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Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei Jōsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki) by Kosuke Hirooka (?) / Utagawa Yoshiiku (Illustrator) - 1883

by Kosuke Hirooka (?) / Utagawa Yoshiiku (Illustrator)

Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei J����suiki, also Genpei Seisuiki) by Kosuke Hirooka (?) / Utagawa Yoshiiku (Illustrator) - 1883

Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei Jōsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki)

by Kosuke Hirooka (?) / Utagawa Yoshiiku (Illustrator)

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Tokyo : Eisen Sha, 1883. Paperback. Good. Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei JÃÂsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki). This is an extended version of the Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). Complete set of 16 volumes bound as eight volumes, two per volume. Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes, published during Meiji 16 (1883) in Tokyo. 16 Cover color illustrations by Utagawa (or Ochiai) Yoshiiku, with 56 black & white illustrations. Some moisture damage to the first three volumes, otherwise in Very Good condition, with the illustrations clean & bright. The famous chronicle of the Genpei War (The Heike Monogatari). A classic of Japanese history, includes much on the bushi, supremacy of the military class over the decadent Kyoto Court nobles, martial arts, the Hogen insurrection, Go-ShiraKawa, the Heiji tumult, Taira and Fujiwara, plots against the capital and death of Kiyomori. A superb 12th Century Japanese classic. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!

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  • Publisher Eisen Sha
  • Place of Publication Tokyo
  • Date Published 1883
  • Keywords Japan; Japanese woodblock prints; history; Utagawa (or Ochiai) Yoshiiku; Genpei War; samurai; martial arts
Waro Kishi: Works and Projects.
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Waro Kishi: Works and Projects.

by KISHI, Waro. With an essay by Masao Furuyama

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9784887061903 / 4887061900
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Milan: Electa Architecture, 2005. Signed by Waro Kishi. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Waro Kishi: Buildings and Projects.
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Waro Kishi: Buildings and Projects.

by KISHI, Waro. Hiroshi Watanabe

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9788425216688 / 8425216680
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Stuttgart / London: Edition Axel Menges, 2000. Signed by Waro Kishi. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #16, The Wonderful Tea Kettle
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Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #16, The Wonderful Tea Kettle

by JAMES, T.H.

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1896 1st ed Japanese Fairy Tales Wonderful Tea Kettle Badger Illustrated Tokyo

A rare, hand-made book on silk-stitched, creped wraps of famous Japanese fairy tales! This traditional tale, 'The Wonderful Tea Kettle', is an illustrated woodblock book telling the tale of an old priest and his desire to lead the Chanoyu ceremony. While in meditation, his tea kettle began to shake and out of it came a badger!

This volume is numbered no. 16 in a series of 'Antique Japanese Fairy Tales'.
Item number: #6980
Price: $499
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Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #16, The Wonderful Tea Kettle
Tokyo : T. Hasegawa, 1896. First edition. [Meiji 29]

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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)

by Saito Maruko (ed.)

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Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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The Baur Collection, Geneva: Japanese Prints (2 volumes)
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The Baur Collection, Geneva: Japanese Prints (2 volumes)

by Forrer, Matthi

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9782880310073 / 2880310075
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Collections Baur, Genève, 1994 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase).; Two volumes in slipcase; 23.5 x 29.5 x 8 cm; 5.2 Kg; With colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Limited edition of 3100 copies, of which this is 448.; Used book in very good condition. Looks as new. Minor signs of wear on the slipcase.; "These two volumes include the Japanese prints collected by Alfred Baur over the forty or so years from 1909 to 1949. This art form, is known to have exerted a decisive influence on the development of Western painting, offering first to Impressionist painters and then to the Nabil (to mention only France) an example of a new type of compositions that can serve as an alternative to the grand tradition inherited from the Renaissance. Van Gogh and Monet had assembled collections of prints that are still very carefully preserved and the writer Edmond de Goncourt, himself a well-informed collector, had… Read More
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Waro Kishi: Works and Projects.
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Waro Kishi: Works and Projects.

by KISHI, Waro. With an essay by Masao Furuyama

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Milan: Electa Architecture, 2005. Signed by Waro Kishi. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF 116 PROFESSIONAL IMAGES, MOSTLY FROM MIE-KEN, CIRCA 1895-1925, DURING THE...
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF 116 PROFESSIONAL IMAGES, MOSTLY FROM MIE-KEN, CIRCA 1895-1925, DURING THE MEIJI AND TAISHO PERIODS

by Japan, Honshu

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1925. Original photograph album. Very Good. Oblong, string-tied album of black cardstock leaves, 11" x 13", photographs mounted on 35pp, blanks at the rear. Bound in black, flexible boards with an embossed sailing ship and gilt lettering (Photo-Album) on the cover. Pasted in are 116 albumen and silver gelatin prints, ranging from small candids to 8 ½" x 10 ½" group portraits, a few fading, overall sharp and clean. Laid into the album are a Japanese news article, a small head-shot of an older gentleman, and a watercolor portrait (10" x 8 ¼") of a man's face. Most of the photographs in this album. circa 1895-1925, were taken in Mie-Ken (or "Mie prefecture"), part of the Kansai region on the main island of Honshu. The group and individual portraits reflect new social and economic developments and cultural norms that emerged during this period. Subjects are shown in either traditional Japanese garments or in Western dress. Group shots often depict people wearing both styles within the same picture.… Read More
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Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #16, The Wonderful Tea Kettle
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Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #16, The Wonderful Tea Kettle

by JAMES, T.H.

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1896 1st ed Japanese Fairy Tales Wonderful Tea Kettle Badger Illustrated Tokyo

A rare, hand-made book on silk-stitched, creped wraps of famous Japanese fairy tales! This traditional tale, 'The Wonderful Tea Kettle', is an illustrated woodblock book telling the tale of an old priest and his desire to lead the Chanoyu ceremony. While in meditation, his tea kettle began to shake and out of it came a badger!

This volume is numbered no. 16 in a series of 'Antique Japanese Fairy Tales'.
Item number: #6980
Price: $499
JAMES, T.H.
Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #16, The Wonderful Tea Kettle
Tokyo : T. Hasegawa, 1896. First edition. [Meiji 29]

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Language: English
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Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
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Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)

by Saito Maruko (ed.)

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Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Moko Shurai Ekotoba
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Moko Shurai Ekotoba: (Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasion)

by Beisai Kubota

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Woodblock reprint of two famous Japanese picture scrolls which recorded the unsuccessful Mongol invasions of Japan in the 13th century.The scrolls were originally drawn between 1275 and 1293 for the samurai Suenaga Takezaki to record his battlefield valor and deeds during Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan. The scrolls depict the Battle of Bun'ei in 1274 and the Battle of Koan in 1281.
Complete in 3 volumes, with 66 pages with 56 color plates in vol. 1, 54 pages with 33 color plates in vol. 2, and 100 pages with 54 color plates in vol. 3. Edited by Beisai Kubota.Condition: paper covers slightly worn, a few pages browned (mostly Japanese text pages) but plates bright and vivid.
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Sho Fukumoto Sketchbook 1986: Leda (Boxed Set)
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Sho Fukumoto Sketchbook 1986: Leda (Boxed Set)

by Sho Fukumoto

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N. Nomura & Co., Ltd., 1986. Book. Like New. Boxed Set. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A hardcover book and a softcover book in a cloth-covered box, all in like-new condition. Clamshell box is covered in natural-covered linen with brown lettering to spine and brown facsimile signature on top. Hardcover with three-quarter charcoal-gray cloth with blue marbled (faux) boards; no text other than a tipped-in plate with title, etc. in English; pages are facsimile reproductions of the sketched art--b&w and color of Leda and Swan; no title on binding. Softcover is staplebound with blue cardstock cover with title etc. in English on front; approx. 27 pages; b&w photo frontispiece of artist; 7 plates of art; text in Japanese. Books are about 9-1/2" by 6-1/4". Box is 10-1/2" by 6-3/4"..
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden

by Marc P. Jiro Takei; Keane

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780804832946 / 0804832943
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Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this new… Read More
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Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi
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Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi

by Rosemary Bandini

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780953573301 / 0953573303
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Rosemary Bandini, London, 1999, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 174 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting "netsuke" of animals and mythical beings.
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Hiroshige: Birds and Flowers
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Hiroshige: Birds and Flowers

by Hiroshige, Ando; introduction by Cynthea J. Bogel; commentaries on the plates by Israel Goldman; poetry translated by Alfred H. Marks

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807611999 / 0807611999
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NY: Braziller, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Braziller, 1988, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with 91 full color plates. Fine in near fine. price clipped dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool.

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool.

by NARA, Yoshitomo

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780810994140 / 0810994143
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New York: Asia Society Museum / Harry N. Abrams: 2010. First edition / First printing. Illustrated laminated boards in die-cut illustrated slipcase. Very fine in a very fine slipcase.
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Traditional Japanese Furniture

Traditional Japanese Furniture: A Definitive Guide

by Kazuko Koizumi

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First Edition
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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780870117220 / 087011722X
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Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Minor shelf and handling wear to DJ. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.
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Tsubasa Album De Reproductions 2 (Japanese Version)
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Tsubasa Album De Reproductions 2 (Japanese Version)

by Clamp

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Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9784063647983 / 4063647986
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Kodansha, 2009. Paperback with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is in Japanese. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Very light scuffing along to top edges of the dust jacket. Small tear on the top right corner of the bottom black banner on the front cover. No markings on the inside of the book.Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints From The Anne Van Biema Collection
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Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints From The Anne Van Biema Collection

by Ann Yonemura; Donald Keene; Andrew Gerstle; Elizabeth De Sabato Swinton; Joshua S. Mostow

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Both the book and dj are in 'as new' condition. It has . 10 unpaginated pages followed by 362 numbered pages. It was published to coincide with the exibition of the same name. A beautiful book with well over 100 color illustrations and even more in b&w. The book includes a series of essays on the historic, economic, and cultural environment of Edo period Japan and the collections focus on early Kabuki actor prints, including many by the artists Toyokuni and Kuniyoshi).

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Art and Palace Politics in Early Modern Japan 1580s-1680s

Art and Palace Politics in Early Modern Japan 1580s-1680s

by LILLEHOJ, Elizabeth

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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9789004206120 / 9004206124
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Leiden: Brill, 2011. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Vol 2 in the series, Japanese Visual Culture. Tall 8vo. (25.5cm). Boards, lettered title to cover. In unclipped dust jacket. pp. 296. W/ 98 colour plates. Some faint edgewear to jacket, minor signs of use, a very sound, almost as new copy.
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The Hokusai Sketchbooks
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The Hokusai Sketchbooks

by James A. Michener

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Stated First Edition.
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From flyleaf: Between the years 1814 and 1878 there was published in Japan a series of woodblock printed volumes entitled Hokusai Manga, or Hokusai's Sketches from Life, which was destined to be one of the most popular art publications ever issued anywhere in the world. With its rich tapestry of life as it was lived in the boisterous Tokyo of the day and its magical evocation of the beauties of the Japanese countryside, it was an immediate best-seller in Japan, and then, upon the West's discovery of Japanese art, went on to win the hearts of people everywhere. It is from this amazing book, amazing both in execution and breadth of scope, that the… Read More
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