Kiso Kaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi (Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kiso Road) Seventy woodblock-printed scenes of the Kiso Road, by Eisen and Hiroshige, Taishō 10 (1921). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Hittatsu Sensei Bokumyō (Exquisite Paintings by Teacher Hittatsu A beautiful hand-painted scroll, with a postscript by Suzuki Fuyō, Bunka 10 (1813). SOLD
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Tama Kagami (Mirror of Treasures) Over fifty stunning designs by Kobayashi Gyokunen, Meiji 34 (1901). SOLD
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Otoshidama (New Year's Gift) An advertisement for a newspaper, magazine, and shipping company, featuring a calendar for 1894, Meiji 26 (1893). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Tōshitsu (Ceramics and Lacquerware) Designs for ceramics and lacquerware, by Nakamura Shūho, Meiji 43 (1910). SOLD
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Sakigake (The Forerunner): Issue Eleven A magazine of designs for textiles and lacquerware, advised by Sekka and Kōkyō and managed by Kōrin, Meiji 34 (1901). SOLD
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Sakigake (The Forerunner): Issue Six A magazine of designs for textiles and lacquerware, advised by Sekka and Kōkyō and managed by Kōrin, Meiji 34 (1901). SOLD
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Shinsaku Dodoitsu: Rokoku Seibatsu (New Dodoitsu Poems on the Crushing Defeat of Russia) Poems in various styles on the Russo-Japanese War, Meiji 37 (1904). SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Shina Taiji: Nihon Ryūkōbushi (Popular Japanese Songs on the Extermination of China) On the First Sino-Japanese War, illustrated by Kiyochika, Meiji 27 (1894). SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Kaichū Jūhō (Important Treasures, Pocket-Sized) Astrological calendars, with volvelles, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-60s)? SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Manpō Eitai Shin-zassho: Nihon-zu-iri; Saigō Chōhōki (New Miscellany of Countless Eternal Treasures, with a Map of Japan; Useful Record of Year Names) Portable information on fortune-telling, astrology, dates, and geography, ca. mid to late Edo period (1750-1770s)? SOLD
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Kokkei Ō-A Gaikō Chizu = A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia A satirical world map featuring Russia as the Black Octopus, Meiji 37 (1904). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Natsu no Sugatami (Full-Length Mirror of Summer's Beauty) Thirty-two amusing expressions on summer, Meiji 30 [1897]. SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Ushiya Zōdan Aguranabe: Ichimei Doronken (Beef-Shop Small-Talk: Cross-Legged (at a Beef) Pot) Robun's famous satire on Western customs, [preface dated Meiji 4 (1871)]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Renpō Shōritsu (Commercial Law of the Federation) By Harvard law professor Theophilus Parsons, illustrated by Kyōsai, Meiji 6-7 [1873-1874]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Tsūzoku Isoppu Monogatari (Aesop's Popular Fables) The most widely known Japanese version of the Aesopica, Meiji 5-6 [1872-1873]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Kappa Sōden Kyūrizukai (A Kappa's Talks on Science: How to Use Cucumbers) A parody of Fukuzawa Yukichi's Western science textbook, [preface dated Meiji 5 (1872), but printed Meiji 15 (1882)]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Seiyō Dōchū Hizakurige: Bankoku Kōkai (Shank's Mare Round the West: A Voyage to All Countries) A complete set of Robun and Kyōsai's most well-known work, Meiji 3-9 [1870-1876]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Tsuki to Supponchi (The Moon and a Supponchi) Issues 1 to 20 of the satirical newspaper , Meiji 11-12 [1878-1879]. SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Ōdontaku Shinbun Kidan (Great Sunday Newspaper: Stories of Demons) A Kyōsai-Ōga zasshi on the exploits of two monks, Meiji 5-6 [1872-1873]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Kanegura Sandaiki (Three Generations of Treasuries) Three Kyōsai-Ōga zasshi on a family's economic struggles, Meiji 7 [1874]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Shinsei Tobi Dango (Consultation with a Beautiful Rabbit: A New System) A story of greed, illustrated by Kyōsai, Meiji 6 [1873]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Tōsei Rikō Musume (A Clever Woman of the Present Day) A response to Fukuzawa Yukichi's Katawa Musume, [Meiji 6 (1873)]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Katawa Musume (The Deformed Girl) An extremely scarce Fukuzawa-bon, Meiji 5 [1872]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Cirque Soulie (Circus Soulie) An illustrated program for the French Circus Soulie, Meiji 5 [1872]. SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Kōko Shinbun (World News) Issues 1-5 of a pro-Bakufu newspaper, Keiō 4 [1868]. SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Hesochaban (Absurd Farces) Abridged skits recorded and illustrated by Keisai Eisen , Kōka 3 [1846]. SOLD
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Uozukushi Kuchiai Hōkōnin Ukejō no Koto, Narabi ni Sakezukushi Shinshu Tegata no Koto: Edo Jippensha Ikku Saku Shinpan Odokemonku ('Puns Full of Fish: A Request from Servants', with, 'Full of Alcohol: A Promissory Note on New Sake': New Am A Kamigata work by the famed gesaku author Jippensha Ikku, [ca late Edo period (1820-50s)?]. SOLD
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Furanku Roido Raito Sakuhinshū: 1 (First Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright's Works) Photographic illustrations of Frank Lloyd Wright's works, published in Japan, Taishō 15 (1926). SOLD
▶ Translations of Western Texts
Nanakorobi Yaoki Kaiun Sugoroku (The Vicissitudes of Life: Game-Sheet of Fortune and Success A bright, unused sugoroku, ca. late 20th century? SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Collection of wooden movable type Movable type hand-cut in the Meiji period, ca. Meiji period (1860-1910s)? SOLD
▶ Others
Kimyō Zui (A Strange Pictorial Dictionary) Kyōden's , ca. Kyōwa period [1801-1804]. SOLD
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Collection of hand-painted patterns Over 100 hand-painted fabric designs , ca. early Shōwa period (1930s)? SOLD
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Collection of gōkan envelopes Woodblock-printed envelopes for serial novels, ca. late Edo period (1850-60s)? SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Kōkoku (Advertisement) An advertisement for useful documents, with a playful moji-e, ca. late Edo to Meiji period (1850-1900s)? SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Eiri Nichiyō Onna Chōhōki (An Illustrated Handbook on Daily Life for Women) A manual for women, illustrated by Hokusai's daughter, Kōka 4 [1847]. SOLD
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Furuya Kōrin's design series Two hundred designs by Furuya Kōrin, Meiji 38-39 (1905-6). SOLD
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
(Shinpan) Kannin goryō kogane no kotonoha ((Newly published) Profit from perseverance: golden phrases) A collaboration between Bakin and Shigemasa, Kansei 8 (1796). SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku (The cultivation of brocade prints, a famous product of Edo) An ukiyo-e of an ukiyo-e workshop run by female artisans, ca. early to mid Shōwa period (1930-60s)? SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Dōhan gashū (Album of copperplate prints) An album of copperplate prints, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1870-80s). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan Produced by Japanese studios, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-60s)? SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Six printed items relating to Japan A miscellany of Japan-related prints, mid-Edo period to early Meiji period (1669-1840s?). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Emigration at first sight: a play in one act A lighthearted play set in Scotland, 1930. SOLD
▶ Western Books
Kachi-Kachi Mountain A traditional tale in English and Japanese, for language learners, Meiji 20 (1887). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Moyō gajō (Album of patterns) Woodblock-printed patterns, ca. early Shōwa period (1920-40s)? SOLD
▶ Modern Art and Design Books
Hanging scroll by Tsuda Seifū A self-portrait by Tsuda Seifū, Shōwa 47 (1972). SOLD
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Hanging scroll of two rabbits Two rabbits in snow, by the manga artist Kitazawa Rakuten, ca. late Meiji to Taishō period (1900-20s)? SOLD
▶ Paintings & Scrolls
Untitled surimono By Sōen Kabocha, Tenpo Mizunoetatsu (1832). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Untitled surimono By Kita Busei, ca. late Edo period (1840-50s). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera
Shin'an Nankyoku tanken hikōki sugoroku (Antarctic expedition by plane: a newly devised game-sheet) A game based on the 'heroic era' of Antarctic exploration, Meiji 44 (1911). SOLD
▶ Prints and Ephemera