[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

[Tokyo]. [集英社. Shūeisha]. Showa 27 [ 1952]. Folding colour game board (37.7 x 20cm) with accompanying sheet of cut-outs of players and for constructing the stadium, (19 x 27.2cm), additional small card with punch-out cardboard bat and balls (1 ball missing; 3.5 x 8cm), and original pictorial wrapper. Board is..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 實業之日本社. [Jitsugyō no Nihonsha]. Taisho 7 [ 1918]. Folding colour sugoroku game, 77 x 53.3cm, a trifle time toned. Very good copy. This interesting colour sugoroku game sheet was issued as a supplement to the January 1918 issue of Fujin Sekai (婦人世界), a popular women’s magazine. The game..... More

[Japan]. Circa 1930? 16 colour cards with black and white illustrations on reverse, 8 black and white cards, 4.5 x 7cm, cardboard box with sliding cover 7.5 x 5.5cm. Colour cards have the same black and white illustrations on reverse. Set of small cards with delightful images of mischievous boys..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 実業之日本社. [Jitsugyo no Nihonsha]. Taisho 14 [ 1925]. Colour folding sugoroku game sheet, 55 x 75.5 cm, occasional browning visible on the reverse and a little on the margins but otherwise a very clean and good copy. The game follows a woman's life stages, from her wedding to..... More

大阪. [Osaka]. 東新太郎. [Azuma Shintarō]. Meiji 31 [ 1898]. Colour woodblock sugoroku, 37.8 x 53cm, a little light staining and soiling in margins, very good. This vividly printed colour woodblock sugoroku game was published in 1898 and features major sites in Osaka. The game highlights entertainment districts such as Dōtonbori..... More

[Japan]. 1830 - 1860? Folded black and white kawaraban woodblock with map showing Tokyo's red light districts. 30.3 x 39.4cm. Light rubbing in one place upper margin, a little worming and small closed tear in lower margin. Sheet has been backed with washi. Good copy. This late Edo period kawaraban..... More

[Japan]. 玉置合名会社. [Tamaoki Gōmeigaisha]. (Circa 1931). Sugoroku illustrated with colour photographic images, 54.5 x 79cm, accompanied by nine original playing pieces, 5.8 x 4.5cm each with the original, somewhat marked and torn, envelope which measures 21.7 x 27cm . Good condition overall. This vibrant sugoroku game sheet served as an..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 合同会社時事新報社. [Gōdō Kaisha Jiji Shinpōsha]. Taisho 6 [ 1917]. Colour folding sugoroku game sheet, 55 x 78.8cm, a few small holes at folds but otherwise very good. This fun sugoroku game in vivid colours was published in 1917 during World War I. The sheet was issued as a...... 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

東京. [Tokyo]. 博文館. [Hakubunkan]. 明治41 [ 1908]. Colourful folding sugoroku game, 55 x 79cm, neatly mended using washi along folds on reverse, small holes at folds now strengthened, occasional light browning, very good copy. This colourful and educational sugoroku game was published in January 1908 as the New Year supplement..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. Collection of seven items of ephemera relating to the visit of Carl Hagenbeck Circus to Tokyo in 1933, all in good condition. This collection is made up of: 1. Program, 27 x 38.7cm 2. Expo venue pictorial map, 27 x 38.7cm 3. Invitation information, 15.4 x 30.5cm 4..... 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