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Pilgrimage to Enoshima
by Gekkō, Ogata
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1893. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, full margins. Scattered handling wear, adhesive residue on the verso, and minor edge losses at the left sheet edge and top right corner, well outside of image area. Meiji period (1868-1912), from the series of 47 essays and images called Sketches by Gekkō (Gekkō zuihitsu). Ogaka Gekkō (originally known as Nakagami Masanosuke) was...
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NZ$1,462.85
Toshogu Shrine
by Gekkō, Ogata
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, some spots of adhesive residue on the verso and a small edge tear along the left-center sheet edge, extending approximately 1/2-inch into the image. Meiji period (1868 - 1912), from the series of essays and images called Sketches by Gekkō (Gekkō zuihitsu). Ogaka Gekkō (originally known as...
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NZ$1,032.60
![Illustrated scroll on paper, entitled "Shiki no susami" [trans.: "Four Seasons of Pleasure Seeking"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/912/954/1112954912.0.b.jpg){kind=small}
Illustrated scroll on paper, entitled "Shiki no susami" [trans.: "Four Seasons of Pleasure Seeking"]
by JOURNEY TO THE PLEASURE QUARTER
Many finely drawn illustrations in brush, ink, & colors. Scroll (285 x 9310 mm.), 23 joined sheets (some inoffensive worming, carefully repaired). Japan: copied before 1857. A finely illustrated scroll, created in the witty and refined realistic style of Yamato-e and Ukiyo-e brush work, depicting the route taken - a distance of about 4 km. - by pleasure-seekers from Ryogoku Bridge to Shin Yoshiwara, the center of prostitution in the city of Edo. By the 18th century, it was the home to some 1750 women....
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NZ$28,396.50
Riches from Rags: Saki-Ori & Other Recycling Traditions in Japanese Rural Clothing
by Yoshida, Shin-Ichiro; Willims, Dai
Soft cover. Very Good. The catalog of the exhibition presented by the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, "the first exhibition outside Japan to focus on 19th and 20th century Japanese working class clothing made from recycled cotton materials. The unique textures of these recycled textiles and the simple, elegant design of the resultant work clothing make them one of the world's undiscovered treasures..." (from the Preface". Wonderfully illustrated, with a detailed analysis of the background,...
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NZ$425.09
Picture scroll on paper, with ten erotic paintings, with ample use of metallic pigments & paint made from ground-up seashells
by EROTIC SCROLL
Scroll (300 x 4150 mm.), with pale green silk borders & endpapers, wooden core roller. [Japan]: n.d. but probably early Edo. This is a fine example of an erotic scroll, anonymously painted as usual but with great skill. The scroll contains ten scenes of men (sometimes samurai) and women engaged in various sexual activities. Two of the scenes are threesomes, one of which shows a young samurai copulating with two older women. The hairstyles of both the women and men are typical of the pleasure courts of...
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NZ$8,605.00
Rescue at 2100 Hours. The untold story of the most daring escape of the Pacific War
by Trumble, Tom
Melbourne: Viking. 2013. Very Good+ condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 332 pages. February 1942. The Japanese invasion of Timor has begun and attempts to evacuate a group of 29 Australian airmen, charged with keeping an airfield operational until the last moment, are thwarted. Under the leadership of Bryan Rofe the airmen make for remote jungle along ther north-west coast. After an extremely...
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NZ$17.65
Street Singers (Ukiyobushi); Shamisen Player and Singer
by Hiroaki, Takahashi (signed Shotei)
Watanabe Shozaburo, 1936. Woodblock in colors on handmade mulberry paper, Koban 7 3/16 x 4 3/4 inches (182 x 120 mm), full margins. With the Shôtei artist seal in red ink, upper right. Signed "Shotei" and titled in English on the matrix in graphite. With the "Made in Japan" export stamp and the Watanabe catalog number stamp (179), both in blue ink, on the bottom sheet edge, verso, as issued. Adhered to a card stock matrix with deckle edges, as issued. A beautiful pre-war impression of this serene and...
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NZ$602.35
Ima koso riso shakai o katare
Tokyo: Kasutoriadeisu kenkyukai, 2009. 45p., 5.75x8.25 inches, very good in wraps, text in Japanese. Critique of capitalism by followers of Castoriadis.
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NZ$37.86
Anti-Japanese: Songs and the War of Resistance by China Culture Construction Association 1938 -Zhong Zitong
by (SINO-JAPANESE WAR)
Anti-Japanese: Songs and the War of Resistance by China Culture Construction Association 1938-Zhong Zitong
Changsha: Published and distributed by The Commercial Press, February 1938, third edition, 62 pages, 8vo, slight tears and colophon page stuck to inside rear cover, overall good condition.
The author describes the dangerous situation that all Chinese are facing and appeals the importance of learning resistance songs for students. The book contains 24 music of songs in total.... Read more about this item
Changsha: Published and distributed by The Commercial Press, February 1938, third edition, 62 pages, 8vo, slight tears and colophon page stuck to inside rear cover, overall good condition.
The author describes the dangerous situation that all Chinese are facing and appeals the importance of learning resistance songs for students. The book contains 24 music of songs in total.... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,634.95
Seven scrolls on fine shiny paper, four of which have 93 fine color brush & ink drawings of swords and swordsmen in poses
by MARTIAL ARTS: SHINKAGE-RYŪ SWORDSMANSHIP
Seven scrolls (each 182 mm. high, lengths varying from 1950 to 5495 mm., including front endpapers), all with inner sides of endpapers with speckles of gold, silk brocade on outside, reverse sides with gold speckles, five of the seven with a surviving gold-paper label on outside with rather fanciful manuscript titles. [Japan]: "copied March 1819." Shinkage-ryū 新陰流, "new shadow school," is one of the oldest traditional schools of Japanese martial arts, founded in the mid-16th century by...
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NZ$28,396.50
Exhibition card: On Kawara: One Million Years (Past) (23 May-29 June 2002)
by (KAWARA, On)
Printed on both sides. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2002. Invitation card for Kawara's 2002 solo show at Konrad Fischer Galerie. Fine. ❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer/Konrad Fischer Galerie Düsseldorf, November 1992-October 2007 (Navado Press: 2017 ed.) 392 (pictured).
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NZ$129.08
Hiragana Times Magazine. Lot of 5 Issues: 3, 9/2019, 1, 2, 3/2020
by Various Authors
Hiragana Times is a wonderful monthly magazine for learners of Japanese. Please note: even though these are unread/unused copies they are not in pristine condition due to the fact that they were mailed from the publisher in regular envelopes (without any extra protection) as a subscription, and so they have some minor creases or dents. I'd say most of them would be in Very Good to Like New (Fine) conditon. Please consider these as learning tools to be used rather than for collecting. Soft Cover. Very...
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NZ$43.03
The Actors Nakajima Wadaemon as Bōdara Chōzaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Gon of the Kanagawaya Boathouse
by Sharaku, Tōshūsai
Toyko: Tsutaya Juzaburo, 1794. Woodblock (nishiki-e) with ink, handcoloring and powdered dark gray mica on laid paper; 4 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (378 x 257 mm), vertical ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In excellent condition. Printed 20th century. Impressions of this work may be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the British Museum, among other institutions. Notes: Reproduced in Christine Guth, "Japanese Art of the Edo Period," London: Orion Publishing, 1996; fig. 54. "This...
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NZ$688.40
United States in the Far East : Or Modern Japan and the Orient
by Hubbard, Richard B
Richmond, VA: B. F. Johnson Publishing Co. Very Good. 1899. hardcover. 8vo; Boards have some light wear, esp at spine head and tail, rear boards has one small scratch and some lt rubbing, pictorial stamped front board retains much of its coloring, while title lettering on spine has faded; lower corners lightly bumped; publisher's stamp on front pastedown, else contents very clean, binding sound. With 42 full page photo plates in B&W. A beautiful book! 384 pp, ; Always Delivery Confirmation....
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NZ$258.15
Actor Iwai Shigaku as Somenoi in "Denka chaya adauchi" (Revenge at the Denka Teahouse)
by Shigeharu, Ryusai (also called Kuniyoshi)
Tokyo: Horie Ichiba Wataki, 1835. Woodcut on laid mulberry paper, 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches (361 x 225 mm), vertical ōban tate-e, the full sheet. With that artist's signature and seal in black ink in the lower-center image area. Edo period. Minor toning and archivally repaired insect damage in the lower right sheet. Colors remain fresh.
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NZ$860.50
Japanese Gardens
by Murphy, Wendy B
Time - Life, 1982-02-01. Hardcover, Pictorial. Very Good. Encyclopedia of Gardening Series 0 Pictorial Hardcover - 11 x 8.5 x .5 inches 1 lb 10.4 oz
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NZ$18.84
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Answer Key
by Eri Banno
Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books, 2011. Paperback. New. answer key edition. 81 pages. Japanese language. 10.00x7.25x0.25 inches.
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NZ$37.02
The Battle of Dan-no-ura in Yashima, Nagato Province in the First Year of the Bunji Era (1185); c1830
by Yoshitora, Utagawa
Tokyo. Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with ink and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 7/16 x 9 15/16 inches (367 x 252 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In good condition with some handling creases. Colors are fresh and extremely vibrant. The right panel from the triptych by Yoshitora depicting one of Japan's most storied naval battles. An impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The great naval battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185 was...
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NZ$2,581.50
![佛教大辭典 Bukkyō Daijiten [Large Dictionary of Buddhism]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/910/505/1429505910.0.b.jpg)
佛教大辭典 Bukkyō Daijiten [Large Dictionary of Buddhism]
by 織田得能 ODA, Tokunō (1860-1911)
Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1966. Later reprint (c. 1980s), of the third edition of 1954. Faux Leather. Near fine. Lrge thick 8vo (21.5 x 16.5cm). Bound in black faux leather, gilt titles to spine. pp. 96, 118, 20, 1874. First published in Tokyo, 1917, often referred to as the Oda Jiten, remains a standard reference for traditional explanations of doctrinal terms. Signs of light use only, a very well kept copy.
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NZ$169.59
The Lonely House at Asajigahara
by Gekkō, Ogata
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, adhesive residue and early linen tape repairs on the verso. Recto is largely unaffected. Meiji period (1868-1912), from the series of essays and images called Sketches by Gekkō (Gekkō zuihitsu). This particular essay from Gekkō zuihitsu is in reference to a legend of a strange, old woman...
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NZ$1,462.85
![Manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper "Uchi Sakurada kinkata ikken" [trans.: "Record of the Activity at the Inner Sakurada Gate"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/822/061/1149061822.0.b.jpg)
Manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper "Uchi Sakurada kinkata ikken" [trans.: "Record of the Activity at the Inner Sakurada Gate"]
by UCHI SAKURADA LOG BOOK
61 folding leaves, written in a fine & legible hand, several diagrams in the text. 8vo (255 x 158 mm.), self-wrappers, stitched. Edo: copied in 1809 by "Masatoshi Tada." This fascinating document is a copy of a log book, prepared by the guards and government officials who oversaw the activities of the famous Inner Sakurada Gate, part of Edo Castle. Following the title leaf, we find a table of contents with the following sections: 1. number of guards and officials, their positions and roles; 2. rules...
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NZ$5,076.95
Bijin Hana Kurabe (Comparison of Beauties and Flowers).; Riverside
by Gekkō, Ogaka
Tokyo, 1887. Woodblock print in colors with embossing on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 14 x 8 1/4 inches (355 x 210 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Multiple condition issues include scattered edge tears with associated losses, scattered adhesive residue on the verso, toning, and a ghost impression from another image which presents as a floral band across the top of the sheet (the result of improper storage). Colors remain fresh and delicate. Ogaka Gekkō (originally known as Nakagami Masanosuke) was...
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NZ$172.10
Kana byoho
by Tanaka, Kaido
Osaka: Sogensha, 1964. Paperback. 103p., stiff wraps in plastic jacket, very good but for tiny ownership signature inside back cover, in slightly worn slipcase. Japanese-language work on calligraphic forms of the kana script.
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NZ$30.98
Japan Masterpieces from the Idemitsu Collection
by Menzies, Jack and Capon, Edmund (Catalogue Authors)
International Cultural Corporation of Australia Ltd. 1982. Quarto Size [approx 21x28cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Spine sunned a little. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 187 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$16.54
