![大日本海陸軍人軍用器尽. [Dainihon kairiku gunjin gunyōkizukushi]. [Japanese Military...](/pictures/thumb/164282.jpg?v=1565869534)
Horikiri Tamakura].* 堀切玉蔵, Meiji 37 [1904]. Colour woodblock showing 30 examples of military service equipment, 24.3 cm x 35 cm Woodblock print showing the equipment used by the Japanese army and navy. Floats are called Ukifukuro and you can see the difference from the present day. It is an interesting... More about 大日本海陸軍人軍用器尽. [Dainihon kairiku gunjin gunyōkizukushi]. [Japanese Military...
Asahi Shimbun.? Showa 7 [1932]. Monotone photographic illustrations throughout, some full page but many two or more images attractively arranged on the page, 64pp, striking colour illustrated upper cover showing two attractive Japanese women dressed in elegant early 1930s Western clothes sightseeing with Mt Fuji in the background. 19 x.... More about 家庭朝日 新年増大号. 東日本新風景. [ Katei Asahi Shinnen zōdaigo. Higashi Nihon...
Kagawa: Chiba Shōkai 千葉商会, [1929]. Illustrated throughout, 39pp, original coloured pictorial wrappers, vertical crease where catalogued has been folded. Very good copy. This sales catalogue of new and second-hand clothing, shoes, caps, raincoats, blankets, tents, horse-riding gear, etc features many military-related items. Although this catalogue is not dated, the introductory... More about カタログ. Catalogue
![白麗水ポスター [Hakureisui posutā] [Hakureisui Poster]. FAMOUS GEISHA WITH AFRICAN -...](/pictures/thumb/157323.jpg?v=1524895324)
[Osaka?]. (circa1910). 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 the... More about 白麗水ポスター [Hakureisui posutā] [Hakureisui Poster
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1917. Attractive colour lithograph folded sheet, this is the third in a series of thirteen pictorial maps illustrating famous sites and specialities associated with the different regions of Japan, this map shows the Kii Peninsula and Shikoku area. Sheet size measures 77 x 55cm. Includes a key in the bottom... More about 漫画旅行 - 日本全図. [Manga Ryoko - Nihon Zenzu]. [Manga Journeys through Japan: Kii...
Taishō 5 [1916]. Printed letter with ink annotation 27 x 20cm folded into stamped addressed envelope. This business letter from Nihon Yūsen Co Ltd in Tokyo to the Ōno Kaisha Meeting Room in Aichi Prefecture is dated July the 5th, 1916. This letter probably accompanied the commemorative volume Nihon Yūsen... More about 手紙 日本郵船株式會社より大野会社集會所へ [ Tegami: Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki...
![軍隊生活画報. [Guntai seikatsu gahō]. [Pictorial News of Military Life]. JAPANESE MILITARY...](/pictures/thumb/156085.jpg?v=1524895321)
Tokyo. 愽画舘 (Hakugakan). Taisho 1 (1912). [Reprint]. Double page sheet printed in orange and black, central fold, 41.5 x 55cm. Very good copy. Image shows many aspects of military life and training. Writing on the right margin says "Picture commemorating the military education". The scenes depicted are: "Walking a wooden... More about 軍隊生活画報. [Guntai seikatsu gahō]. [Pictorial News of Military Life
Nagoya. 金城商報.[Kaneshiro shō-hō]. 昭和4 [1929]. Colour advertising poster with creases from folding, occasional light browning, 78 x 56cm. Very good. This attractive coloured poster advertises the rubber boots. The poster assures the reader that the company can provide rubber boots suitable for many purposes including riding, fishing and farming as... More about 强 丈夫 值假 の安 金城ゴム商会長靴の御用意. [Tsuyoi Joubu Nedan no Yasui...
![大日本板地図. [Dainihon itachizu] Japanese Empire "Pop Out" Style Maps. KATO JOICHI,...](/pictures/thumb/155126.jpg?v=1547101823)
大日本雄辯會講談社 [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 5 [1930]. These pop-out jigsaw maps were supplement of the Japanese magazine Shonen Kurabu on April 1st, Showa 5 (1930). The 8 maps on 8 individual cards show Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Original card covers now fragmented and browned. Complete. In the blank section of... More about 大日本板地図. [Dainihon itachizu] Japanese Empire "Pop Out" Style Maps
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Osaka. 片山房吉 (Katayama Fusakichi). Meiji 27 (1894). Single sheet colour woodblock with Japanese text. Sheet measures 25.5 x 37.5cm. There are several small holes in lower section though the loss is not significant, some light browning mainly along the edges, a 8 x 9cm brown stain on the right hand... More about 三國交渉画報 第二号. [Sangoku kōshō gahō dainigō]. [Pictorial News on the Relation...
Tokyo. Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha 大日本雄辯會講談社. Shōwa 7 (1932). Colour sugoroku or Japanese game, 5 closed tears (each 2 x 3cm) near from folds, some other light signs of use and occasional light spotting. 61.5 x 92.5cm. This colourful sugoroku game features a race around the world. On the reverse there... More about 世界早まわり競争・バスケットボール・大口太郎・ニコニコエビス....
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Osaka. Osaka Mainichi Shinbun 大阪毎日新聞. Shōwa 5 (1930). Large sugoroku game featuring a air trip around the world. Issued as the New Year's Day supplement to Osaka Mainichi Shinbun 大阪毎日新聞 in 1930. Approximately 76.5 x 107.5cm. Few small holes at folds, a little light foxing. Short closed tear from margin... More about 新時代教育遊戯 征空すごろく. [Shinjidai kyōiku yūgi seikū sugoroku]....
![帝國服制要覽[Teikoku fukusei yōran]. [Imperial Dress Code Manual]. ŌSAKA MAINICHI...](/pictures/thumb/163950.jpg?v=1566360035)
Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]*. 大阪毎日新聞社. Meiji 44 [1911]. Beautifully coloured illustrations many heightened with silver and all captioned in Japanese. 76.5 cm x 107.3 cm. Folded. Some small holes at folds, few closed tears, a little careless folding in places, some light creasing and soiling on reverse. Published as a supplement... More about 帝國服制要覽[Teikoku fukusei yōran]. [Imperial Dress Code Manual
![日露交戰里程入早見新地圗. [Nichi-Ro kosen riteiiri hayami shin chizu].[Latest Map of...](/pictures/thumb/160731.jpg?v=1564482634)
大阪.[Osaka]. 瀬原捨松.[Sutematsu Sehara]. 明治三十七[1904]. Colour folding Japanese woodblock map published at the time of the Russo-Japanese war showing Japan, Korea, China and the Soviet Union, two inset maps and a comparison chart comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese and Russian forces, scale not given. Writing in calligraphy upper... More about 日露交戰里程入早見新地圗. [Nichi-Ro kosen riteiiri hayami shin chizu].[Latest Map of...
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Kyoto. 村上勘兵衛, 文部省刊行. [Murakami Kanbē; Monbushō kankō]. Meiji 10 [1877]. Colour woodblock map from volume 1 of the Journal of World Geography 萬國地誌略, published in 1877. Printed area measures 33.5 x 21cm, a good copy with occasional soiling. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159812). More about 北亜米利加洲. [Kita Amerika-shū]. [The States of North America
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Kyoto. 村上勘兵衛, 文部省刊行. [Murakami Kanbē; Monbushō kankō]. Meiji 10 [1877. Colour woodblock map, vertical fold.. From volume 1 of the Journal of World Geography 萬國地誌略, published in 1877. Printed area measures 23 x 21cm, a good copy with some light wear and occasional soiling. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159814). More about 南亜米利加洲. [Minami Amerika-shū]. [The States of South America
Bunkyu-do. Circa Meiji 11.5 (1878). 2 volumes of a 4 volume atlas of Japan. Volume I: [4pp] district list, 22 double page copper engraved maps of Kinai (Kyoto-Osaka region) and Tokaido (Tokyo-Kanto region), 2 double page in colour, 19 double page in black and white and one double page featuring... More about 内国地図 1&3第: Naikoku Chizu Volumes I and III. The Map of Japan: Most Precise Drawing
![旅順之戰績. [Album of Military Success in Ryojun]. HIDESABURŌ TAKAHASHI,...](/pictures/thumb/162009.jpg?v=1557302436)
旅順.[Lüshun]. 東京堂.[Tōkyōdo]. 昭和十八 (1943). Attractively produced small pictorial album praising Japan's military success in China's Liaodong Peninsula, 32 photographic plates titled and captioned, 32pp in wrappers, covers little worn mainly on corners, hinge detached, a very clean copy in good condition. Text in Japanese. 12.6 x 18.2cm. The album features... More about 旅順之戰績. [Album of Military Success in Ryojun
[1917]. Bright colourful paper fan featuring American Katherine Stinson, only the fourth American women to get a pilot's licence and Ueno Tsuyako regarded as Japan's first women aviator. 20.5 x 30.5cm. 上野艶子嬢 (Miss Ueno Tsuyako). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 155388). More about Paper Fan Commemorating Two Pioneer Women Pilots
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Kobe. Geo. Whymark & Co Wine Merchants. Printed by E-An & Co., (circa1915). [4]pp booklet in stapled wrappers, staples rusted, lower wrapper detached from staples, booklet has been folded vertically. upper corners creased. Outer margin upper wrapper little marked by staples. The incorrect letter I has been struck through in... More about Cocktail Recipies [sic]. Geo. Whymark & Co. Wine Merchants. Wholesale & Retail
