Yamadenai yama, kawadenai kawa: mitate sumo A parody ranking of non-mountain mountains and non-river rivers, ca. mid-19th century. US$125.00
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Comical Great Poets Compared: Large New Edition of Elegant Words A Collection of Humorous Poems, ca. early 19th century US$685.00
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Takemura-style Safe Device for Milking and Nursing A Photographic Advertisement for a Breast-Pump, ca. 1890-1910s? US$405.00
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Pyramid: 'Best Model Extending Device' An Advertisement for Pyramid Cameras, ca. 1910-30s? US$105.00
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Photograph of a Boy Preparing to Take a Photograph Boy with Camera, ca. 1900-20s? US$305.00
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Sightseeing at the Japan–British Exhibition: Game of a Trip Around the World A Game on the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition, 1911 US$705.00
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Two-Page Letter in Morse Code A Letter in Morse Code, ca. 1936? US$205.00
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Notable Figures from Japan and the West: First Series Featuring Sir Walter Scott and Maruyama Ōkyo, 1872 US$3,925.00
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Compilation of People from Overseas A Colourful Album of People of the World, ca. 1854. US$3,195.00
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Amerikashūnai Washinton no kei: dōban no shasei An aizuri triptych of Washington, D.C., in stunning blue tones, Bunkyu Gannen (1861). US$3,895.00
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Fukubiki Kuchinamari-e A Game Sheet of 1904 Buzz-Names, [ca. Meiji 37 (1904)] US$485.00
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An untitled sugoroku game by Kokunimasa An unrecorded sugoroku featuring various animals, Meiji 27 [1894]. US$945.00
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Kisoji no Yamakawa Mountain River on the Kiso Road: A Postcard Triptych, [Ca. early to mid-20th century] US$275.00
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Amerika-koku Jokisha Orai A striking night scene of an American steam locomotive, [Bunkyū Gannen (1861)]. US$3,685.00
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An unrecorded Aesop's Fables triptych Illustrated by a little-known pupil of Kyosai, Meiji 10 [1877]. US$5,395.00
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Eiwa Shisho: Bessatsu Daigaku, Chūyō, Eibun, Zen An English Translation of Two of the Chinese Four Books, Meiji 18 [1885] US$785.00
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Hyakunin Isshu Karuta Two Hundred Uncut Hyakunin Isshu Cards, Illustrated by Keisai Eisen, [ca. 1850-60s] US$2,385.00
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Kōkoku Raimei no Shokun Mitate Chikara Kurabe Trials of Strength Between Celebrity Rivals, 1882 US$615.00
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Wallpapers for Three Generations, Made in Canada A Japanese Catalogue of Canadian Wallpapers, 1926 US$315.00
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Bugaku Zukan An Illustrated Scroll of Bugaku Imperial Court Dances, Delicately Coloured, ca. late Edo period (early to mid-1800s). US$3,945.00
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Monyō-sen: moyō zushiki (Selected designs: pattern-illustrations) Circular motifs by the great masters, Shōwa 5 (1930). US$800.00
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An untitled collection of twenty-three kamon and katagami stencils A collection of hand-cut stencils for dyeing textiles, ca. late Edo to late Meiji period (1850-1900s)? US$650.00
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Untitled folding object A folding object with secret compartments, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?) SOLD
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Over 290 chiyogami samples from the Edo to Shōwa periods Over 290 chiyogami samples from the Edo to Shōwa periods, Shōwa 47 (1972). SOLD
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Imayō Mitate Hori Suri Ryōkō no Zu [A Modern-day Adaptation Picturing Carving and Printing] An ukiyo-e of an ukiyo-e workshop run by female artisans, ca. Taishō period (1910-20s)? SOLD
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Keisei Koi Samisen: Yūkiri Izaemon [A Courtesan's Shamisen of Love: Yūkiri and Izaemon] Fierce women brandishing swords, Bunsei 10 (1827). SOLD
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Shimeizukushi Sugoroku [A Game Board of Various Papers] A sugoroku game of paper types, ca. early to mid Shōwa period (1930-50s)? SOLD
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Tsuru no Chitose: Soga no Kadomatsu [Thousand Years of the Crane: Kadomatsu of Soga] A complete gōkan set illustrated by Kunisada, featuring skull motifs, Genji 2 (1865). SOLD
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Seiro Kinen (Commemoration of the Attack on Russia) Momotaro and friends take on Russia, ca. 1904-1905. SOLD
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Untitled set of scrolls featuring a dragon and a tiger A classic tiger-dragon pairing, ca. Meiji period (1870-1910s?). SOLD
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Untitled print A modern woman playing cards, [ca. late Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-1930s)?]. SOLD
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Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera A woodblock printer's archive of over 140 products, [ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s)]. SOLD
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Three woodblocks A set of three printing blocks from the Edo and Meiji periods, [ca. Edo to Meiji period (1750-1910s)?]. SOLD
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Collection of ephemera on female sumo wrestlers A small archive of ephemera on women's sumo, [ca. Meiji to early Shōwa period (1880-1930s?)]. SOLD
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Nijūshikō: Meiji Shinkoku (The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Newly Engraved in the Meiji Period) A palm-sized volume on filial piety, printed with copperplates, Meiji 17 [1884]. SOLD
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Wayō Jikon Burui (Classes of Mixed Japanese and Western Characters) An introduction to must-know words in romaji and kanji, Meiji Mizunoesaru [1872]. SOLD
▶ Japanese Literature
Nihon Chimei-kagami (Mirror of the Names of Regions in Japan) Illustrations by a woman artist, ca. late Edo period (1850-60s)? SOLD
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Oshiegusa Onna Daigaku Sakae Bunko (Lessons for Women: Library of Honour) A textbook for women, illustrated by a woman, Kaei 4 (1851). SOLD
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Untitled collection of photographs Photographs of Japanese infrastructure and architecture, ca. Taishō to mid-Shōwa period (1920-30s)? SOLD
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A kabuki-themed haikai surimono A kabuki-themed shūmei surimono illustrated by Zeshin, Meiji 14 (1881). SOLD
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Shōmon Jittetsu (The Ten Eminent Disciples of Bashō) Woodblock-printed matchbox labels featuring Bashō's best students, ca. early Shōwa period (1930-40s)? SOLD
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