BATCHELOR, JOHN:

An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary. (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language). Two parts in one volume. Tokyo, Published by the Methodist Publishing House, Ginza,1905.

. Pp. (vi), 11, errata (1), 526; (ii), 159, errata (1), (1). Old Japanese inscription on front endpaper. Original blue cloth, a few stains to upper cover,slightly shaken, hinges weak. The second, much enlarged and improved edition of the first proper Ainu-English dictionary (first 1889). A grammar has been added to this edition. The Reverend John Batchelor (1854-1944) was a British missionary who lived among the Ainu people for more than sixty years. During this time he became close to the people and knowledgeable about their culture, religion and language. He was the first to write in Ainu, creating a writing system for the language. Cordier BJ 618-19.

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Book number: 121371

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BATCHELOR, JOHN:

Sea-Girt Yezo. Glimpses at Missionary Work in North Japan. London, Church Missionary Society, 1902.

. Small 4to. Pp. viii, 120. With frontispiece and many illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth with an Ainu fisherman blocked in gilt on the upper cover, g.e. Binding shaken, but a lovely copy. First edition, mainly written for young people. Not in Cordier. Nipponalia (Kyoto 1972) 2278.

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Book number: 100572

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KUBOTA BEISEN (Ed.):

Bijutsu H›ko (The Art Treasury). Eleven volumes. Tokyo, Matsui Eikichi, Gahakudo,1895.

. A complete set of this early refined Japanese art magazine. Size: 26 x 16 cm. With high-quality woodblock printed reproductions of ukiyo-e prints and paintings by famous artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Shibata Zeshin, Sakai Hoitsu, Ogata Korin, Mauyama Okyo, Kawanabe Kyosai, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, etc. Includes several folded prints of hashira-e (long and narrow pillar prints), nagaban (large print) and long surimono (exclusive prints for special occasions). Printed in lovely rich colours several highlighted with lacquer and mica. Bound in the traditional Japanese fashion, as issued within coloured decorated wrappers. A few volumes loose in binding and one volume has a few leaves affected by a small marginal wormhole, otherwise in splendid condition. Housed in a modern cloth folder. The editor Kubota Beisen was a renowned Japanese artist and art instructor. He founded the Kyoto Fine Art Association together with Kono Bairei. A stunning collection which seems extremely rare to find complete.

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Book number: 121008

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VON BENYOWSZKY (BENIOWSKY) , MAURITZ AUGUST:

Lefnadslopp och resor, af honom sielf beskrefne. Stockholm, Kongl. Ordens Tryckeriet, 1791.

. Pp. (xvi), 415. Modern boards. Some minor staining. An abridged Swedish version of "The Memoirs and Travels" translated by S. Ödmann, based on a German edition in 1791. This narrative is about an Hungarian noble man's exile in Kamchatka and his travels to Japan, Formosa, China and Madagascar. Alt-Japan katalog 184. Cf Cordier BJ 453.

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Book number: 15

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BENYOWSZKY (BENIOWSKY) , MAURITZ AUGUST VON:

Lefnadslopp och resor, af honom sielf beskrefne. Stockholm, Kongl. Ordens Tryckeriet, 1791.

. Pp. (xvi), 415. Old inscription on title page. Upper part of title page nicely restored, without any loss. Fine, uncut copy. Rebound in half calf on marbled boards, flat spine blindstamped and gilt. An abridged Swedish version translated by Samuel Ödmann, based on a German edition (Hamburg, 1791). A narrative about the Hungarian noble man Beniowsky's exile in Kamchatka and his travels to Japan, Formosa, China and Madagascar. Cf Cordier, BJ 453. Alt-Japan katalog 184.

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Book number: 777036

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BILDT, DIDRIK CARL:

Japonica. Bilder av japanska föremål och upplysningar därom. Stockholm 1914.

. Small folio. Pp. (ii), x, 502. With coloured frontispiece and 92 plates, of which eleven are coloured. Publisher's cloth decorated in gilt. First edition which was limited to 200 copies, of which this is no.167. Didrik Bildt travelled to Japan in 1902. He brought home a large collection of Japanese works of art including vases, tsuba, paintings, fukusa, kakemono, etc. Each item is well described. Several of the items were presented at the Japanese exhibition in Stockholm in 1911.

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Book number: 99587

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BOKUYA MIZUSHIMA, ETC.

[A manuscript copy] "Ogasawara ryû shorei no shiki" (The Ogasawara School of Etiquette). Nine volumes. Late Edo period (ca 1800).

. Comprises nine volumes of hand-written text and hand-drawn illustrations, of which several coloured. Ink on fine paper, bound in the fukuro-toji style in original blue wrappers with title labels. Stamps of Nihon Budo Bunka Kyokai (Japan Martial Arts Culture Association) on front covers. Volumes vary slightly in size between 22.8 x 17.1 cm and 24.5 x 18.3 cm. Some staining to the covers and some minor worming to a few volumes but overall a very good set. Housed in a specially made decorated paper box.The Ogasawara School originated in the Kamakura period (12th century) and laid the foundations of etiquette for the samurai class in Japan. It specialised in teaching archery techniques and horse training. The school developed over centuries and from its rich past of warrior martial techniques the Ogasawara-ryû tradition of etiquette evolved. The etiquette teaches proper behaviour in different life situations and in ceremonial rituals, such as performing a bow, arrangements of banquets, serving manners, making gift boxes, wedding preparations, instructions for noshi, clothing and make-up, etc. etc.Mizushima Bokuya (1607-94) was a teacher of etiquette and his written Ogasawara work mainly circulated in manuscript form in the second half of the 17th century. See: Michael Kinshi, Basic Japan Etiquette Rules and Their Popularization" Japonica Humboldtiana Band 5 (2001).

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Book number: 121185

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BOTVED, A.P.:

Köbenhavn - Tokio - Köpenhavn. Copenhagen, Gyldendals Forlagstrykkeri, 1926.

. Large 8vo. 157, (3). With many illustrations from photographs in the text. Contemporary or slightly later half calf, spine lettered in gilt. A travel account by Botved, a Danish military pilot, of his adventurous flight in a Fokker C.V. from Copenhagen to Tokyo and back. The journey took 10 weeks and went via Bagdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Bangkok, Hanoi, Canton, Peking, Osaka to Tokyo and the return via Irkutsk, Ornsk and Moscow.

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Book number: 99450

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BOUSQUET, GEORGES:

Japan i våra dagar. Eight parts in five volumes. Stockholm; C.E. Fritzes, 1882.

. Pp. (iv), viii, 620. Title and list of content bound in the last part. With many textual illustrations. As issued, uncut in original wrappers, complete in five volumes. With inscriptions to C.F. Ridderstad (newspaper editor) by the translator. A Swedish edition of "Le Japon de nos jours et les échelles de l'Extrème-Orient" (Paris 1877), translated by Anton Stuxberg. Bousquet spent several years in Japan and his work is appreciated for its authenticity. One chapter is devoted to the Ainu. Cf Cordier BJ 632. Cf Nipponalia, Kyoto University, 1053.

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Book number: 100782

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BOUSQUET, GEORGES:

Japan i våra dagar. Stockholm 1882.

. Pp. (ii), viii, 620. With many textual illustrations. Original pictorial red cloth richly gilt, spine faded. Bookplate. A Swedish edition of "Le Japon de nos jours et les échelles de l'Extrème-Orient" (Paris 1877), translated by Anton Stuxberg. Bousquet lived in Japan between 1872 and 1874. One chapter is devoted to the Ainu. Cf Cordier BJ 632. Cf Nipponalia, Kyoto University, 1053.

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Book number: 99730

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BOXER, CHARLES RALPH:

A Portuguese Embassy to Japan (1644-1647). Translated from an Unpublished Portuguese Ms. and Other Contemporary Sources, with Commentary and Appendices. London 1928.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. viii, 64. With two facsimile plates. Publisher's printed boards, cloth spine, rubbed and with light staining. Old ownership signature on front endpaper. First edition of Boxer's first separately published work about the Portuguese Embassy of Captain Gonçalo de Sigueira de Souza to Japan 1644-7 whose goal was to re-establish trade relations between the countries. Howgego S143.

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Book number: 120952

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BRINKLEY, FRANK (Ed.):

Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese. Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars. Ten volumes. Boston, J.B. Millet Co., 1897-8.

. A complete set of this Tokyo edition, limited to 500 copies (no. 351). Folio. Pp. 382, ten hand-coloured collotype frontispieces of flowers, thirty mounted hand-coloured album photographs (accompanied by leaves with descriptive text), five more coloured flower plates and fifteen woodcut-printed plates. Numerous illustrations in the text. Bound in the Japanese style, original half cloth bindings, title leaves on upper boards (two with small loss), gold sprinkled end papers. Bindings rubbed, a few volumes with loss of fabric on upper board.A comprehensive and informative work on Japan at the turn of the 20th century. The volumes are divided into specific topics covering customs, history, festivals, sites, etc. The beautiful photographs are taken by K. Tamamura and the collotype flower plates by Kazumasa Ogawa. (Ref. Bennett p. 18). Frank Brinkley was an Anglo-Irish officer in the Royal Artillery who came to Japan in 1867 and stayed there for more than forty years. He became the owner and editor of the English-language newspaper Japan Mail (Japan Times). Brinkley organised and translated the contributions by Japanese scholars to this work. A few minor marginal tears in a couple of the volumes, otherwise internally in very good condition. A heavy set.

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Book number: 121227

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CARROTHERS, JULIA DODGE:

Japan's Year. Illustrated by Japanese Artists. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, Meiji 38 (1905).

. Large 8vo. (18.3 x 24.6 cm) Pp. 76, double folded in the Japanese fashion. With sixteen full page colour woodcuts and three single sheet crêpe paper woodcut prints tipped in. Further illustrations throughout the text. With English text. Original decorated stiff paper wrappers, string bound, very light wear to extremities. Housed in the original cardboard box. First edition, reprinted in 1911. Julia Carrothers came to Japan as a Presbyterian missionary in 1869 together with her husband. She had a long-standing connection with Japan and Hasegawa after her return to San Diego in 1877. When she came back to Japan in 1903 she provided Hasegawa with the manuscript for this book. A lovely copy of a charming and informative work about Japan and its culture based on the months of the calendar year. The beautiful illustrations are very delicate.

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Book number: 120477

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CHANCE, LULU MAUD:

Bradley's Straight Line Picture Cut-Outs. Japanese Village. Springfield, Mass., Milton Bradley Co., ca 1920.

. Folio. Complete, unused set of eight printed leaves on heavy paper with cut-out figures, one colour plate and one printed instruction leaf. Some with small tears or chipped at corners, but overall it's well-kept. Housed in the original colour decorated envelope, chipped along edges. (Size: 38 x 29.5 cm). Bradley produced a series of village models for children which showed the people of a particular country and the houses they lived in.

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Book number: 121339

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NIAN CHANG [NIEN TCH'ANG]:

Fo tsou li tai t'ong tsai. [In Japanese: Busso rekidai tsusai]. 18 volumes. Kyoto 1649.

. Complete in 18 volumes. With text in Japanese printed on double leaves folded in the oriental manner. As issued in original paper wrappers with title labels. Some wear and stain to covers. One volume has damage to front cover (slight loss of title label) and first 12 leaves torn with only marginal loss. A Japanese edition of a Chinese historical biography of Buddhist patriarchs.

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Book number: 35178

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Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, buddhism, religion, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,