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]. 明治四十三 1910. Bilingual (French and Japanese) early 20th century postal regulations as agreed between the Minister of State for Communications of Empire of Japan, S. Gotō, and the Communication Minister of the United Mexican States, Leandro Fernandez. 26 + 14pp, an errata tipped in upper pastedown, in..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 長谷川周吉. [Hasegawa Shūkichi]. 明治20 [ 1887]. Colour woodblock sheet, 37.5 x 24.5cm. Light diagonal crease across lower corner. Foxing visible at edges in particular, red paint smudge lower corner. Good copy. This colourful woodblock "Omocha-e" (toy pictures or play pictures) was published in 1887 and depicts four detailed..... 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

[Japan]. Meiji 41 [ 1908]. Colour lithograph print, 52.5 x 39.5 cm, caption lower edge. Lower margin torn with loss, now neatly repaired with washi, causing some loss to publishing details. Margins and reverse a little browned and marked but the image itself is very good and bright. This colour..... 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

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..... 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..... More