東京. [Tokyo]. 国学院. [Kokugakuin]. Meiji 32 [ 1899]. Colour woodblock print on a sheet measuring 31.3 X 51.4cm, folded as issued. Tiny hole (pinhole) at one fold intersection, light toning to verso of two panels (outer side when folded), overall very good condition. An attractive woodblock print depicting a gosho..... More

京都. [Kyoto]. 山田芸艸堂. [Yamada Unsōdō]. Meiji 35 [ 1902]. One folding colour woodblock, eighteen full page colour woodblock illustrations, one heightened with silver, 2 pages calligraphy, 10 folded leaves, original wrappers with string ties, decorative upper cover titled in Japanese and the lower in English. Some light browning and soiling..... More

[Japan]. Early Meiji? Colour woodblock print with light folds, 34.3 x 46.2cm. Small mark lower margin at left on reverse barely visible on the side of the image. A detailed colour woodblock bird's eye view map looking out across Tokyo Bay from Kinryūin (Golden Dragon Temple), a Buddhist temple which..... More

大阪. [Osaka]. 汎究美術編集部. [Hankyū Bijutsu Henshūbu]. Showa 16 [ 1941]. Four tipped-in colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations, tissue guard, 23.3 x 16cm, [4] + 19pp, original wrappers of washi with woodblock title in black and a colour plate laid down, some browning but generally very good and clean..... More

[Japan]. 3 double page watercolours, 15 full page watercolours, 30 ink illustrations and over 20 draft pencil sketches on 76 double-folded leaves, some blank leaves, notes in Japanese on some leaves, paper title label upper cover, 24 x 16cm. Paper covers creased with edges worn, very occasional insect damage. An..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 太田節次. [Ōta Setsuji]. Meiji 28 [ 1895]. Black and white lithograph print on a 33 x 43.5cm light brown sheet, a few occasional tiny holes, occasional chips on margins, very good. This 1895 lithograph by Ōta Setsuji depicts an early-summer scene at the foot of Mount Fuji, where..... More

Tokyo. Kobunsha. Meiji 21 [ 1888]. Reprint. Ten folded paper leaves (including pictorial wrappers) illustrated throughout with colour woodblocks. Traditional Japanese style binding with renewed (?) silk ties. Light wear at extremities, tiny area of insect damage lower cover but a very good copy. Published just two years after the..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 東屋商店. [Azumaya Shoten]. Showa 38 [ 1963]. 8 pages of colour photographic illustrations, black and white photographic illustrations, 49pp, 35.7 x 25.7cm, Japanese modern string ties, attractive pictorial upper cover, title label upper cover. Edges of covers quite worn, two characters in ink on marked and browned lower..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 辻岡屋文助. [Tsujiokaya Bunsuke]. Circa 1850. Colour woodblock print, 36 x 25.7cm, a few neat paper repairs on reverse and paper a little thin in one tiny place upper left corner, otherwise a very good and striking colourful print. This fine wood block print by Utagawa Kunisato was most..... More

[Japan]. No date. (Circa 1930?). Volumes II and III of a three-volume series. A delightful pair of sketchbooks of watercolour designs for Japanese sweets or wagashi. Vol. II: 40pp. Vol. III: 40pp. Both volumes: 20.4 x 14.8cm; watercolour illustration and manuscript title on the upper cover of each volume; browning..... More