にほんご Book 2 [Nihongo book 2] Japanese Work Book.
Dee Publications. Black and white line illustrations, unpaginated, very good in paperback. 30 x 20.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164539. More
Dee Publications. Black and white line illustrations, unpaginated, very good in paperback. 30 x 20.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164539. More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1967. x + 474pp, index, binding trifle marked, one corner bumped, name and date front free endpaper, otherwise good. The third volume in a series of six published for the Conference on Modern Japan. Articles include: Status Changes in Hamlet Structure Accompanying Modernization - Erwin H...... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 296pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. Celebrity Gods explores the interaction of new religions and the media in postwar Japan. It focuses on the leaders and founders (kyoso) of Jiu and Tensho Kotai..... More
Canberra. A.N.U. Press. 1981. Tables, xii + 447pp, index, good copy in marked dustjacket. Papers include: Family systems in Australia and Japan - Yuriko Kitaoji; Japan's Foreign Policy and Attitudes to the Outside World 1868-1945 - Junji Banno; The Australian and Japanese Constitutions - Yasuhiro Okudaira. When referring to this..... More
Mansfield Center. Martino. (Circa 2000). Black and white line illustrations, ix + 322pp, index. Originally published in Paris in 1900. Describes over 500 early Japanese books in the Bibliotheque Nationale, plus information on the history of engraving of Japanese books, and on individual artists. When referring to this item please..... More
Paris. Colmet Daage. 1912. Illustrated with 46 photographic reproductions in the text, list of netsuke signatures at the rear. Original wrappers, spine has been re-enforced, some corners bent, some chips to edges, still a very good copy. 27.5 x 19cm. An auction held in June 1912 with 721 lots, including..... More
Taisho to Early Showa. A collection of 18 thick black paper leaves apparently removed from a photograph album, with a total of 83 photographs of varying sizes laid down on both sides, most captioned in Japanese in red ink. A few photographs are missing, one severely faded rendering the image..... More
Edo: no date. Late Edo. (circa 1855?). Black and white woodblock advertisement for surveying and optical instruments from the shop of Ōsumi Gensuke 大隅源助. Two sheets neatly joined together measure 36 x 50cm. Very good copy. Ōsumi was a manufacture and retailer of surveying instruments, optical equipment, clocks, etc. His..... More
Japanese manuscript in on paper. Some light foxing and even browning. 30 x 48.8cm. Apparently a business contract with small business stamps. The text makes reference to "400 items" but unfortunately we have not been able to decipher what the items are or any of the rest of the text..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 1982. Reprint. 128pp, paperback, very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 68307. More
No date. (Late Edo]. Black and white woodblock, 24.1 x 28.7cm. Very good copy. This print shows an Englishman, a Russian and a geisha clearly having a lively drinking party. In the middle of the image an English man, named "Metsuchii", is dancing with a fan, to the tune of..... More
東京. [Tokyo]. 光村印刷. [Kōmura Insatsu]. Meiji 43 [ 1910]. Black and white foldout map with red lines indicating the course of the voyage, black and white photographic illustrations, 26.5 x 37.5cm, 13 + [6] + [92] + 7pp, green cloth cover illustrated and lettered in silver and gilt feature Mt..... More
33 pieces of ephemera related to the shrines and temples of Japan in the late 70s/early 80s collected by a Polish Australian woman living in Kobe. Includes admission tickets, guides, postcards, souvenir photo cards, etc. Some titles include: Postcard: 松山と道後(Matsuyama to Dogo)、吉野山(Yoshino Mt.)、平安神宮(Heian Shrine)、長谷寺(Hase Temple)、東大寺(Todaiji Temple)、興福寺(Kofukuji Temple)、金閣寺(Kinkakuji Temple) Guide, map..... More
London. Collins & Brown. 1991. Colour photographic plates, 224pp, glossary, reading list, index, a good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. 26.3 x 26.3cm. This work discusses why Japanese design is pre-eminent throughout the modern world and how Japanese design combines respect for tradition with an awareness of the needs of..... More
Kyoto. 知恩院 [Chion-in]. 1982. Colour and black and white illustrations, 250pp, text in Japanese with some English, extremities little worn, a good paperback copy. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Kyoto National Museum. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154680. More
New York. Grolier Club. 1896. 1st Edition. 23pp, 12mo. Original wrappers torn on spine and chipped with loss lower left corner upper cover. When referring to this item please quote stockid 63943. More
Sydney. Art Gallery of New South Wales. 1981. Black and white illustrations, 38pp, little wear and creasing to stapled wrappers, otherwise good, tall quarto. The exhibition was organised by Jackie Menzies. When referring to this item please quote stockid 151939. More
大阪. [Osaka]. 株式会社大阪毎日新聞社. [Kabushiki Kaisha Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Well illustrated with many striking black and white photographic illustrations throughout, small map of Singapore in text, 23pp, 36.5 x 26cm. Original pictorial stapled wrappers. Evenly browned throughout. A good copy Focussing on the fall of Singapore this..... More
[Osaka?]. (circa 1910). Colour lithograph poster 54.5 x 38cm. Two closed tears from margin, the largest running 3.5cm into the image, tiny chip and one small hole. Very good. This early 20th century Japanese advertising poster for the face lotion, Hakureisui (meaning literally white beautiful water) features the face of..... More
No date. (circa 1900). 11 original hand painted fan designs approximately 40 x 15cm laid down on archival sheets 51 x 38cm. Each design is unique, some are brightly coloured whilst others are more sombre and some have a lacquer or metallic overprinting and silver flecking. Each of the designs..... More
1930 - 1931. A collection of 12 attractive, quite varied, 1930s merchant merchant catalogues and advertisements from the Osaka region. Some occasional creasing, marking or browning but all in their original wrappers and together making a delightful and fascinating collection reflecting pre-WWII Japanese consumers' desires. Very good condition. This collection..... More
東京. [Tokyo]. 東陽堂. [Tōyōdō]. Meiji 41 [ 1908]. Four double page colour plates, a double page and a full page illustration in green ink, black and white photographic illustrations. 25.5 x 18.5cm, illustrations + 23pp, text: 50 + 13 + 36pp, captions and text in Japanese and English. Original colour..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1987. Colour frontispiece, xviii + 372pp, appendix, notes, index, covers trifle shelf worn, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 180132. More
New York. Weatherhill. 1995. Map, colour and black and white plates, line illustrations, ix + 276pp, appendix, index, very good copy in dustjacket with sunned spine. 27 x 19.5cm. A study of the architecture and engineering of the Meiji period (1968-1912) in Japan. When referring to this item please quote..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1992. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxi + 413pp, abbreviations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, list of interviews, index, edges lightly foxed, mark upper edge, still a good paperback copy. "Singular for its breadth and balance, Winners in Peace chronicles the American Occupation of Japan, an episode..... More