Japanese Art

Tokyo: Seibu Art Forum , 1988. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Signed and with a drawing of a man's head on the front endpaper, with two word inscription. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and Japanese. Essay by Yoshiaki Tono. 55 works in the exhibition, which consisted of paintings, drawings and sculpture. All works illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, about 60 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Artist.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Boston and Tokyo 1901 and 1902: J. B. Millet, 1901. First Edition Thus . Red Cloth. Near Fine. 9 3/8" Tall. Photographs Throughout. Red Cloth, Gilt, Top Edges Gilt. 12 Volumes: Eight Volumes On Japan, Copyright 1901, And 4 Volumes On China, Copyright 1902, In Original Matching Red Cloth Bindings. #59 Of 1000 Of The "Author's Edition", In Very Sturdy And Long-Lasting Red Cloth. Brinkley Was A Military Attached For The British Legation Circa 1867-1871, Then An Advisor To The Meiji Government And An Instructor At The Naval Gunnery School. He Owned And Edited The Japan Mail From 1881, Which Later Merged With The Japan Times, And Was Foreign Correspondent Of The Times Of London. Very Light Signs Of Wear, Light Bumping To Head And Foot Of Spines, No Marks Or Names Or Bookplates, Not Ex-Library, A Well-Preserved Set. Volume I Has Fading In A Section At Top Of Rear Board, Where It Was Exposed To Light, But Spines Are Not Noticeably Faded. [Later Editions Of This Work Include Additions On… Read More

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)

American Art Galleries, NY, 1919; 8vo, 131 pages; illustrated. Original 1919 auction catalogue for the historic sale of the private Japanese print collection of J.D. Metzgar (1869-1958), distinguished American collector, authority on Japanese color prints, and author of "Adventures in Japanese Prints" (Grabhorn Press,1943). Over 1,200 of Metzgar’s personal prints are listed here for sale, from such masters as Hiroshige, Utamaro, Kuniyoshi, Hokusai, Moronobu, Kiyomasu, Shunsho, Buncho, Harunobu, Yeishi, Shigemasa, Shunyei (including the complete Chushingura series), and many other legendary and early artists. One hundred and eighteen pages of text followed by twenty-three illustration plates at the back containing 98 photos of selected works by Buncho, Shunyei, Yoshinobu, Koruisai, Tamagawa Shuncho, Yeishi, Kiyonaga, Harunobu, Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, Katsuchika Taito, Kunisada, Hiroshige (over 40 of them), and numerous others, each photo identified by lot number. Metzgar’s copy,… Read More

1925. Original photograph album. Very Good. Oblong, string-tied album of black cardstock leaves, 11" x 13", photographs mounted on 35pp, blanks at the rear. Bound in black, flexible boards with an embossed sailing ship and gilt lettering (Photo-Album) on the cover. Pasted in are 116 albumen and silver gelatin prints, ranging from small candids to 8 ½" x 10 ½" group portraits, a few fading, overall sharp and clean. Laid into the album are a Japanese news article, a small head-shot of an older gentleman, and a watercolor portrait (10" x 8 ¼") of a man's face. Most of the photographs in this album. circa 1895-1925, were taken in Mie-Ken (or "Mie prefecture"), part of the Kansai region on the main island of Honshu. The group and individual portraits reflect new social and economic developments and cultural norms that emerged during this period. Subjects are shown in either traditional Japanese garments or in Western dress. Group shots often depict people wearing both styles within the same picture.… Read More

Toto Bunka. Tokyo. 1952-54. Six volumes. Folio. Paintings I, Paintings II, Sculpture, Ceramics and Metalwork, Textiles & Lacquer, Architecture and Gardens. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth, with some sunning, in original dust wrappers, some tears and chipping. Lower corner bumped to Vol. I.(Due to the weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply overseas)

Shueisha, Tokyo, 1974. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Fine. Various, Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, 1974.Large folio (17x12 inches or 43x31cm), pp. 144, printed cream-colored cloth boards quarter-bound in white cloth, slipcased, text in Japanese. Large color plates, some folding, plus explanatory text. Part of a 12-volume set, this book devoted exclusively to Shunsho.Condition of this book:Fine in near fine slipcase (soiling at top and bottom edges). Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). One volume of the 12-volume set. Text is in Japanese. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Japan; Japanese Language; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54631. . This book… Read More

Early 20th-century reprint of Utagawa's famous book on Japanese women's fashions originally published in 1802.Volume 1 only of the 2 volume set.With 25 full-color woodblock prints depicting 12 scenes over double pages with different classes of women, 23 pages of Japanese text.Includes woodcuts of noble courtiers under cherry blossom, samurai wives relaxing, concubines, merchant women, servants at bathhouse, dancers, laundress, nursemaid, etc.Condition: blue embossed paper boards scuffed and discolored, but interior clean and bright, woodcuts free of foxing. Traditional Yotsume Toji four-hole stab binding stitched on the right-margin. Toyokuni Utagawa (1769-1825), was a grand master ukiyo-e print designer and woodblock artist, known for his portraits of kabuki actors.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publication LTD, New Jersey and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York, 1976 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (3 volumes with dust jacket in slipcase). Top edges gilt.; 34 x 25.5 cm.; 8.3 Kg.; 1034 pages with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jackets and slipcase. Interior in very good condition.; Limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is 793.; Among the arts of Japan, the colour print continues to exercise the strongest appeal to us in the West. The main reason for the present widespread and growing interest is the powerful design combined with the beauty of the colour harmonies of the prints. But there are also other reasons; they depict a Japan of the past now almost vanished, its culture, mores, annual events, legends and its history; and they also show the influence of the Japanese print on the evolution of modern Western art. In the last few years the most important event in the world of… Read More

Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1903. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Furuya Korin. Exceptionally scarce Japanese design publication from the early 20th century. This issue from early 1903, the third year of publication, features 20 full-page designs, all in colour and some with additional silver overprinting. One illustration is ink marked, appears to be printing fault. Front cover (Japanese script) is toned. English language cover has (filing?) label attached and is dulled. Stock is occasionally lightly marked, a little toned but in general good order. Stab binding with silk thread. Bibliographic information from best available translation (see photo of imprint, etc). 8vo. 24pp

San Francisco.: Nippon Yusen Kaisha. 1st Edition.. 1927.. Filled with countless black & white photographic images and striking cover art as well as numerous advertisements for hotels and passenger ships together with fashions of the era. In depth articles and commentary, and a focus on trans-pacific personalites. Each issue has 56pp. 31 x 23cm, original pictorial wrappers some with a mild vertical crease. Near fine copies. A loosely inserted card from New York's Japan Society states that this periodical, published in San Francisco in English was "published with the purpose of making Asian countries, particularly Japan, better known in the United States, and thus promoting better international relations, the magazine is sent to you as an activity of the Townsend Harris Committee. The attractive covers and format are reminiscent of the better known Asia Magazine. Articles include: 60 Years of Steam-Shipping. An History of Trans-Pacific Service - W.C. Bunner; Trans-Pacific Personalities; Hails and… Read More

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle 1969. (4to) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, mounted color plates (some fold-out), illustrations, photographs, index. A previous owner's bookplate and blindstamp, front dust jacket flap is corner clipped, and the dust jacket has a 2-inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Locale: Japan. (Art, Nagasaki Prints).

Denver, Colorado:: X-Press Books,, 1986.. Edition of 40. 9.25" x 7.25"; 36 pages. Type is Cairo. Japanese calligraphy by Mitzuko Santo. Printed on a 10 x 15" Chandler & Price platen press. Silk screen images. Text paper is Japanese Toyo Kurumi. Cover is Arches. Overlay are UV Ultra II. Tip sheets are Okawara Hand made. Press check masks are printed on Mohawk superfine cover. Two texts: reading from front to middle: second reading from back to middle. Japanese stab binding. Signed and numbered by Anderson. Judy Anderson: "In 1985 I worked in Tokyo, overseeing a large book project designed for the Brooklyn Museum. My presence there, as a young American woman directing the project, was a unique experience for both me and the male printing and publishing personnel. I was fascinated by the Japanese culture, their use of language, the role of alcohol, sleep and women. And how they used their faces as masks, hiding their true feelings. Being polite. Pretend. "One day… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2022 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover.; 23.5 x 29.7 cm.; 1.9 Kg.; 256 pages with 229 colour and 4 black & white illustrations.; Limited edition of 400 copies.; Exibition catalogue dedicated to the theme of Japanese porcelain in the form of human and animal figures, mostly produced for the export market during the second half of the 17th and 18th centuries. The animals represented are usually found amongst Japanese iconography, whilst the human figures are inspired by Japanese cosmopolitan society, deities and legendary local heroes. The nature of the trade for Japanese porcelain has determined the rarity of these pieces, which, combined with their decorative, formal beauty, as well as their quality, made them highly appreciated in Europe, and may also have appealed to the Japanese domestic market. This catalogue presents over 100 individual pieces, of which 75 are illustrated and discussed in the catalogue, along with an introductory… Read More

Taschen GmbH, Koln, 2010 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Japanese binding in hardcover case with two clasps.; 26.2 x 31.5 cm, 2 Kg, 272 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the hardcover case. Due to use the binding is slightly curved on the right side first page of the binding. Very good copy.; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world" ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views… Read More