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1934. Uta-E うた絵 Kamisaka Sekka 神坂雪佳 Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsōdō 芸艸堂, publisher Showa 9 [1934] [Design] Kamisaka Sekka 神坂雪佳. Uta-E うた絵. Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsōdō 芸艸堂, Showa 9 [1934]. 1 volume (complete). 31 x 22 cm, cloth, ribbon bound covers, paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Kamisaka Sekka 神坂雪佳 (1866-1942). As Sekka's last work, it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Hon'ami Kōetsu's oe阿弥-悦 (1558-1637) Saga-bon 嵯峨oe. (For more on this important work, see Hillier's description on p. 976 of the second volume of his "Art of the Japanese Book.") The condition is a bit better than average, with relatively little of the offsetting from the prints to the poems that is usual in this book. Slight foxing and slight edge wear. Housed in the original, professionally repaired, chitsu case with title label that shows general soiling all over and is lacking its clasps. The printing is very good, the colors lovely - a very good copy overall. .
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USD 3250.00 [Appr.: EURO 3032.25 | £UK 2565.5 | JP 516659]
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Third Report by Mr. Adams on Silk Culture in Japan, Dated August 10, 1
1871. ADAMS, F. O. [Francis Ottiwell]. THIRD REPORT BY MR. ADAMS ON SILK CULTURE IN JAPAN, DATED AUGUST 10, 1870. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1871. At the head of t.p. is printed "JAPAN. No. 1 (1871)" and at the bottom edge [C.--243] and "Price 2s. 6d." This was first published at the "Japan Mail" Office, Yokohama, in 1870. 9 lithographic plates, of which two are in color and three are folding. Two of the folding plates are maps: a map of the `Silk Districts of Japan' and a general map of Japan. 16 pp. Folio, side-sewn, extracted from a bound volume. 32 x 20.5 cm (12.5 by 8 in). Text leaves are very lightly age-toned at edges, with some showing occasional bits of scant foxing; but it is clean and crisp overall. Housed in a light brown cloth portfolio with ribbon ties, and a gilt-lettered, dark brown morocco label on upper board. Near fine. F. O. Adams was Secretary to the British Legation in Yokohama. In the summer of 1869, he made the first of his three tours of the silk producing districts of Japan. Although one of the folding maps indicates with two colored lines the routes that Adams followed on his 1869 and 1870 tours, this report details his second tour during the months of June and July 1870. It began and ended in Yedo and extended over 600 miles, travelling through the provinces of Bushiu, Shinshiu. Joshui, and Echigo, as far as Niigata, with several stops along the way. Smith was accompanied by Matsume Gonroku and two others. The purpose of their tour appears to have been the investigation of the various methods of silk-culture throughout the silk districts with a view to identifying those that achieve the highest yield and the best quality, the identification and treatment of a variety of diseases that are common to silkworms, and the examination of silk reeling techniques with the idea of introducing European machinery to improve the quality of the finished product. Besides illustrations of mulberry leaves, other plates show a Yamam-mai basket cage, methods of silk reeling at Yama-mai and Echigo, and a magnanerie (a silkworm house) at Shimamura. .
Boston Book CompanyProfessional sellerBook number: 87353
USD 675.00 [Appr.: EURO 630 | £UK 533 | JP 107306]
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Yodogima in Feudalistic Japan
1911. ADAMS, I. William. YODOGIMA IN FEUDALISTIC JAPAN. New York: The Mikilosch Press, 1911. 302 pp. 12mo. red cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt. With a 1" x 1" spot at the top of the spine where the dye and gilt have largely leached from the cloth, else very good. .
Boston Book CompanyProfessional sellerBook number: 46474
USD 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 | £UK 28.5 | JP 5723]
Catalogue: Japan and East Asia
Kamakura Kaihan Hotel
1930. (ADVERTISEMENT). KAMAKURA KAIHAN HOTEL. Kamakura, Japan. (Tokyo: Inatsu Co.), [N.D. circa 1930]. A single accordian-folded sheet, whose folded size measures 7 1/2 by 3 1/2 (19.2 x 8.9 cm.), with photo illustrations of the hotel and surrounding attractions; the final panel is a map which shows railway and tram lines and roads around Kamakura. With only slight soiling to outer panels. Very good. .
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USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 16 | JP 3179]
Catalogue: Japan and East Asia
åoeu Gunki 奥羽è»è¨
1662. Oeu Gunki 奥羽軍記 Hayashi Izumi no Jō 林Oe泉掾, publisher [Kyoto], Imadegawa Kanbun 2 [1662] Military ehon, 4 volumes in 2. Two volumes 27.6 x 18.1 cm, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with original title labels. Geometrically patterned green paper covers. Quite a nice version of this interesting "gunki" 軍記 military tale of the late Heian period in the late 11th century, recording bloody battles in the far north east. The "Oeu 奥羽" of the title refers to the two former provinces of Mutsu むつ and Dewa 出羽, located in the Tōhoku 東Oe area of Japan where the battles took place. With 18 full page b+w illustrations by a very capable unknown artist. The early Edo period of the 17th century, following the centuries of civil war which preceded it, was a time of peace, but one obsessed with war and tales of courage. Housed in a modern 27.7 x 18.6cm purple clasped chitsu case. Cover sizing has been abraded in places. Interior pages and printing are in good condition overall. .
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Catalogue: Japan and East Asia
Bairei Hyakuchå Gafu Zokuhen 楳嶺ç¾é³¥ç«èOe çºOeç·¨ (ç¶ç·¨
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, artist. Bairei Hyakuchō Gafu Zokuhen 楳
百鳥畫oe Oe編 (
編) [Bairei's Album of 100 Birds] Supplementary Series, 3 vols. Meiji 17 [1884]. Tokyo. Oekura Magobē 大倉孫-衛, publisher. 3 volumes approx 24.5 x 16.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in original decorated wrappers and title slips with printed labels on top right hand corner. Introductory notes, indices, advertisements and names of birds within woodcuts are in Japanese text. All volumes have dated colophon. Bairei's hanko in red ink on many of the pages. This is the Zokuhen Oe編 (
編) (supplementary series) that followed the original 3 vols of the same title that were printed in Meiji 14 [1881]. Lovely single and double page original woodblock prints of birds with a slight wash of peach by painter and illustrator Kōno Bairei 幸野楳
(1844-1895). The vols are ordered 天 Ten [Upper, "heaven"], oe Chi [Lower, "earth"] and 人 Nin [Middle, "person"]. Vol 天 Ten has title page on red paper on inside front wrapper, a [2] cho introduction and [1] cho index to birds, [22] cho of woodcuts and [1] cho of advertisements in rear with colophon on rear inside rear wrapper for a total of [26] cho. Vol oe Chi has title page on red paper on inside front wrapper, [3] cho initial text and [1] cho index to birds, [22] cho of woodcuts and colophon on rear inside rear wrapper for a total of [26] cho. Vol 人 Nin has title page on red paper on inside front wrapper, a [1] cho index to birds, [21] cho plus a sheet of woodcuts and [1] cho of ads in rear with a single sheet colophon and a colophon on rear inside rear wrapper for a total of [24] cho. For further details see Mitchell, p. 217. Wear, chipping and soiling of wrappers with damage to title slip (still readable) of 1st vol. and to printed labels. Split cho in 1st volume with one starting and split cho in 3rd vol. Title page detaching on inside wrapper of 2nd vol. Occasional spots of foxing, ink blots and thumbing, mainly at edges. Woodcuts are otherwise in good condition with nice printing. .
, artist. Bairei Hyakuchō Gafu Zokuhen 楳
百鳥畫oe Oe編 (
編) [Bairei's Album of 100 Birds] Supplementary Series, 3 vols. Meiji 17 [1884]. Tokyo. Oekura Magobē 大倉孫-衛, publisher. 3 volumes approx 24.5 x 16.5cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in original decorated wrappers and title slips with printed labels on top right hand corner. Introductory notes, indices, advertisements and names of birds within woodcuts are in Japanese text. All volumes have dated colophon. Bairei's hanko in red ink on many of the pages. This is the Zokuhen Oe編 (
編) (supplementary series) that followed the original 3 vols of the same title that were printed in Meiji 14 [1881]. Lovely single and double page original woodblock prints of birds with a slight wash of peach by painter and illustrator Kōno Bairei 幸野楳
(1844-1895). The vols are ordered 天 Ten [Upper, "heaven"], oe Chi [Lower, "earth"] and 人 Nin [Middle, "person"]. Vol 天 Ten has title page on red paper on inside front wrapper, a [2] cho introduction and [1] cho index to birds, [22] cho of woodcuts and [1] cho of advertisements in rear with colophon on rear inside rear wrapper for a total of [26] cho. Vol oe Chi has title page on red paper on inside front wrapper, [3] cho initial text and [1] cho index to birds, [22] cho of woodcuts and colophon on rear inside rear wrapper for a total of [26] cho. Vol 人 Nin has title page on red paper on inside front wrapper, a [1] cho index to birds, [21] cho plus a sheet of woodcuts and [1] cho of ads in rear with a single sheet colophon and a colophon on rear inside rear wrapper for a total of [24] cho. For further details see Mitchell, p. 217. Wear, chipping and soiling of wrappers with damage to title slip (still readable) of 1st vol. and to printed labels. Split cho in 1st volume with one starting and split cho in 3rd vol. Title page detaching on inside wrapper of 2nd vol. Occasional spots of foxing, ink blots and thumbing, mainly at edges. Woodcuts are otherwise in good condition with nice printing. .
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