Kurabu Corporation. Very attractive small coloured die cut on card, text in Japanese on rear,10.2 x 5cm. Very good copy. Patriotic die cut advertisement produced by the Club corporation, which produced toothpaste, washing powder and later cosmetics. The image shows a map of parts of eastern China, the Korean Peninsula..... More

Tokyo. Department of Communications, Tokio.遞信省通信局. 1913- 1914. Two bilingual early 20th century postal agreements between the Imperial Postal Administration of Japan and the United States, Japan and Dominion of Canada. 20 + 11pp. Wrappers a little browned and discoloured in places, a little wear with loss on paper spine. Very..... More

Tokyo. 遞信省通信局.[Teishinshō Tsūshinkyoku]. 明治四十 1907. Bilingual (English and Japanese) early 20th century postal regulations as agreed between the Minister of State for Communications of Empire of Japan, 山縣 伊三郎 [Yamagata Isaburō], and the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sydney Buxton. 22 + 14pp, in..... More

[Osaka?]. (circa 1910). 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..... More

(Pre-World War II). Japanese lacquer tray, 21.2 x 21.2cm. Few small chips along one join, overall very good. A black lacquered tray decorated with a pattern fan and cherry blossom, and bearing the inscription "Commemorating the Victorious Return: Tenth Engineering Division" and a haiku verse celebrating the mountain cherry trees..... 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..... More

実業之日本社. [Jitsugyō no Nihonsha]. 明治 44 [1911]. Colour folding sugoroku, 54.5 x 76cm, original player's pieces, so often missing from sugoroku, appear on left edge, very good copy. This colourful sugoroku game sheet was issued as the 1911 new year supplement of the Japanese magazine, Fujin Sekai (Women's World) founded..... More

[Tokyo]. No publisher. Early Meiji (Pre 1889). Coloured copper plate map, 44 x 61 cm, folded into 14.7 x 8 cm, cloth cover with title label slightly insect damaged but still legible. Some tiny holes at folds, worming in one small place, an 8cm repair along one fold from the..... 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..... More

Tokyo. 博文館. [Hakubunkan]. Meiji 29 [ 1896]. Colour folding sugoroku which has been much used. Paper evenly browned, a few small stains, repaired tears along folds and edges with archival washi, some repairs visible on the image though this are not aggressively obvious. A very interesting and attractive late Meiji..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 教育写真通信会. [Kyōiku Shashin Tsūshinkai]. 大正12 [ 1923]. Folding plan printed in red and blue, 47 full page black and white photographic illustrations, 48pp, first and last leaves browned, occasional soiling, some light browning folding plan, cloth boards with cord ties, edges worn with a little loss, good copy..... 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..... More

大阪朝日新聞. [Ōsaka Asahi Shinbun]. 大正13 [ 1924]. Folding colour bird's-eye view map of the region affected by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Staining and soiling particularly evident on reverse and only occasionally on map, surface of map abraded in one 2 x 4cm section resulting in a small hole..... More