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Fans of Japanese art will love our selection of rare books about Japanese Art in the Biblio Rare Book Room. From gorgeous woodblock paintings to ornate books on Japanese art and culture, there is a wide variety of rare Japanese art books featured below in the Biblio Rare Book Room. There are so many rare and antique Japanese art books to choose from, and they are sure to increase the value of your rare and antique book collection.

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NOH-KA GABI
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NOH-KA GABI

by [COSTUME DESIGNS - NOH THEATER]

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19. [COSTUME DESIGNS - NOH THEATER] NOH-KA GABI. Tokyo & Kyoto: Unsodo, n.d. [Showa 9, 1934]. Large brocade covered wooden box of 102 (of 100 - there are 2 extra plates not called for in the contents pages) plates of Noh costumes, patterns, masks, etc. An impressive mixture of printing techniques - color woodcut, offset, color collotype and various hybrids thereof. Sheet size: 29 x 37 cm. One of the wonderful folios for which Unsodo was famous between the wars. Very good, complete, very unusual, text in Japanese.
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SAIGOKU SAN-JU^-SAN-SHO JUNREI EMAKI
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SAIGOKU SAN-JU^-SAN-SHO JUNREI EMAKI

by [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] NAKAZAWA Hiromitsu, artist

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1946. [SKETCH TOUR GENRE] NAKAZAWA Hiromitsu, artist. SAIGOKU SAN-JU^-SAN-SHO JUNREI EMAKI. Kyoto, Kanao Bun'endo^, publisher. Sho^wa 21 [1946]. Oblong folio of o^ban size woodblock prints after designs by Hiromitsu, detailing the famous pilgrimage sites (and sights) in western Japan. The blocks were cut by Okada Seijiro^ and the printers were Nishimura Kumakichi and Takagi Kiyomitsu. This portfolio project was initially completed and printed in 1925. This edition, printed from the same blocks at the very end of Kanao's life, was obviously issued as a companion piece to the THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF OSAKA, which Kanao also published in 1946. The colors of the original 1925 edition were quite a bit more light and "crumbly" than the bolder colors used in this printing, which accord with that used in the Osaka series. (I personally like this bolder approach to Hiromitsu's work.) There are eleven color woodblock printed preliminary pages, a table of contents page, 37 pilgrimage views, a final portrait of… Read More
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HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE
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HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE

by [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endo^, publisher

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1916. [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endo, publisher. HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE A folding album of 24 (of 30) prints - oban size color woodcut, printed by Nishimura Kumakichi and published by Kanao Bun'endo in 1916,17. The finest of all of Bun'endo's remarkable porfolio productions, The HANSHIN MEISHO ZUE is a great rarity, even individual prints from the series of 30 are by no means common. We are missing only prints #7, 21-25 (6 in all). There are two prefatory pages, one is a map of the trip around western Japan depicted herein, the other a table of contents. Also, one of the Akamatsu Rinsaku designed portfolio cover prints has been mounted as preface to the whole series, while four others have been trimmed and mounted on two pages at the end. The artists who designed the prints were Akamatsu Rinsaku (1878-1953), Noda Kyuho (1879-1971), Hata Tsuneharu(1883-? ), Mizushima Nihou (or Nihofu) (1884-1958) and Nagai Hyosai (1882-1945). For more on this remarkable work, see Charles Mitchell's article in ESSAYS ON… Read More
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THE JAPANESE PRINT AN INTERPRETATION
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THE JAPANESE PRINT AN INTERPRETATION

by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Chicago: The Ralph Fletcher Seymour Co., 1912.. Tan Japanese paper over boards, lettered in dark blue, with abstract Crane device stamped in olive green. Fibrous Japanese paper endsheets. Neatly rebacked in tan paper board. Boards slightly smudged and lightly edgeworn, attractive period bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a good copy, in oversize folding clamshell box. First published printing of the first edition, preceded by another printing which Wright disliked and destroyed (but for an alleged 'few'). This is one of the copies printed Japan vellum, of which, depending on the reference, there were either thirty-five or fifty copies. Inscribed by Wright in 1915 at the lower edge of the first blank, and signed with initials. This was Wright's first book for which he was the sole author of the text, and is the most substantive of his publications devoted to his pioneering passion for this subject. SWEENEY 109.
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Japanese Prints: A Collection of Hanga by Shiko Munakata. SIGNED.
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Japanese Prints: A Collection of Hanga by Shiko Munakata. SIGNED.

by Munakata, Shiko

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Purple silk covered boards with gilt lettering to front; black title to spine & gilt decoration to rear. Includes a ten foot x 16.5 inch folded print entitled Daisekai no Saku "Ken" Kamigami Yori Jinrui E. Jacket has two closed tears; other wise a fine copy in a vibrant purple cloth by Wada Book Binding, Tokyo. Large (15x30 cm) bold brush & ink signature by Munakata to front free fly. Number 2813 of only 3000 copies in the original Japanese.; Folio 30x43 cm; 222 pages; Signed by Artist; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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[MASTERPIECES Of The Japanese Woodblock Print] [Cover Title in Japanese]
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[MASTERPIECES Of The Japanese Woodblock Print] [Cover Title in Japanese]

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np: np, [c1900]. folio. 36 tipped-in colour woodblock prints after Isoda Koryusai, Hiroshige Ando, Shotei Watanabe, Tosa Mitsuoki, & others. tissue guards with legends in Japanese & English. original patterned silk, paper title label on cover (corners bit frayed)
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Sights and Scenes in Fair Japan.
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Sights and Scenes in Fair Japan.

by [OGAWA KAZUMASA].

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Tokyo: Imperial Government Railways.. (circa1910).. 50 delicate hand coloured collotype plates on high quality stiff card each captioned in English, presented in Japanese embroidered silk covered boards with tassle ties, All edges gilt., patterned gilt endpapers.The hinges of each image have been professionally repaired with Japanese paper and wheat starch paste. Neat pencilled annotations lower corners, leaves clean and bright. 26 x 38cm. This beautiful album proved very popular and was reprinted a number of times, in some editions all of the plates are in colour, as is the case with this copy, and at other times the edition only shows some plates in colour and while the others are in black and white. The work also appears in editions both with and without 2 maps, later editions in Western bindings. Although his name does not appear in this album it seems highly likely that this album was published by Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929). Described by Terry Bennett in his excellent work Japanese Photography… Read More
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富士見十三州輿地全圖. [Fujimi...
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富士見十三州輿地全圖. [Fujimi Jūsanshū yochi zenzu]. [Map of the Thirteen Provinces From Where Mt. Fuji Is Visible].

by AKIYAMA EINEN [OR NAGATOSHI] 秋山永年.

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Shūseidō 衆星堂. [Reprint].. Tenpō 14 (1843).. Large folding handcoloured map of the thirteen provinces from which Mt. Fuji can be viewed. 159 x 178cm. Folds into paper covered card covers measuring 40 x 24cm. Title label upper cover. A little browning along folds, occasional spotting and soiling. A little worming causing approximately 1cm of loss in places. Two chops in lower section. A very striking and attractive map. This very large handsome map is a detailed map of the thirteen provinces from which one can see Mt. Fuji. Provinces shown are the eight provinces of the Kantō region, Sagami 相模, Musashi 武蔵, Kazusa 上総, Shimofusa 下総, Awa 安房, Kōzuke 上野, Shimotsuke 下野, and Hitachi, 常陸, and five other provinces, Izu 伊豆, Suruga 駿河, Tōtōmi 遠江, Kai 甲斐, and Shinano 信濃. The map… Read More
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Soka Hyakushu
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Soka Hyakushu: (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers)

by Bairei Kono

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Complete set of Bairei Kono's Soka Hyakushu or Kusabana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada Unsodo, 1901-1904.
231 color woodcut plates bound in 4 volumes, stored in a custom green-cloth slip-case. The woodblock plates printed with natural vegetable dyes for true-to-life colors.
Vol. 1: 58 plates, Vol. 2: 58 plates
Supplements: Vol. 3: 60 plates, Vol. 4: 55 plates.
Condition: pale-blue paper covers slightly worn and grubby, but interior fresh and vibrant. First page in each volume with a large red illegible stamp (two on text pages, two on flower plates). A few plates with white flowers oxidized.
Bairei Kono (1844-1895) was a Japanese painter, book illustrator and art teacher famous for his botanicals and kacho-e (flower and bird) paintings.
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Domestic Japan. ; Illustrated descriptions of articles used in Japanese daily life. First volume...
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Domestic Japan. ; Illustrated descriptions of articles used in Japanese daily life. First volume - Kitchen Utensils. [All published]

by NARUMO, Kinjiro

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Japan: Yokohama Seishi Bunsha, 1895. First Edition. Rare English-language guide to Japanese domestic wares, with 76 fully-illustrated items. Its publication came at a time when Japan was experiencing a dramatic shift from the conservative, isolationist policies of the sh gun-dominated Edo period to the rapid and widespread drive to modernise and engage with the rest of the world that characterizes the Meiji Restoration. This booklet focuses on a traditional domestic interior and features a beautiful double-page plate showing the layout and arrangement of a Japanese period home, showing respective zones for food preparation, cooking and the entertainment of guests. Items specifically illustrated and described include lacquer wares, a charcoal-burning stove, lanterns, wooden buckets and items used in the tea ceremony. A beautiful copy of a scarce work published for the English market. Bibliography: Not in Cordier or Nipponalia.; Rogala Jozef 'A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English', 783.… Read More
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Keika Hyakugiku
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Keika Hyakugiku: Keika's 100 Chrysanthemums

by Keika Hasegawa

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Rare complete copy of Keika Hasegawa's Keika Hyakugiku (100 chrysanthemums by Keika)(The British Museum only has Volumes 1 and 2, the Smithsonian only 2 and 3.)75 colour woodblock prints (all published), including eight double-page, from this seminal book on the cultivation of chrysanthemums. Volumes 1 and 2 published in July 1893 and Volume 3 published in December 1903. Chrysanthemum cultivation came to Japan from China in the 8th century and the flower was later adopted as the Emperor's crest. Over the centuries, extraordinary hybrids of elegant shapes and vibrant colours were produced, many of which are recorded in this book.Little is known about the artist Keika Hasegawa. (The name Keika is usually a woman's name.) Active in the final years of the 19th century, he also produced books of patterns for kimono and washi paper such as Biko Zukan (Art Book) 1894, and Kyoka Zuan (Patterns of Kyoto), 1897. Original wraps are grubby and worn, interior slightly browned and edges worn. A few prints with… Read More
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Kairo - One Hundred Patterns of Waves
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Kairo - One Hundred Patterns of Waves

by DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, Artist

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Teramachi Nijo, Kyoto, Japan : Yamada Unsodo (37) pages held together with 2 brads top end. 35 pages with tissue guards over multiple lovely woodblock prints, either 96 or 102 depending on how one repeated image is counted. With an additional full page black and silver woodblock print on rice paper (9" x 12 1/2") laid in. No date (in English) , circa 1902-1905. Laid into original folio black paper covered boards printed in silver Art Deco design, with title, artist and publisher printed in English front and back. Front and back pages printed in Japanese. Very Good, cloth at spine torn at top and bottom edges, rubbing to boards at edges. Some tissue guards creased or torn, the woodblock prints are all bright and Fine. Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) was aan important early 20th c. Japanese artist, known as the father of modern Japanese design and the last great master of the Rinpa traditional school of art. RARE, one copy found in current commerce ( lacking the additional woodblock print) and 8… Read More
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Waka moshiogusa - Gasan yōrosen, 和歌藻塩草 - 畫讃搖艫船
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Waka moshiogusa - Gasan yōrosen, 和歌藻塩草 - 畫讃搖艫船: 52 lifetime impression woodblock print illustrations by Hakuin

by Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴 1686 – 1769)

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Two volumes bound together; 12 nn, 24 numbered, 56 numbered, 1 nn pages; [Kyoto] 柳枝軒, Horeki 9 (1759). Binding is worn; some worming (see photos). Title slip is missing.
Volume 1: 和歌藻塩草 / Waka moshiogusa, 5 not numbered pages,  12 number leaves (24 pages) with poems by Hahuin.
Volume 2: 畫讃搖艫船 / Gasan yōrosen, 1 not numbered leave (2 pages), 28 numbered leaves (56 pages) with 55 full pages woodblock illustratuin, 1 not numbered page.
This is one of the most remarkable and most rare works of Zen literature. Jack Hillier (The Art of the Japanese book) did not know this book. There exist only two more known copies of this book. One is at in the US at Stanford University Libraries and a second one is in Japan at Tohoku Universität Kano(東北大狩野).
Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴, January 19, 1686 – January 18, 1769) was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is regarded as the reviver of the Rinzai school from a moribund period of stagnation,… Read More
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Works of Rosanjin Kitaoji
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Works of Rosanjin Kitaoji

by Shirasaki, Hideo

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Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Tokyo, Japan, 1972 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Japanese text.; Hardcover cloth (with slipcase with two clasps.); Includes publisher carton box with wear marks.; book (26.5 x 35.5 cm; 3.7 Kg); book inside slipcase (27.5 x 37 cm x 5.5; 4.8 Kg); book inside slipcase in carton box (31.5 x 40.5 cm x 7; 5.3 Kg).; 49 pages with English text including list of plates plus 395 pages in Japanese, including 324 plates and 81 seal marks with English captions.; LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 920.; The hardcover cloth is in near fine condition. The slipcase shows minor signs of wear. The carton box has signs of wear throughout, namely a minor stain and some wear marks on the outside.; "The art of Rosanjin Kitaoji is in a sort of chaos even today. Rosanjin Kitaoji often said "Nothing should be discussed in a generalized manner". And, this is true of his art more than anything else. As a matter of fact, he among his… Read More
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The Illustrated Life of Shakyamuni (Shaka goichidaiki zue kan yon)...
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The Illustrated Life of Shakyamuni (Shaka goichidaiki zue kan yon) 釈迦御一代記図会巻四, 6 vols-set, first edition 1845 (Kōka 2)

by Katsushika Hokusai - 葛飾北斎 1760–1849

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Rare original first edition, published and printed during Hokusai's lifetime (Bunka 2, 1845) - the coronation of the Gakyō Rōjin" 画狂老人; "The Old Man Mad About Art" period. Your chance to own an authentic Hokusai print and a piece of history!
Orange stitched (fukurotoji bindings) wrappers, 6 vol.set
The Shaka goichidaiki zue is the illustrated record of Shakyamuni's life, published in 1845, which consists of six volumes. The entire work is composed of 55 episodes compiled by Yamada Isai 山田意斎 and 35 monochrome illustrations crafted by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. This book has three publishers: Echigoya Jihei 越後屋治兵衛 in Kyoto, Yamashiroya Sahei 山城屋佐兵衛 in Edo, and Kawachiya Mohei 河内屋茂兵衛 in Osaka, indicating that it was prevalent during that time.
For further reading and another impression in the Arthur Tress Collection, in the Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, go to:… Read More
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