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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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