Japon — marelibri

Fifty Hand-Colored Photographs of Japan During the Meiji Era

1890000012919n.p.: n.p. 1890. Hardcover. Good. Oblong 8vo. 27.5 cm x 38 cm. 50 hand-colored albumen photographs on double-sided stiff cardstock leaves. All tissue guards present. Black lacquered boards with beautiful raised decorations carved and painted on bone on the front board: a woman wearing a kimono riding a dragon and a child waving a flag the rear board with decorations stamped in orange and gold; the spine in five compartments gilt decorations and rules on the spine; all edges gilt. Binding is sewn cloth. White endpapers and pastedowns. Most photographs with a caption in the corner. Photographs measure 19 cm x 25.5 cm. The photographs depict landscapes of Nagasaki a statue of Buddha temples street life in Japan Kioto Tokyo women playing instruments clothing and porcelain shops and so much more. A stunning album of daily life in Japan at the end of the nineteenth century. The front board nearly detached from the spine but holding to the binding on the front gutter cloth. A few photographs may have had their red color touched up but it is difficult to tell. n.p. hardcover

Evening Star Books · États-Unis2 200,00 $US≈ 1 861,42 €

[JAPAN - STUDIO PHOTO ALBUM] TAMAMURA, KOZABUROBiblio.com

Japanese Photograph Album of the Late Meiji Period.

1890215089Japan. Circa 1890s. 50 hand-tinted albumen prints 30 captioned with studio stock references mounted on thick gilt-edged card leaves19.5 x 25 cms in an album 27.5 x 35 cms; elaborately lacquered boards scuffed and chipped inlaid with mother of pearl with loss over quarter calf renewed bevelled edges gilt dentelles endpapers gilt-flecked some fading and spotting to the images and toning to the margins of the card leaves but a very good handsomely bound collection. Beautiful studio album containing a collection of 50 hand coloured photos of Japan with a splendid lacquered and decorated cover. The photos were commercially produced images which were sold to foreign visitors who had the studio place photographs in an album of their choice. This album is unusually interesting because unlike many where photographs were more randomly placed the images have been selected and arranged geographically beginning in Tokyo and moving southwards: Nikko Yokohama Miyanoshita & Hakone Lake Mount Fuji Kyoto Osaka Kobe and Nagasaki. There are fine images and portraits of geisha including an uncaptioned image of geisha seated possibly by the Kamo River in Kyoto entertaining a male guest. A lute is placed on the rice mat together with a tray of beer. One of the geisha is looking straight to camera a striking composition. Another uncaptioned in the Kyoto group is likely to be in Arashiyama shows a sandalled figure on a mountain path overlooking the leisure boating below. There are also images of pagoda fishing rice planting street vendors and markets. More than half the photographs appear to be from the studio of the Yokohama based photographer Tamamura Kozaburo c.1856-192 who at his height was described as "the best photographer in Yokohama". As Terry Bennett has attested Tamamura's business strategy of selling souvenir albums of views and costumes to foreigners became a "winning formula". see Terry Bennett "Early Japanese Images" Tuttle 1996 and "Photography in Japan 1853-1912" Tuttle 2006 When referring to this item please quote stockid 215089 . hardcover

Asia Bookroom · Australie2 950,00 $AU≈ 1 944,35 €

Antiquariat.de

Japanisches Fotoalbum.

189427734O.O. (Japan), o.V., ca. 1894. Mit 51 montierten, handkolorierten Albumin-Fotografien. 49 jeweils ca. 25,8/20 cm + 2 ca. 22/13 cm, meist mit einbelichteten Titeln. 27,5/36 cm. 25 Kartontafeln mit montierten Fotografien mit etwas beschädigten Seidenpapierhemdchen in OHalblederband mit farb. ill. Lackdeckeln mit Einlegearbeiten in Bein (Bauern im Reisfeld (Vorderseite) und Ranke mit Schmetterling (Gold, Rückseite). Goldschnitt. Rücken beschädigt, Gelenke gerissen (wie meist), Deckel mit kleinen Kratzern und leichten Schäden im Rand. Vorsatz mit Besitzeintrag.

Antiquariat Jürgen Fetzer · AT - Wien1 950,00 €

Bigot, Ferdinand GeorgesAntiquariat.de

Ohayo Album - Une chasse.

188321717[Tokyo, Selbstverlag, 1883]. Mit 32 Radierungen und 10 Lithographien. 4°. 32 + 10 Bl., 1 weißes Blatt. Einfacher, weißer OKarton. Japanische Schurbindung. Deckel gering fleckig, Schnur erneuert. Innen gelegentlich mit kleinen Eselsohren, gering gebraucht.

Antiquariat Jürgen Fetzer · AT - Wien2 000,00 €

FLORIANLivre Rare Book

Fables choisies illustrées par des artistes japonais sous la direction de P. Barboutau.

189846400989Takio, Paris, Marpon et Flammarion, -1898 ; 2 tomes en 1 volume in-4° oblong, demi basane blonde, plats de papier orné japonais, couverture illustrée, reliure de l'époque. - Superbe publication artistique tirée su pur chiffon du Japon avec le pliage spécial japonais. L'éditeur de Tokio est Kané-Mitsou MASAO, l'imprimeur SHUEISHA, sous la direction de Yamamoto YEIJIRO. L'admirable illustration à pleines pages est composée de 2 couvertures illustrées et de 28 estampes japonaises originales en couleur par les artistes suivants : Kano TOMONOBOU, KADJITA HANKO, KOUBOTA TOSOUI. En outre toutes les pages de texte sont illustrées de dessins en noir. La préface rappelle la première publication de l'éditeur, "" Les Fables de La Fontaine "" et donne quelques précisions sur les artistes : Tomonobon un représentant de l'école Kano, fondée par son célèbre ancêtre et Hanko, un des coryphées de l'école réaliste de Yosaï. "" Ces illustrations réprésentent réellement des scènes de la vie du Japon aussi bien que si les fabulistes eût été japonais. - Carteret V, 79 - Catalogue le Japonisme. Musées Nationaux 1988 p. 112"

Librairie du Manoir de Pron · Montigny sur Canne, France2 000,00 €

MAP JAPAN SEKISUI Cho & SUZUKI KienABAA

ZOTEI DAI NIHON KOKUGUN YOCHI ROTEI ZENZU

1852864251852. MAP - JAPAN SEKISUI Chô & SUZUKI Kien. ZOTEI DAI NIHON KOKUGUN YOCHI ROTEI ZENZU. Edo Osaka & Kyoto. Zodiacal date of Kaei 5 1852. Identical to the copy illustrated online from the UC Berkeley collection save that their copy is a standard one-piece folding map in covers. See: http://www.lunacommons.org/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~9~1~24 291~110045:Zotei-Dai-Nihon-kokugun-yochi-rotei Ours is the same size when assembled some 102 x 183 cm but is bound in 12 separate folding sections each identified on the cover by area each approximately 35 x 46 cm. This would seem to have been done by the publisher for ease of use a series of "pocket maps". They are all enclosed in a small clasped chitsu case some 12 x 8 x 3 cm in size with a mica-paper liner and a cloth exterior. There is a smaller size version some 72 x 40 at 1852.1 in the first volume of Beans referenced from Ramming 1934 at #28 - obviously a misprint of some kind as it would be hard to understand a smaller size recut map existing. In any case a very interesting format and a lovely detailed map in a "modern" style employing degrees of latitude but printed in traditional color woodblock. Very good condition impression and colors. An excellent example of Japanese cartography in transition. unknown books

Boston Book Company · États-Unis2 400,00 $US≈ 2 030,64 €

Pausanias [Translated By Thomas Taylor]; Bookplates Of General Francis John Davies, At PershoreBiblio.com

The Description Of Greece By Pausanias Translated From The Greek With Notes In Which Much Of The Mythology Of The Greeks Is Unfolded From A Theory Which Has Been For Many Ages Unknown. Illustrated With Maps And Viewsd. A New Edition With Considerable Augmentation. In Three Volumes Complete In Original Boards

1824027252London: Richard Priestley 1824. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Maps and Plates. Xv 409; Iii 341; Iii 392 Pp With Half Titles In Volumes 2 And 3. A Complete Set In Original Brown Cloth Spines Over Gray Boards With Original Paper Spine Labels 4.7 Cm Tall Volume Numbers In Arabic Numerals Also Known With Taller Spine Labels With Roman Numerals Priority Unknown. Taylor's Corrected Second Edition Adding His Notes Which Were Omitted From The First Printing. Worn With Some Fraying At Corners Volume 1 With Cracked Front Joint Along Which Is A 2 1/2" X 1/4" Loss Of Spine Cloth Not Affecting The Labels. Bookplates Of Francis Davies Of Pershore With Rampant Lion And Motto "Lucem Spero" No Other Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia General Sir Francis John Davies Kcb Kcmg Kcvo 1864 - 1948 Was A Senior British Army Officer Who Commanded The 8Th Division During The First World War. Davies Was Born In London The Son Of Lieutenant General Henry Fanshawe Davies And His Wife Ellen Christine Alexandra Hankey. His Grandfather Was General Francis John Davies Brother And Heir Of Thomas Henry Hastings Davies Mp For Worcester And His Great-Grandfather Was Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin. The Family Seat Was Elmley Castle Pershore Worcestershire. His Younger Brother Was Major General Henry Rodolph Davies. He Was Educated At Eton College. In October 1899 He Served As A Daag Responsible For Intelligence At Army Headquarters In South Africa And As Acting Commissioner Of Police For Johannesburg In 1900. In 1902 He Was Temporarily Employed In The Intelligence Department Until He Became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General Daqmg At The War Office On 7 September 1902. Two Years Later He Was Appointed Assistant Director Of Military Operations In 1904 He Was Made General Officer Commanding Goc Of The 1St Guards Brigade. He Then Took Over As Brigadier General General Staff Bggs Of Aldershot Command. He Was Promoted To Major General In May 1913 And In October Of That Year Became Director Of Staff Duties At The War Office. In October 1914 Davies Was Appointed As Goc Of The 8Th Division. The Division Along With Its Goc Was Soon Sent To The Western Front. Towards The End Of July Davies Was Posted Away From The Fighting In France And Belgium To Take Over The Command Of Viii Corps Then Heavily Engaged In The Gallipoli Campaign. Davies Promoted To The Temporary Rank Of Lieutenant-General30 Took Over As Its Goc On 8 August . He Brought With Valuable Combat Experience And It Is Said " Over The Five Months Of His Tenure His Ideas And Energy Were The Catalyst For A Myriad Of Tactical And Systematic Improvements Which Greatly Improved The Fighting Efficiency Of His Force Allowing His Troops To Achieve Tactical Superiority Over The Enemy Facing Them". In The Aftermath Of The Evacuation Of British And Allied Forces From Gallipoli In January 1916 Davies Was Moved On To Being Goc Of Ix Corps. Davies Was In Command Only Until June When He Returned To The United Kingdom To Serve As Military Secretary At The War Office. He Held This Post Until After The End Of The War.His Rank Of Lieutenant General Became Substantive In January 1917. Later That Year Davies Was Appointed General Officer Commanding-In-Chief Goc-In-C Of Scottish Command In June 1919. After Being Promoted To The Rank Of Full General In July 1921And After Serving As Lieutenant Of The Tower Of London Which He Had Been Appointed To In June 192335 He Retired From The Army In April 1926. He Had Been Appointed An Aide-De-Camp General To King George V In April 1922. Richard Priestley hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis2 450,00 $US≈ 2 072,94 €

Bertherand, E - L (Emile-Louis)Biblio.com

Médecine Et Hygiène Des Arabes Medecine Et Hygiene Des Arabes : Etudes Sur L'exercice De La Médecine Medecine Medicine Et De La Chirurgie Chez Les Musulmans De L'algérie Leurs Connaissances En Anatomie Etc. Leurs Maladies Leurs Traitements Les Plus Usités Précédées De Considérations Sur L'état Général De La Médecine Chez Les Principales Nations Mahométanes.

1855030323London / Madrid / New York: Germer Bailliere 1855. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 574 Pp 1 Pp Errata At End. Blue Morocco Gilt Over Blue Marbled Paper Covered Boards Marbled Endpapers Somewhat Similar Color Speckles On Edges Of Page Block. Binding Clean And Complete Original With Small Repairs To Corners No Chipping Hinges Tight No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. Contents Fine Slight Even Aging To Pages No Wear To Pages. Germer Bailliere hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis2 646,00 $US≈ 2 238,78 €

BIGOT (Georges Ferdinand).Livre Rare Book

Ma-Ta. Album. Croquis par G. Bigot.

188443185Tokyo, , 1884. 1 titre en couleurs et 21 planches in-4 (21,9 x 29,5 cm) cousues à la japonaise sous couverture de papier gaufré.

Bonnefoi Livres Anciens · Paris, France2 300,00 €

KAWANABE, Kyosai [ KAWANABE KIOSAI ] ; ( URYU, Masayasu ; BAITEI, Kinga).Livre Rare Book

Kyosai Gadan [ Kiosai's Account of Painting ] (4 Vol. - Complete Set)

1887687074 8vo vol. (25,4 x 17,7 cm), original japanese fukuro toji bindings under common blue cloth-clad slipcase, Published by Iwamoto Shun, Meiji 20 [ 1887 ], 39, 40, 36, 37 leaves

SARL Librairie du Cardinal · Gradignan, France2 350,00 €

Octave UZANNE - Paul AVRIL, illustrateurLivre Rare Book

LE MIROIR DU MONDE. Notes et sensations de la vie pittoresque

1888AMO-890Illustrations en couleurs d'après Paul Avril. Paris, Maison Quantin, 1888 [achevé d'imprimer le 7 novembre 1887]. 1 volume grand in-8 (30 x 23 cm), IV-163-(2) pages. Illustrations en couleurs courant dans le texte. Tirage en bleu, noir, rouge, rose, violet, or, argent, cuivre, etc. Reliure de l'époque plein maroquin bleu-vert sombre janséniste, dentelle dorée en encadrement intérieur des plats, tête dorée, relié sur brochure, non rogné, couvertures conservées, doublure et gardes de papier fleuri noir et or (reliure américaine signée BRADSTREET'S). Maroquin assombri sur le pourtour sinon très bel exemplaire. Quelques légères épidermures atténuées, sans conséquence. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. EXEMPLAIRE SIGNÉ AUTOGRAPHE PAR OCTAVE UZANNE. Tirage à 2.200 exemplaires numérotés dont 2.000 exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande, 100 exemplaires sur grand papier du Japon et 100 exemplaires sur Japon du format du volume. CELUI-CI, UN DES 100 EXEMPLAIRES DE TÊTE SUR GRAND PAPIER DU JAPON. Provenance : De la bibliothèque du bibliophile américain Daniel B. Fearing. Don de Daniel B. Fearing au Grolier Club de New-York (ex libris). Vendu ensuite par le Grolier Club (cachet). Collection Bertrand Hugonnard-Roche (avec monogramme autographe BHR, 2010).

Librairie L'amour qui bouquine · Alise-Sainte-Reine, France2 500,00 €

Kusakabe KimbeiLivre Rare Book

Album de 50 photographies sur papier albumine colorisées à la main

1880132599Sn (Yokohama) 1880 In-4 à l’italienne 36 x 27 cm. 50 photographies 26,5 x 20 cm. contrecollées en 25 planches, serpentes. Marges brunnie. Des accrocs de motifs laqués au premier plat.

Librairie de l'Avenue · Saint-Ouen, France2 512,00 €

Antiquariat.de

Scroll with 9 erotic scenes.

188015604ABJapan, ca. 1880. 25 : 260 cm 9 scenes on paper mounted on paper scroll. Cloth binding.

Antiquariat Michael Steinbach · AT - Wien2 800,00 €

BIGOT (Georges Ferdinand).Livre Rare Book

Croquis japonais.

188641442Tokyo, , 1886. 20 planches.BIGOT (Georges Ferdinand). Le Jour de l'an au Japon par G. Bigot. S.l.n.d. 11 planches.2 suites en 1 album in-folio (477 x 335 mm) cousu à la japonaise.

Bonnefoi Livres Anciens · Paris, France2 800,00 €

JAPAN; CLOTHINGBiblio.com

Shozoku shokushikimoku "A Catalogue of Courtly Attire".

1897186729Tokyo: 1897. The dress of the classical Japanese nobility An attractive manuscript copy of this rare treatise on Heian-period ceremonial attire. Only one other copy is known held by the National Archives of Japan. The copyist Ishimoto Shuen was an artist-historian whose research focused on ancient clothing. She was named as one of the most accomplished artists in Tokyo by a 1916 broadside. Shozoku shokushikimoku otherwise known as Shozoku imon or in the case of the other known copy Kinpi shozoku imon introduces over 40 examples of different types of clothing worn throughout Japanese history and manuscript captions explain their features. The clothing ranges from kanmuri headwear to ceremonial leather belts sekitai swords fans and ritual omigoromo robes. Different examples of each are given depending on the season and the rank of the person who was permitted to wear certain colours and designs. According to the colophon the text was first found in the collection of Ise Sadatake 1718-1784 a samurai and notable historian of court etiquette. A copy was made in 1772 then another in 1856 and finally this example in 1897. Ishimoto Shuen was the protégé of the famous academic and Shinto scholar Kosugi Sugimura. The pair produced a number of books and hanging scrolls depicting Heian-period and earlier court dress especially in the late 1890s. Ishimoto's ownership signatures and seal are on the first and final pages. The illustrations in this copy are in a slightly different layout to the other surviving example although the colours are more vivid. Quarto 264 x 190 mm with 26 leaves of mica-infused paper. Manuscript text and watercolour illustrations throughout. Original blue paper wrappers renewed white thread fukuro-toji binding. A little rubbed and creased wrappers with scattered patches of discolouration contents bright with very minor wormholing: a very good example. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni2 500,00 £GB≈ 2 854,50 €

Brinkley, FAntiquariat.de

Japan. Described and illustrated by the Japanese. Written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars. 10 vols.

189733852ABBoston, Millet, 1897. Folio. 382pp. With 10 coloured flower collotypes by K. Ogawa, 30 coloured albumen photographs by K. Tamamura and numerous photogr. text-illustrations. Orig. coloured patterned cloth bindings with paper label to front cover.

Antiquariat Manfred Nosbüsch · DE - Kuchenheim2 880,00 €

[JAPAN -- KIMONO DESIGN ARCHIVE].Biblio.com

A striking archive of hand-painted kimono designs from the design department of Marubeni Shoten Ltd. and also including their contracted design studios such as the Keimeikai Textile & Dyeing Studio and the Tanioka Shoten Design Department. These often large and extraordinary designs encompass a broad range of traditional Japanese motifs such as ornamental fans flowers landscapes sailing junks house crests and animals often with annotations revision notes as well as references to potential clients.

181956897Kyoto Japan: Marubeni Shoten Design Dept. Keimeikai Textile & Dyeing Studio Tanioka Shoten Design Dept. ca. 1918-1945. Folio. 61 original hand-painted inked and pencil designs with a few on a lightly toned but quality semi-translucent paper the majority on thick paper stock and still others with two pieces carefully pasted together with contiguous designs sized from 9 x 15 in. up to 19.25 x 38.5 in. with 13 of the pieces larger the larger size a number of them sized 18 x 32 in. and many in the 14.25 x 15.5 in. size colour painted; the majority feature the design studio chop or crest at lower corners throughout many w/ annotations in margins several w/ change orders neatly annotated or even the title of the design and still many others w/ Roman numeric inventory codes in margins as well two still retaining original small silk samples many with creasing or minor tears & edgewear or creasing to fore-edges a few w/ small & large closed tears while others show some creasing and thumbing from continued use still an exceptional group of manuscripts. This superb archive of 61 original hand-painted kimono designs furnishes an exceptional visual array of Taisho- and early Showa-era Japanese motifs and styles. A number of the designs evoke traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints with deep vivid colours and well rendered illustrations. Many of these designs incorporate floral patterns including Kiku Chrysanthemum Botan Mon Peony Pattern Manju Kiku Marigolds Japanese Irises Morning Glory Cockscomb Ivy Dahlias and many other botanical motifs. In addition there are many illustrating ornately embroidered designs austere bamboo mushrooms and intriguing landscapes some with a small portion fully painted in with brilliant colouring while the outline of the kimono fills out the drawing. Two of the designs still features their original small attached silk kimono sample more reminiscent of Western Design houses which often attached their chosen fabric samples to their clothing designs. A few of the designs are executed on translucent thin paper for the kimono draper to transfer the design to white silk or other fabrics via some type of carbon paper process. Another of the designs has been executed on a stunning silver metallic paper with palm or bamboo leaf fronds executed in vivid blues & browns. Some feature a nearly surrealist quality while several others include illustrations of doves or chickens. Two of the designs incorporate Art Deco representations of Chinese Junks and Japanese sailing vessels typical of the 1930â€™s prior to World War II. In the Taisho Era a new era opened for textile designers working with Kyoto drapers and department stores with many having trained at new art colleges and then working in the design studios of Marubeni Keimeikai Textile & Dyeing Studio and others. The Tachiki Artist design studio designs on thin translucent paper include one with designer stamp of character embedded within a skull. Some appear to have two different date stamps for the Marubeni Shoten Design and some are unsigned or stamped. The Taisho- and Showa-era kimonos featured brighter colours more groundbreaking designs as Japanâ€™s designers embraced traditional dress and transformed it into a new garment equally appealing to the â€œMogaâ€ or brazen â€œModern Girl.â€ The designer notes include instructions to â€œleave a little more space between the fans;â€ â€œDrop the little fan crest;â€ â€œtoo much white bush cloverâ€ on the pine cones and even that Matsuo Taishichi had ordered a design for â€œclothes for paying a visit for a young person.â€ The Marubeni Shoten originated with Chubei Itho who began in 1858 as a salesman for linen cloth and by 1872 had opened his drapery store Benchu in Senba Osaka. By 1918 Chubei Itoh had expanded the business into Osaka and deciced to merge with Itochu Shoten Ltd. becoming Marubeni Shoten with their own drapers shops and many contracts with department stores. Later by the mid-1950s Marubeni merged with the company that operated the Takashimaya Dept. Store Chain all the while preserving their design studio and artists. See: Yuko Fukatsu-Fukuoka The Evolution of Yuzen-dyeing Techniques and Designs After the Meiji Restoration 2004; Arisa Shinko Tomikawa Hand Painted Kyo Yuzen Atelier â€œArisaâ€ A Brief Introduction 2020; Annie Van Asche Japanese Kimono Fashion of the Early Twentieth Century Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings 2000; Our History Our Roots Marubeni Corporation 2020. Marubeni Shoten Design Dept., Keimeikai Textile & Dyeing Studio, Tanioka Shoten Design Dept., hardcover

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis3 500,00 $US≈ 2 961,35 €

Kokichi Hamamura 275cmx39cm Japan Linguistics Joint Stock Company Daikoku Co, Ltd Seed Dealer Sign Ueda Castle Ueda Station UedaBiblio.com

Copper engraving Shinshu Ueda-cho Hamamura Ie's wax farm and mulberry tree test site <Japanese Version>

19002111902160201143Shinshu Ueda Town Japan Linguistics Joint Stock Company 1900. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Shinshu Ueda Town Japan Linguistics Joint Stock Company paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour3 648,00 $US≈ 3 086,57 €

JAPANBiblio.com

Daimy scroll.

1870127747Japan: c.1870. The feudal lordships of Meiji Japan Highly attractive and distinctly uncommon early Meiji-period scroll showing the flags of 29 daimy s feudal lordships and giving details of annual revenue recorded in kokus of rice approximately 280 litres originally defined as enough to feed one person for one year provinces capitals of their respective territories or han and the cadet branch of each clan illustrated with flags for each both the -uma-jirushi "great standard" and ko-uma-jirushi "lesser standard". The scroll opens with the Hinomaru "circle of the sun" and imperial chrysanthemum mon or crest above the standards of the Tokugawa shogunate three hollyhock leaves within a circle. The sixteen-petalled Imperial Chrysanthemum Crest was first recognized as the exclusive emblem of the imperial household in 1868; the Hinomaru was adopted officially in 1854: "Japan had no national flag until 1854 when upon a petition by the lord of Satsuma han Shimazu Nariakira the bakufu military government determined that Japanese ships should fly a white flag bearing the Rising Sun emblem in order to identify themselves as Japanese. In 1870 the Meiji government following the late Tokugawa precedent decreed that Japanese ships ought to use the Rising Sun flag as the national flag" Takashi Fujitani Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan 1998 p. 49. The British Museum notes that the flags are presented here "on western-style horizontal flags mounted on flag poles" and not in the Japanese manner. This is a fascinating record dating to the advent of the Meiji Restoration 1868 which curtailed the power of the daimy s: "On paper the abolition of the old domains and with them the daimy as well and the creation of the new administrative units called prefectures seemed to be in 1868 the most politically dangerous of the Meiji reforms. Great care and planning went into this reform announced in 1871 lest the daimy s fight it" Louis G. Perez The History of Japan 1998 p.98. Among British and Irish institutional libraries Library Hub cites only the copy at the Society of Antiquaries of London WorldCat adds Harvard both this and the SoA copy bound in book form; we have traced a copy at the British Museum catalogued as "Flags of the different Daimyos of Japan" which survives as a scroll; only one entry on auction records 2013 apparently the present copy. A superb survival from the period of the opening of Japan perhaps intended for the tourist market when foreign trade was being established in effect acting as a guide to the leading families of Japan. Scroll 180 x 400 mm. 88 hand-coloured woodblock flags on paper text in English and Japanese. Original polished bone jikugi central cylindrical rod pale brown silk tie. Exterior a little darkened otherwise in remarkably good condition. unknown

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni2 750,00 £GB≈ 3 139,95 €

Brinkley, F(rancis, ed.)Antiquariat.de

Japan, described and illustrated by the Japanese. Written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars.

1897103407BBBoston, Mass, J. B. Millet, (1897-1898). Folio (41 x 32 cm.). Mit 15 farb. Tafeln (Orchideen und andere Blumen, Collotypes), 30 handkol. Orig.-Photographien (Albuminabzüge, jeweils ca. 25 x 19 cm.), 220 Abb. im Text u. 15 farblithogr. Ornament-Tafeln auf Tonpapier. OHln. mit goldgepr. illustr. Deckelsch. (als Blockbuch gebunden). 10 Bände.

Antiquariat Haufe & Lutz · DE - Karlsruhe3 150,00 €

[JAPAN]Biblio.com

MEIJI PERIOD PHOTO ALBUM with 50 Hand-Colored Albumen Photographs Including the Aftermath of the Great Earthquake of 1891

1892019216@1892. Hardcover. Cardboard pages in album have a slight wave; prints have light toning along edges and light silvering a few prints with light soiling and foxing affecting content; all prints have good exposure. Heavy fraying and wear to covers spine dry with moderate chipping and a tear along one edge. Covers Fair but overall the photographs themselves are Very Good. Oblong Folio 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" in worn decorative cloth over heavy wooden boards and leather spine with tissue guards for the photos. A personalized travel album from 19th century Japan with 50 hand-colored 10" x 7-5/8" albumen photographs laid down onto heavy cardboard pages with titles in the negative and occasionally in manuscript below the image all in English. This was the album of Frank Leslie Coombs 1853-1934 who was a United States Minister ambassador to Japan from June 1892 to August 1893. Most images found within this album depict peaceful scenes of landscapes temples tea houses and roads. Five images however illustrate the aftermath of the Mino-Owari earthquake also known as the Great Earthquake of 1891. With a magnitude of 8.0 this quake left significant damage some of it recorded here. Images include views of twisted bridges crumpled buildings and the town of Osaka burned to the ground. hardcover

Charles Agvent · États-Unis3 750,00 $US≈ 3 172,88 €

[JAPAN] NINAGAWA, NoritaneBiblio.com

KWAN KO DZU SETSU KANKO ZUSETZU. NOTICE HISTORIQUE ET DESCRIPTIVE SUR LES ARTS ET INDUSTRIES JAPONAIS. ART CÉRAMIQUE together with KWAN-KO-DZU-SETSU. A HISTORY OF JAPANESE ANTIQUITIES. THE CERAMIC ART. PARTS VI AND VII

1876018471Tokyo 1876-1877 and 1879-1880. First Edition. Wraps. Wrappers of Part I quite worn with one title label mostly lost; front wrapper of Part III creased. Some offsetting and color bleedthrough; occasional edge browning; a few leaves very slightly moisture warped from coloring. Tape or glue residue in places on the versos of the plates in Part I. Near Fine with stunning hand-colored plates. First edition of Ninagawa's study of Japanese pottery arranged in chronological order from ancient times onward. Apparently one of only 300 copies published. Seven oblong folio parts 15-1/4" x 10-3/8" stitched as issued in the original blue paper wrappers with lithographed title labels on the front wrappers in French and Japanese Parts I-V and in English and Japanese Parts VI and VII. Each part with lithographed text in Japanese 5; 10; 11; 9 11; 10; and 14 leaves respectively. Printed on rectos only. Ninagawa's red stamp appears on the last leaf of text in each part. Illustrated with 125 numbered hand-colored lithographed plates several heightened with gum arabic 17 plates in Part I and 18 plates each in Parts II-VII. Some plates and items numbered with small printed labels. An excellent copy of this fragile set with the extremely scarce Parts VI and VII. This copy without the five octavo booklets containing the French translation of Parts I-V Tokyo: H. Ahrens & Co. 1876-1878 or the publisher's silk chitsu or portfolio issued with the first five parts. paperback

Charles Agvent · États-Unis3 750,00 $US≈ 3 172,88 €

Perry Japan ExpeditionABAA

MANUSCRIPT MENU FOR A BANQUET GIVEN AT THE YOKOHAMA TREATY HOUSE FOR THE AMERICAN DELEGATION LED BY COMMODORE PERRY

1854WRCAM52135Yokohama 1854. 1p. Oblong folio sheet previously folded. A couple minor creases with very light dampstaining at foot of sheet. Very good. An impressive survival from Commodore Perry's expedition a decorative manuscript menu from the banquet that celebrated the agreement of the Treaty of Kanagawa between the United States and Japan in 1854. Although an official and extensive trade agreement between the two countries was not reached until 1858 the Treaty of Kanagawa achieved Perry and the United States government's primary goal of opening Japan to U.S. trade by allowing the use of two ports at Shimoda and Hakodate by American ships granting a degree of freedom of movement to American sailors while in port and establishing diplomatic relations via the appointment of an American consul. The banquet was held in the Treaty House at Yokohama which had been purpose-built for negotiating the agreement between the two countries. It was a return engagement following a first event hosted by the Americans on board Perry's flagship the U.S.S. Powhatan at which copious amounts of lamb beef and whiskey were reportedly served. The menu for the Japanese meal reflected the country's altogether different culinary tastes offering a long series of soup and seafood courses including sea bream and a number of other fish. It is unclear which side found the other's food more distasteful but Perry remarked that the Japanese offerings "Seemed particularly meager in comparison with American fare and soup however desirable in its proper place was found to be but a poor substitute for a round of beef or a haunch of mutton." For their part the Japanese were unimpressed by the Americans' loud and uncouth behavior at the event and were amused by their inability to use chopsticks. Despite the reservations of each side the banquet served as a capstone to one of the most critical moments in the development of Japanese-American relations. This possibly unique piece of ephemera is a wonderful document of that entertaining cross-cultural episode and the culmination of the Perry expedition. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis4 000,00 $US≈ 3 384,40 €

[Japan / Attributed to Tamamura Kozaburo]Biblio.com

Collection of 45 fortyfive original hand-coloured Glass Plate Collotypes of the Meiji Era attributed to famous photographer Tamamura Kozaburo. The stunning Images are showing everyday-life merchants people in streets Warehouses in Nikko Hakone Road Bamboo Grove Near Kyoto Temples etc. etc. etc. as well as some stunning images of Hairdressing and Children playing a Cardgame wearing their Kimono.

189032522AB1890. Japan Kyoto / Nikko and other locations c. 1890-1900. Each slide 8.3 cm x 8.3 cm. One Plate in Black-and-White all other 44 Plates in colour. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All Plates with their original uncleaned Patina. Only one slide with a slightly broken off corner held by a strip of paper. unknown

Inanna Rare Books Ltd. · Irlande3 500,00 €