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

Asahi Shinbun-sha 朝日新聞社. 20 issues, original pictorial wrappers (one lacks upper wrapper). A little minor wear but overall very good. 36.5 x 26cm). Four issues from 1926 (October 27th, November 17th, 24th, December 15th); three from 1927 (January 12, April 27th, June 8th), one from 1929 (January 1st) lacks lower..... More

[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

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

男體社. Showa 3 [1928]. Handsome coloured bird's-eye folding map size, map measures 18 x 79cm; folds into 19 x 11cm colourful card folder. Sightseeing information and photographic illustrations are printed on the reverse in blue ink. A little minor wear at edges otherwise very good. This delightful folding map is..... More

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

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

[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

[Miyagawa Tonesuke]. 宮川常助, Meiji 42 [1909]. Folding colour sugoroku or Japanese game. 55.5 x 79.4cm. Minor wear along folds, some browning on reverse particularly along folds. An unusual sugoroku featuring all the varieties of flour commonly available in Japan at the time. The squares on the sheet show the designs..... More

Tokyo: 近時畫報社 [Kinji Gahō-sha]. Meiji 37 (1904) and Meiji 38 (1905). 8 issues of the Japanese magazine Senji gahō 戰時畫報. Titled in English as The Japanese Graphic, the Japanese title translates literally as "War Time pictorial. Volumes 25 to 30 together with two extra issues bound together in one volume..... More

Masuda Sadazō].* 増田定造, Meiji 33 [1900. Colour woodblock showing three examples of land service duty. 24.5 cm x 36.3 cm, very good copy. The three images on this sheet show: a military review; a military parade and military personal constructing a bridge. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More

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

Tokyo. 東京朝日新聞. Asahi Shimbun. Showa 16 [October 22,1941]. Black and white photographic plates throughout, 22pp, 36.5 x 25.5cm, Light even browning throughout, small section of loss lower edge. Good copy. Volume 37, no. 17. Edition of the well-known photo magazine Asahi Graph from October 1941. The contents of the magazine..... More