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The Russo-Japanese War: Taken by the Photography Department of the Imperial Headquarter, Numbers 1-14; published in Tokyo, 1904-05, by K. Ogawa. 14 large format (10 x 14 inch) pamphlets recently bound together in hardcover. Original wraps bound in, occasional foxing throughout, good condition overall. 224 full page half-tone photographs taken at the front by Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929). Ogawa pioneered photomechanical reproduction in Japan, both collotypes and halftones, and was possibly Japan's most prolific and commercially successful photographer in the early twentieth century. These are 14 of the 23 parts that Ogawa published on the Japanese Army in the war, dating from October 1904 through June 1905.

All Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo Association, 2003 Cloth octavo, 192 pages, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Fine condition with dust jacket. Autobiography of one of Okinawa's greatest living karate masters. Devoted student of the legendary Hohan Soken, Grand Master Kise has spent his life teaching traditional Matsumura Shorin-Ryu karate throughout the world. Great historical photos, plus a section illustrating the kata that Grand Master Kise developed under the guidance of Master Soken. First edition, limited to 2000 numbered copies, inscribed by Kise on half-title..

Illustrated wraps, 10.5 x 7.5 inches; wraps detached, signs of use, ocasional foxing, browning of the wax tissue guards.100 tenugui designs printed two on a page in two or more colors, 16 furoshiki (gift wrapping cloth) designs and a dozen banten (workmen's decorated jackets) designs.