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1939réf. 866041939. ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16 number 6. Tokyo Seibundo Showa 14 1939. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon was in charge opf photography. The issues were full of scientific and perceptive articles and illustrated with color and bw plates and reproductions of posters ads signboards etc. etc. Despite a bi-lingual title on the title page inside the text is entirely in Japanese. Ephemeral issues from early Showa have largely disappeared. The fragile paper is in nice condition overall. unknown books
1939réf. 866071939. ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN. KOKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16 number 1. Tokyo Seibundo Showa 14 1939. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon was in charge of photography. The issues were full of scientific and perceptive articles and illustrated with color and bw plates and reproductions of posters ads signboards etc. etc. Despite a bi-lingual title on the title page inside the text is entirely in Japanese. Ephemeral issues from early Showa have largely disappeared. The fragile paper is in nice condition overall. unknown books
1900réf. 857941900. MAP - JAPAN IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. Engraved by N. Matsudaira printed by G. Yoshii at the Toyodo in Tokyo 1900. This huge 5.33'x 6'164 x 183 cm map has a colored inset of the political divisions of the empire and another inset of Taiwan and environs as well as a superbly detailed map of Japan itself. There is some weakening of folds but overall in good condition folded and enclosed in a printed cover box. A monumental work in English throughout. By no means common. unknown books
1923réf. 851721923. PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPAN ALBUM OF 85 SNAPSHOTS OF JAPAN 1916 - 1923 FUJIYAMA AND MORE PLUS SIX LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS AND A PHOTO POSTCARD. 5 1/2 x 8 inch flexible black cloth covers cord-bound with "Photographs" in gilt on front cover. Black paper mounts neatly captioned in white ink mostly in English with some Japanese. Images are b/w sepia or color only two are in color and range in size from 2 1/4 x 3 inches to 4 x 6 inches. The majority 63 are the smaller size. The album is in good condition as are the page mounts and the photographs are in very good condition. The loose photographs range in size from 2 1/4 x 3 inches to 4 x 6 inches and are sepia or b/w. They are captioned in ink on the reverse. Most of the album photos depict expeditions to climb Fujiyama and various of the Japan Alps with scenes along the way of people and places -ecstatic pilgrims the Imperial bodyguard women's groups schoolchildren and the photographer and his many climbing companions foreign and Japanese. The owner is not identified although some of his companions are: Arnold Bauer Charles W. Copp Harry Collins Professor Fujimura McKinnon etc. along with a group of boys from Matsumoto High School and several others. Excellent and interesting group of photos of the breathtaking mountain scenery of Japan. Mountaineering was and is a defining interest of the Japanese - there are still gods in those mountains. unknown books
1935réf. 857951935. MAGICIANS - JAPAN. TAMC KAIHO OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE TOKYO AMATEUR MAGICIANS CLUB. Vol.1 #1 thru Vol.2 #1 5 issues in all. Published in Tokyo from January 1935 to May 1936. Text in Japanese but the first 4 issues of 4 and 8 pp. include translations into English on mimeographed sheets the last issue of 12 pp. includes no such translation. Illustrated with photo plates throughout. The first issue is a bit tattered else the others are good or better condition. Very unusual and interesting run of this ephemeral magazine. unknown books
1884réf. 859271884. PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN. 25 OUTDOOR SCENES AND STUDIO POSED PHOTOS. Small late 19th century oblong 12 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos of landscape and city scenes genre shots of trades and customs in the studio each about 9.5 x 13.5 cm image size. Brocade covered boards. The images are skillfully handcolored with very little fading. The covers have a bit of rubbing and the condition overall is very good. With the inscription of Capt. John C. Cooper from 1884 and hence a bit earlier than most albums one sees and certainly more interesting. unknown books
1940réf. 862071940. CHILDREN'S - JAPAN TAKEI Takeo editor. Yoji Hyojun Ehon OHISAMA TO OTSUKISAMA. Tokyo Showa 15 1940. Stiff wrappers about 10" x 7" illustrated in color throughout. The covers and the twelve double-page spreads within are printed after work by several important artists and illustrators including Takei himself. This is volume 7 of the "Standard Picture Books for Children" series its title could be translated as MADAM SUN AND MISTRESS MOON. It has a series of fifteen charming depictions of the influence and necessity of the sun and moon on our daily lives. No sign of the Imperial sun worship of the time save an explicit pictorial juxtaposition of the ancient Egyptians and modern Japanese worshipping the sun. The moon comes in to the picture at the very end as a guide for children on dark streets at night. The text is by Takei. The covers are a bit rubbed and slightly stained and soiled but overall a good copy of this extremely ephemeral publication. unknown books
réf. 81170187. BASEBALL - JAPAN Shihon Gakkou-hen. SHOGAKU TOKUHON Maki no Ichi. Aichi-ken Nagoya Shihongakko Teacher's College n.d. 1870's An interesting little elementary school reader from the first series of textbooks designed and created by the Teachers College Normal School system in Japan after the Meiji restoration to introduce "Western Learning" to the country. What follows is a series of excerpts from an informative article found online at http://wwwwp.mext.go.jp/hakusyo/book/hpbz198103/hpbz198103_2_035.html "The Normal School which was under the direct jurisdiction of the Department of Education was also requested to compile elementary school textbooks on the basis of its practical experience. Also an office for editing elementary school textbooks was set up in the Normal School in December 1872. The Department of Education encouraged independent prefectures to reprint the textbooks and other educational material which it and the Normal School had compiled and it was not long before most of the prefectures adopted this practice and the reprinted textbooks were in nationwide use. Especially following the establishment of regulations for the course of study for elementary schools by the Normal School the textbooks prepared by this institute gained wide acceptance. These textbooks included elementary school readers introductory geography outlines of Japanese topography outlines of world topography outlines of Japanese history outlines of world history elementary school arithmetic etc. .The elementary school textbooks proved to be an interesting introduction of the new knowledge based on the Civilization and Enlightenment Bunmeikaika thought and they were accepted not only as textbooks but also as popular reading material for the public at large. Thus their influence was of considerable importance in the dissemination of the new culture." It is pretty clear that the introduction of Western culture also entailed the introduction of a least a variety of baseball in the 1870's as well a fact confirmed by other sources on the origins of baseball in Japan. The American educational consultants and their Japanese colleagues in Aichi saw fit to include a cut and a story with a group of boys playing with bats and balls pitching and hitting - interesting proof that baseball is nearly as old in Japan as it is in the States. The text of the story crude. unknown books
1856réf. 826971856. MAP - JAPAN Gyokuransai SADAHIDE & Kikuchi Shuzo. MUSASHI NO KUNI ZENZU. Edo Kikuya Kosaburo & 12 others. Ansei 3 1856 112 X 127 cm. An interesting colored woodcut map of the Musashi plain. Folds into its original titled covers 28 x 18.6 cm. Nice colors impression and colors. Sadahide was not only a talented printmaker but was also responsible for several important maps of the time. Beans 1856.13 in Supplement B page 41. See the UBC website at http://angel.library.ubc.ca/cdm4/item_viewer.phpCISOROOT=/tokugawa&CI SOPTR=312&REC=3 for more info on this map. From The Keyes collection. unknown books
1748réf. 826931748. MAP - JAPAN. SETTSU NO KUNI MEISHO. Kyoto Kimura Juyodo Kan'en Gannen 1748. A handcolored woodblock printed map of Settsu provice containing the area of Osaka castle etc. 117.3 X 129.1 cm folds into heavy paper covers of approximately 27.7 x 18.9 cm. The original title slip is gone replaced by a handbrushed label: "Osaka no Kuni" "Carte Baie d'Osacca". Lovely and interesting map found at Beans main volume p.22 1748.1. Condition is very good printed on very strong and supple paper. For a detaiuled illustration see the record at UBC's website for the Beans copy: http://angel.library.ubc.ca/cdm4/item_viewer.phpCISOROOT=%2Ftokugawa& CISOPTR=286&DMSCALE=50&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0 &DMX=75&DMY=44&DMTEXT=&DMTHUMB=1&REC=2&DMROTATE=0&x=266&y=296 Our copy has different hand-coloring. The Beans copy hand-colors the harbor ours hand-colors the land primarily. From the collection of Roger Keyes. unknown books
réf. 8482718. Photo album - Japan 30 Albumen Scenes around Nikko Photo album - Japan. 30 Albumen Scenes around Nikko. Small late 19th early 20th century oblong 11.5 x 17.8 cm album of albumen photos of the city of NikkÅ each about 9.5 x 14 cm. Simple lacquer covers. NikkÅ 日光 is a city and tourist destination located in Tochigi Prefecture that is known for its mountains waterfalls and national park. It is also famous for its Shinto shrine NikkÅ TÅshÅgū 日光æ±ç…§å®® the resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu å¾³å·å®¶åº· depicted here in a number of the photos. The images are bw with a bit of fading as usual. The condition overall is very good. unknown books
1945réf. List3249Japan 1945. 8 x 10 ½ inch double-sided mimeographed sheet with damage to margins and tape at corners; very good plus. With one 3 ¾ x 3 ¼ inch photograph of an illustration; Fine. Overall excellent. Three illustrations—two of which are for a Thanksgiving menu—by cartoonist Perring Smith of the 1689th Engineering Combat Battalion stationed in occupied Japan. One side of the Thanksgiving menu has caricatures of several men in the unit and the menu for Thanksgiving dinner at “Stew’s Hash House” and the other shows a woman in a kimono and geta in front of a pagoda carrying serving trays with drinks and a roast turkey. The other illustration is a cartoon dog mascot for the battalion who carries besides his gun a shovel pickaxe and metal detector. Though not strictly trench art these items will be of interest to historians of art produced by deployed soldiers particularly in the Second World War. unknown books
réf. 1094998 folding leaves. Small 4to 283 x 205 mm. orig. wrappers orig. stitching with two other documents described below. N.p.: 1852-67. In the 19th century papermaking mills in villages were common throughout Japan. This manuscript a copy kept by the mill owner Tanaka Izaemon records the business activities in 1864 of his papermaking activities. We have been unable to determine where he operated but we find in the two accompanying documents the village names Shiraki ç™½æœ¨æ‘ Yamanaka å±±ä¸æ‘ and Tateyama ç«‹å±±æ‘ all rather common place names. This manuscript provides the names of the employees their lengths of employment monetary and tax matters etc. The second manuscript 22 folding leaves 284 x 206 mm. is entitled on upper wrapper “1863. On kami suki on hÅkÅ baibai. Okuhan chÅ. ShÅgatsu Jūichi nichi aratame. Tanaka Izaemon” 文久三年. 御紙漉御奉公売買. 奥判帳. æ£æœˆå一日改. 田中伊左衛門 “1863. Papermaking. Wages for Employees. Review. Tanaka Izaemon”. The third manuscript 45 folding leaves 281 x 22o mm. has no title but is concerned with the sale of papermaking permits from one owner to another details of ownership official forms and contracts hÅkÅnin ukejÅ with employees wages living provisions etc. In very good condition. Each manuscript has suffered from hungry mice “horse bites” in Japanese but the texts are very largely untouched. unknown books
réf. 9137Numerous fine paintings & diagrams throughout using blue green red gray yellow much gold silver & flesh-colored pigments. Siddham script in several places. Two scrolls 185 x 17660 mm.; 175 x 9210 mm. each with gold-speckled inner endpapers at front dark blue paper on outsides. At the end of the first scroll a note states these texts were first written in 1192 Kenkyū 建久 3 & copied on an auspicious day in the 12th month of Genna 元和 5 this part of Genna 5 corresponds to 1620; the second scroll is also dated at end “the 12th month of Genna 5.” These two scrolls are related to a kind of Daoist-influenced star worship that was associated with esoteric Buddhism. This practice became popular within the Japanese aristocracy in the medieval period. It drew on several strands of thought imported from China that were synthesized in Japanese religious practice. Buddhism as it appeared when imported to China from India and Central Asia in the first millennium CE carried with it astronomical and astrological knowledge including an identification of the planets and their association with the calendar e.g. the association between the planets and the days of the week still apparent in the modern Japanese names for them. In China this knowledge became influenced by Daoism exemplified for example by the worship of the stars of the Big Dipper Ch.: beidou J.: hokuto 北斗. In medieval Japan star worship under the auspices of esoteric Shingon and Tendai Buddhism became popular and highly ritualized. One star-related ritual expressed the worship of an individual’s birth and year stars. During these rituals offerings were made to a star or a constellation to obtain fortune or longevity. Such rituals are described in these two scrolls. Mandala dhÄraṇī and mudrÄ were important features of ritualized star worship and the three of them are present in the first scroll. There is a fine series of 158 flesh-toned paintings of mudrÄ gestures of the hand depicted and labeled. MudrÄ were hand and arm gestures made during the course of ritual practice or depicted in images of buddhas bodhisttvas tantric deities and other Buddhist images. With the development of Mahayana and Vajrayana iconography the number of mudrÄ proliferated and reaching the hundreds. DhÄraṇī were incantations and are presented as lists of syllables written in the Indic Siddham script. There is also a diagram a mandala depicting the Big Dipper the legends reference the earthly branches each listed as either yin or yang. The second scroll includes among other things a list of the Seven Planets sun moon and the planets of the solar system minus Neptune and Pluto and associated Buddhist deities stars in the constellation of the Big Dipper and years in the sexagenary calendrical cycle. Through this list an individual’s personal star can be determined. Further into the scroll the layout of the altar featuring e.g. silver coins food offerings and candles and the conduct of the rituals for various kinds of worship are described and illustrated in a series of scenes. Ritual objects like mandalas with Siddham characters are depicted as well. The instructions for the conduct of these rituals include the performance of combinations of mudrÄ and dhÄraṇī associated with the mystery of the body and the mystery of speech respectively. In addition to the importance of the Big Dipper the Daoist influence on these scrolls is evident in its mention of deities such as the Dongyue emperor and Huang Shigong. Very good preserved in a modern box. Some worming carefully repaired. unknown books
réf. 10939Ten vividly rendered scenes. Scroll 265 x 6150 mm. gold-flecked inner front endpaper outside covered with a fine silk floral-patterned brocade fabric. Japan: mid-Edo. Flatulence humor has a long history in Japan: he-gassen å±åˆæˆ¦ “fart competitions” or hÅhi-gassen 放å±åˆæˆ¦ “fart fights” have been depicted in the country’s art since the Heian era 794-1185. Our scroll contains ten explicit scenes: 1. Before the competition naked men drink cold water to induce flatulence. 2. The competition begins with naked rather well-endowed men frolicking farting with such force that a heavy game table is knocked over. 3. One man is farting on another who is defending himself with a fan. 4. Three men are farting with serious intent. 5. Seven men are farting at each other one of whom is defending himself with a makeshift shield. Another is retching. One competitor has gathered his gas in a bag and is carrying it to the action. Another man is enjoying the power of a competitor’s wind as he is being blown into the air. 6. One man is farting and his opponent is ducking away from the wind. 7. A man is farting and has knocked down his opponent by the wind’s force. 8. Six men are competing with uncertain results. 9. One man is defending himself with a fan and an onlooker is entertained by the activities. 10. The final scene depicts five men at the conclusion of the competition sitting peacefully sipping a liquid porridge and eating raw chestnuts. At the end we find text stating this was created in the mid-Edo period and was the property of the Fukuda family of Awa province today’s Tokushima Prefecture. Beforehand it had been owned by Inokuma Nobuo shrine master of Shirotori jinja in Shashu province today’s Kagawa Prefecture. With one seal of the Fukuda family and another that we cannot identify. In fine condition carefully rebacked with some mending. unknown books
1981réf. 33211Tokyo; New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd 1981. Revised. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 54 2pp text 168 leaves of plates. Original illustrated dust-jacket over mottled tan cloth with black lettering on spine. Book housed in original red cloth clamshell box with illustrated paste-down. Textured brown endpapers. This remarkable volume is a compendium of designs - specifically Okinawan and Ainu - that are markedly different from the mainstream of Japanese textile arts together with patterns of foreign origin that had a strong impact on Japanese designs. This work is profusely illustrated with hundreds of color and b/w photographic reproductions of various textile designs printed on glossy paper. Includes notes to the plates and list of Japanese terms. Originally published in 3 volumes. Moderate age-wear and some sunning on spine and rear of clamshell box. Very minor scuffing and tiny creasing on dust-jacket. Clamshell box in overall good dust-jacket in very good interior in near fine condition. Kodansha International Ltd hardcover books
1980réf. 12053Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd 1980. Revised edition. Hardcover. vg. Lrg. folio. 66pp. of text followed by 184pp. of plates. Muttled gray cloth in original dj. "Japan is justly famed for the excellence of its aesthetic sense and its fine craftsmanship. However little has been published on textiles and textile design". This is the first major work on this subject. "This volume abundantly illustrated with 771 plates of which 34 are in color presents free-style designs according to their motifs rather than by technique or chronologically. The four main categories are plants nature natural phenomena topographical features etc. animals and man-made objects with each category subdivided according to individual motifs." Volume one of three. The other two volumes cover "Geometric Designs" and "Okiawan Ainu and Foreign Designs". In fine condition. Kodansha International Ltd hardcover books
1980réf. 65327Tokyo New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd 1980. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . Will require extra postage due to size and weight. Odd volume. Folio 38 cm Light gray cloth over boards. In a dust jacket with light surface wear. Housed in a portfolio box. The box is in very good condition with moderate wear to the extremities. An assemblage of 751 designs that either incorporate geometric motifs or that are geometric in arrangement in addition to 178 komon literally "small patterns". Kodansha International Ltd hardcover books
1949réf. 370387Kobe or Fukuoka Japan 1949. Approx. 145 photographs mostly 3x2 inches some 1-1/2x1 and a few 4-1/2x3 inches or larger. Inserted on photo corners or with small strips of cellotape at the corners. Many captioned in English or Japanese. Some images missing a few loose photographs inserted. Signed by Tadao Maeda on the rear endpaper. Approx. 7x6 inches. Contemporary dark green cloth minor wear. Approx. 145 photographs mostly 3x2 inches some 1-1/2x1 and a few 4-1/2x3 inches or larger. Inserted on photo corners or with small strips of cellotape at the corners. Many captioned in English or Japanese. Some images missing a few loose photographs inserted. Signed by Tadao Maeda on the rear endpaper. Approx. 7x6 inches. The snapshots comprise mostly images of Japanese soldiers attached to the U.S. regiment outside of barracks or on bases but also street scenes family members unknown books
1993réf. 29412New York: Japan Society. Fine. 1993. Brochure. as new in flawless condition. B&W photographs Program brochure for the first U.S. retrospective of the films of "one of Japan's most profitable and popular stars" with a career that extended from the silent film era until the 1970s. Her hundreds of film roles included appearances in fifteen film by Kenji Mizoguchi and in 1953 she became only the second woman to direct a Japanese film. Contains a brief biography the schedule of screenings and brief program notes for "22 films in which Tanaka starred six that she directed her entire ouevre as a director and a biographical film on her life as an actress." Printed on a single sheet both sides measuring 5-1/2" x 8-1/4" folded the scanned image 11" x 25" when unfolded to its full size. . Japan Society unknown books
1958réf. 327226npl: Japanese Go Association 1958. 240 4p. plastic comb binding first printing; b&w photos. profusely illustrated with Go boards slightly toned wraps ownership signature on title page some slight soil on back cover else very good. [Japanese Go Association] unknown books
1954réf. 308507Tokyo: the joint committee 1954. Pamphlet. 12p. illustrated with a few production photos presswork on glazed alkaline folio leaves folded once to make an 11.5x8 inch program fastened securely with two neat lengths of decorative ribbon. Lower outside corner-tip of entire brochure is badly crimped and the remaining surfaces are lightly crimped. Front cover has a small wrinkled puncture. Free within of any dust or markings a fair-to-good research copy. the joint committee unknown books
2008réf. 274298no pl: no pub 2008. Handbill. handbill 5x3.5 inches; in good condition. no pub unknown books
1964réf. 264831Tokyo: Communist Party of Japan 1964. Magazine. 225p. paperback journal frot cover has "shadow" where label was formerly affixed; title neatly penned on blank spine. Includes polemics in response to Soviet criticisms of the Party. Communist Party of Japan unknown books
1965réf. 233262Tokyo: Communist Party of Japan 1965. Magazine. Eight issues of the journal generally very good with light handling wear occasional minor marginalia. Numbers present are 36-42 and 52. The line taken reflects a turn towards China in the international communist movement's Sino-Soviet rift. Communist Party of Japan unknown books
