81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895 
81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895 
81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895 
= Without the artists's seal, perhaps a later edition from recut plates.
AND 8 others, i.a. a large woodcut of a hare and 4 watercolours showing fishes.
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 
- Consists of two attached sheets.
= A double-page ill. from Bairei hyakuchô gafu (Bairei's Picture Book of a Hundred Birds), vol. 3.
ADDED: 1 leaf taken from the same work, and 3 more unidentified kachô-ga taken from ehon, showing chickens, ducks, quail(?) and two deer under a cherry blossom tree.
81/5017 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 
- First ten lvs. later and without gilt edges; blank lvs. w. remains of tape. Rebacked w. use of original backstrip, album sl. worn along extremities.
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 
- Pages occas. sl. foxed. Lacks some mother-of-pearl parts (claws and feathers); backcover scratched; edges sl. chipped.
AND 2 other Japanese lacquer albums, late 19th-early 20th cent., both lacking bookblock, (three-dimensional) red and black lacquer (and inlaid mother of pearl elements) w. gold details, 1x depicting cranes and bamboo by a stream w. a boulder on the frontcover and insects and flowers on the backcover, 1x depicting herons in a stream w. lotus on the frontcover and an iris w. butterflies on the backcover (both sl. chipped along edges and one lacking a narrow portion of wood along the edge).
81 5019 Chikanobu 1838 1912 
- A few stains/ spots, mostly in margins.
= From the series Jidai Kagami (Reflections/ mirror of the ages), showing historical hairstyles, dresses and make up.
81 5020 Chikashige act 1869 1882 
- Doubled, otherwise fine.
= Actor Onoe Kikugorô in the role of Rokusaburô in the play known as Osono Rokusa, shown here as a carpenter (daiku).
81 5021 Chinese drawings Anonymous late 19th/ early 20 cent 
- Vaguely waterst.
81/5022 East Asia Compass with sundials 
81/5022 East Asia Compass with sundials 
81/5022 East Asia Compass with sundials 
= Based on the Chinese Zodiac. Red needle of the compass points south. Angle of the sundials depends on the time of year, indicated by various notches.
ADDED: a brass square and a brass (sun?)dialplate, inscribed w. the signs of the Chinese Zodiac used to indicate time or directions, in a wooden box.
81 5023 Ehon Anonymous 
81 5023 Ehon Anonymous 
- Contents trifle yellowed. Later strings.
= A 19th century reproduction (from the original blocks?) after the 1720 (Kyôhô 5) original, as dated on the final page.
81 5024 Eisen 1790 1848 
81 5024 Eisen 1790 1848 
81 5024 Eisen 1790 1848 
- Small hole due to paper flaw and one pinhole; one sm. stain along left margin not affecting image.
= Series-title Gosatsu bijin awase (Beauties of the five festivals) on print.
AND 2 col. woodcut fan prints: MORI GYOKUSEN (1792-1864), (Hachiman festival) (±28x28 cm., signed Gyokusen-ga, no publisher. Cut out and laid down on board, sl. browned/ waterst.) and KUNISADA (1786-1865), (Three actors) (signed Toyokuni-ga, publisher Ibaya Senzaburô, w. aratame/ date seal, 1815-1832. With binding holes; laid down on paper).
81 5025 Gekkô 1859 1920 
81 5025 Gekkô 1859 1920 
81 5025 Gekkô 1859 1920 
81 5025 Gekkô 1859 1920 
- Contents fine. Wr. occas. sl. soiled.
= The complete third (and final) series of Irohabiki Gekkô manga, showing a variety of themes and scenes.
AND vol. 1 and 2 of the first series of Irohabiki Gekkô manga (Tokyo, 1894-1895) (partly sl. foxed).
81 5026 Ginkô 1853 ? 
81 5026 Ginkô 1853 ? 
81 5026 Ginkô 1853 ? 
81 5026 Ginkô 1853 ? 
- (Slightly) foxed. = From the series Ô-Edo shibai nenjû gyôji (Annual Events of the Theater in Edo).
AND 3 other prints, i.a. HARUNAMI (?), (Actor with a parasol under a cherry blossom tree) (col. woodcut koban, signed Harunami-ga, publisher unread, 1935 (Shôwa 30)).
81 5027 Hashizume Kan'ichi 1820 1884 
81 5027 Hashizume Kan'ichi 1820 1884 
81 5027 Hashizume Kan'ichi 1820 1884 
- One vol. partly sl. wormholed; 2 vols. partly trifle waterst. in blank margins. Two vols. cords partly dam.
= Jikatasho is a type of handbook for local control (territorial control) first written in the Edo period. This work is probably a revised version of Sanpô Jikata taisei (1837) by Akita Jûshichirô Yoshiichi(?). With ills. concerning land surveying, civil engineering works, and land surveying equipment.
81/5028 Heian meishô nijûkei Twelve scenic views of Heian 
81/5028 Heian meishô nijûkei Twelve scenic views of Heian 
81/5028 Heian meishô nijûkei Twelve scenic views of Heian 
- Blank verso of textlvs. and prints stuck to opposite blank (as published?); all lvs. sl. wormholed in outer blank margin; sl. foxed.
= A series of 12 prints of temples in Kyoto, formerly known as Heian, divided in four seasons. All by different artists, incl. Hara Zaisen (1849-1916), Morikawa Sobun (1847-1902), Takeuchi Seihô (1864-1942) and Utsumi Kichidô (1850-1923).
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
81 5029 Hirokage act 1855 1865 
- All tipped unto mount and cut sl. short in the left blank margin w. partial loss of publisher's (and censor) seal; 1x sm. restored section in left blank margin; a few unobtrusive tiny holes in 4 prints. A fine lot of prints.
= Comprises: No. 1, Nihonbashi no asaichi (Morning Market at Nihonbashi ); No. 4, Ochanomizu no tsuribito (Fishermen at Ochanomizu); No. 6, Shinobazu ike (Shinobazu Pond); No. 10, Soto Kanda Sakuma-cho (Sakuma-cho outside Kanda); No. 11, Shitaya Onarimichi (Shogun's Road at Shitaya); No. 12, Susaki no shiohi (Low Tide at Susaki ); No. 15, Kasumigaseki no chobo (Distant View at Kasumigaseki); No. 24, Sukiya-gashi (Sukiya-gashi Embankment); No. 39, Fukagawa Mannen-bashi (Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa); No. 41, Asakusa Onmayagashi (Onmayagashi Embankment in Asakusa).
81 5030 Hirosada act 1819 1863 
81 5030 Hirosada act 1819 1863 
81 5030 Hirosada act 1819 1863 
- All prints tipped onto mount at corners; partly trifle foxed; one print w. sm. vague waterstain on his left shoulder.
AND 1 other similar by the same (tipped together with one of the previous 5 prints on one mount).
81 5031 Hirosada act 1819 1863 
- With one small pinhole in the upper right corner of the right panel, but otherwise a very fine impresssion.
= Shows a scene from the play Keisei somewake tazuna (A Courtesan's Multicoloured Reigns), where the vilain of the story has conjured up a giant black snake with his magic.
81 5032 Hiroshige 1797 1858 
- Some offsetting and a white spot near the top of the print, which is a result of damage to the block and present in all copies. Fine impression, with some mica in the black area along the top.
= Station no. 19 from the series Gojû-san tsugi, the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô, also known as Tôkaidô jinbutsu (People of the Tôkaidô).
81 5033 Hiroshige 1797 1858 
- With some sm. wormholes, but otherwise a good copy and impression.
= From the series Rokujû yoshû meisho zue (Pictures of Famous Places is Sixty-odd Provinces). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
81 5034 Hiroshige 1797 1858 
- Without margins; yellowed/ browned and sl. faded; w. restored section along bottom.
= From the series Chûshingura (The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers).
Hiroshige II (1829-1869) (after). Akasaka kiribatake uchû yûkei (Night Rain at Akasaka Kiribatake). Col. woodcut ôban, signed ni-sei Hiroshige-ga, no publ.
- Modern restrike after the original by Hiroshige II; sl. browned; tipped onto mount along right margin; w. a few small foxed spots.
= After the 1859 original print from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo).