[Japan]. Circa [ 1930?]. Folding coloured board game (12.6 x 12.9cm), small tube with a metal lid containing a dice and 4 playing pieces each in 4 colours, original box (15 x 7.5 x 2.6cm), rules of the game in Japanese text laid down inside lid. Signs of light use..... More

[Japan]. 大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 8 [ 1933]. Thirty two full page colour plates, ten monochrome photographic illustrations, black and white line illustrations in text throughout, 336pp, 18.8 x 12.8cm. Some largely even browning throughout, pictorial wrappers a little worn and browned, a good copy of a fascinating book..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 清水恭五郎. [Shimizu Kyōgorō]. Meiji 36 [ 1903]。. Colour folding sugoroku game sheet, 49 x 72.8cm, very good copy. This colourful and lively sugoroku game was published in 1903, when school athletic carnivals were becoming widely popular from primary to high school levels. It features various competitions for boys..... More

[Japan]. Edo. Two black and white woodblock prints featuring volvelle or wheel charts each measuring 15.3 x 20.2cm. The dial on the rice market chart is loose, there is a pin hole where a pin could be inserted to enable the dial to be used. Both prints are in very..... More

[Japan]. Late Edo Period? [Circa 1850?]. Hand-copied manuscript, hand-drawn black and white and red ink illustrations, 23.8 x 17.4cm, 15 double-folded leaves, 4-hole string binding. Worming at lower edge of most leaves affecting occasional final characters still legible and now stablised with washi. Paper covers a little worn, soiled and..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 11 [ 1936]. Colour folding sugoroku game sheet with games printed on both sides. 53.8 x 77cm. Some neat washi repairs at closed tears and folding points, occasional light browning. These two sugoroku games, printed on both sides of a single sheet, were..... More

[Japan]. (Circa 1875?). Manuscript, five colour and one black and white illustration, 24.6 x 16.2cm, four double-folded leaves, upper corners lightly damp stained, both the contents and handmade paper binding with paper ties, are marked and worn. This intriguing manuscript, most likely dating from the late Edo or early Meiji..... More

[Japan]. (Circa 1930?). Fan with colour photographic woman showing with a lacquered handle, 33 x 19.5cm very good. A beautifully made fan with an image of a young woman in a kimono, dressed as a flower seller, likely taken in a photograph studio. This fan is skilfully made without the..... More

[Japan]. [朝日新聞社. [Asahi Shinbunsha]. [ 1928]. Colour folding board game sheet, 54.5 x 78.6cm. Edges have been strengthened using brown paper along the margins of the advertisment. Minor wear but otherwise good. This board game sheet was issued as a New Year supplement to Asahi Gurafu (Asahi Graph) Volume 10..... More

(Japan). 株式会會社兒童新聞社. [Kabushiki Kaisha Jidō Shinbunsha]. Taisho 11 [ 1922]. Folding colour sugoroku game sheet, 54.7 x 77.5cm. Some childish pencil drawing on the reverse, old washi repairs to the rear of the sheet and margins, as well as recent repairs to the margins and fold points. Good bright copy..... More

Late Edo [ 1850s?]. Map, 30 double-page black and white wood block prints, 17.5 x 12cm, [60]pp. Some relativetly minor worming, occasional spotting, few neat washi repairs, title label missing. This book is a compilation of 30 small mitate banzuke (見立番付) from the late Edo period. Mitate banzuke is a...... More

[Tokyo]. 三澤書店. [Misawa Shoten]. Meiji 38 [ 1905]. Black and white folding illustration and two additional line illustrations in text, 10.5 x 12.5cm, 87pp, very nice little book in pictorial paper stapled wrappers, staple a rusty but holding firm. This little book, with a cherry blossom illustration on the upper..... More

Japan. 堅田新聞社. [Katata Shinbunsha]. Showa 11 [ 1936]. Colour sugoroku game sheet, 55 x 77.5cm, some small closed teas to the margin edges now repaired with washi on the reverse. A bright, clean sugoroku in vibrant colour. This colourful 1936 sugoroku game sheet was distributed as an advertisement for local..... More