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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Bankoku Meisho-zue: Sekai Ryokō = Illustrated Guide Book for Travellers Round the World Copperplate-printed guidebooks for travellers round the world, Meiji 18-19 (1885-1886). SOLD
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Joreishiki no Zu (Illustrations of Ladies' Etiquette) On acceptable activities for Japanese ladies, Meiji 28 (1895). SOLD
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Title unidentified Printing block for a strip cartoon, ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950-60s)? SOLD
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Pengin-chō no Hanashi (The Story of Penguins) On encounters with penguins in Antarctica, Taishō Gannen (1912). SOLD
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Kotengeki no Shinenshutsu wa Ikani Arubekika: Sheikusupia 'Uenisu no Shōnin' (Mingei, Nissei Gekijo Kōen) ni Tsuite (How Should New Productions of Classic Plays be Staged? Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (Mingei and Nissei Theatre Product Manuscript draft of an article on a performance of The Merchant of Venice, ca. 1968. SOLD
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Four sets of illustrated physics and optics textbooks Gohō Shinron, Shi-shi Butsuri Shogaku, Butsuri Kaitei, and Butsuri Shoho, 1867-1883. SOLD
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Mata Yakinaosu Hachikazuki Hime: Kusazōshi Kojitsuke Nendaiki (The Re-Baked Bowl-Crowned Princess: A Contorted History of Illustrated Fiction) An illustrated chronology of Japanese book culture, Kyowa 2 (1802). SOLD
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Hanagasane (Layers of Flowers) One hundred woodblock-printed kimono designs, Meiji 31 (1898). SOLD
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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
▶ Japanese Literature
Oshiegusa Onna Daigaku Sakae Bunko (Lessons for Women: Library of Honour) A textbook for women, illustrated by a woman, Kaei 4 (1851). SOLD
▶ Classic Illustrated Books
Untitled collection of photographs Photographs of Japanese infrastructure and architecture, ca. Taishō to mid-Shōwa period (1920-30s)? SOLD
▶ Photo Books
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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