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	ADOLPHE, JEAN-MARC Carlotta Ikeda - Buto Dance and Beyond Lausanne, Switzerland, Favre. 2005. (ISBN: 2828908640) Pictorial Hardcover, 29 x 23.5 Cms. 194 pages - in French and English - over 150 duotone illustrations, incl. many plates and 17 color illustrations, mostly plates, incl. four 2-page panoramas - photographs by Laurencine Lot - a legendary figure of the Japanese ButÃ´ dance, Japanese dancer Carlotta (born Sanae) Ikeda and her feminine dance company Ariadne express joy, terror, lightness, ecstasy and other powerful emotions, often in the nude - intro. essay, 12 dances and Ukiyo-ye projections, improvisation with Koishi Tamano,, chalk body and Zarathustra and Zarathustra variations. New -/New -. CHF 72.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 70.7 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6288] Book number: 003800 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI Naked Faces - The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki - 1 Tokyo, Japan, Heibonsha. 1996. (ISBN: 4582664016) Wrappers, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 191 pages - 12 pages of text in Japanese - a portrait gallery of black/white (some color) very expressive photographs of Japanese men and women of all ages and various social conditions. New -. CHF 72.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 70.7 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6288] Book number: 001868 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ASNAGHI, BRUNO Netsuke Milan, Italy, Edizioni Bocca. 2005, No. /650. 29.5 x 23 Cms. gilt-embossed cloth in a cloth slipcase - 604 pages - in Italian and English - around 500 color illustrations - Netsuke, carved Japanese figurines, from the collection of German publisher Albert Brockhaus (1855-1921) - intro. by Bruno Asnaghi - history, Netsuke artists, ideograms, Brockhaus Collection catalogue, Netsuke of private collections, bibliography, name and general indexes. New -/New -. CHF 285.00 [Appr.: EURO 188.25 US$ 279.87 \| £UK 168 \| JP¥ 24889] Book number: 003705 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BENY, ROLOFF Japon En Couleurs Paris, France, Arthaud. 1970. Gilt-Embossed Cloth, 36 x 29.5 cms. small, scotched-over tear along upper d.j. spine - 158 pages - in French - 96 color tip-ins - intro. by Sir Herbert Read - text by Anthony Thwaite translated by Raymond Barthe - images of Japan by distinguished Canadian travel photographer Roloff Beny (1924-1984) - landscapes, gardens, temples, costumes, ceremonies, sacred sites and more. Fine/Good. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 005022 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLACK, ALEXANDRA Japanese House (The) - Architecture and Interiors London, England, Scriptum. 2000. (ISBN: 1902686128) cloth-, 26 x 26 cms. Square. 216 pages - in English - over 200 color illustrations - photography by Noboru Murata - a visit to 13 inspiring houses in Japan which reveal Japanese domestic architecture and interior aesthetics, fluid floor plans, movable screens, tatami mat proportions, uses of indigineous materials and much more - index. new-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 006993 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLASER, WERNER Japan - Dwelling Houses Zurich, Switzerland, Niggli. 2005. (ISBN: 3721205561) hardcover-, 21.5 x 20 cms. Square. 84 pages - in German and English - around 60 full-page duotone illustrations - intro. by George Schmidt - a reprint of the 1958 classic description of classic Japanese houses by Swiss architect, designer and publicist Werner Blaser (b.1924). New-. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.75 US$ 44.19 \| £UK 26.5 \| JP¥ 3930] Book number: 007019 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BONNEVILLE, PATRICK Photographie Japonaise Sous l'Ere Meiji 1868-1912 (la) Paris, France, Editions De L'Amateur. 2006. (ISBN: 2859174443) hardcover-, 26 x 22.5 cms. 192 pages - in French - around 200 color, sepia and duotone illustrations, incl. many plates - fascinating images of Meiji-era Japan (1868-1912) when Japanese artists turned from engraving to photography, often hand-colored, thanks to the influence of Felice Beato who arrived in Yokohama in 1863, Baron Raimund von Stillfried, Adolfo Farsari and Charles Wirgman - geishas, sumo wrestlers, Shinto priests, half-naked tatooed messengers, Mount Fuji in the mist are featured - numerous pictures by Kusakabe Kimbei, Beato's pupil - history and techniques - illustrations. New-. CHF 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43 US$ 63.83 \| £UK 38.5 \| JP¥ 5677] Book number: 005872 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRINDEAU, VERONIQUE Jeu Des Fleurs (Le) - Hanafuda Arles, France, Philppe Picquier. 2008. (ISBN: 9782809700596) hardcover-. Ill.: Frederic Clement. 15.5 cms. square in a 22 x16.5 cms. hardcover binding -158 pages - in French - around 150 mostly color illustations and figs. - illustrations by FrÃ©dÃ©ric ClÃ©ment - includes around 40 colored playing cards - a description of the over 500-year-old Japanese game of Hanafuda which describes the seasons of the year and features cards depicting flowers, diverse flora and the moon as well as poems by nearly 20 Japanese poets. New-. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.01 \| £UK 32.5 \| JP¥ 4803] Book number: 009035 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BUISSON, SYLVIE & DOMINIQUE Kimono, Art Traditionnel Du Japon Lausanne, Switzerland, Edita. 1983. (ISBN: 2880011361) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 271 pages - text in French - this book is dedicated to the most famous Japanese traditional costume :the Kimono - since the 9th century, the Kimono is more than only a dress, it's quite a philosophy - Sylvie and Dominique Buisson who were specialists of Japan introduce the techniques of creation, the cultural role of the Kimono and the art to wear it - color and b/w photographic illustrations - a very complete research on the subject - glossary of names, bibliography. New -/As New -. CHF 115.00 [Appr.: EURO 76 US$ 112.93 \| £UK 67.75 \| JP¥ 10043] Book number: 000864 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CALZA, GIAN CARLO Hokusai - Il Vecchio Pazzo Per La Pittura Milano, Italy, Electa. 2004, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 8843570668) Clothbound, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 529 pages - in Italian - reprint of the catalogue, in a hardback version, of the exhibition held at the Palazzo Reale in Milano in 1999-2000 - color and b/w photographs of the works, mainly engravings of this prestigious Japanese artist - glossary - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 103.11 \| £UK 62 \| JP¥ 9170] Book number: 000089 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHAIKIN, NATHAN Sino-Japanese War (The) Martigny, Switzerland, Pillet. 1983. buff cloth-, 31 x 25 ms. 204 pages - in English - 96 mostly color plates - 2-page map and various b/w illustrations - a work on the 1894-1895 war between China and Japan, inspired by the great scholar of Japanese art Jack Hillier (1912-1995) and featuring illustrations from the collection of woodblocks by eleven early 20th Century Japanese artists which are part of the collection of Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) - on Hillier and Chamberlain - the Stake: Korea, a brief survey - order of battle - the artists - homage to B.W. Robinson "A quartet of heroes" - catalogue - notable events during the Sino-Japanese War and bibliography - plates. As new-/As New-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 147.3 \| £UK 88.5 \| JP¥ 13100] Book number: 005981 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLLECTIF Higa - Images Secretes Paris, France, Dominique Leroy. 1980. (ISBN: 9070218046) Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" Tall Oblong. 59 pages - in French -color illustrations of 95 Japanese rare erotic prints and albums of the Kronhausen collection - these prints were a means of sexual education for young couples to whom they were given as wedding presents in the 17th-18th and 19th centuries. New -/New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.32 \| £UK 22.5 \| JP¥ 3319] Book number: 000094 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COULLERY M.T. ET AL Geneve Shinagawa Geneva ,Switzerland, Association D'AmitiÃ© GenÃ¨ve-Shinagawa. 1996. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Oblong. 102 pages - French and Japanese - over 60 mostly color illustrations, incl. many plates - an unusual labor of love in which local authorities and specialists trace the bonds of friendship between Geneva, Switzerland and Shinagawa, Japan around a Japanese massive 17th Century cast-iron bell mysteriously disappeared from Japan and found again in Switzerland - works by Genevan and Shinagawan painters. New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 003295 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DE WAAL, EDMUND ET AL Timeless Beauty - Traditonal Japanese Art Milan, Italy, Skira. 2002. (ISBN: 8881187353) hardcover-, 31 x 26 Cms. 380 pages - in English - 319 color illustrations - Japanese everyday life objects from the Muromachi period (1392-1568) to the Meiji period (1868-1912) in the Jeffrey Montgomery collection described by distinguished Japanese art historians Rupert Faulkner, Annie M. Van Assche, Gregory Irvine and Anna Jackson - Arts Without Finish: Japanese Arts in the West, essay by Edmund de Waal - The Making of the Montgomery Collection, by Rupert Faulkner - objects, sculptures, lacquerware, ceramics, masks, metalwork and textiles - map of Japan, chronology, biblio. glossary and index. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 US$ 137.48 \| £UK 82.5 \| JP¥ 12226] Book number: 006226 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DELAY, NELLY Soleil Rouge - chefs-d'Oeuvre De La Peinture Japonaise Paris, France, Phebus. 2007. cloth-, 31 x 25 cms. 160 pages - in French - around 150 mostly color illustrations, incl. many plates - an oveview of Japanese painting since earliest times by an art historian specialized in Japanese art - shamanic roots, the palace arts of Kyoto, Edo the "chÃ´nin" city, landscapes, animals, people, the end of Yamato, Zen, extraorindary people, calligraphy and more - map of Japan, chronology, colors, schemes and bibliography. new-/new-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 007738 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DU CASTEL, DIDIER ET AL Crepuscule Des Geishas (Le) Paris, France, Marval. 2002. (ISBN: 2862343374) Hard Cover, 30.5 x 30.5 Cms. 144 pages - in French - over 100 color and duotone illustrations - photos by Claude EstÃ¨be - a look at the fabled world of Japanese geishas, from the middle of the 18th Century to the present days - Dragon Dawn, Serpent Morning, Horse Noon, Monkey afternoon, Rat Evening and Tiger Night - eyewitness accounts by Jean Cocteau, Arthur Golden, Pierre Loti and others - quotations by Tanizaki, Kawabata, Kafu and Mishima - glossary. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 003929 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUCROS, ALAIN Netsuke & Sagemono 2 Grange-les-Valence, France, Alain Ducros. 1987. (ISBN: 2950236200) gilt-embossed cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. edition limited to 2,000 copies - printed on Job couchÃ© mat paper - 240 pages - in French and English - over 300 color illustrations, over 300 b/w figs. and a map - a passionate authority on Japanese Art describes how to discern in the Netsuke and Sagemono their innermost qualities - foreword by Virginia G. Atchley - Netsuke: origins, Netsuke, Netsuke-shi, techniques, materials, schools, zodiac animals, other animals, legendary figures, 7 gods of happiness, Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo, Asakusa, Yamada, Tsu, Hida, Owari, Tamba, Iwami, Ryukyu, Iwashiro and more - Sagemono, the Yatate, the Kinchaku, lacqueurs, Inro, materials, techniques, Inro decorative themes, main families of lacquerers, lacquer tools, Yatate portable desk, Kisere Zutsu, Gambun, Mebun and more - bios. of some 250 craftsemen - illustrated list of signatures , illustrated list of Inro signatures, Kisere-Zutsu signatures, index of ideograms featuring 303 entries, ideogram verbal meanings, lexicon, index of names and index of photos. New-/New-. CHF 320.00 [Appr.: EURO 211.25 US$ 314.24 \| £UK 188.5 \| JP¥ 27946] Book number: 009426 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EARLE, JOE Splendors of Imperial Japan - Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection London, England, Khalili Family Trust. 2002. (ISBN: 1874780196) Wrappers-, 31 x 23.5 Cms. 468 pages - in English - 341 color illustrations, mostly plates, 5 duotone and sepia figs. and a color map - published to coincide with the 2002 showing, the 7th in a series of worldwide showings, at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, of porcelain, furniture, enamels, textiles, sculptures and other masterworks from the late 19th Century Meiji period in Japan - curator and author Joe Earle describes 50,000 years of Japanese history, Japan before Perry, the Meiji era, metalwork, early showings, exotic goods for globetrotters, Satsuma ware, lacquer, the golden age, enamel, textiles, porcelain, artists to the imperial household and much more - concordances, glossary, biblio. and index. New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 US$ 137.48 \| £UK 82.5 \| JP¥ 12226] Book number: 006131 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EIKOH HOSOE Kamaitachi New York, Aperture. 2009. (ISBN: 9781597111218) pictorial cloth-, 33 x 26.5 cms. around 120 pages (unpaginated) - in English - 53 duotone plates, incl. 21 double-page spreads - a reissue of the photographs taken in 1968 by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe (b.1933) of Japanese villagers performing dances under the guidance of Tatsumi Hijikata, founder of the Butoh dance movement (1928-1986) - preface by Donald Keene, intro. by Japanese poet and art critic Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979) and poem by Toyoichiro Miyoshi - afterword by Hosoe. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 009483 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EIKOH HOSOE Kamaitachi New York, Aperture. 2005. (ISBN: 1931788804) . no. 153 of a luxury edition limited to 500 copies signed by Hosoe in a spectacular clamshell box featuring color and duotone illustrations on both covers and the inside - black/white pictorial clothbound - 82 foldout pages - in English - 53 duotone plates, incl. 21 double-page spreads - photographs taken in 1968 by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe (b.1933) of Japanese villagers performing under the guidance of Tatsumi Hijikata ((1928-1986), founder of the Anko Butoh dance movement - preface by Japanese poet and art critic Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979) and a poem by Toyoichiro Miyoshi. New-/clear plastic-. CHF 1500.00 [Appr.: EURO 990.25 US$ 1473 \| £UK 883.25 \| JP¥ 130997] Book number: 009484 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ELISSEEF, SERGE Hiroshige - Tokaido Paris, France, Editions Du Chene. 1960. 31 x 21 Cms. 16 pages of text and captions in French and 55 loose color prints in a cloth portfolio with two ivory fasteners -Edition specially made for "Les Amis du Credit Lyonnais" - works by the great Japanese landscape painter and printmaker IchiryÃ»sai Hiroshige (1797-1858) - intro. and commentaries on the 55 works by Serge Elisseef, professor at the Sorbonne in Paris , honorary professor at Harvard University and scholar in the matter. Fine. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 78.56 \| £UK 47.25 \| JP¥ 6986] Book number: 005047 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ERACLE, JEAN Civilisation Des Samurai Turin, Italy, Priuli & Verlucca. 1991. Cloth-, 34 x 24.5 Cms. cloth slipcase with with color illustrations on both covers - 124 pages - in French - 80 color plates and various b/w illustrations - photography by Attilio Boccazzi-Varotto - a description of Japanese Samurai history and culture and of related pieces in the collection in the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva, Switzerland, namely swords, armor, bows & arrows and other weapons, as well as objects of Buddhist and Shinto piety - various essays on Samurai Japan, Samurai wives, emperor, generalissimo, Samurai fighting gear and Samurai-era religion - conclusion, Samurai civilization, chronology of Japanese history, names of sword hilts, helmets and armor. New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 007751 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EX, NICOLE The Brocadian Paradise Rotterdam, Holland, 010 Publishers. 1997. (ISBN: 9064503281) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 101 pages - largely illustrated by color panels, this book describes the full history and restoration of the Japanese Chamber in the royal palace of Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, the residence of the Royal Family, and examines the recent restoration in all its aspects - this is the first in a three-volume series on restorations carried out in the Palace. New -/New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 55.97 \| £UK 33.75 \| JP¥ 4978] Book number: 000101 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAULKNER, RUPERT Hiroshige Fan Prints London, England, Victoria and Albert Musuem. 2001. (ISBN: 1851773320) Cloth-, 25 x 22 cms. 160 pages - in English - 126 color illustrations and a color maps of Japan and Edo - the deputy curator of the Far Eastern Department in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London describes uchiwa-e designs for fan prints by legendary Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - catalogue - views of Edo, views of the provinces, literature, legend, history, theatre, animals, flowers and still-lifes - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 006225 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FONTANA, LAURENT-DOMINIQUE/GEISEL, JEAN-YVES Voyage Immobile Geneva, Swirzerland, Editions Du Tricorne. 2000. (ISBN: 2829502153) Wrappers-, 28 x 23.5 cms. 48 pages - in French - around 30 mostly color photo-engravings - images and notions of passing time gathered by two Swiss during their stay in Japan, sculptor Laurent-Dominique Fontana (b.1938) and photographer Jean-Yves Geisel (b.1933) - also featuring haikus and poems by six Japanese poets and texts by Fernando Pessoa and Yvon Rivard. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 006229 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	ADOLPHE, JEAN-MARC Carlotta Ikeda - Buto Dance and Beyond Lausanne, Switzerland, Favre. 2005. (ISBN: 2828908640) Pictorial Hardcover, 29 x 23.5 Cms. 194 pages - in French and English - over 150 duotone illustrations, incl. many plates and 17 color illustrations, mostly plates, incl. four 2-page panoramas - photographs by Laurencine Lot - a legendary figure of the Japanese ButÃ´ dance, Japanese dancer Carlotta (born Sanae) Ikeda and her feminine dance company Ariadne express joy, terror, lightness, ecstasy and other powerful emotions, often in the nude - intro. essay, 12 dances and Ukiyo-ye projections, improvisation with Koishi Tamano,, chalk body and Zarathustra and Zarathustra variations. New -/New -. CHF 72.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 70.7 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6288] Book number: 003800 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI Naked Faces - The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki - 1 Tokyo, Japan, Heibonsha. 1996. (ISBN: 4582664016) Wrappers, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 191 pages - 12 pages of text in Japanese - a portrait gallery of black/white (some color) very expressive photographs of Japanese men and women of all ages and various social conditions. New -. CHF 72.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 70.7 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6288] Book number: 001868 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ASNAGHI, BRUNO Netsuke Milan, Italy, Edizioni Bocca. 2005, No. /650. 29.5 x 23 Cms. gilt-embossed cloth in a cloth slipcase - 604 pages - in Italian and English - around 500 color illustrations - Netsuke, carved Japanese figurines, from the collection of German publisher Albert Brockhaus (1855-1921) - intro. by Bruno Asnaghi - history, Netsuke artists, ideograms, Brockhaus Collection catalogue, Netsuke of private collections, bibliography, name and general indexes. New -/New -. CHF 285.00 [Appr.: EURO 188.25 US$ 279.87 \| £UK 168 \| JP¥ 24889] Book number: 003705 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BENY, ROLOFF Japon En Couleurs Paris, France, Arthaud. 1970. Gilt-Embossed Cloth, 36 x 29.5 cms. small, scotched-over tear along upper d.j. spine - 158 pages - in French - 96 color tip-ins - intro. by Sir Herbert Read - text by Anthony Thwaite translated by Raymond Barthe - images of Japan by distinguished Canadian travel photographer Roloff Beny (1924-1984) - landscapes, gardens, temples, costumes, ceremonies, sacred sites and more. Fine/Good. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 005022 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLACK, ALEXANDRA Japanese House (The) - Architecture and Interiors London, England, Scriptum. 2000. (ISBN: 1902686128) cloth-, 26 x 26 cms. Square. 216 pages - in English - over 200 color illustrations - photography by Noboru Murata - a visit to 13 inspiring houses in Japan which reveal Japanese domestic architecture and interior aesthetics, fluid floor plans, movable screens, tatami mat proportions, uses of indigineous materials and much more - index. new-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 006993 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLASER, WERNER Japan - Dwelling Houses Zurich, Switzerland, Niggli. 2005. (ISBN: 3721205561) hardcover-, 21.5 x 20 cms. Square. 84 pages - in German and English - around 60 full-page duotone illustrations - intro. by George Schmidt - a reprint of the 1958 classic description of classic Japanese houses by Swiss architect, designer and publicist Werner Blaser (b.1924). New-. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.75 US$ 44.19 \| £UK 26.5 \| JP¥ 3930] Book number: 007019 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BONNEVILLE, PATRICK Photographie Japonaise Sous l'Ere Meiji 1868-1912 (la) Paris, France, Editions De L'Amateur. 2006. (ISBN: 2859174443) hardcover-, 26 x 22.5 cms. 192 pages - in French - around 200 color, sepia and duotone illustrations, incl. many plates - fascinating images of Meiji-era Japan (1868-1912) when Japanese artists turned from engraving to photography, often hand-colored, thanks to the influence of Felice Beato who arrived in Yokohama in 1863, Baron Raimund von Stillfried, Adolfo Farsari and Charles Wirgman - geishas, sumo wrestlers, Shinto priests, half-naked tatooed messengers, Mount Fuji in the mist are featured - numerous pictures by Kusakabe Kimbei, Beato's pupil - history and techniques - illustrations. New-. CHF 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43 US$ 63.83 \| £UK 38.5 \| JP¥ 5677] Book number: 005872 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRINDEAU, VERONIQUE Jeu Des Fleurs (Le) - Hanafuda Arles, France, Philppe Picquier. 2008. (ISBN: 9782809700596) hardcover-. Ill.: Frederic Clement. 15.5 cms. square in a 22 x16.5 cms. hardcover binding -158 pages - in French - around 150 mostly color illustations and figs. - illustrations by FrÃ©dÃ©ric ClÃ©ment - includes around 40 colored playing cards - a description of the over 500-year-old Japanese game of Hanafuda which describes the seasons of the year and features cards depicting flowers, diverse flora and the moon as well as poems by nearly 20 Japanese poets. New-. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.01 \| £UK 32.5 \| JP¥ 4803] Book number: 009035 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BUISSON, SYLVIE & DOMINIQUE Kimono, Art Traditionnel Du Japon Lausanne, Switzerland, Edita. 1983. (ISBN: 2880011361) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 271 pages - text in French - this book is dedicated to the most famous Japanese traditional costume :the Kimono - since the 9th century, the Kimono is more than only a dress, it's quite a philosophy - Sylvie and Dominique Buisson who were specialists of Japan introduce the techniques of creation, the cultural role of the Kimono and the art to wear it - color and b/w photographic illustrations - a very complete research on the subject - glossary of names, bibliography. New -/As New -. CHF 115.00 [Appr.: EURO 76 US$ 112.93 \| £UK 67.75 \| JP¥ 10043] Book number: 000864 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CALZA, GIAN CARLO Hokusai - Il Vecchio Pazzo Per La Pittura Milano, Italy, Electa. 2004, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 8843570668) Clothbound, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 529 pages - in Italian - reprint of the catalogue, in a hardback version, of the exhibition held at the Palazzo Reale in Milano in 1999-2000 - color and b/w photographs of the works, mainly engravings of this prestigious Japanese artist - glossary - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 103.11 \| £UK 62 \| JP¥ 9170] Book number: 000089 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHAIKIN, NATHAN Sino-Japanese War (The) Martigny, Switzerland, Pillet. 1983. buff cloth-, 31 x 25 ms. 204 pages - in English - 96 mostly color plates - 2-page map and various b/w illustrations - a work on the 1894-1895 war between China and Japan, inspired by the great scholar of Japanese art Jack Hillier (1912-1995) and featuring illustrations from the collection of woodblocks by eleven early 20th Century Japanese artists which are part of the collection of Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) - on Hillier and Chamberlain - the Stake: Korea, a brief survey - order of battle - the artists - homage to B.W. Robinson "A quartet of heroes" - catalogue - notable events during the Sino-Japanese War and bibliography - plates. As new-/As New-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 147.3 \| £UK 88.5 \| JP¥ 13100] Book number: 005981 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLLECTIF Higa - Images Secretes Paris, France, Dominique Leroy. 1980. (ISBN: 9070218046) Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" Tall Oblong. 59 pages - in French -color illustrations of 95 Japanese rare erotic prints and albums of the Kronhausen collection - these prints were a means of sexual education for young couples to whom they were given as wedding presents in the 17th-18th and 19th centuries. New -/New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.32 \| £UK 22.5 \| JP¥ 3319] Book number: 000094 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COULLERY M.T. ET AL Geneve Shinagawa Geneva ,Switzerland, Association D'AmitiÃ© GenÃ¨ve-Shinagawa. 1996. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Oblong. 102 pages - French and Japanese - over 60 mostly color illustrations, incl. many plates - an unusual labor of love in which local authorities and specialists trace the bonds of friendship between Geneva, Switzerland and Shinagawa, Japan around a Japanese massive 17th Century cast-iron bell mysteriously disappeared from Japan and found again in Switzerland - works by Genevan and Shinagawan painters. New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 003295 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DE WAAL, EDMUND ET AL Timeless Beauty - Traditonal Japanese Art Milan, Italy, Skira. 2002. (ISBN: 8881187353) hardcover-, 31 x 26 Cms. 380 pages - in English - 319 color illustrations - Japanese everyday life objects from the Muromachi period (1392-1568) to the Meiji period (1868-1912) in the Jeffrey Montgomery collection described by distinguished Japanese art historians Rupert Faulkner, Annie M. Van Assche, Gregory Irvine and Anna Jackson - Arts Without Finish: Japanese Arts in the West, essay by Edmund de Waal - The Making of the Montgomery Collection, by Rupert Faulkner - objects, sculptures, lacquerware, ceramics, masks, metalwork and textiles - map of Japan, chronology, biblio. glossary and index. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 US$ 137.48 \| £UK 82.5 \| JP¥ 12226] Book number: 006226 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DELAY, NELLY Soleil Rouge - chefs-d'Oeuvre De La Peinture Japonaise Paris, France, Phebus. 2007. cloth-, 31 x 25 cms. 160 pages - in French - around 150 mostly color illustrations, incl. many plates - an oveview of Japanese painting since earliest times by an art historian specialized in Japanese art - shamanic roots, the palace arts of Kyoto, Edo the "chÃ´nin" city, landscapes, animals, people, the end of Yamato, Zen, extraorindary people, calligraphy and more - map of Japan, chronology, colors, schemes and bibliography. new-/new-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 007738 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DU CASTEL, DIDIER ET AL Crepuscule Des Geishas (Le) Paris, France, Marval. 2002. (ISBN: 2862343374) Hard Cover, 30.5 x 30.5 Cms. 144 pages - in French - over 100 color and duotone illustrations - photos by Claude EstÃ¨be - a look at the fabled world of Japanese geishas, from the middle of the 18th Century to the present days - Dragon Dawn, Serpent Morning, Horse Noon, Monkey afternoon, Rat Evening and Tiger Night - eyewitness accounts by Jean Cocteau, Arthur Golden, Pierre Loti and others - quotations by Tanizaki, Kawabata, Kafu and Mishima - glossary. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 003929 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUCROS, ALAIN Netsuke & Sagemono 2 Grange-les-Valence, France, Alain Ducros. 1987. (ISBN: 2950236200) gilt-embossed cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. edition limited to 2,000 copies - printed on Job couchÃ© mat paper - 240 pages - in French and English - over 300 color illustrations, over 300 b/w figs. and a map - a passionate authority on Japanese Art describes how to discern in the Netsuke and Sagemono their innermost qualities - foreword by Virginia G. Atchley - Netsuke: origins, Netsuke, Netsuke-shi, techniques, materials, schools, zodiac animals, other animals, legendary figures, 7 gods of happiness, Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo, Asakusa, Yamada, Tsu, Hida, Owari, Tamba, Iwami, Ryukyu, Iwashiro and more - Sagemono, the Yatate, the Kinchaku, lacqueurs, Inro, materials, techniques, Inro decorative themes, main families of lacquerers, lacquer tools, Yatate portable desk, Kisere Zutsu, Gambun, Mebun and more - bios. of some 250 craftsemen - illustrated list of signatures , illustrated list of Inro signatures, Kisere-Zutsu signatures, index of ideograms featuring 303 entries, ideogram verbal meanings, lexicon, index of names and index of photos. New-/New-. CHF 320.00 [Appr.: EURO 211.25 US$ 314.24 \| £UK 188.5 \| JP¥ 27946] Book number: 009426 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EARLE, JOE Splendors of Imperial Japan - Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection London, England, Khalili Family Trust. 2002. (ISBN: 1874780196) Wrappers-, 31 x 23.5 Cms. 468 pages - in English - 341 color illustrations, mostly plates, 5 duotone and sepia figs. and a color map - published to coincide with the 2002 showing, the 7th in a series of worldwide showings, at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, of porcelain, furniture, enamels, textiles, sculptures and other masterworks from the late 19th Century Meiji period in Japan - curator and author Joe Earle describes 50,000 years of Japanese history, Japan before Perry, the Meiji era, metalwork, early showings, exotic goods for globetrotters, Satsuma ware, lacquer, the golden age, enamel, textiles, porcelain, artists to the imperial household and much more - concordances, glossary, biblio. and index. New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 US$ 137.48 \| £UK 82.5 \| JP¥ 12226] Book number: 006131 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EIKOH HOSOE Kamaitachi New York, Aperture. 2009. (ISBN: 9781597111218) pictorial cloth-, 33 x 26.5 cms. around 120 pages (unpaginated) - in English - 53 duotone plates, incl. 21 double-page spreads - a reissue of the photographs taken in 1968 by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe (b.1933) of Japanese villagers performing dances under the guidance of Tatsumi Hijikata, founder of the Butoh dance movement (1928-1986) - preface by Donald Keene, intro. by Japanese poet and art critic Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979) and poem by Toyoichiro Miyoshi - afterword by Hosoe. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 009483 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EIKOH HOSOE Kamaitachi New York, Aperture. 2005. (ISBN: 1931788804) . no. 153 of a luxury edition limited to 500 copies signed by Hosoe in a spectacular clamshell box featuring color and duotone illustrations on both covers and the inside - black/white pictorial clothbound - 82 foldout pages - in English - 53 duotone plates, incl. 21 double-page spreads - photographs taken in 1968 by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe (b.1933) of Japanese villagers performing under the guidance of Tatsumi Hijikata ((1928-1986), founder of the Anko Butoh dance movement - preface by Japanese poet and art critic Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979) and a poem by Toyoichiro Miyoshi. New-/clear plastic-. CHF 1500.00 [Appr.: EURO 990.25 US$ 1473 \| £UK 883.25 \| JP¥ 130997] Book number: 009484 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ELISSEEF, SERGE Hiroshige - Tokaido Paris, France, Editions Du Chene. 1960. 31 x 21 Cms. 16 pages of text and captions in French and 55 loose color prints in a cloth portfolio with two ivory fasteners -Edition specially made for "Les Amis du Credit Lyonnais" - works by the great Japanese landscape painter and printmaker IchiryÃ»sai Hiroshige (1797-1858) - intro. and commentaries on the 55 works by Serge Elisseef, professor at the Sorbonne in Paris , honorary professor at Harvard University and scholar in the matter. Fine. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 78.56 \| £UK 47.25 \| JP¥ 6986] Book number: 005047 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ERACLE, JEAN Civilisation Des Samurai Turin, Italy, Priuli & Verlucca. 1991. Cloth-, 34 x 24.5 Cms. cloth slipcase with with color illustrations on both covers - 124 pages - in French - 80 color plates and various b/w illustrations - photography by Attilio Boccazzi-Varotto - a description of Japanese Samurai history and culture and of related pieces in the collection in the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva, Switzerland, namely swords, armor, bows & arrows and other weapons, as well as objects of Buddhist and Shinto piety - various essays on Samurai Japan, Samurai wives, emperor, generalissimo, Samurai fighting gear and Samurai-era religion - conclusion, Samurai civilization, chronology of Japanese history, names of sword hilts, helmets and armor. New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 007751 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EX, NICOLE The Brocadian Paradise Rotterdam, Holland, 010 Publishers. 1997. (ISBN: 9064503281) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 101 pages - largely illustrated by color panels, this book describes the full history and restoration of the Japanese Chamber in the royal palace of Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, the residence of the Royal Family, and examines the recent restoration in all its aspects - this is the first in a three-volume series on restorations carried out in the Palace. New -/New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 55.97 \| £UK 33.75 \| JP¥ 4978] Book number: 000101 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAULKNER, RUPERT Hiroshige Fan Prints London, England, Victoria and Albert Musuem. 2001. (ISBN: 1851773320) Cloth-, 25 x 22 cms. 160 pages - in English - 126 color illustrations and a color maps of Japan and Edo - the deputy curator of the Far Eastern Department in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London describes uchiwa-e designs for fan prints by legendary Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - catalogue - views of Edo, views of the provinces, literature, legend, history, theatre, animals, flowers and still-lifes - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 006225 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FONTANA, LAURENT-DOMINIQUE/GEISEL, JEAN-YVES Voyage Immobile Geneva, Swirzerland, Editions Du Tricorne. 2000. (ISBN: 2829502153) Wrappers-, 28 x 23.5 cms. 48 pages - in French - around 30 mostly color photo-engravings - images and notions of passing time gathered by two Swiss during their stay in Japan, sculptor Laurent-Dominique Fontana (b.1938) and photographer Jean-Yves Geisel (b.1933) - also featuring haikus and poems by six Japanese poets and texts by Fernando Pessoa and Yvon Rivard. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 006229 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.