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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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▶ Others
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Title unidentified
Printing block for a strip cartoon, ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950-60s)?
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▶ Others
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Hanagasane (Layers of Flowers)
One hundred woodblock-printed kimono designs, Meiji 31 (1898).
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▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Untitled folding object
A folding object with secret compartments, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?)
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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled painting of a monkey
A simple and clever painting on silk, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-40s)?
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▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Untitled surimono
A spring-themed surimono by an unidentified artist, ca. Meiji period (1870-1900s)?
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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Bojutsu Yumemonogatari (Dream Story of 1838)
A critique of the Morrison Incident, ca. late Edo period (1840-60s?)
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▶ Japanese Literature
Collection of set designs
Striking set designs for Japanese plays, ca. early to mid-Shōwa period (1930-70s)?
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▶ Paintings & Scrolls
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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▶ Modern Art and Design Books
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Namamugi Jiken no Tenmatsu: Machibure Ikken no Utsushi [Copy of the Official Notices on the Details of the Namamugi Incident]
Collected records of the arrival of British warships in Yokohama, ca. Bunkyū period (1860s)?
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▶ Japanese Literature
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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▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Two untitled scrolls signed Yamamoto Shōun
Two delicate paintings of flowers and folktale characters, ca. Meiji period (1890-1930s?)
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▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Seiro Kinen (Commemoration of the Attack on Russia)
Momotaro and friends take on Russia, ca. 1904-1905.
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▶ Paintings & Scrolls
The Demon Queller Shōki, with Two Quelled Demons
Illustrated by Sōsai Eisen, ca. Meiji period (1880-1890s?)
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▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Untitled set of scrolls featuring a dragon and a tiger
A classic tiger-dragon pairing, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?).
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▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Untitled print
A modern woman playing cards, [ca. late Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-1930s)?].
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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera
A woodblock printer's archive of over 140 products, [ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s)].
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▶ Prints and Ephemera
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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▶ Others
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
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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▶ Prints and Ephemera
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
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].
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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Nihon Chimei-kagami (Mirror of the Names of Regions in Japan)
Illustrations by a woman artist, ca. late Edo period (1850-60s)?
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▶ Japanese Literature
Oshiegusa Onna Daigaku Sakae Bunko (Lessons for Women: Library of Honour)
A textbook for women, illustrated by a woman, Kaei 4 (1851).
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▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Untitled sugoroku game
A performance-themed sugoroku, ca. late Edo period (1800-1840s?).
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▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled collection of photographs
Photographs of Japanese infrastructure and architecture, ca. Taishō to mid-Shōwa period (1920-30s)?
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▶ Photo Books
Baren
A magazine privately produced by amateur print artists, 1959-1961?
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▶ Modern Art and Design Books
A kabuki-themed haikai surimono
A kabuki-themed shūmei surimono illustrated by Zeshin, Meiji 14 (1881).
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▶ Prints and Ephemera

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Edo Period [1603-1853] Bakumatsu Period [1853-1868] Meiji Period [1868-1912] Taishō Period [1912-1926] Shōwa Period [1926-1989]

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