[JAPAN - KITAMURAYA HOTEL, ISE].

[A hand-coloured steel engraved plate of Kitamuraya Hotel, Ise]. Nagoya, Nakachu Koin, ca 1895.

. Hand-coloured engraved print of Kitamuraya Hotel in Ise. (39.5 x 27 cm). With two cartouches with the hotel name in English and Japanese respectively. Outer edges with some minor chipping, some general age wear, creases, a few old repairs to the rear. Ise is a city located in Mie prefecture on the island of Honshu. The Ise Grand Shrine is the most sacred shrine in Japan and during the Edo period Ise was a popular destination for pilgrimages.

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Book number: 120763

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Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, hotel, travel, exploration, colour engraving, illustration,

[JAPANESE FEATHERS FROM EDO-PERIOD].

[Hand-painted manuscript scroll of different types of feather (or fletching) used in the traditional Japanese arrow making]. About mid or late 18th century.

. A very long scroll (478 x 22.2 cm) with 74 illustrations of feathers, hand-painted in black, grey and white ink on thin paper. The feathers are illustrated with stripes and dots in lots of different variations. An illustration of a falcon appears at the beginning of the scroll. Some small wormholes throughout, not affecting the illustrations. One small hole at beginning and one line of text (probably a name) has been cut out at the start of the scroll, and paper has been restored. Later re-binding with some wear, housed in a modern box. Japanese arrows (Ya) are considerably longer than Western arrows. Traditionally, the shafts were made of a special kind of bamboo and fletched with feathers of larger birds of prey, like hawks or sea eagles. The feathers or fletchings (hane) are one of the most important components of an arrow, giving it stability in flight. There are two main classifications of Japanese arrows; haya and otoya. The first kind was made from feathers from the left wing and would rotate clockwise and the other type was made from the right wing and would spiral counter-clockwise. An unsophisticated but charming piece of artwork.

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Book number: 120945

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[EIDOUS, MARC-ANTOINE (Translator)]:

Hau Kiou Choaan, histoire chinoise, traduite de l'anglois. Four volumes in two. Lyon, Benoit Duplain, 1766.

. 12mo. Pp. (iv), xxxii, 224; (iv), 263; (iv), 263; (iv), 243, (4). With four engraved frontispieces. Contemporary emerald coloured boards, title labels on spines (slightly chipped), red edges, hinges cracked, worn, even so it's a charming copy. First French edition of "The Pleasing History" translated from the English by James Wilkinson and Thomas Percy. Barbier ii, p. 608. Cordier BS 1755. Löwendahl 541. Lust 1108.

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Book number: 99719

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[JAPANESE MEN KIMONO SAMPLES].

"Iwa no Tamotsu". [A manual with 110 stylish textile samples]. No date, ca 1930.

. A large size manual (36 x 25.5 cm). Contains 110 samples, of varies sizes, mounted on heavy paper. Twenty-two leaves bound in fukuro-toji style. Contemporary boards, gold speckled, some discolouration on upper cover, title painted in blue on upper cover.A handsome manual with sophisticated textile samples for male kimonos. The patterns are mainly traditional geometric but there are also some with figurative and floral designs. The colours are discreet, mainly blue, black and various red tones, some with silver elements. We don't know who it belonged to but probably a refined tailor's shop. Due to the numbering (111 to 220), we assume that this is a manual out of several.

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Book number: 121171

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, textile, kimono, fabrics, samples, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, clothes,

[CHINA - BOARD GAME].

Jeu Nouveau le Voyage a Pékin par Air, par Fer, par Terre et par Mer (title on lid). Paris, H. Jannin, ca 1861.

. Lithographed board game (48 x 48 cm). Hand-coloured and printed in green and black on four cardboard panels pasted on green cloth, with Bordeaux red mauve patterned paper on reverse, slightly rubbed. Housed in the original mauve patterned paper covered box (small loss of label). Printed rules inside the lid. Some staining to front cover and the lower cover has been nicely restored. The game offers various routes via balloon, railway, overland or sea voyage, along a grid to the exotic and mysterious city of Peking in the centre. The design of the grid strikingly resembles Chinese city maps of the period. Ornamented with beautiful hand-coloured vignettes in the corners. A well-preserved game published just after the Second Opium War.

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Book number: 120488

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Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, chine, kina, asia, asien, asiatic, travel, geography, game,

[CHIKAWA DANJURO VII - KABUKI].

The Kabuki Juhachiban, or Eighteen Best Kabuki Plays. Tokyo (?) 1917.

. Accordion-bound book. Size: 24.1 x 21.6 cm. Title and content in Japanese. With 19 colour woodblock-printed illustrations of different kabuki actors. Pasted on sprinkled paper. Silk covered boards, printed title paper label on front cover. Housed in cloth folder.Comprises eighteen famous kabuki plays selected by Ichikawa Danjuro VII (1791-1859): Yanone, Nanatsumen, Gedatsu, Ja-Yanagi, Kamahige, Kagekiyo, Sukeroku, Uiro, Kanu, Fudo, Narukami, Zouhiki, Uwanari, Oshimodoshi, Kenuki, Shibaraku, Fuwa and Kanjincho. Several major Kabuki families made their own groups of "Eighteen Favourites" but no one managed to maintain a lasting fame as Danjuro VII's selection. Rare.

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Book number: 121144

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, kabuki, theater, theatre, play, japan, japon, japanese, illustrated, masks, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

[SWEDISH EAST INDIA COMPANY].

Kongl. Maj:ts förnyade öpne Privilegium, angående fartens och handelens fortsättiande på Ost-Indien. Gifwit i Stockholm i Råd-Cammaren then 17 Junii 1746. AND: Kongl. Maj:ts nådige stadfästelse uppå Directionens af Ost-Indiske Compagniet avertissement, angående thenne handelens inrättande med en ständig fonds. Gifwen i Stockholm i Råd-Cammaren then 21 Majii 1753. Stockholm, Pet. Momma, 1753.

. 4to. Pp. (24). Disbound. Two leaves narrowly cut in upper margin. + Pp. (8). Disbound. Regarding renewal of privilege of the East-India trade and the second paper deals with funds of the same.

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Book number: 99381

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[CIBOT, PIERRE-MARTIAL]:

Lettre de Pekin, sur le génie de la langue chinoise et la nature de leur écriture symbolique comparée avec celle des anciens égyptiens ... On y a joint l'extrait de deux ouvrages nouveau de Mr. de Guignes relatifs aux mêmes matières. Bruxelles, J.L. de Boubers, 1773.

. Small 4to. Pp. xxxviii, 46, (i), (6). Complete with 29 engravings (numbered I, II and XX-XLV). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper boards, worn. Library markings on front paste down. First edition of Cibot's letter dealing with Needham's Hypothesies on the resemblance of Chinese characters to Egyptian hieroglyphics. The preface is written by John Tuberville Needham which was previously published in the Philosophical Transactions. The first section includes an "Extrait du Journal des savans, sur Le Chou-King", published by J. de Guignes in 1770. The engraved plates depict ancient Egyptian and Chinese characters and symbols, and a few of ancient objects. Cordier BS 1735-6. De Backer-Sommervogel II, col. 1168. Löwendahl 568. Morrison II, 46.

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Book number: 120497

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Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, asia, asie, asien, asitic, language, langue, linguistic,

[BECKER, JOSEPH ERNEST DE]:

The Nightless City, or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku". Shanghai, Yokohama, Bremen: Max Nössler & London, Probstain, [1905-6].

. Large 8vo. Pp. xvi, 386, (1). With two folding maps of old and new Yoshiwara, 19 colour plates and 25 black and white fullpage plates. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth, stamped in gilt and black, spine faded. Fourth revised edition of this informative work about the Yoshiwara district of Tokyo. Not in Cordier. Nipponalia 1067. Wenckstern ii, 341.

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Book number: 100754

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[BECKER, JOSEPH ERNEST DE]:

The Nightless City, or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku", by an English Student of Sociology. Yokohama, Z.P. Maruya & Co. Ltd., 1899.

. Pp. (vi), iv, (2), 441, (3), xix, (3). With twenty plates including nine coloured, of which seven folding beautiful chromolithographs, and many textual illustrations. Publisher's pictorial red cloth, tooled in black and gilt, spine slightly faded, recased. Bookplate. Occasionally some light staining. First edition of this informative work about the Yoshiwara ("pleasure") district of Edo (Tokyo). The author was an English lawyer who came to Japan in 1887. He assumed Japanese nationality and after a few years set up legal practices in Yokohama and Kobe. This controversial and comprehensive work describes the Yoshiwara district of Tokyo and its organisation, manners, ceremonies as well as its medical aspects and legal constraints. Not in Cordier. Nipponalia (Kyoto University of Foreign Studies) 1067. Wenckstern ii, 341.

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Book number: 35111

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[NIKKO GUIDE BOOK - JAPAN].

Nikko-san Manganji Otakaramono Zukai (Illustrated book of the Treasures of Manganji Temple in Mount Nikko). Tokyo, Inoue Mohei, Meiji 29 (1896).

. Size: 12.7 x 18.5 cm. Lvs. 64 folded in the Japanese fashion. Richly illustrated throughout by Oshima Keizaburo. Captions in Japanese and English. Original yellow wrappers, title label on upper cover, resewn, stained. Red Asian stamps. Occasionally some light staining. A fascinating informative guide of Nikko, a small city in Tochigi Prefecture situated in the mountains north of Tokyo. It is devoted to the history of Nikko, its Buddhist temples and the famous Shinto shrine Toshugu (Manganji Temple) established in 1617 as a memorial of Togugawa Ieyasu. It was later renamed Rinnoji temple. Includes many woodcut illustrations of Buddhist paintings, interiors such as offering jars, masks and clothing, musical instruments, furnitures, dining utensils, incense burners, offering bowls, screens, pots, lanterns, etc.

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Book number: 120508

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Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, guide,

[ORIENTAL TALES].

Oriental Fairy Tales, or Fancy's Wanderings in the East. London 1854.

. Pp. (iv), 338. With 32 illustrations (8 full page) by William Harvey, engraved by the brothers Dalziel. Publisher's blindstamped cloth cloth, spine decorated in gilt, faded and with some wear.

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Book number: 100408

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, oriental, fairy, tales, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

[JAPAN: TWO SALES CATALOGUES FOR SAFES].

Patent Fire & Barglar - Resisting Safes Catalogue Manufactured by Z. Takenouchi. (Tokyo) Meiji 24 (1891).

. Size: 15 x 22 cm. Pp. (20). With many illustrations of varies safes and of the production factory. Original printed wrappers. AND: Patent Fire-Proof Iron Safes. With Patent Lock. Manufactured and Improved by R.K. Kunisuye, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Meiji 27 (1894). Size: 18,5 x 25,5 cm. Pp. (32). With several illustrations of different safes. Original printed wrappers.

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Book number: 100455

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Keywords: East Asia, Japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, safe, safes, commerce, commercial

[NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA].

Plan of Passenger Accommodation Motor Ships "Atsuma Maru" & "Tatsuta Maru". The Orient-California Fortnightly Service N.Y.K. Line. Tokyo 1930s.

. Large folding pamphlet presenting two Japanese luxury passenger lines. Text in English. An informative guide about tariffs, the Company's offices and agents, charts of the various deck and social areas together with photographs. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), today Japan's largest shipping company was founded in 1885. The two ships "Tatsuta Maru" and "Atsuma Maru" were built for NYK's premier trans-pacific Orient-California service which started in 1929.

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Book number: 120871

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Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, boat, cruise, ship, shipping, exploration, travel, voyage,

[KABUKI].

Programme of Entertainment in Honour of H.I.H. Prince Pu Lun. Given by Baron S. Goto at the Kabukiza on December 11th, 1907. Tokyo 1907.

. Tall 8vo (15 x 22,5 cm). Pp. 28 bound in the fukuro-toji style, and two colour woodcut prints highlighted with gold. Text in English, Japanese and Chinese. Original coloured pictorial wrappers highlighted, silk ties. A very attractive programme of a Kabuki play "The Battle of Yashima". The play was arranged in connection with a visit by Prince Pu Lun, the nephew of the Chinese emperor and heir to the throne at the time. Count Got› Shinpei (1857-1929) was a prominent Japanese statesman and cabinet minister. A rare survival in lovely condition.

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Book number: 120266

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, theatre, theater, travel, exploration, illustration, woodcut, kabuki,