Records Of Pictures : The Taiheiki Emaki - The Pictorial Scrolls Of Taiheiki -

Tokyo: Seibu Art Forum , 1988. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Signed and with a drawing of a man's head on the front endpaper, with two word inscription. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and Japanese. Essay by Yoshiaki Tono. 55 works in the exhibition, which consisted of paintings, drawings and sculpture. All works illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, about 60 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Artist.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Shueisha, Tokyo, 1974. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Fine. Various, Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, 1974.Large folio (17x12 inches or 43x31cm), pp. 144, printed cream-colored cloth boards quarter-bound in white cloth, slipcased, text in Japanese. Large color plates, some folding, plus explanatory text. Part of a 12-volume set, this book devoted exclusively to Shunsho.Condition of this book:Fine in near fine slipcase (soiling at top and bottom edges). Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). One volume of the 12-volume set. Text is in Japanese. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Japan; Japanese Language; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54631. . This book… Leer más

Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!

Early 20th-century reprint of Utagawa's famous book on Japanese women's fashions originally published in 1802.Volume 1 only of the 2 volume set.With 25 full-color woodblock prints depicting 12 scenes over double pages with different classes of women, 23 pages of Japanese text.Includes woodcuts of noble courtiers under cherry blossom, samurai wives relaxing, concubines, merchant women, servants at bathhouse, dancers, laundress, nursemaid, etc.Condition: blue embossed paper boards scuffed and discolored, but interior clean and bright, woodcuts free of foxing. Traditional Yotsume Toji four-hole stab binding stitched on the right-margin. Toyokuni Utagawa (1769-1825), was a grand master ukiyo-e print designer and woodblock artist, known for his portraits of kabuki actors.

Kyuryudo, Japan, 1969 Book. Good. Hardcover. Japanese text; Hardcover (without dust jacket in slipcase); 29.5 x 30.5 cm; 1.890 Kg; 161 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear. The slipcase shows edgewear. Signs of wear on the interior.; A catalogue of fine examples of those Chinese porcelain wares known as Ko-sometsuke or literally 'old blue and white', destined to the Japanese market. In 161 pages, the book comprises 33 colour plates and a number of black and white images throughout the rest of the book, along with explanatory articles and captions. Showing pieces with a variety of shapes and decorative themes, this catalogue is a reference book for those who are interested in this intriguing and distinctive group of blue and white tea ceremony porcelain wares produced at the kilns of Kigndezhen, Jiangxi, during the declining decades of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)..

England: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Small amount of foxing on one preliminary page other wise spotless. Dust Jacket in clear mylar cover.

Milan: Electa Architecture, 2005. Signed by Waro Kishi. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Folio. Unpag. full-page plates (3 color with tissue guards). Japanese text. Pictorial boards with title on attached paper label, faded, lightly stained green cloth slipcase with bone clasps.
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Koln: Konemann Verlag / Aperture, 1999. Signed by the legendary photographer Eikoh Hosoe and dated 9.26.05 on the half title page. First Konemann edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publication LTD, New Jersey and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York, 1976 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (3 volumes with dust jacket in slipcase). Top edges gilt.; 34 x 25.5 cm.; 8.3 Kg.; 1034 pages with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jackets and slipcase. Interior in very good condition.; Limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is 793.; Among the arts of Japan, the colour print continues to exercise the strongest appeal to us in the West. The main reason for the present widespread and growing interest is the powerful design combined with the beauty of the colour harmonies of the prints. But there are also other reasons; they depict a Japan of the past now almost vanished, its culture, mores, annual events, legends and its history; and they also show the influence of the Japanese print on the evolution of modern Western art. In the last few years the most important event in the world of… Leer más