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Rare Japanese Art Books Rare & Antiquarian Books
Vantine's - The Oriental Store, 1916 Catalog (Catalogue)
New York: A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc., 1916. A RARE catalogue, and in lovely condition, of the major importer of Oriental goods into America from 1866 to 1921. Very Good Plus in original full color pictorial wrappers, 120 pp. plus 2 order pages at rear, ...
From Dale Steffey Books
$900.00
Honzo Zufu: Hokusabu by Kan'en Iwasaki
Rare set of 3 volumes of aromatic herbs from Kan'en Iwasaki's multi-volume botanical series Honzo Zufu: Hokusabu (Iconographia Plantarum), originally compiled from 1828 and later published in 92 volumes. This set of 3 volumes (volumes 6, 7, 8 in the serie...
From Florilegius
$900.00
Japanese Military and Civil Swords and Dirks by Fuller Richard; Gregory Ron
England: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Small amount of foxing on one preliminary page other wise spotless. Dust Jacket in clear mylar cover. ...
From The Last Word
$865.00
Philipp Franz Von Sebold's Ukiyo-e Collection (3 Volume set in Original Clamshell cases) in Original Shipping Cartons by Siebold, Philipp Franz Von; Willem r Van Gulik
Tokyo; (1978): Kodansha. Folio. In three volumes. The Ukiyo-e or Pictures of the Floating World is a uniquely Japanese art form. This set is a marvelous representation of Sebold's outstanding collection of Japanese woodblock art. Captions in Japanese & E...
$850.00
Honzo Zufu: Tsubaki by Kan'en Iwasaki
Rare volume on camellias from Kan'en Iwasaki's multi-volume botanical series Honzo Zufu (Iconographia Plantarum), originally compiled in 1828 and later published in 92 volumes. This volume, number 88 in the series, includes 10 pages of text and index of c...
From Florilegius
$800.00
通俗兩漢紀事/ Tsuuzoku Ryokan Kiji; Commonwealth Western Han Chronicle by Aoi Yuen [Ed]
1699 Han Dynasty History Japanese Chinese Tsuzoku Ryokan Kiji JAPAN 10v ASIA A rare, 17th century woodblock print collection bound in the "fukurotoji (variously translated as "bound-pocket," or "pouch" binding)" style (Keio). The text gives kanji (Chines...
$750.00
Shinba Meikan, New Blade Makers’ List (Arami-mei-zukushi) (新刃銘鑑) (あらみめいずくし) by KANDA, Ryoko
1721 Japanese Samurai Katana Woodblock Swords New Blade Makers Ryoko Kanda 3v An interesting Edo and Meiji woodblock-print of 'New Blade Maker's List.' This collection is the stamping of amateur warriors' blades and polishers throughout the Edo period an...
$750.00
Guidebook to Old Edo (Edosunago) (江戸砂子) (えどすなご) by SENRYO, Kikuoka
1772 1st ed Japanese Woodblock Edo Guidebook Topography MAPS Kikuoka Senryo 9v An interesting Edo and Meiji woodblock-print of 'Guidebook to Old Edo.' "Edosunago" is a magazine of the topography and guidebook of the Edo area written by Kikuoka Senryo, a ...
$750.00
The Fragrance of Flower Arrangements (Sōka koromo no ka) 揷花衣之香 (そおかころものか) by ICHIBA, Teishousai 貞松斎一馬
1801 Japanese Ikebana Flower Arrangement Tokugawa Japan Woodblock Print Enshu 4v An interesting 19th century woodblock-print of 'The Fragrance of Flower Arrangements.' This collection of writings is about the calligraphic style of flower arranging (Ikeba...
$750.00
New Blades (Arami meizukushi) 新刃銘盡 (あらみめいずくし) by HAKURYUSHI, Kanda
1721 Japanese Sword Katana Arami Meizukushi Illustrated Handwritten New Blades An interesting Edo and Meiji woodblock-print of 'New Blades.' This collection is the stamping of amateur warriors' blades and polishers throughout the Edo period and is equiva...
$750.00
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF 116 PROFESSIONAL IMAGES, MOSTLY FROM MIE-KEN, CIRCA 1895-1925, DURING THE MEIJI AND TAISHO PERIODS by Japan, Honshu
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 (Pho...
$600.00
Moko Shurai Ekotoba by Beisai Kubota
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...
From Florilegius
$600.00
An Illustrated Guide to the noted places of Kyoto (都名所圖會) Akisato Ritō's Miyako meisho zue by RITO, Akisato
1786 Japanese Kyoto Travel Guide Edo JAPAN Woodblock Print Miyako Illustrated An exceedingly rare, 18th century set of handwritten woodblock prints of scenic tourist areas in Edo during the mid to late Edo period bound in the "fukurotoji (variously transl...
$599.00
Flower Arrangement (Ikebana Hayamanabi) 生花早満奈飛 (いけばなはやまなび) by Various
1851 Japanese Ikebana Flower Arrangement Handwritten Woodblock Print Japan 10v An interesting 19th century woodblock-print of 'Flower Arrangement.' This collection of writings is can also be written as "Ikebana Sakugaku". Ikebana is known as a general be...
$599.00
The Pictorial Arts of Japan, with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans by Anderson, William
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Oversize hardcover approx. 16" x 12" x 3". Boards are covered in olive-green cloth with red and gilt ...
$595.00
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