Kurokawa Kisho no Sakuhin [The Works of Kurokawa Kisho] On the architecture and ideas of Kurokawa Kishō, 1970. US$3,500.00
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[Miniature book with a miniature desk] Miniature book, with desk, Shōwa 58 [1983]. US$280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
[Miniature book with a miniature cabinet] Miniature book, with cabinet, Shōwa 57 [1982]. US$280.00
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Kokujin wa Teikosuru: Sento teki Kokujin Undo no Puroguramu [The Black People Will Resist: A Program for a Militant Black Movement] On Malcolm X and the Black liberation movement, 1965. US$360.00
▶ Translations of Western Texts
[Untitled collection of daisen] The art of the daisen, [ca. Edo to early Shōwa period (1600s-1940s)?]. US$820.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Utopia = Ryo seifu-dan [A Treatise on Good Governance] The earliest Japanese translation of Sir Thomas More's Utopia, Meiji 15 [1882]. US$680.00
▶ Translations of Western Texts
Nankyoku-ki [A Record of Antarctica] The official record of Japan's first Antarctic expedition, Taishō 2 [1913]. US$6,000.00
▶ Japanese Literature
[Untitled collection of woodblock-printed illustrations designed by Takehisa Yumeji] Elegant illustrations by Takehisa Yumeji, [1924]. US$2,000.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
[Untitled set of 36 woodblocks] Printing blocks for two books by Kawakami Sumio, [1950-1980s?]. US$4,060.00
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Toki Seo [Shouldering the Weight of Time] Stencil-printed illustrations on time, Shōwa 61 [1986]. US$305.00
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Aoarashi Yanagi no Shitakage [Under the Shade of a Willow Tree in the Blue Storm] Written and illustrated by Jippensha Ikku?, [preface dated Bunka 3 (1806)]. US$4,360.00
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Uchiateta Kozuchi no Honmo: Eto Kinoene Risho Daikoku [Daikoku's Magic Mallet: A Vengeance Fulfilled] A kibyoshi featuring anthropomorphic cats and mice, [preface dated Kyōwa 4 (1804)]. US$3,860.00
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[Untitled katazome print on papermaking] A stencil-printed homage to papermaking villages, [ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s-1960s)?]. US$120.00
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Dai Nippon Bussan Zue [Products of Greater Japan] An illustrated guide to local Japanese products, [Meiji 10 (1877)]. US$2,360.00
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Kenshi Rokujū-chō Kō no Zuki [Record of Incense Diagrams for the Sixty Chapters of Genji] Instructions for playing with Genji cards, [ca. late Edo period (1830s-1850s)?]. US$380.00
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Wakoku Chiekurabe [A Battle of Wits in Japan] Japan's oldest puzzle book: Wakoku Chiekurabe, Kyōho 12 [1727]. US$13,000.00
▶ Japanese Literature
[Untitled hangi (woodblock) for a large surimono] A woodblock used to print a surimono, [ca. late Edo period (1840s-1850s)?]. US$850.00
▶ Others
[Untitled album of tipped-in advertisements, labels, and ephemera] Over 150 tipped-in advertisements and labels, mostly from the Edo period, [compiled ca. early Meiji period (1870s)]. US$2,600.00
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[Untitled set of woodblock-printed illustrations designed by Shibata Zeshin] Three designs by Shibata Zeshin, [ca. 1870s-1880s?]. US$180.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Seiyo Ryori-tsu [A Connoisseur of Western Cuisine] An early guide to Western cooking, illustrated by Kyōsai, Meiji 5 [1872] US$2,500.00
▶ Translations of Western Texts
Jūnikagetsu [The Twelve Months] Kabuki actors as children: the twelve months, Meiji 17 [1884]. US$1,280.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
[Untitled collection of booksellers' tickets, book-binders' labels, and ex-libris] Booksellers' tickets and bookbinders' labels from around the world, [compiled ca. 1930s?]. US$1,600.00
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Uchiwa Shiire-dokoro Tamanoi Mise-ita [Tamanoi Fan Shop Display] A promotional toy print, [ca. Meiji period (1870s-1890s?)]. US$180.00
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[Untitled manuscript handscroll on auspicious measuring techniques] Secret hand signs and auspicious measurements, [ca. late Edo period (1800s-1850s?)]. US$960.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Meisho Edo Hyakkei: Asakusa Kinryuzan [One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa] Hiroshige's snowy Asakusa, [ca. 1856?]. US$2,800.00
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Sekai Kokumei-zukushi [Compendium of the Countries of the World] A late Edo vision of the world, [ca. 1844-1856]. US$580.00
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[Yugiri] Illustrated by one of Japan's leading women artists, [1923?]. US$380.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Shu no Kigen: Seizon Kyoso Tekisha Seizon no Genri [The Origin of Species: The Principle of Survival of the Fittest in the Struggle for Existence] Japan's first scientific translation of Darwin's Origin of Species, Meiji 38 [1905]. US$2,480.00
▶ Translations of Western Texts
[Untitled manuscript of fortress diagrams] A guide to castle plans, [ca. Edo period]. US$1,400.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Seiyo Chie Ita Zukai Tsuketaru Zu Tehon = Ninety New Moveable Puzzles Western style Shonagon no Ita puzzles, Meiji 10 [1877]. US$1,280.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Yizhi Tu [Enhanced Intelligence Diagrams] A first edition of Tong Xiegeng's famous puzzle book, Qing Guangxu 4 nian [1878]. US$2,800.00
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
[Untitled painting with three fruit studies] Three fruit studies associated with Shibata Zeshin's circle, [ca. mid- to late-Meiji period (1870s-1890s?)]. US$200.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
[Collection of nineteen fan prints] Fan designs by Shōji Chikushin, [ca. mid- to late-Meiji period (1870s-1890s?)]. US$210.00
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Gonin no Kakube, Junin no Hataraki [Five Kakubei Doing the Work of Ten] Five Heads, Ten Tumblers, [ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (ca. 1910s-1930s)]. US$470.00
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Shunshoku Kogane no Hana [Flowers of Gold: The Colour of Spring] A feline melodrama of the early Meiji period, Meiji 17 [1884]. US$740.00
▶ Japanese Literature
Tehon Ikkan Zeshin-ō Kohitsu [One Old Scroll of Model Drawings from the Brush of the Venerable Zeshin] A signed handscroll of drawings by Shibata Zeshin, [ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1850s-1890s)?]. US$600.00
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Wayo Kijinden: Shohen [Notable Figures from Japan and the West: First Series] Biographies of famous figures, including Galvani and Disraeli, Meiji 5 [1872]. US$1,860.00
▶ Japanese Literature
[Untitled woodblock print of an Ichikawa family kabuki actor] A tension-filled snow scene by the elusive Katsukawa School artist Shunjō, [ca. Anei to Tenmei period (1778-1787)]. US$1,800.00
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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
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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
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