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Imprint: 1806 [EHON] Tachibana YASUKUNI. EHON NOYAMA GUSA. 5 vols. bound in one [gappon], Bunka 3 [1806]] Osaka. Yanagihara Kihei. 22.0 x 15.9 cm. Original covers and title label, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro- toji. Delicate and lovely botanical prints throughout. Surprisingly unusual work complete, though this is a reprint done after the original edition of 1755. Complete, in a tied paper wrappered case. (See Bartlett & Shiohara 126 and Kerlen p. 121) Fairly good condition and impressions, with its faults, still an important and impressive work., Good Stock number: 87273.
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Imprint: 1829 [EHON] Onishi Chinnen, artist. EHON AZUMA NO TEBURI. Edo: Kobayashi Shimbei & Osakaya Gembei, Bunsei 12 [1829]. 27.8 x 18.6 cm, string bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, (replacement?) blue paper covers with blindprinted geometric patterning. The title slip is missing as well, but otherwise this copy collates identically with the copy in Mitchell, p.214. See Hillier, volume 2, pp. 768-70, in which he describes Chinnen's SONAN GAFU & this volume, the AZUMA NO TEBURI, as being "among the best known and most admired of all Japanese books". The 25 double page color prints of genre scenes in Edo done in Chinnen's inimitable Shijo style are very well printed. The colors are excellent and are those of an early printing. This is a very handsome book and an important cornerstone item for any ehon collection - Chinnen only produced two major works of book illustration, this and the iconic SONAN GAFU. Complete. Stock number: 87446.
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Imprint: 1833 [Ehon] Katsushika Hokusai, artist. EHON TOSHISEN GOGON RITSU 5 vols. [Edo? Tokyo?]: Kobayashi Shimbei. Preface dated Tempo 3 [1832], colophon dated Tempo 4 [1833]. This edition of five syllable T'ang Dynasty Chinese poems was edited by Takai Ranzan. Without the 12 pages of Kobayashi Shimbei ads for other books.Dark brown paper covers with wave pattern, paper title labels. 22.7 x 15.7 cm. This work is quite complex bibliographically. Alhough this copy has the colophon of the original edition, the original covers, paper, etc., the wear of the blocks indicates a later impression, perhaps the end of the Edo period or into the Meiji. Very good condition overall, fair to good later impressions, complete., Very Good Stock number: 87472.
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Imprint: 1755 [EHON] Tachibana YASUKUNI. EHON NOYAMA GUSA 5 vols. Osaka: Shibukawa Seiemon, Horeki 5 [1755]. 23.2 x 16.5 cm. Original covers and title labels, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Delicate and lovely botanical prints throughout. Surprisingly unusual work, complete and in good condition as this one is, especially the original printing. It was redone many times through the years, but this edition is easily the most lovely. Complete, in a chitsu clasped case. (See Bartlett & Shiohara 126 and Kerlen p. 121), Good Stock number: 88418.
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Imprint: 1829 [EHON] Onishi Chinnen, artist. EHON AZUMA NO TEBURI. Edo: Kobayashi Shimbei & Osakaya Gembei, Bunsei 12 [1829]. 27.8 x 18.6 cm, string bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, Blue paper covers with blindprinted "creped" patterning. The title slip and title page are present. This copy collates identically with the copy in Mitchell, p.214 save that the four-page final note is missing. See Hillier, volume 2, pp. 768-70, in which he describes Chinnen's SONAN GAFU and this volume, the AZUMA NO TEBURI, as being "among the best known and most admired of all Japanese books". The 25 double page color prints of genre scenes in Edo done in Chinnen's inimitable Shijo style are very well printed. The colors are bright and perhaps a bit later than the earliest versions. This is a very handsome book and an important cornerstone item for any ehon collection - Chinnen only produced two major works of book illustration, this and the iconic SONAN GAFU. Complete. Stock number: 88524.
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Imprint: 1895 [EHON - FAIRY TALES] BARBATOU, P. FABLES CHOISES DE FLORIAN. The first volume only. Paris: Librairie Marpon & Flammarion; (Tokyo: Shueisha) Meiji 28 [1895]. Fukuro toji, cord-bound in printed paper covers. This first volume is 26.6 X 19.8 cm, with 14 full page color woodcuts by Kano Tomonobu and Kajita Hanko. #167 of 200 from a deluxe edition on Japanese hosho paper. Covers soiled and a bit edgeworn (one cvorner chipped). The contents are very good and the impressions and colors are quite lovely. This work, despite its French text, may be seen as squarely in the tradition of the Japanese ehon and it shares many characteristics of the revival of picture book printing in mid to late Meiji demonstrated by other works: an emerging Nihonga style, skilled printed, increasingly restrained coloration, etc. In that context, the large scale of its illustrations renders it particularly interesting. The first volume only (of two)., Very Good Stock number: 83009.
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Imprint: 1814 [EHON] Niwa KAGEN, artist. FUKUZENSAI GAFU 5 volumes. Tall, slender orihon folding volumes in original brownish yellow covers, with original printed title labels. 28.0 x 15.2 cm. There are a total of 40 delicately printed color double-page woodblock prints. Done with subtlety and much use of bokashi, though a few of the prints are a bit out of register. This copy collates exactly the same as Mitchell's Example "B" at pp. 255- 6. The FUKUZENSAI GAFU is an interesting book, as, according to the book's preface, it was ostensibly created by Kagen in the early 1780s and here the original blocks, with color blocks added, were used in bunka 11 [1815] to print a full edition. I can see no reference save that of the preface of the book itself which indicates that the original edition was ever printed in any form. This is a work which, when seen, is usually quite tired. It appeared on various types of paper and the slightly heavier washi used here has stood up quite well to the years, without much browning of the lovely colors. The harder toshi paper sometimes used is often quite browned and fragile, the folds splitting. So, this is a quite unusually whole and lovely version of the book. Complete. Stock number: 87925.
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Imprint: 1815 [EHON] Niwa KAGEN, artist. FUKUZENSAI GAFU 5 volumes. Tall, slender orihon folding volumes in original brownish yellow covers, with original printed title labels. 26.6 x 14.6 cm. There are a total of 40 delicately printed color double-page woodblock prints. See Mitchell at pp. 255-6. The FUKUZENSAI GAFU is an interesting book, as, according to the book's preface, it was ostensibly created by Kagen in the early 1780s and here the original blocks, with color blocks added, were used in Bunka 11 [1815] to print a full edition. I can see no reference save that of the preface of the book itself which indicates that the original edition was ever printed in any form. The copy at hand is printed on hard, very thin to^shi paper. The paper is fragile and subject to splitting of folds. It is placed in a protective chitsu clasped case. Complete. Stock number: 88555.
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Imprint: 1803 [EHON] I-Fukyu & Ike no Taiga. I-FUKYU IKE NO TAIGA GAFU. Kyoto & Edo: Maruya Gempachiro & Suharaya Mohei. Kyowa 3 [1803]. 27.2 x 18.2 cm. Blue paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original printed paper title labels. Follows the copy at Mitchell 307, save that the ordering of the prefatory and final materials seems to follow the order of the copy found at Odin 143. Worn covers and abraded title labels, some repaired, mostly marginal, worming inside. Still a more than serviceable copy of this lovely book. The famous Nanga artist Ike no Taiga has a volume to himself, accompanying the volume dedicated to the Chinese artist I-Fukyu. To my eye, Taiga's wonderful whimsy and pictorial variety carry the day. Printed in black and white throughout. The book deserves a wider audience than it has received to date. Stock number: 87752.
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Imprint: 1854 [EHON] TAGAWA Shundo, edit. & KURATA Togaku, artist. GAIBAN YOBO ZUGA. [Edo], Toshundo Rojin, Kaei 7 [1854]. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro- toji, with period [replaced] covers and no title labels, 2 vols., complete. 15.0 X 18.1 cm. The original edition. One double page woodcut color printed hemispherical map of the world, and all 44 full page color prints of people from all over the world - portrayed in somewhat fanciful native costume, largely in pairs, male and female. Each portrait has explanatory text on the facing page. Fascinating and unusual Japanese view of the human race at the time of Perry's arrival. [Kerlen 422 for 1854 edition; KSSM II 41-3] Very good impressions and colors, with some light staining, nicely restored. In custom clapsed chitsu folding case., Very Good Stock number: 87623.
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[EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist. GYO^KAI RYAKUGA-SHIKI with original Bunka colophon, but this is undoubtedly a 20th century reprint in color woodblock, perhaps from the original blocks, perhaps by Unso^do^ of Kyo^to.. 1 volume, complete. Plain brown covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji, with the printed title label. 24.6 X 17.9 cm. See Mitchell p. 517 for a concise explanation of the complex 19th century bibliography concerning this work originally published in 1802 as TATSU NO MIYA TSUKO, complete with haiku verses, here eliminated. The version at hand is part of the 20th century production of this work, demonstrating its ongoing popularity as a classic of Japanese book illustration. There are 30 double-page color woodcuts of fish and shellfish. A classic naturalistic work reminiscent of Ryusui's UMI NO SACHI. The impressions are good, but without the misa highlights of early editions. In excellent condition overall. This is a study piece and is priced accordingly., Good Stock number: 87672.
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Imprint: 1887 (EHON) KAWANABE Kyo^sai [Gyo^sai] GYO^SAI GADAN. Tokyo: Iwamoto Shun, Meiji 20 [1887]. 25.4 x 17.6 cm. 4 volumes, string-bound Japanese-style in printed covers with paper labels. All in a folding clasped chitsu box with a colorful woodblock printed label. Printed in sumi and light colors throughout. This famous artist's autobiography and copybook provides a remarkable insight into the world of the traditional arts in mid-Meiji Japan by their foremost practitioner. Though this work is not uncommon, the impressions in this copy are unusually good. A very good copy. As issued:, Very Good Stock number: 86090.
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Imprint: 1887 (EHON) KAWANABE Kyo^sai [Gyo^sai] GYO^SAI GADAN. Tokyo: Iwamoto Shun, Meiji 20 [1887]. 25.4 x 17.6 cm. 4 volumes, string-bound Japanese-style in printed covers with paper labels. All in a folding clasped chitsu box with a colorful woodblock printed label. Printed in sumi and light colors throughout. This famous artist's autobiography and copybook provides a remarkable insight into the world of the traditional arts in mid-Meiji Japan by their foremost practitioner. Though this work is not uncommon, the impressions in this copy are very good (Conder's heron has most of its fine detail). There is splitting and crude repair of the box hinges but the book itself is a very good copy. Almost certainly from the library of Arthur Wesley Dow, with his library label and number. As issued:, Very Good Stock number: 78113.
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Imprint: 1887 [EHON] Kawanabe Kyosai [Gyosai]. GYOSAI GADAN. 4 vols. Tokyo, Meiji 20 [1887]. 25.4 x 17.6 cm. 4 volumes, string-bound Japanese-style in printed covers with paper labels. Without the original folding "chitsu" case. Printed in sumi and light colors throughout. This famous artist's autobiography and copybook provides a remarkable insight into the world of the traditional arts in mid-Meiji Japan by their foremost practitioner. Though this work is not uncommon, it is very important. The impressions in this copy are fairly good (though Conder's heron has lost its karazuri fine detail). There is some staining throughout - priced accordingly., Fine Stock number: 87846.
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Imprint: 1909 (EHON) NAKAMURA Fusetsu & KAWAHIGASHI Hekigoto. HAIGA HO. Tokyo: Kokado, 1909. 23 x 15.4 cm. String-bound Japanese style in flexible covers with stamped title. This visual and textual examination of the relationship between "haiga", haiku drawings, and the the haiku themselves was a collaborative effort between Fusetsu, a Western-style oil painter who was also perhaps the most eminent practitioner of haiga in his day, and Hekigoto, a noted haiku poet. They were both intimates of Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and leaders of the influential literary circle associated with HOTOTOGISU magazine. Counting the decorative title page, there are 13 full page color woodcuts after designs by Fusetsu, 40 calligraphed haiku by Hekigoto reproduced in woodcut and a 38 page scholarly discussion by Fusetsu, as well as a few collotypes. A remarkable piece both visually and for its significance for the development of a new literary and visual aesthetic for Japan in the 20th century. Overall, this copy is very good in the very scarce, original, pictorial wraparound dustwrapper, which is split at the spine with some loss., Very Good Stock number: 87976.
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[EHON] Taniguchi Gesso, artist. HAIKAI HYAKU GASAN 2 vols. 26.6 x 19.5 cm. Ribbon-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, Decorated paper covers, printed paper title labels. Nicely printed in sumi and colors,after designs by Gesso (1774-1865) with 100 lovely little Shijo style vignettes as counterpoint to a series of haikai and 3 additonal color woodcuts of the editor and the poets. This is a Meiji reprint of the edition found at pp. 279-80 of Mitchell. Done in Wakayama, as was the original, it is a very uncommon work. Very nice copy. Complete. Stock number: 85315.
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Imprint: 1816 [EHON] Taniguchi Gesso, artist. HAIKAI HYAKU GASAN 2 vols. Kyoto and Wakayama, Bunka 13 [1816]. 26.5 x 19.0 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Without a title label, (replaced?) covers. See the example cataloged at Mitchell p. 279-8. B+W and sumi shading blocks employed to print the haiga images, along with the poetry collection. Two facing pages have sumi scribble across them. Else good in a good impression. Even in a diminished state a very scarce and important work in a custom clasped chitsu case., Good Stock number: 88611.
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Imprint: 1862 [EHON] HIROSHIGE II. HIROSHIGE GAFU. N.P., preface dated Bunkyu^ 2 [1862]. Small, 17.8 x 11.0 cm. folding orihon album. Original edworn, nibbled covers and original printed paper title label. Printed in colors throughout. Actually quite a good printing for the period. Complete. Internally very good. Hiroshige II (1826-69) was a popular and prolific printmaker who also illustrated a few books at the end of the Edo period., Very Good Stock number: 88746.
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Imprint: 1890 [EHON] Kikuchi HOBUN, artist. HOBUN GAFU. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 23 [1890]. 24 x 16.5 cm. 1 volume complete. Blue covers, string-bound Japanese style with a printed paper label. 27 single page and 12 double page woodcuts in sumi and light colors of birds, animals, flowers, etc. by Hobun (1862-1918), a Kyoto native who was a frequent contributor to the artistic epitomes of the day. This copy is in very good condition and the impressions are good to very good. [See Mitchell 298,9], Very Good Stock number: 84417.
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Imprint: 1903 [EHON] Kikuchi HOBUN, artist. HOBUN GAFU. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, Meiji 36 [1903].Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 23 [1890]. 24.3 x 16.6 cm. 1 volume complete. Black covers, string-bound Japanese style with a printed paper label. 27 single-page and 12 double-page woodcuts in sumi and light colors of birds, animals, flowers, etc. by Hobun (1862-1918), a Kyoto native who was a frequent contributor to the artistic epitomes of the day. This copy is of the second impression was done by Unsodo (the first was printed by Tanaka Jihei in 1890). In very good condition and the impressions are good. (See Mitchell 298,9)., Good Stock number: 87499.
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[EHON] Totoya Hokkei, artist. HOKURI JUNIJI. No Colophon, Bunka era (1804- 1818), 26.4 cm X 17.8 cm, original blue covers, string-bound Japanese- style fukuro toji, original printed paper title label. Covers worn, some internal worming. Overall condition good, printing good or better. A very important book, very early for Hokkei. A landmark in the publication of appreciations of the new Yoshiwara district in Edo - here presented in Ishikawa Masamochi's elegant prose and 12 sumi-e woodblock Hokkei illustrations, delineating the 12 hours of the day in the district. Complete., Good Stock number: 88467.
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Imprint: 1891 [EHON] HOKUSAI, artist. HOKUSAI SHASHIN GAFU Zen. Tokyo: Aoki Heikichi, Meiji 24 [1891]. 24.5 x 17cm, Orihon style with decorated paper covers over stiff boards with printed paper title labels. This HOKUSAI'S REALISTIC SKETCHBOOK is a Meiji-era rendering of Hokusai favorites, here recreated in color woodcut in a relatively larger format than one usually encounters for Hokusai ehon: Each of the 20 double page folding prints expands to a full 20.3 x 31.5cm in image size - about the size of a horizontal chu^ban print. The covers are slightly soiled and the printed paper title label missing, the interior clean. The designs are quite nice, the printings quite good -- overall an interesting and unusual late Hokusai item., Good Stock number: 88735.
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[EHON] Katsushika HOKUUN. HOKUUUN MANGA. [Nagoya: Eirakuya To^shiro^, n.d. (No colophon)] 22.7 x 15.8 cm. Only 20 leaves of b+w images. Unusual variant with a hitherto unseen Eirakuya ad. The covers are very worn, but the contents are in good condition with only a bit of thumbing. Good, fairly late impressions., Good Stock number: 87528.
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[EHON - BOTANICAL] Iwasaki Tsunemasa. HONSO ZUFU. 25.6 X 17.5 cm. [n.p, n.d. Taisho era, Japan] String-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, 3 volumes from the printed series of 93 volumes (plus a 2 volume index). A small part of Iwasaki's classic work of botanical classification, which was begun in woodcut, then continued in manuscript form during the mid-19th Century. It was finally edited by Shirai and published in final form, printed by color woodblock, in 1920-22. [See Bartlett & Shiohara for much more on this important work] The volumes here included are: Volumes 27, 28 & 29. The impressions and condition are very good. Very lovely group., Very Good Stock number: 82254.
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Imprint: 1771 [EHON] Kawamura MINSETSU, artist. Tanyu^ HYAKU FUJI. To^kyo^, Sho^eido^[N.D., late Meiji?] 18.0 x 25.2 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The original edition of 1771 is here reprinted [from the original blocks?] in four volumes with cream blindstamped covers and original printed title labels. A bit of soiling to the covers. Clean inside, fair to good late impressions. A lovely sketchbook on the theme of Fuji, and an inspiration for Hokusai's great FUGAKU HYAKKEI, [Kerlen 591; Ryerson 399], Good Stock number: 87675.
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Imprint: 1771 [EHON] Kawamura MINSETSU, artist. HYAKU FUJI. Kyoto, Osaka & Edo, Meiwa 8 [1771]. 17.3 x 27.1 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. The original edition in four volumes with blue-grey covers and printed horizontal lines and original printed title labels. A bit of thumbing to the covers. Clean inside, with a few very faint stains, good impressions. A lovely sketchbook on the theme of Fuji, and an inspiration for Hokusai's great FUGAKU HYAKKEI, [Kerlen 591; Ryerson 399] The collation matches the example in Kerlen exactly, and each mountain scene is identified and has a verse., Good Stock number: 88541.
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Imprint: 1833 [EHON] O^ishi MATORA, artist. HYAKUNIN ISSHU^ HITOYO GATARI 9vols. Naniwa [Osaka]: Tsurugaya Kyu^bei, Tempo^ 4 [1833] The text is by Ozaki Masayoshi. Figured blue and white covers, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Printed paper title labels. Mitchell 305-6. Very good condition, fair to good impressions, throughout. Complete., Good Stock number: 87493.
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Imprint: 1678 [EHON] Hishikawa Kichibei [MORONOBU], artist. HYAKUNIN ISSHU ZOSANSHO. Enpo 6 [1678]. Edo, Urokogataya, Empo 6 [1678] 27.0 x 18.5 cm. Ohon, String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Three vols. in the original covers with the original printed title labels Predates the copy in the Ryerson collection by 5 years and is an example of the first printing. Illustrated throughout in sumi-e by Moronobu (1618-84), doubtless the most important book illustrator of the 17th century in Japan. The covers and labels are worn, the pages thumbed, but overall a well-printed copy of this important book. The 100 VERSES FROM 100 POETS is one of the canonical classics of Japanese literature, here illustrated by one of Japan's greatest artists. Complete in a clasped chitsu case. Stock number: 88231.
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Imprint: 1823 [EHON] Yashima GAKUTEI, artist. ICHIRO GAFU. O^saka, Maekawa Zembei, [preface dated zodiacally as 1823]. 22.1 X 15.4 cm. Orange covers blind- patterned with a lozenge design, dark blue printed paper title label, fukuro toji binding, string-bound Japanese style. Illustrated throughout in color with many single and double page landscapes with figures. [Re: Hillier & Smith #127; Hillier Vol.2 p.854,5; Ryerson 277] An important classic which Hillier explains is a reprint, without the verse, of an earlier two volume privately printed "Kyokabon", entitled "Sansui Kikan Kyoka Shu" by Gakutei. Our copy is intermediate in ndate between the true 1823 Gasendo^ version and the Meiji version by Kajita Kansuke of Nagoya. It is bound without the double page image at sheet 10/11 which is very frequently missing. Thus there is a total of 24 single page and 7 double page images in the delicate colors of a relatively early impression (much lighter and more delicate than the Kanjita Kansuke version) The impressions are good. The covers are stained and spotted, but the interior is clean. One volume, as issued., Good Stock number: 87645.
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Imprint: 1823 [EHON] Yashima GAKUTEI, artist. ICHIRO GAFU. Gasendo, 1823 [zodiacal date]. 22.8 X 16.1 cm. Blind-patterned grey-green covers, dark blue printed paper title label, fukuro toji binding, string-bound Japanese style. Illustrated throughout in color with many single and double page landscapes with figures. [Re: Hillier & Smith #127; Hillier Vol.2 p.854,5; Ryerson 277] An important classic which Hillier explains is a reprint, without the verse, of an earlier two volume privately printed "Kyokabon", entitled "Sansui Kikan Kyoka Shu" by Gakutei. Our copy is identical in collation to the one Ryerson copy, with all sheets, including the double page image at sheet 10/11 which is very frequently missing. Thus there is a total of 24 single page and 8 double page images in delicate colors. The impressions, colors and condition are very good. There is a collection label on the front cover. One volume, complete., Very Good Stock number: 88626.
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Imprint: 1921 [EHON - Album] Ikeda Terukata, et al. IMAYO FUJIN-GA. Tokyo: Kokkeido, n.d. (c. 1900s). Decorated cloth-covered orihon folding album, with printed paper title label. 12.1 x 17.6 cm. There are twelve double-page images showing the chores and amusements of cultured wives and mothers of the day. The images have the dreamy and elegiac feeling that depictions of women in late-Meiji seem to share. The images are attributed to "Toshikata's companions", including Terukata [1883-1921], who did the majority of these prints. Toshikata (1866-1908), a student of both Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Watanabe Seitei, had many students and was an influential member of the ukiyoe genre in his day, as styles from many sources (Shijo, ukiyo-e, western-style) began to merge into the Nihonga of the 20th century. Terukata was an important member of the group around him. This copy has no colophon per se, but it appears to be complete overall. It is very good internally, in good impressions and color. A lovely example of the genre., Very Good Stock number: 87435.
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Imprint: 1923 [EHON] TOMIOKA Tessai. ISHO BOKUGI. N.P., N.D, [Kyoto, Unsodo, Taisho12 (1923)]. 43.7 x 31.8 cm. Brocade silk cloth over boards, orihon. There are 15 large calligraphed pages and 13 colorful paintings by Tessai done in his inimitable style and expertly recreated by the woodcut printers at Unsodo. A very unusual work, done in celebration of Tessai's lucky 88th birthday. There is a bit of foxing here and there. No copies located outside of Japan. In the original publisher's clasped chitsu case with printed paper title label. Stock number: 87794.
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Imprint: 1795 [EHON] Keisai Kitao Masayoshi, artist. [JIMBUTSU] RYAKUGASHIKI. Published in Edo by Suharaya Ichibei, Kansei 7 [1795]. Complete, as described at Mitchell p.453 with 60 illustrations, b+w & color. With the original light peach-colored cover. Very worn printed title label. An interesting early issue with soft paper and mild rich colors. However, the condition is poor. Though complete, this copy has soiling, staining and edgewear. An important and popular work whose original humor and skill are still there, but it is priced according to its lesser condition. Stock number: 86414.
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Imprint: 1795 [EHON] Keisai Kitao Masayoshi, artist. [JIMBUTSU] RYAKUGASHIKI. Published in Edo by Suharaya Ichibei, Kansei 7 [1795]. Complete, as described at Mitchell p.453 with 60 illustrations, b+w & color. With the original light peach-colored cover. No printed title label. An interesting early issue with soft paper and mild rich colors. However, the condition is less than perfect. Though complete, this copy has some soiling and edgewear, the occasional spot of ink and some worming. Its original humor and skill are still there, but it is priced according to its lesser condition. Stock number: 86290.
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Imprint: 1914 [EHON - Conchology] HIRASE Yoichiro. KAI SENSHU. Kyoto: Unsodo, Taisho 3- 11 [1914-22]. 24.8 X 17.8 cm. 4 vols., complete. Printed paper title labels, silk over boards. Orihon folding books of color woodcuts of shells. Each volume contains 20 double page prints. Though the English title would be "One Thousand Shells", there are only 400 illustrated in the set, supporting the theory that the work was originally planned for 10 volumes and never finished. The first three volumes are scarce (our volume one is dated 1914, volume two and three are dated 1915) but volume four, here the issue printed in 1922, is very hard to find. Thus a complete set, particularly in the clean condition this one is in, is, quite simply, rare. The preface is in Japanese, and the plate lists in bilingual Japanese and Latin. Hirase had a museum of shells and originally commissioned this lovely work from the master printers at Unsodo to commemorate its first anniversary. Very good, the covers are a bit worn, a bit of offsetting here and there. The printing was so exquisite and the expense of production so large, as to make it one of the jewels of 20th century woodblock production., Very Good Stock number: 88027.
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Imprint: 1811 [EHON] Kawamura BUMPO & Watanabe NANGAKU. KAIDO KYO^KA AWASE . Naniwa [Osaka]: Kawachiya Kihei & Teito [Kyoto]: Yoshidaya Shimbei, Bunka 8 [1811]. 25.9 x 17.8 cm. yellow-brown covers, string-bound, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. See Mitchell 324-5 for more on this bibliographically complex book. Resembles his "B" example in one volume. Hard to establish a chronology of the various issues as they all have the same colophon. There is a 4 page Yoshidaya Shimbei catalogue bound into the back of the book. Very good impressions, lovely delicate colors. A wonderful collaboration from these two great artists, alternating their designs in succession. Quite an unusual book. In a custom tied case., Very Good Stock number: 88590.
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Imprint: 1970 [EHON - FACSIMILE] KAIGAI IBUN. A strange tale from overseas, or a new account of America compiled by Maekawa Bunzo and Sakai Junzo from the narrative of Hatsutaro, a Japanese castaway. Translated by Richard Zumwinkle, assisted by Tadanobu Kawai. Illustrated by Morizumi Sadateru. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970. First edition, 1/900 copies. 8vo., blue cloth, 143pp. In mint condition. Stock number: 85960.
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Imprint: 1806 [EHON]NISHIMURA Tomonari. KAKEMONO ZUKAGAMI. NP, Bunka 3 [1806]. 26.6 x 19 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Interesting collection of 19 color printed images of "kakemono" fragrant curative talismans. See the copy at Waseda University for more on this book: http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/wo06/wo 06_03147/index.html Our copy is missing the title page which had been pasted on the inner front cover. The covers are replaced. Brushed title label. Some staining, a bit of worming, good impressions. [KSSM II, 101-2], Good Stock number: 87252.
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[EHON MANUSCRIPT] SHIJO^ SCHOOL ALBUM. Fukuro-toji style string-bound album, 26.5 x 19.3 cm, consisting of 14 double page and 12 single page color images painted in a skillful Shijo^ manner, apparently a product of the mid-19th century. The majority of the images are of figures, with a significant minority of bird and flower studies. This work is very problematical: the cover once had a paper label, it is gone, but in its place, someone has brushed in faintly "Kakinuma Kohei Kaicho^" [The Pictorial Notebook of Kakinuma Kohei]. We have been unable to unearth any reference to a Kakinuma Kohei. In addition there are various kanbun-style poetical utterances on the backcover. However, it would seem that the covers have been added later, as the first and last paintings are both worn and soiled, as if they had been the outside covers themselves for a long time. Thus the inscriptions and the cover title are probably not contemporary with the work itself and may be of doubtful accuracy. In any case, the work is obviously done in the style of a printed "gafu", right down to the square-ruled sumi borders. Whether it was meant to be a "gako^" or painted preliminary from which an actual book was to be designed or whether it was a sketchbook done in the spirit of a printed work, the images are well designed and executed: the composition and brushwork are quite competent. More importantly, there is resident in almost every painting all the high energy and high spirits of mid-19th century Shijo^ at its best. As regards the temptation to call this work a skillful copy from an existent published gafu, none of the images seem to have appeared elsewhere. We cannot point to any work from which they could have been copied and neither can any other expert we have consulted. As for the question of "Kakinuma Kohei"'s identity or whether he was even the painter, there may never be a satisfactory answer. The album is lovely and, ultimately, may well prove enigmatic. Stock number: 33224.
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Imprint: 1803 [EHON] Saito Shuho, artist. KAKUCHU ENPU. N.P.,N.D. Orihon, 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches, in worn green silk covers with the original title label. 12 double page images from Shuho's masterpiece of humor, his kyoka anthology KISHI ENPU, are here reproduced from the original 3 volume set published in 1803, This version was most probably printed about the turn of the century in late Meiji, reproducing the preface, but not the poems. In color woodblock. Nicely done, albeit only a faint shadow of the original work, it captures some of its infectious good fun. Very good condition., Very Good Stock number: 88598.
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Imprint: 1886 [EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist. KAN'EI GAFU. Osaka: Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 19 [1886]. 28.6 x 18.3 cm. Orihon in brocade covers with 25 double- page color woodcut prints of birds, flowers, etc. Wonderfully well printed, a very early impression, with the brocade covered boards and printed title label. The finest color and printing of this work we have handled. See Mitchell 334. Complete:, Fine Stock number: 87352.
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Imprint: 1886 [EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist. KAN'EI GAFU. Osaka: Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 19 [1886]. 28.6 x 18.3 cm. Orihon in brocade covers with 25 double- page color woodcut prints of birds, flowers, etc. Wonderfully well printed, an early impression, with the brocade covered boards and printed title label. See Mitchell 334. Complete: Stock number: 88558.
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Imprint: 1811 (EHON) KAWAMURA Bumpo. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, n.d. 3 vols. Though the afterword is dated 1810, this copy does not have the 1811 colophon listing several other booksellers besides the principal publisher, Hishiya Magobei. Rather the colophon lists Hishiya Magobei, alone. Our assumption from the colors and the colophon is that this is a somewhat later edition. A very clean and plesant copy. 26 x 17.5 cm. String-bound, Japanese style in yellow covers with paper labels. This "second series" of the KANGA SHINAN [Manual of Chinese-style Painting] was the only one illustrated by Bumpo and was published over thirty years after the first series, so it obviously stands on its own as an independent work. The simple designs are in sumi and light colors. The condition of the three volumes is very good (one title slip missing) in fair to good impression. One of the scarcer of Bumpo's works. [Mitchell p.335, Ryerson 385, Brown 104] Complete, as issued:, Good Stock number: 83254.
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Imprint: 1811 [EHON] KAWAMURA Bumpo. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, et al., Bunka 8 [1811]. String-bound Japanese style in yellow covers with paper title labels. 26 x 17.5 cm. This "second series" of the KANGA SHINAN [Manual of Chinese-style Painting] was the only one illustrated by Bumpo and was published over thirty years after the first series; so it obviously stands on its own as an independent work. The simple designs are printed in sumi and light colors in very good impression. The condition of the three volumes is very good with only minor internal soiling and some exterior wear and soiling. A very nice example of an early printing. (Mitchell p. 335, Ryerson 385, Brown 104). Complete, as issued., Very Good Stock number: 87441.
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Imprint: 1810 [EHON] Fujiwara Masaomi, author; Kita Busei, artist. KASEN KASHO. n.p., preface dated Bunka 7 [1810]. 19.7 X 29.3 cm., string-bound Japanese- style, fukuro toji, original covers with original printed title label. See Ryerson 396 for a defective copy. Our copy is complete with 3 preliminary sheets and 20 sheets of color woodblock illustrations of the 36 poets. Interesting colors, well-printed. In very good condition with slight soiling but very pleasing effect overall. By no means common either in Japan or abroad. In a clasped chitsu case., Very Good Stock number: 83431.
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Imprint: 1892 [EHON] Matsumura KEIBUN. KEIBUN KACHO^ GAFU Zuhen. NP, ND [Aoki Shuzando^, Meiji 25 {1892} c. 1890's] 25.2 x 18.6 cm. Orihon folding album, bound into cloth over board covers, no title label. This is volume two (of two?), consisting of 12 color woodblock prints after bird and flower designs by Keibun [1779-1843]. See Mitchell 350 for the first series, in a horizontal format. Covers a bit worn, else very good., Very Good Stock number: 87541.
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Imprint: 1891 [EHON] Imao KEINEN. KEINEN KACHO^ GAFU. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei. Meiji 24-25 [1891-2]. 4 vols., each approx. 35.5 x 25.1 cm. Stringbound, fukuro-toji, Japanese style. Vol.1 [Spring] has 31 color woodblock prints of birds and flowers, of which 7 are huge double page prints. Vol.2 [Summer] has 32 plates, of which 8 are double page. Vol.3 [Autumn] has 38 prints, of which 4 are double page. Vol.4 [Winter] has 34 plates, of which 4 are double page, and one is a four page spread. The prints are very clean, the colors delicate and the printing quality is quite good. These original Tanaka Jihei issues (which preceded the Unso^do^ versions) have become quite scarce, complete sets even more so. The covers are original, with the titles directly printed there. All in the publisher's clasped paper chitsu. 4 vols., It appears the binding of the "Spring" volume has been resewn. Complete as issued by Tanaka Jihei, very unusual thus., Good Stock number: 87806.
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Imprint: 1891 [EHON] Imao KEINEN. KEINEN KACHO^ GAFU. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei. Meiji 24-25 [1891-2]. 4 vols., each approx. 35.5 x 25.1 cm. Stringbound, fukuro-toji, Japanese style. Vol.1 [Spring] has 31 color woodblock prints of birds and flowers, of which 7 are huge double page prints. Vol.2 [Summer] has 32 plates, of which 8 are double page. Vol.3 [Autumn] has 38 prints, of which 4 are double page. Vol.4 [Winter] has 34 plates, of which 4 are double page, and one is a four page spread. The prints are very clean, the colors delicate and the printing quality is very good. These original Tanaka Jihei issues (which preceded the Unso^do^ versions) have become quite scarce, complete sets even more so. With Japanese marginal numbering of the plates. The covers are original, with the titles directly printed there. All in a later clasped chitsu. 4 vols., complete., Very Good Stock number: 88560.
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Imprint: 1851 [EHON] KEISAI Masayoshi, artist. KEISAI RYAKUGASHIKI Nihen. To^to: Yamashiroya, Kaei 4 [1851]. Small format string-bound collection of images, printed in color woodcut and bound fukuro toji style. 17.8 x 11.8 cm. 20 sheets of prints with a one sheet preface and a title page on the inside of the front cover. Orange covers with the original printed title slip. The second in a series of three volumes, complete in itself, after the famous ryaku-ga designs of Keisai, which were originally done in the late 18th century. Nicely printed and colored. The book is quite worn, with some page folds split and a bit of worming. Still an acceptable copy of this unusual edition, which is not in Mitchell or Ryerson. (Though see Ryerson 215 for what may be a related item.), Acceptable Stock number: 39308.
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Imprint: 1827 [EHON] Kawamura Kiho^, artist. KIHO^ GAFU. Kyoto: Yoshida Shimbei, Bunsei 10, [1827]. 1 vol. (complete). 17.5 x 25.9 cm. 5 page prelims, 30 double page color woodblock prints, 1p final, 8pp ads, colophon. The covers are greyish-blue with a swirling wave pattern in mica. The title label is worn. The covers are a bit soiled and stained and the contents are very lightly thumbed with a bit of worming. Good to very good impressions and colors. Kiho^ was the adopted son of Bumpo^ and his work rivals Bumpo^'s in freshness and simplicity. This copy appears to resemble Mitchell's example "A" and is doubtless an early impression. (Ref: Mitchell pp.360,1; Brown p.105; Ryerson p.388), Good Stock number: 36171.
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