Kōbe (Japan), Meiji period, ca. 1890-1900. Original string-bound pamphlet in card wrappers, measuring 17.5 × 13.5 cm, with two printed labels affixed to front wrapper; twenty-five leaves containing 500 tipped-in matchbox labels, predominantly color-printed, measuring ca. 3.5 × 5 to 4.2 × 6.5 cm. Light soil and wear to wrappers;..... More

Printed photograph album commemorating the visit of the Crown Prince to the Karafuto prefecture in the summer of 1925, with preface by Okishima Kamazo and edited by Fujii Shoji, consisting of 20 plates with 73 black and white photographs tracing the Crown Prince's trip including visits to schools, agricultural research..... More

Invitation for Ay-O's Rainbow Staircase Environment, "A Fluxfest Presentation", held at 363 Canal Street, New York, on November 20, 1965, from 7 to 10 pm, with $1 entry admission charged, the invitation designed by George Maciunas. Offset lithograph printed in black text on cream-colored paper, overall dimensions 5 3/4 x...... More

Unpaginated (29 leaves) album including introductory text on the conference and promoting and explaining the planned-for International Exposition scheduled to be held in Tokyo in 1940, printed list of contents, and 31 mounted original photographs(most approx. 4 1/2" x 6") showing international delegates (both Asian and Caucasian) to the conference..... More

89, 13 pp. text (in Japanese with English summary) and descriptions, 100 plates showing a fine collection of masks as used in Noh plays. Sm. 4to. Cloth, d.j. (chipped). Kyoto (Hinoki) 1954. More

Unpaginated (6) pp. title and introductory matter, including list of exhibited works, accompanying 57 plates (3 in superb color) showing excellent photographs of dramatic Noh masks, most from the collections of private individuals (mainly patriarchs of Noh acting families) and a few held by National museums. Folio. Paper-covered boards, tie-bound..... More

First edition thus. Paperback. Paris: 1928. Octavo (23 cm). Original decorative yellow card wrappers (unattributed); 44 pp. With one black-and-white photograph depicting a scene in the play's first performance. Wrappers slightly dust-soiled; small chips along overlapping edges; text very good. First and only Russian translation of this play by Japanese..... More

5 volume study and presentation (in English) of the history of Ukiyoye painting and woodblock printmaking, defined in the preface as genre pictures and popular works depicting manners and customs of the time as opposed to classical works, including an altogether 211 pp. text distributed throughout the volumes, 156 fine..... More

Unpaginated auction catalogue, edited by Gyoho Naito and Sukeharu Ario, of some 250 works of traditional Japanese art and craftsmanship, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, calligraphy, decorative objects, and other items, from the fine collection put together by Baron Denzaburo Fujita in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, each..... More

Tokyo: Shunjūsha, 1931. Octavo (18.9 × 10.7 cm). Original blue cloth publisher's folding case with two clasps and printed label to front board, housing a text booklet in printed wrappers ([1], 178 pp. and four charts, including three folding) and 54 leaves of color plates, each containing three samples of..... More