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Miyako fūzoku kewaiden ["Cosmetic customs of the capital"]

Sayama, Hanshichimaru [text by]; Hayami, Shungyōsai [illustrated by].

[Japan: publisher unidentified, preface dated Bunka 10 (1813)].

Miyako Odori (The Miyako Dance)

Miyako Odori ["The Miyako Dance"]

Kajima, Seizaburō [text by].

Kyōto: Genrokukan, Meiji 35 [1902].

Eshi Zōshi (The Story of a Painter)

Eshi Zōshi ["The Story of a Painter"]

[Creator unidentified].

Edo [Tōkyō]: Nakaya Tokubē [distributed by], [ca. Kaei period (1849)?].

[Untitled painting of a woman daydreaming]

Hatori, Kozan [painted by].

[Japan, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s)?]. In manuscript.

Kyōka Momochidori [A Flock of Kyōka Poems]

[Kyōka Momochidori ("A Flock of Kyōka Poems")]

[Yanagawa, Shigenobu (illustrated by)]; Shakuyakutei, [Nagane] [preface by].

[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. 1830s?].

Hashimotoya Shiraito no Hanashi (The Story of Shiraito of Hashimoto-ya)

Hashimotoya Shiraito no Hanashi ["The Story of Shiraito of Hashimoto-ya"]

[Tsukioka], Yoshitoshi [illustrated by].

Bakurochō, [Tōkyō]: Tsunajima Kamekichi, Meiji 19 [1886].

New Arrivals

Untitled folding object
A folding object with secret compartments, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?)

Untitled painting of a monkey
A simple and clever painting on silk, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-40s)?

Untitled surimono
A spring-themed surimono by an unidentified artist, ca. Meiji period (1870-1900s)?

Miyako Odori (The Miyako Dance)
An English-Japanese album of Miyako Odori dancers, Meiji 35 (1902).

Bojutsu Yumemonogatari (Dream Story of 1838)
A critique of the Morrison Incident, ca. late Edo period (1840-60s?)

Eshi Zōshi (The Story of a Painter)
The Story of a Painter, previously owned by the artist Tomioka Tessai, ca. Kaei period (1849)?

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