Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi Hachiyama-zue (Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Mountains)
Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi Hachiyama-zue ["Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Mountains"]
Kimura, Tōsen [produced by]; Nan'yūtei [Utagawa, Yoshishige] [illustrated by].
Tōto [Edo]: Yoshida Kinbē, Kaei Gannen [1848] [but probably a Meiji era printing].
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Jūshi Keisei Hara-no-uchi (Inside the Guts of Fourteen Bombshell Beauties)
Jūshi Keisei Hara-no-uchi ["Inside the Guts of Fourteen Bombshell Beauties"]
Shiba, Zenkō [text by]; [Kitao, Shigemasa (illustrated by)].
[Tōri Abura-chō (Edo): Senkakudō, Kansei 5 (1793)].
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Musha Jūroku Musashi (A Jūroku Musashi Game of Warriors)
Musha Jūroku Musashi ["A Jūroku Musashi Game of Warriors"]
Ōsai [Utagawa], Fusatane [illustrated by].
Bakurochō, [Tōkyō]: Higuchi Gintarō, [ca. Meiji period (1880-90s?)].
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Seiyō Jiki Teikokuhan (Model of Western Time Measurements)
[Seiyō Jiki Teikokuhan ("Model of Western Time Measurements")]
[Kanshūtei (preface by)].
[Tōto (Tōkyō): publisher unidentified, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1870-1890s)].
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Muyōsei (The Six Personalities)
Muyōsei ["The Six Personalities"]
[Utagawa], Toyokuni [III] [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō: Ibasen, Kaei 6 (1853)].
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Kuang Shi Tu Shuo (An Illustrated Explanation of Ore)
Kuang Shi Tu Shuo ["An Illustrated Explanation of Ore"]
Fu, Lanya [Fryer, John] [text by].
[China: publisher unidentified], Guāngxù 10 [1884].
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Untitled album of original paintings and sketches by prominent illustrators
[Untitled album of original paintings and sketches by prominent illustrators]
Matsuda, Seifū, Nonogase, Banka, Hirezaki, Eihō, Mizushima, Niou ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Japan, ca. late Taishō period (1917-1922)?].
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Japan's most famous beauty bible
Miyako fūzoku kewaiden ["Cosmetic customs of the capital"]
Sayama, Hanshichimaru [text by]; Hayami, Shungyōsai [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, preface dated Bunka 10 (1813)].
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Miyako Odori (The Miyako Dance)
Miyako Odori ["The Miyako Dance"]
Kajima, Seizaburō [text by].
Kyōto: Genrokukan, Meiji 35 [1902].
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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)?].
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[Untitled painting of a woman daydreaming]
[Untitled painting of a woman daydreaming]
Hatori, Kozan [painted by].
[Japan, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s)?]. In manuscript.
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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?].
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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].
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