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Yusai Gafu [Yusai's Painting Album]
A scarce edition of Yūsai Gafu, Kōka 3 [1846].
US$1,340.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Nouvelles Compositions Decoratives, Premiere Serie [New Decorative Compositions, First Series]
Abstraction enters the decorative arts, [ca. 1928–1930?].
US$4,500.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Showa Bijo Sugata Kurabe: Benisomezuki, Shusho [Competing Beauties of the Showa Era: The Eighth Month, Lingering Heat]
An early Shōwa period beauty, by Watanabe Ikuharu, ca. early Shōwa period [1927-1930?].
US$1,800.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Natsukusa [Summer Grasses]
An early work by one of Japan's great zuan artists, Meiji 37 [1904].
US$2,800.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Setsuyoshu [Collection for Practical Use]
A foundational work of Japanese lexicography, postscript dated Keichō 2 [1597].
US$16,800.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Manifesto of the Communist Party
The first authorised English translation of the Communist Manifesto, [1927].
US$1,800.00
▶ Western Books
[Otokodate Junin-zoroi (Ten Chivalrous Men)]
Edo's chivalrous street gangsters, Keiō Gannen [1865].
US$740.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Atago-yama no Zu [Illustration of Atago Hill]
A 'light-ray picture' by Kiyochika, [ca. Meiji 11 (1878)].
US$2,200.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Kagoshima Onna Suikoden [A Suikoden of Kagoshima Women]
Saigō Takamori and comrades reimagined as Suikoden heroines, Meiji 10 [1877].
US$1,680.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled album of match labels
Over 300 match labels from the early Shōwa period, [ca. Shōwa 2-15 (1927-1940)].
US$1,160.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled advertisement for Kyoryusha
A publisher's advertisement written by Ryūtei Tanehiko, Meiji 18 [1885].
US$1,680.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Sochu Kakifu [Illustrated Manual of Flowers and Insects]
From the celebrated Kaishien Gaden, [ca. late Edo period (1810s-1850s?)].
US$540.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Bijin no Kaisuiyoku [A Beautiful Woman at the Beach]
A modern girl enjoys a day at the beach, ca. mid Shōwa period (1950s-1970s)?
US$200.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Misei Gashu [Collection of Illustrations by Misei]
A manuscript draft of a manga travel diary?, ca. 1908?
US$740.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Compositions, Couleurs, Idées
Sonia Delaunay's landmark Art Deco design portfolio, 1930?
US$9,000.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Waei Taiyaku Shotoku Ruirei = Examples of English Translations of Official Correspondence, Prepared for Student Interpreters: Part I
Official letters in English and Japanese, 1873.
US$1,860.00
▶ Japanese Literature
[Untitled tsuba]
A sword guard patterned with books, ca. Edo to early Meiji period [18th to mid-19th century]?
US$1,240.00
▶ Others
Matsui Toshu Sensei Gashu [Collection of Illustrations by Master Matsui Toshu]
Paintings by Matsui Tōshū, Taishō 5 [1916].
US$560.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Fuzoku Sanjuni-so: Yuho ga Shitaso, Meiji-nenkan Saikun no Fuzoku [Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners: A Wife of a Nobleman of the Meiji Period, Looking Like She Wants to Go for a Stroll]
Portrait of a modern woman in Western attire, by Yoshitoshi, Meiji 21 [1888].
US$1,500.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Gaikoku Zoshohyo: Kan [Foreign Bookplates: Complete]
A Japanese collector's album of foreign bookplates, ca. 1920s.
US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
[Untitled oil painting]
A painting of Alice Springs by Florence Broadhurst, [ca. 1920-50s?].
US$1,080.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Japonská Pohádka o Dvou Dědcích [A Japanese Tale of Two Old Men]
A Czech adaptation of Hanasaka Jiisan, [ca. 1919].
US$80.00
▶ Western Books
[Untitled album of hand-painted postcards]
An album of beautiful hand-painted postcards by a forgotten Meiji era illustrator, [ca. 1910-1911].
US$4,500.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
[Gyofu (Fisherman)]
A memorial edition of the print that heralded the sōsaku hanga movement, [1960].
US$2,500.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled kabuki print
A little-known Kuniyoshi yoko-e, [ca. 1847-1853].
US$280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Chiyo no Nishiki [Brocades of a Thousand Generations]
Inventive designs for haori, Meiji 33 [1900].
US$860.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Zuan Fukusa Awase (Design Combinations for Fukusa)
Elegant woodblock-printed patterns for fukusa, [Meiji 27 (1894)].
US$320.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Kotatsu
Kotatsu, by Itō Shinsui, Shōwa 6 [1931].
US$2,480.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Fūryū Waka Sannin: Migi
An elegant woman enjoys a literary breather, ca. Bunka 9-11 (1812–1814).
US$3,680.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled photograph of the premises of T.I. Yonemitsu, Jeweler & Watchmaker
Photograph of a Japanese watchmaker and jeweler in Vancouver, ca. 1930-40s.
US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Daishō Koyori Te-asobi: Mukashi Arishi Jūnikagetsu (Hand-play with Big and Small Twisted Paper Strings: The Twelve Months of Olden Times)
Cryptic calendar puzzles with twisted string, ca. early Meiji period (1860-80s)?
US$160.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Tenth Annual Exhibition: Contemporary Lithographs, Serigraphs, Stencils, Intaglio, Combined Medium, Concrete, Iron and Woodblock Prints
Catalogue of a 1965 print exhibition, 1965.
US$280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Kikkō-shū (Album of Auspicious Light)
Designs by Tatsumura Heizō and poems by Yosano Akiko, preface dated Shōwa 4 (1929).
US$220.00
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Hana Yujo Suikoden [A Suikoden of Beautiful and Brave Women]
The heroes of the Suikoden as heavily tattooed women, 1869.
US$3,800.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled album of calligraphy samples
Professional lettering for books and advertisements, ca. Meiji 13 (1880).
US$280.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Shinpan Katsura-tsuke (Stick-on Wigs, Newly Produced)
Switch-and-play kabuki actor wigs, Meiji 4 (1871).
US$460.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Takagi Oriemon Buyu Suirikuden [Tales of Valour on Land and Sea]
The heroic exploits of the founder of jūtaijutsu, Bunsei 14 (1831).
US$680.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)
A sizeable map of Antarctica produced by the Japan Polar Research Association, 1965.
US$160.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)
A large map of Antarctica published to commemorate the International Geophysical Year, ca. 1957-1958.
US$280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Nankyoku Tanken Jitsuroku (True Record of the Antarctic Expedition)
Tada's memoirs of the Antarctic expedition, Shōwa 31 (1956).
US$1,680.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Nankyoku Tanken Inuzori-tai: Futari no Ainu no Hanashi (Antarctic Expedition Dog Sled Team: The Story of Two Ainu People)
The story of two Ainu men in Antarctica, Shōwa 20 (1945).
US$600.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Watashi no Nankyoku Tanken-ki (My Account of the Antarctic Expedition)
A re-packaged edition of Shirase's personal account of the Antarctic expedition, Shōwa 18 (1943).
US$1,400.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Shirase Chūi Tanken-ki (An Account of Lieutenant Shirase's Expeditions)
The first trade edition of Shirase's biography, Shōwa 17 (1942).
US$2,680.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Untitled album of tipped-in photographs of the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden
An album of tipped-in photographs of the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden, [ca. 1930s].
US$2,860.00
▶ Photo Books
Kyōji Kozaiku no E, Oteasobi Mono Shinajina (Stationer's Goods for Intricate Handiwork, Playthings, and so on)
An advertisement for stationery and amusements, ca. late Edo period [1800-50s?].
US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Shinpan Kuchikara Dehaudai Oshiegusa (Teachings on Whatever Comes to Mind, Newly Produced)
Unsolicited advice, Edo-style, ca. Tenpo period [1830-1845]?
US$1,460.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Kokkei Ana-sagashi (Funny Flaw-Finding)
Comical human flaws illustrated by Yoshimori, [1864].
US$480.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled book of hand-sewn amulets
Sewn protection crests for children, ca. late Edo period [1800-60s?].
US$480.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled album of copperplate-printed illustrations
Copperplate-printed landscapes, ca. late Meiji period [1905-1915?].
US$960.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled surimono depicting Urashima Tarō and a turtle
Urashima Tarō and the turtle, by Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. late Meiji to Taishō period [1890-1920s)?].
US$360.00
▶ 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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