiji periods, [ca. Edo to Meiji period (1750-1910s)?].
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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?)].
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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?)].
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Nijūshikō: Meiji Shinkoku (The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Newly Engraved in the Meiji Period)
A palm-sized volume on filial piety, printed with copperplates, Meiji 17 [1884].
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▶ Classic Illustrated Books

Tagoto-hime, Jiraiya (Tagoto-hime and Jiraiya)
Jiraiya and Princess Tagoto, by Kunisada I, [1852].
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▶ Prints and Ephemera

Udaijin Michizane Kō (Minister of the Right, Michizane)
Sugawara no Michizane, by Kunisada I, [1860].
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Untitled omocha-e woodblock print
Cut-out-and-play paper figures in Western attire, [ca. early Meiji period (1870-1880s)].
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▶ Prints and Ephemera

Wayō Jikon Burui (Classes of Mixed Japanese and Western Characters)
An introduction to must-know words in romaji and kanji, Meiji Mizunoesaru [1872].
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▶ Japanese Literature

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)].
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▶ Prints and Ephemera

Mahometto-den (A Biography of Muhammad)
Japan's first major encounter with Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, Meiji 9 [1876].
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▶ Translations of Western Texts

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