[Ishibashi Umekichi]*. 石橋梅吉, Showa 7 [5th December,1932]. Folding print featuring 30 coloured squares which tell the story of the famous peasant leader Sakura Sogoro (1605-1653, also known as Kiuchi Sogo), about whom many semi-historical legends abound. 39 x 53cm. Few tiny tears at margins, some small holes at folds, tape...
London. Dauphin Publishing Ltd., 1990. Profusely illustrated in colour, 137pp, very good paperback copy. Lightly rubbed on extremities. Auction catalogue for sale on Thursday 22nd March 1990. Includes paintings, screens, lacquer ware, pipe cases, inro, inlaid metalwork, cloisonné, bronzes and sculpture, furniture and textiles, satsuma, porcelain, pottery for the tea...
新愛知. Showa 6 [1931]. Coloured Japanese sugoroku or game complete with players pieces along right margin, 54.8 cm x 79.5 cm. Issued as a supplement to Shin Aichi published on 1 January Showa 6 (1931) no. 14129. Three vertical creases, occasional light browning, very minor insect damage at lower left...
東京市池袋第五尋常小學校. Showa 15 [1940]. 4 black and white pages of photographic illustrations, line illustrations in text, 76pp. Original paper wrappers, glassine cover, browned throughout. 22 cm x 15.2 cm. The first of the black and white photographic plates shows the school's Hoando, the small shrine or temple-like building that housed...
西ヶ原刊行会. Showa 11 [1936]. Third edition. 20 attractive colour plates, 163 + 10pp. Continuation 159 + 10pp. The original work and the supplementary text (not included in the first edition) bound in one volume. Indices in Japanese and Latin. Pencilled details of book in English front free endpaper, occasional light...
Tokyo: Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha 大日本雄辯會講談社, Shōwa 15. [1940]. Colour folding sugoroku with map of China printed in blue ink on reverse. Torn and repaired along a few folds, some browning and soiling on reverse map. A little light staining margins, some light creasing. A good copy. 78.2 x 53.5cm. This...
Tokyo: Hakubunkan 博文館, Meiji 37 [June 23,1904]. Folding colour map of Korea and Manchuria showing the area where the Japanese and Russian forces confronted each other. Printed by Mizutani Kagenaga 水谷景長. Scale 1:3,000,000. Light occasional foxing, 79.8 x 53cm. Very good. Published as a supplement to the magazine, Nichiro sensō...
Shōwa 20 [1945]. Small leaf printed double sided, 20.2 x 12.6cm. Two horizontal folds, very good copy. Propaganda leaflet dropped by the American Forces during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. This fierce battle began with the landing of US Forces on March 26th, 1945 and continued to July 2nd...
Osaka: Nakura Shōbunkan 名倉昭文館, Meiji 37. [1904]. Folding map of Korea and Manchuria titled "Battle Map of Japan and Russia" shows the Army and Naval strengths of Russia in the region printed in black and red, 166pp + [4] + 6pp, original pictorial upper cover, wrappers worn with a little...
Tokyo: 團々社, Meiji 14. [June 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th1881]. 5 issues in original wrappers, illustrated in black and white. Some light even browning and occasional spotting, small holes punched in margin, upper cover of one issue detached. 24 x 17cm. Good copies. Kibi dango 驥尾團子 was a sister...
Tokyo: 團々社, Meiji 14. [May 4th,18th, 11th, & July 6th1881]. 4 issues in original wrappers, illustrated in colour (including one folding colour plate, and black and white. Some light even browning and occasional spotting, small holes punched in margin, disbound with some leaves loose but all complete. 24 x 17cm...
Tokyo: 團々社, Meiji 14. [March 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th1881]. 5 issues in original wrappers, illustrated in black and white. Some light even browning and occasional spotting, small holes punched in margin. 24 x 17cm. Good copies. Kibi dango 驥尾團子 was a sister journal of Maru maru chinbun 團團珍聞...
Tokyo: 團々社. 4 issues in original wrappers, illustrated in black and white. Some light even browning, small holes punched in margin. 24 x 17cm. Good copies. Kibi dango 驥尾團子 was a sister journal of Maru maru chinbun 團團珍聞. Due to Maru maru chinbun's on-going criticism of the government it was...
Tokyo: 團々社, Meiji 14. [5th, 12th 19th and 26th of January,1881]. 4 issues in original wrappers, illustrated in black and white, some even browning, small holes punched in margin, good copies. 24 x 17cm. Kibi dango 驥尾團子 was a sister journal of Maru maru chinbun 團團珍聞. Due to Maru maru...
Tokyo: Maru maru-sha 團團社, Meiji 27 [3rd, 10th and 24th of February1894]. 4 issues in original wrappers. Full page colour illustration in each issue, black and white illustrations throughout, small punch holes in the margin of each issue. Three of the issues have modern staples, the third a string tie...
Tokyo: Maru maru-sha團團社, Meiji 12. [6th, 13th, 20th and 27th of September1879]. 3 issues in original black and white stapled wrappers, numbered on upper margin of upper wrapper in red ink, occasional inoffensive small red ink marks in text. Good copies. Maru maru chinbun was a popular satirical journal published...
No date (circa1810). Charming manuscript complete in 3 volumes in original dyed blue paper covers, four hole stab binding, presented in modern Japanese cloth covered folder with toggle ties. Some occasional worming first two volumes which is a bit more extensive in volume 3. Paper wrappers first two volumes a....
Tokyo: Meiji 34 - Shōwa 21. [1901- 1946]. Album containing 23 pages with calligraphy or ink paintings, some double page, some tipped-in or loosely inserted. Although ther are many blank leaves in this album the works included excluding the inserted works, have are of good artistic quality. Accordion album, patterned...
Meiji 34 [1901]. 12 very attractive ink paintings and calligraphy, all but 2 double page. Paper on title label upper cover little damaged not affecting the title. 16.5 x 22cm. Very good. These works in this album are: Title calligraphy by Kokushū 鵠洲 Landscape by Sosen 素僊 (dated 1901) Waka...
London. Thames & Hudson. 1988. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout, xi + 402pp, bibliography, name neated covered with liquid paper lower edge, date of publication altered but otherwise a very good copy in dustjacket. 30.5 x 22cm. A beautifully illustrated comprehensive survey of the art and culture of the daimyo...
Tokyo: The Kaiseikwan. Taisho 5 [1916]. 10 volumes complete in original wrappers presented in a Japanese case with toggle ties, one toggle missing. 36pp in each volume. Upper cover of each volume features a large handsome hand coloured chrysanthemum, original wrappers, attractive red ties. Silk colour pictorial title label on...
國際報道株式會社. Showa 18 [1943]. Map, profusely illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Closed tear margin of one leaf, endpapers browned, original boards worn at edges and corners, spine chipped with loss particularly at head and tail of spine. Good copy. 26.3 x 19 cm This book on the...
博文館, Meiji 40 [1907]. This coloured folding sugoroku publlished as a supplement to Shashin Gahō (寫眞畫報) V. 2, no. 1. Some light browning, creased, heavily soiled on 2 panels on the reverse, small holes at folds. 54.8 x 79cm. This sophiscated sugoroku or Japanese board game, comes complete with the...
敎育雜誌社, Taisho 14 [1925]. Delightful coloured folding sugoroku or Japanese game, a little stained along two folds, some childish drawing on reverse but still a pleasing copy. 54.5 x 78.7 This sugoroku takes you on a journey around Tokyo, from Tokyo Station, the players visit Hibiya Park, Sengakuji Temple, Meguro...
明治製菓株式会社. No date. (circa1970?). Coloured folding futuristic sugoroku, 51.3 cm x 72 cm, Very good copy. Futuristic sugoroku with many illustrated predictions of events to come from 1975 through to 2101. The makers of this sugoroku believed space travel would be possible by 2001, and it was expected that a....
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