Untitled Album of the Activities of the Washi Research Institute

A Scrapbook of Washi and Fabrics, by Uemura Rokurō

[Untitled Album of the Activities of the Washi Research Institute)]

[Uemura, Rokurō (compiled by)].

[Japan, ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s)].

 

A scrapbook of tipped-in photographs and fabric samples compiled by Uemura Rokurō, a renowned researcher of dyeing and weaving. The scrapbook includes pictures of Dr. Hans Drissler (who founded the Japan Paper Import Co ...

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Unusual scenes from Japan

An untitled set of Japanese photographs

[An untitled set of Japanese photographs]

[Photographer/s unidentified]. 

[Japan: publisher/studio unidentified, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s?)].

 

A complete set of souvenir photographs of Japan. The set is more adventurous than typical landscape-centric sets, focusing on the occupations and amusements of the common people. Highlights inc ...

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A Booklet on Japan's First 'LGBTQI+ Film'

Shochiku Films Scenario: Farewell to Spring

松竹映画シナリオ 惜春鳥

Kinoshita, Keisuke [screenplay and direction by].

Tōkyō: Eiga Taimususha, Shōwa 34 [1959]. First edition. 

 

A highly illustrated booklet on Kinoshita Keisuke’s film Sekishunchō, or Farewell to Spring. The film, released in 1959, is frequently referred to as the first LGBTQI+ themed film produced in Japan due to the close emo ...

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Early photos of photography studios

Two untitled photographs

[Two untitled photographs]

[Photographers unidentified].

[Japan, ca. Meiji era (1880-1900s)?].

 

A set of two photographs of Japanese photography studios located in Nagasaki and Kobe. One of the photos shows the Nagasaki main street shopfronts of "Tamemasa, Dealer in Photographs", "S. Shinowara, Photographer", "Sato, General ... [illegible] Curio Dealer..., ...

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The Catalogue of a Sidney Nolan Exhibition in Tokyo

Bunmei wo Warau Kaiga no Shizenji: Shidonii Nōran ; Sidney Nolan

Fuji Terebi Gyarari. [Tokyo]: Sankei Shimbun Co. Ltd. ; Fuji Telecasting Co., 1973. First edition. The catalogue of an exhibition of the works of Australian artist Sidney Nolan in Japan, patronised by the Australian Embassy in Tokyo. The exhibition was held from the 10th until the 28th of April, 1973, at the Fuji Television Gallery in Tokyo, and included 26 of Nolan’s mixed med ...

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Photographic illustrations of Frank Lloyd Wright's works, published in Japan

Furanku Roido Raito Sakuhinshū: 1 (First Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright's Works)

Furanku Roido Raito Sakuhinshū: 1 ["First Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright's Works"] 

[Wright, Frank Lloyd (original illustrations by)]; Takanashi, Yoshitarō [edited by]; [Mendelsohn, Erich (original text by)].

Tōkyō: Kōyōsha, Taishō 15 [1926].

 

The first collection (of five) of this scarce early Japanese work on the buildings designed by the a ...

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Photographs of Japanese infrastructure and architecture

Untitled collection of photographs

[Untitled collection of photographs]

[Photographer unidentified].

[Japan, ca. Taishō to mid-Shōwa period (1920-30s)?].

 

A collection of beautiful and striking photographs of Japanese infrastructure and architecture by an unidentified photographer. The seven sepia and monochrome photographs of cranes, bridges, buildings, and ships, have each been mounted on ...

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