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5 COLLECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE SCULPTURE OF THE KAMAKURA PERIOD: INSCRIBED PIECES: VOLUME SEVEN. Nihon Chokokushi Kiso Shiryo Shusei: Kamakura Jidai: 7. Tokyo, 2009. 4, 184; 17, 2, 225 pp. 3 colour and 222 pp. b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 2 vols. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £600.00 Volume Seven of a series of 8 examining all known inscribed examples of Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist sculpture. This volume examines a further 31 sculptures (listed as sculptures 197-228) from various Japanese collections and temples and which are exten - sively discussed in this volume with detailed black-and-white photography showing the sculptures from all angles and with many close-up shots. This seventh volume is in two parts — one volume of text and one of plates. Text in Japanese. An important study ref - erence. Other volumes in the series are available. 6 COLLECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE SCULPTURE OF THE KAMAKURA PERIOD: INSCRIBED PIECES: VOLUME EIGHT. Nihon Chokokushi Kiso Shiryo Shusei: Kamakura Jidai: 8. Tokyo, 2010. 5, 190; 17, 182; 77, 8, 66, 26 pp. text plus a total of 1 colour and c. 250 pp. b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £650.00 The eighth and final volume in a series examining all known inscribed examples of Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist sculpture. This volume examines a final magnificent temple assembly of Kamakura sculpture. All the sculpture is extensively discussed in this vol - ume with detailed black-and-white photography showing the statuary from all angles and with many close-up shots. This eighth vol - ume is in three physical volumes — one volume of text, one of plates and a supplementary volume detailing 12 recent finds of Kamakura sculpture and with an index to the series. Text in Japanese. An important study reference. Other volumes in the series are available. 20 Tokyo National Museum: HASEGAWA TOHAKU. 400th Memorial retrospective. Tokyo, 2010. xii, 335 pp. c. 200 pp. colour plates. A couple of foldouts. B/w text illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper. £75.00 Catalogue of a very fine exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum and then the Kyoto National Museum showing 79 masterpieces by the Momoyama period artist, Hasegawa Tohaku. Includes the National Treasures ‘Pine Trees’ and ‘Maples’. All exhibits illustrated in colour (many in multiple views) and fully described. Introductions and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 33 Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum: BREAKING THE MOULD: BIRTH OF AN ORIGINAL STYLE: MOMOYAMA CERAMICS 16-17TH CENTURIES. Special Exhibition for EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan. Seto, 2005. 369 pp. 282 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x22 cm. Paper. £50.00 Large catalogue of an exhibition exploring the varied ceramics produced in the Momoyama period, viewed as one of the golden ages of Japanese ceramics. In addition to extensive illustration of Momoyama pieces, there are also wonderful Song and Yuan ceramics, early Korean pieces, some Annamese ceramics and Ming porcelains that inspired the Momoyama potters. There are also some mod - ern ceramics that, in their turn, draw inspiration from the Momoyama period. All pieces exhibited come from Japanese collections. Illustrated throughout in colour. Introduction, captions and list of exhibits in English. Main text in Japanese. 44 Asquith, P. and Kalland, A: JAPANESE IMAGES OF NATURE. Cultural Perspectives. Man and Nature in Asia. London, 1996. 290 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 21X13 cm. Paper. £30.00 Through different topics, the authors document the great diversity in how people perceive their natural environment and how they come to terms with nature. 51 Azuma, Y: TOKI KOZA 13: KHMER, VIETNAM, THAILAND. Tokyo, 1973. 313 pp. 16 pp. colour plates and 125 b/w plates (many full page). 104 b/w text illustrations. 26x19 cm. Boards. £45.00 A well-illustrated study of the ceramics of Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Japanese text. 55 Bang, Garrett: MEN FROM THE VILLAGE DEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS. And other Japanese Fairy Tales. London, 1973. 84 pp. 12 fullpage b/w sketch illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £20.00 12 Japanese fairy tales are here related, each illustrated with a fullpage sketch drawing. Pleasing. 56 Barriskill, Janet: VISITING THE MINO KILNS. Sydney, 1995. v, 147 pp. 139 colour illustrations, 3 drawings, 3 maps. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £52.00 This book focuses on individual potters of this century. The bulk of the book consists of a translation of Arakawa Toyozo’s long essay ‘The Traditions and Techniques of Mino Pottery’ first published in 1963. 57 Batchelor, Rev. John: AN AINU-ENGLISH-JAPANESE DICTIONARY. (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language). Tokyo, 1905. ii, 12, 525, 3, 159 pp. 22x15 cm. Cloth with some scuff marks and other minor wear. £500.00 Batchelor lived amongst the Ainu for some 60 years and, in addition to his missionary work, studied their language and culture. This is one of his most famous works. Part One comprises the famous Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary in 525 pages. The dictionary uses romanization to give the Ainu word. Part Two is the Grammar of the Ainu Language in 159 pp. Published by the Methodist Publish - ing House in Tokyo. The revised and enlarged second edition. Pastedown somewhat crudely removed from inside front cover. Hinges cracked. Priced accordingly. Very rare. 2 JAPANESE INTEREST – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

79 Bronstein, Léo: FIVE VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF JAPANESE PAINTING. Freeport, 1969. xvi, 373 pp. 160 plates and illustrations, some in colour. 28x18 cm. Cloth. £40.00 ‘A book by a modern man about the modern world, a book by an artist-scholar of great sensibility ... about a world of art and man which he has keyed to the uniqueness of Japan’. Ex-library copy with stamps on spine and endpapers only. 85 Bunkacho ed: JUYO BUNKAZAI 1-6: CHOKOKU I-VI. (Important Cultural Properties 1-6: Sculpture I-VI). Tokyo, 1972. Each vol. 10 colour plates and c. 400 illustrations in b/w. 6 vols. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £120.00 The complete set of the sculpture volumes only from this important series and major resource. Each plate accompanied by basic data in Japanese. 95 Chance, Frank L. and Matthew Mizenko: MODERN IMPRESSIONS. Japanese Prints from the Berman and Corazza Collections 1950-1980. 2005. 96 pp. 72 colour plates. 28x22 cm. Paper. £25.00 Held in the Berman Museum of Art, the Berman and Corazzo of modern Japanese woodblock prints form the core of the Museum’s holdings on the subject and a fine selection are here illustrated and described. 119 Christie’s: JAPANESE ART AND DESIGN. London, 2002. 235 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 26X21 cm. Paper. £20.00 Catalogue of an auction held on 13 November 2002 in London. 295 fine lots. Illustrated throughout. 132 Coullery, Marie-Therese and Newstead, M. S: THE BAUR COLLECTION — NETSUKE. Selected Pieces. Baur Collection, volume 6. Geneva, 1977. 432 pp. 8 colour plates. 1,200 pieces and 897 signatures illustrated. 30x24 cm. Cloth. £550.00 Limited edition of 1500 copies, long out-of-print and increasingly sought-after. A copiously-illustrated record of an outstanding col - lection. The book shows this huge collection by subject and is thus also an important reference work. 162 Edgren, J. S: CATALOGUE OF THE NORDENSKIOLD COLLECTION. Of Japanese Books in the Royal Library. Stockholm, 1980. 388 pp. 24x15 cm. Paper. £40.00 An annotated catalogue of over 1000 Japanese books collected by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold on an expedition to Japan in 1879. 163 Edo-Tokyo Museum: RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF RYUSHI KAWABATA. Tokyo, 2005. 208 pp. Colour plates throughout. 3 foldouts. B/w text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £45.00 Catalogue of an exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the birth of this energetic modern Japanese painter. Shows screens, paint - ings and drawings. Illustrated throughout. Text in Japanese. 170 Finnemore, John: JAPAN. Peeps at Many Lands. London, 1909. vii, 88 pp. 11 colour plates, sketch map. 20x14 cm. Decorated cloth. Dustjacket with wear. £30.00 With twelve delightful fullpage colour illustrations from watercolours by Ella du Cane. An A&C Black publication, this one being the more popular edition from the Peeps at Many Lands series. With much on the boys and girls of Japan, Japanese games, the teahouse etc. 172 Franck, Harry A: GLIMPSES OF JAPAN AND FORMOSA. London, 1924. xi, 235 pp. text, frontispiece, 95 b/w illustrations. 21x14 cm. Later cloth. £25.00 Interesting account of travels in Japan and Japanese-ruled Formosa between the two World Wars by an avid American traveller. With unusual illustrations. Later cloth. 179 Gallery Edo Nishiki e Katsuhara: AN EXHIBITION OF UKIYO-E: THE WORLD OF EDO KABUKI FOCUSSING ON KUNISADA. Nagoya, 2006. 173 pp. 87 pp. colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Dealer’s catalogue of an exhibition showing 138 Japanese prints from the Edo period with scenes from various Kabuki plays. The ma - jority (109) are by Kunisada, the remainder by various other artists. Numerous colour plates. Ten page list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 185 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 2: HORYUJI. (Japanese Art in Colour 2: Horyu-ji Temple). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 232 pp. Numerous full page colour plates and b/w illustrations. B/w text drawings. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A well-illustrated work on the treasures of the famous Horyu-ji Temple, located near Nara in Japan. Includes superb Buddhist statu - ary and bronzes. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 186 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 3: NARA NO JI’IN TO TEMPYO CHOKOKU. (Japanese Art in Colour 3: Tempyo Sculpture in the Temples of Nara). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 224 pp. Numerous full page colour plates and b/w illustrations. B/w text drawings. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Well-illustrated work showing early and rare Japanese buddhist sculptures dating from the Tempyo period that are to be found in Bud - dhist temples in Nara. A good visual reference. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 187 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 4: SHOSOIN. (Japanese Art in Colour 4: The Shosoin). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. pp. colour plates and illustrations, numerous b/w. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Well-illustrated work showing the architecture of the temples buildings and the highly-important works of art held in the temple’s stores. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 188 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 7: BUTSU GA. (Japanese Art in Colour 7: Buddhist Painting). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 246 pp. Numerous colour plates (many full page) and b/w illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Very well-illustrated work on Japanese Buddhist painting from early times onwards. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 189 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 9: CHUSEI JI’IN TO KAMAKURA CHOKOKU. (Japanese Art in Colour 9: Kamakura Sculpture in Medieval Temples). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 250 pp. Numerous full page colour and b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Well-illustrated work on fine and rare Kamakura-period sculpture in Japanese temples. 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190 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 10: ZEN JI TO SEKITEI. (Japanese Art in Colour 10: Zen Temples and Gardens). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 240 pp. Numerous full page colour and b/w plates. B/w text illustrations and plans. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Visual survey of Zen temples and gardens in Japan. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 191 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 12: SHIRO TO SHO’IN. (Japanese Art in Colour 12: Reading Rooms within Castles). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 238 pp. Numerous full page colour and some b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A well-illustrated work showing reading rooms located within Japanese castles. Many lined with superb screen paintings. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 192 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 15: KATSURA KYU. (Japanese Art in Colour 15: Katsura Detached Palace). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 232 pp. Numerous full page colour plates, a number of b/w plates.B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Well-illustrated survey of the famous Katsura Detached Palace and its gardens. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 193 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 16: JINJA TO REIBYO. (Japanese Art in Colour 16: Shinto Shrines and Mausolea). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 238 pp. Numerous full page colour plates, b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Good visual survey of Shinto architecture. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 194 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 18: NANGA TO SHASHOGA. (Japanese Art in Colour 18: Nanga Painting and Paintings of Nature). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 236 pp. Numerous colour and b/w plates and b/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Well-illustrated survey of Japanese Nanga painting and painitngs of nature and landscapes. List of plates in English. Main text in Japan - ese. 195 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 19: TO GEI. (Japanese Art in Colour 19: Ceramics). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 218 pp. Numerous colour and some b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Well-illustrated survey of Japanese ceramics, mainly raku and teawares. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 196 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 25: NAMBAN BIJUTSU TO YOFU GA. (Japanese Art in Colour 25: Namban Art and Western-Style Painting). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 238 pp. Numerous full page colour and some b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £95.00 Good and well-illustrated survey of these fascinating aspects of Japanese art. Shows very ﬁne examples held in Japanese collections. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 203 Gifu Prefectural Museum: EXHIBITIONS AND MEIJI CERAMICS. Gifu, 2004. 30 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £25.00 Catalogue of a small exhibition bringing together a selection of Mino ceramics and pieces from other kilns that show the aesthetic and technological changes that occurred in Meiji ceramics. All 40 exhibits are shown in colour, together with reproductions of inscriptions, signatures and marks. In Japanese. 213 Gould, George M: CONCERNING LAFCADIO HEARN. London, 1908. xv, 303 pp. Frontispiece and 4 b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £45.00 A biography of Hearn’s life and work. With an extremely useful and comprehensive bibliography both of Hearn’s work (published and unpublished) and of works about him. Scarce. 269 Hartman Collection: THE HARTMAN COLLECTION OF JAPANESE METALWORK. London, 1976. 164 pp. 303 colour and numerous b/w plates and illustrations. Glossary. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Christie’s sale catalogue of an extensive collection of tsuba, swords, miscellaneous sword ﬁttings, and other objects in metal. All lots well-illustrated. A scarce record of an excellent collection.

272 H日a本yn刀es裝, R金ob工er大t 事E:典 THE INDEX OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTING AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS. . Ellwangen, 2001. 1-815; 816-1535; 1536-2460 pp. Many b/w reproductions of characters and inscriptions. 3 vols. 29x15 cm. Paper (with perspex stand). £350.00 An impressive, well-produced three volume work with over 12,000 entries and reproductions of 5000 seals/signatures. Allows the user to allocate signatures to objects, look up background information, etc. With extensive references. The most comprehensive publication to date and sure to become a standard reference. 274 Hearn, Lafcadio: APPRECIATIONS OF POETRY. London, n.d. xiv, 408 pp. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £20.00 A second selection from the lectures that Hearn delivered at the University of Tokyo between 1896 and 1902. (The ﬁrst selection was published as ‘Interpretations of Literature.) The lectures deal with western poets and poetry. Edited by John Erskine. 275 Hearn, Lafcadio: EDITORIALS FROM THE KOBE CHRONICLE. Tokyo, 1960. ix, 202 pp. 18x13 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £20.00 In effect, a reprint of the 1913 edition. Edited and with notes Professor Makoto Sangu. 276 Hearn, Lafcadio: FANTASTICS AND OTHER FANCIES. Boston, 1914. x, 242 pp. 19x12 cm. Boards. £25.00 30 or so items from a column written by Hearn for the (New Orleans) City Item from 1878-1881. 287 Holland, Clive: OLD AND NEW JAPAN. London, 1907. ix, 292 pp. Fifty fullpage colour plates. 23x17 cm. Later half green morocco with marbled boards. £65.00 Discusses the history, culture, folklore, superstitions, festivals and life of Japan at the start of the 20th century. Delightfully enhanced with 50 colour plates from watercolours by Montagu Smyth. Has a similar feel to the A & C Black works. Rebound. 4 JAPANESE INTEREST – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

293 Hornung, Clarence ed: TRADITIONAL JAPANESE STENCIL DESIGNS. New York 1985. viii, 119 pp. 276 b/w illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper. £20.00 A copious number of designs. 301 Huzii, Otoo: JAPANESE PROVERBS. Tourist Library 33. Tokyo, 1940. 111 pp. 30 illustrations 19x13 cm. Paper. £20.00 A pleasing volume from the Tourist Library series with distinct period cartoon-like drawings illustrating the proverbs. 302 Ibraraki Prefectural Museum of History: COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION: SESSON — A JOURNEY BEGUN IN HITACHI PROVINCE. Tokyo, 1992. 150 pp. 11 colour and 87 b/w plates. 29x21 cm. Paper. £45.00 Catalogue of an exhibition focussing on paintings produced by Sesson whilst living in the northern Japanese province of Hitachi. Nu - merous examples shown. Five page list of plates in English. main text in Japanese. Out-of-print. 308 Irons, Neville John: FANS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN. Kaiserreich Kunst Oriental Art Series, Volume 2. Hong Kong, 1982. 176 pp. 40 full page colour plates, 21 b/w illustrations, 5 tables, bibliography. 22x30 cm. Cloth. £60.00 An historical survey covering development, manufacture, use and dates. The Tanto (dagger) fan is shown and many fans of the Meiji period are catalogued for the first time. 313 Iwamiya, Takeji: KATACHI. Classical Japanese Design. Tokyo, 1999. 432 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 22x15 cm. Wrappers. £20.00 Illustrated throughout — a survey of numerous aspects of traditional Japanese design ranging from ceramics to stone pillars. 314 Izzard, Sebastian ed: ONE HUNDRED MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. WALTER A. COMPTON. Japanese Swords, Sword-fittings and Accoutrements. New York, 1992. 321 pp. 54 colour and 126 b/w plates. Glossary, select bibliography. 37x26 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £60.00 100 of the most interesting and important swords and fittings from Dr. Compton’s great collection are here analysed and described in great detail. Magnificently illustrated, this adjunct to the sale catalogues is an important reference work. 322 Joly, Henri L: SHOSANKENSHU. Joly’s List of Names and Kakihan, collected from Sword-Mounts. London, 1963. c. 150 pp. 26x18 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Supplement to Shinkichi Hara’s ‘Meister der Japanischen Schwertzierathen’, lists in alphabetical order names of Japanese metal - workers and reproduces the Kakihan and seals. 326 Kaneko Fusui ed: SHIN HAKKEN: HOKUSAI TO NAMI-CHIDORI HIGACHÔ. (Newly Discovered: Hokusai and his Secret Pictures of Nami-Chidori). Tokyo, 1969. 287 pp. Tipped-in colour plates throughout, some folded with numerous accompanying b/w plates and figures, and much descriptive text. 38x29 cm. Quarter-leather, in a cloth case. £600.00 Copy 303 of a numbered first edition of 800, with a well-illustrated exposition of these latterly-discovered — chiefly — erotic works by Hokusai (although many have been discretely censored in the photography for this edition). Text in Japanese only. Rare. 332 Kasyo Matida: ODORI (JAPANESE DANCE). Tourist Library 22. Tokyo, 1938. 70 pp. Many illustrations, 1 in colour. 19x13 cm. Paper. £20.00 An introduction to Japanese dance, including Kabuki dance and the dance of the Geisha. From the pleasing Tourist Library series. First edition. 334 Kawakita Michiaki: MODERN CURRENTS IN JAPANESE ART. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 24. Tokyo, 1974. 159 pp. 146 plates, 30 in colour. Chronology. 24x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A survey of the art of Japan from its opening to the West in the 1860s until the 1970s. 335 Keene, Donald: WORLD WITHIN WALLS. Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era 1600-1867. London, 1976. xiii, 607 pp. Glossary, index. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £45.00 This volume of Keene’s definitive history of Japanese literature deals with the period when there was a significant move, as the liter - ary experience was freed from the aristocracy, who had regarded the written word as their private reserve, and became available to wider public. 336 Kenrick, Douglas Moore: JOMON OF JAPAN. The World’s Oldest Pottery. London, 1995. xviii, 144 pp. 154 b/w plates & 16 pp. of colour illustrations. 6 maps. 25x20 cm. Cloth. £45.00 A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated overview of Japanese unglazed earthenware pottery of the Jomon period, from 10,000 BC, and its relation to the ancient pottery of other countries. 343 Koyama Ori: INSPIRED SHAPES. Contemporary Designs for Japan’s Ancient Crafts. Tokyo, 2005. 111 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x24 cm. Cloth. £19.99 A very pleasing work with fine photography showing contemporary interpretations of Japanese crafts in all media. 344 Kyushu Ceramic Museum: NABESHIMA: PORCELAIN FOR THE SHOGUNATE. Saga, 2006. 279 pp. 234 colour plates. A few colour text illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper. £60.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in Japan of 234 wonderful examples of Nabeshima ware, considered the finest porcelain in Japan and made for presentation to the Shogun and immediate family. The exhibits date from the 1640s to the mid-nineteenth century and the whole comprises an excellent visual reference on this ware. Foreword, ten page introduction to the ex - hibition and ten page list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 384 McCullough, Helen Craig trans. & ed: THE TAIHEIKI. A Chronicle of Medieval Japan. New York, 1959. 401 pp. 7 plates. 24x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £45.00 The Taiheki is a description of the 14th-century intrigues and battles that led to the destruction of the Hojo family, overlords of Japan. Some important chapters are here translated into English for the first time. 158 5 LIST – – JAPANESE INTEREST

410 Mody, N. H. N: A COLLECTION OF NAGASAKI COLOUR PRINTS AND PAINTINGS. Showing the Inﬂuence of Chinese and European Art on that of Japan. London, 1969. xxxii, index 25 tipped-in colour plates, 6 folding, 225 b/w plates. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £70.00 The one-volume reprint of the famous Nagasaki colour prints, with Japanese and English text and captions. Abrams D46. 413 Morita, Akio: MADE IN JAPAN: AKIO MORITA AND SONY. Glasgow, 1987. 9, 309 pp. 8 colour plates. 24X16 cm. Cloth. £15.00 A study of the man who built Sony and his world view.

422 Museu de Arte de Macau: BAI LIAN CHENG GANG: DANGDAI G百U煉O成JI鋼ZH：UD當A代O國D際AS鑄H刀I 大ZU師O作PI品 N. Masters of Fire: International Exhibition of Contemporary Bladesmiths. . Macau, 2006. c.100 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 36x27 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Macau showing the work of around 20 contemporary sword makers from around the world. Includes work by Chinese and Japanese masters. Dual texts in Chinese, Portuguese and English. Difficult to obtain. 425 Nagatake, Takeshi: TOKI KOZA 3: EARLY EDO. Tokyo, 1971. 380 pp. 16 colour plates, 112 bew plates (many full page) and 258 b/w text illustrations. 26x19 cm. Boards. £45.00 An erudite and well-illustrated study of the ceramics of the early Edo period in Japan. Japanese text. 426 Nagumo Ryu: JAPANESE POTTERY AS A HOBBY. Tokyo, 1963. 128 pp. 10 colour & 27 b/w plates. 363 illustrations, 27 figures. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Japan’s most traditional pottery-making method, hand modelling, is described and shown through pictures in a step-by-step approach. The author has freely included many traditional secrets of the potter’s trade that he has learned from his father and other potters. 431 Narazaki, M. ed: UKIYO-E MASTERPIECES IN EUROPEAN COLLECTIONS 1-13. Tokyo, 1988-91. Each volume c. 250 pp. with numerous colour and b/w plates. Foldouts. 13 vols. 37x26 cm. Cloth, clamshell or slipcases. £2,450.00 A composite complete set of the 13 volumes of this definitive, high quality survey of masterpieces of ukiyo-e in European collections. Covers the British Museum (3 volumes), Victoria and Albert Museum (2), Musée Guimet (2), Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, Musées Royaux d’Art et Histoire in Brussels, Museo d’Arte Orientale in Genoa (2), Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (MOK) in Berlin, and the final volume contains MOK in Köln, Chester Beatty Library in Dublin and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam plus the separate index. Each volume contains numerous fullpage colour plates plus additional black-and-white plates. Some volumes contain foldout plates of series of ukiyo-e or panoramas. Nine of the volumes are the Japanese edition in clamshell cases. The remaining four (British Mu - seum I and II, the MOK in Berlin and the final volume) are a slightly anglicised edition in slipcases with an English text supplement. However, all the volumes have plate captions in English and the main text in all volumes is in Japanese as is the index. The books them - selves are uniform in size and in mint condition as are the majority of the cases. There is a stain to one case and slight grubbiness to a couple of others but, again, the volumes within are mint. A superb reference on the subject and extremely difficult to obtain as a set. 433 National Institute for Cultural Properties ed: RED AND WHITE PLUM BLOSSOMS SCREENS. Tokyo, 2005. 202 pp. 133 pp. colour plates, b/w text plates. 2 colour foldouts. 35x27 cm. Cloth. £250.00 A detailed examination and investigation of this exquisite National Treasure of Japan: Ogata Korin’s screen painting Red and White Plum Blossoms, held in the MOA Museum of Art. Detailed colour plates and close-up details of the entire screen accompanied by re - cent scientific analysis of the painting, its history, the story of research into the painting. 16 pages of essays and summaries of essays plus captions in English. Main text in Japanese. 465 Norman, Sir Henry: THE REAL JAPAN. Studies of Contemporary Japanese Manners, Morals, Administration and Politics. London, 1908. 364 pp. 35 b/w illustrations, b/w text vignettes. 21x14 cm. Decorative cloth. £30.00 The M.P., Sir Henry Norman, wrote this book on the basis of trips to Japan and the surrounding countries. It was apparently popular, given that this is the fifth edition. First published in 1891. An insight into Japan at the end of the 19th century when much was chang - ing. 467 Oda Mayumi: GODDESSES. Berkeley, 1981. 78 pp. Colour plates throughout. 22x20 cm. Cloth. £15.00 Catalogue of this artist who produces highly decorative and transcultural pieces in serigraphy, colour printing on silk. Signed by the artist. 468 Oi Motoi: SUMI-E PAINTING & LIFE. Tokyo, 1958. 68 pp. 22 illustrations. 36x28 cm. Japanese style binding. £95.00 Oi Motoi lived in poverty as a self-supporting student while he trained as an artist. This book, written in English, gives descriptions of the techniques and art of sumi-e painting. Artist’s dedication. 470 Okawachi Masatoshi: KO-KUTANI. (Old Kutani Ware). Tokyo, 1947. 4, 75 pp. 25 plates, 5 in colour. 26x19 cm. Boards. £75.00 An appreciative study of old Kutani ware. In Japanese. Rare. 472 Okudaira, Hideo: EMAKI. Japanese Picture Scrolls. Rutland, 1962. 241 pp. 14 plates, 12 in colour, 104 illustrations. Index 28x21 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £25.00 Comprehensive survey of the history, subjects, styles and painters of classical scroll paintings, with biographical sketches of painters, illustrations, references, etc. Index of artists, scroll titles & subjects. Fukuda C96a. 477 Osaka Municipal Art Museum: DAI 3-KAI MEIHO TENRANKAI ZUROKU. (Catalogue of the 3rd Exhibition of Japanese Art Treasures). Kyoto, 1938. 75 folded leaves with b/w collotype plates opposite detailed descriptions. 44x30 cm. Stitched brocade (front cover with small piece cut out), cloth case (with some damage to corners). Contents good. £75.00 A fine catalogue of chiefly post-Muromachi period Japanese painting (including some screens and calligraphy) selected from many private collections throughout Japan. Text in Japanese only. 6 JAPANESE INTEREST – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

478 Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Kline Franklin comp: OFFICIAL GUIDE FOR SHIPPERS & TRAVELLERS TO THE ORIENT. The Orient and Its Resources. Osaka, N.d., (1917?) 346 pp. Colour and predominantly b/w photographic illustrations throughout. Numerous full page advertisements. 29x25 cm. Decorative cloth. £475.00 A marvellous period piece produced by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha shipping company describing the work of the company and the coun - tries to which the company’s ships voyaged. Includes Japan, Korea, Formosa, China, Hong Kong, India, Philippines, Ceylon, Singa - pore and Burma. Illustrated throughout with photographs from the various countries and much enhanced by many full page advertisements of banks, companies and mercantile enterprises in these various lands. Rare. 479 Osamu Oba ed: TOSEN SHINKO KAITOROKU TOJIN FUSETU GAKI WAPPU TOMECHU. Material for a Study of Chinese Merchants Sailing to and from Japan in the Edo Period. Kyoto, 1974. 267, 19 pp. text plus 8 pp. b/w plates. 21x15 cm. Paper. £22.00 A detailed study. No. 9 in the ‘Sources and Materials’ Series of the Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies, Kansai University. In Japanese. 508 Rambach, Pierre: THE ART OF JAPANESE TANTRISM. London, 1979. 170 pp. 258 illustrations, 36 in colour. 35x28 cm. Cloth. £75.00 An excellent survey of the subject. 513 Reichert, Jim: IN THE COMPANY OF MEN. Representations of Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Literature. Stanford, 2005. xi, 282 pp. 10 illustrations. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Examines representations of homosexuality in Meiji literature. 518 Rinder, Frank: OLD-WORLD JAPAN. Legends of the Land of the Gods. London, 1895. xii, 195 pp. 34 illustrations. 21x15 cm. Decorative cloth. £65.00 Western interpretation of Japanese fairy-tales. Illustrations by T. H. Robinson. The cover has a delightful gilt design of a geisha car - rying an umbrella on blue cloth. A fine period piece. First edition. A near mint copy. Rare. 536 Sasano Masayuki: MASTERPIECES FROM THE SASANO COLLECTION — PART ONE. London, 1994. 328 pp. 297 illustrations of 297 tsuba in actual size. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £150.00 The result of 20 years of informed study eclipses Mr. Sasano’s earlier work on Sukashi tsuba, already a classic in its own right. The present book, in only 400 copies, challenges many traditional ideas relating to Japanese sword guards. A major publication on the sub - ject. 538 Saunders, E. D: BUDDHISM IN JAPAN. With an Outline of Its Origins in India. Philadelphia, 1964. 328 pp. B/w illustrations. 21x14 cm. Cloth. £25.00 539 Saunders, E. Dale: MUDRA. A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture. Bollingen Series LVIII. New York, 1960. xxiii, 296 pp. 26 b/w plates. 110 text-figures, 3 diagrams. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Iconography of mudra in Japanese Buddhist sculpture. A standard work. Silberman 746. 541 Schiermieir, Kris and Matti Forrer: WONDERS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN. Meiji Art from the Khalili Collection. Amsterdam, 2006. 128 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 30x24 cm. Paper. £14.95 Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. In Dutch and English. 574 Smith, Lawrence: JAPANESE PRINTS DURING THE ALLIED OCCUPATION 1945-1952. London, 2002. 128 pp. 40 colour and 75 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00 An illustrated survey of the artistic meeting of two different cultures at a turning point in modern history. Published to accompany an exhibition to be held in the British Museum. 575 Smith, Lawrence et al: JAPANESE ART. Masterpieces in the British Museum. London, 1990. 256 pp. 250 colour illustrations, 1 map. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £20.00 The British Museum’s collection of Japanese art is the widest and most comprehensive of any in Europe. In this volume the authors present a survey of Japanese art and antiquities using this collection as a basis. 579 Sotheby & Co: CATALOGUE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS. And Illustrated Books, the Property of the Late John Mellor, Esq. London, 1963. 167 pp. plus 34 pp. b/w plates showing 67 items. 25x19 cm. Paper. £55.00 Sotheby sale catalogue of a splendid collection, comprising 641 lots of ukiyo-e by all the famous masters. The great strength of the collection lies in the figure prints of the second half of the 18th century and the landscape prints and Kacho-e of the 19th. Also includes Japanese illustrated books and some Chinese colour prints. Abrams L161. Scarce. 595 Stanley-Baker, Joan: JAPANESE ART. London, 1988. 216 pp. 167 illustrations, 20 in colour, 2 maps. Index. 22x15 cm. Paper. £15.00 This book surveys authoritatively and provocatively the arts of Japan from the prehistoric period to the present, bringing together the results of some of the most recent research. Profusely illustrated. 597 Stern, Harold P: RIMPA: MASTERWORKS OF THE JAPANESE DECORATIVE SCHOOL. New York, 1971. 91 pp. Bibliography, 50 exhibits all illustrated and described, 1 colour plate. 21x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Japan House Gallery exhibition. 599 Stewart, Basil: JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS AND THE SUBJECT THEY ILLUSTRATE. A Guide for the Collector & Student. London, 1920. xvi, 336 pp. 6 colour plates and 40 b/w plates. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £40.00 With description of the subjects illustrated in landscape, drama, story and portraiture. All prints illustrated are from the author’s col - lection. Split to spine and slightly shaky in covers. working copy of a good reference and priced accordingly . 158 7 LIST – – JAPANESE INTEREST

600 Stewart, Basil: SUBJECTS PORTRAYED IN JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS. A Collector’s Guide to all the Subjects Illustrated .... Geneva, 1973. xvi, 382 pp. 71 plates, reproducing over 270 prints. 31x23 cm. Leather-grain finish. £20.00 Comprehensive collector’s guide relating the subject matter to the cultural history of Japan. Includes a list of ukiyo-e artists and re - productions of actor’s crests. Reprint of London 1922 edition. Abrams C3. 622 Takeda Tsuneo: KANO EITOKU. Japanese Arts Library 3. Tokyo, 1977. 178 pp. 120 plates and illustrations, 20 in colour. Glossary, bibliography and index. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £35.00 The work and style of Eitoku, one of the most remarkable painters who lived during the Momoyama period (1573-99), with an exam - ination of works by artists in his immediate circle. 626 Tanaka Ichimatsu: JAPANESE INK PAINTING: SHUBAN TO SESSHU. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 12. New York, 1980. 175 pp. 175 illustrations, with 24 in colour. 24x19 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Abundantly illustrated. Traces the development of ink painting in Japan five centuries ago. For this era, the works of Shubun and Sesshu represent the beginning and the culmination of an unique painting style. 627 Tanizaki Junichiro: THE MAKIOKA SISTERS. Everyman’s Library. New York, 1993. xxxvi, 498 pp. 21x13 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Japan’s greatest post-war novel in translation by Edward G. Seidensticker. Reprint of the 1957 edition. 643 Tokyo National Museum: HARUNOBU. Exhibition Commemorating 200th Anniversary of His Death. Tokyo, 1970. c. 150 pp. including 11 in English. 8 colour plates, 365 illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 Japanese and English descriptions for the illustrations of all the exhibits. 644 Tokyo National Museum: HOKUSAI. Tokyo, 2005. 396, 85 pp. Colour plates throughout main volume. B/w text illustrations, 2 vols. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. £70.00 Large catalogue of a major Hokusai exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum that will subsequently travel to the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. Nearly 500 works from throughout Hokusai’s career are illustrated and described. A thorough survey of the creative output of this most famous of ukiyo-e artists. Introduction and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. The Japanese catalogue is accompanied by a separate 85 page English text supplement. 646 Tokyo National Museum: SPLENDID AND REFINED — IMARI WARE AND KYOTO WARE CERAMICS. Tokyo, 2005. xxii, 143 pp. Numerous colour plates. 19x25 cm. Wrappers. £40.00 Catalogue of a very fine exhibition of Imari wares and Kyoto wares with loans of beautiful pieces from numerous Japanese museums. 110 exhibits are shown. Introduction, brief introductions to sections and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 648 [Tomkinson Collection]: ALBUM OF JAPANESE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. N.p., n.d. (19th century) 20 openings, each with sheet of paper with miniature paintings in colour. 23x29 cm. Accordion-style album. Silk and brocade. Wear to edges. £2,300.00 Silk and brocade-covered concertina album. Contains 20 sheets of paper, each 17.7 x 24 cm, pasted on heavy silver-speckled boards. On each sheet of paper is painted two or sometimes three miniature fine paintings of birds, insects or flowers in colour and within a thin black frame, in all a total of 50 paintings by an anonymous hand or hands. The first and last sheets with foxing (from very acid endpapers) and enclosed within a crude frame of brown paper tape. The remaining 18 sheets very clean with just the very seldom minor mark. Laid-in loose is a paper with inscription: ‘Early 19th Century Original Drawings//by Japanese Artists//of Flowers, Birds & Insects.//with 18th Century//embroidered Cov - ers//From the Collection of//the Late Michael Tomkinson//Franche Hall//Kidderminster. A later pen has added ‘J.P.’ after ‘Tomkinson’ and ‘England’ after ‘Kidderminster’. Bookplate of P. K. Sheldon on inside front cover. On the front cover, at the bottom of the blank title label is a small round label. Printed on it is ‘Tomkinson Collection’ and the number 9 written in the centre. See: Tomkinson, Michael: ‘A Japanese Collection. Made by Michael Tomkinson’. London 1898. Volume 2 p.128. Under the heading ‘Albums of Drawings (Oshiji) &c’ Number 9 is described as ‘(Unknown) drawings of Flowers and Birds. 19th Century’. Tomkinson was a famous late 19th century collector of Japanese art, his collection being published in the above work. The album is accompanied by Volume 2 (only) of the Tomkinson Collection catalogue mentioned above. A very pleasing object with good provenance from an early collection. A unique item. 649 Torigoe Kazutaro: TSUBA KANSHOKI. (The Intrinsic Value of the Japanese Sword-Guard). Tokyo, 1965. 162 pp. text, 351 pp. plates and illustrations. 31x22 cm. Half-leather. £350.00 Some 700 tsuba from private Japanese and Western collections are reproduced and described in Japanese only. Numbered edition of 500 copies. Loosely added is a partial translation of the plate captions, with owners’ names written where known. 655 Uwado, Tamotu: CHILDREN’S DAYS IN JAPAN. Tourist Library 12. Tokyo, 1936. 84 pp. 41 illustrations, 3 in colour. 19x13 cm. Paper. £25.00 From the Tourist Library series. Introduction to children’s games and pastimes. A very pleasant work. 667 Waley, Arthur: THE NO PLAYS OF JAPAN. With Letters by Oswald Sickert. London, 1954. 319 pp. 2 plates. 2 appendixes, index. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Contains translations by Waley of nineteen plays, summaries of sixteen more, and a revealing introductory essay. First published in 1921, this is the third impression. 680 Webster, Robert Grant: JAPAN. From the Old to the New. London, 1905. 339 pp. 16 b/w illustrations mostly from photographs. Map. 22x14 cm. Decorative cloth. £30.00 Early 20th century record of travels in Japan interspersed with the history of the country and, in particular, contemporary events. An interesting read with much detail. Scarce. 8 JAPANESE INTEREST – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

684 Wheeler, Post comp., Henderson, H. ed: TALES FROM THE JAPANESE STORYTELLERS. as collected in the Ho-Dan-Zo. New York, 1964. x, 139 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £20.00 24 tales from storytellers ranging from The Fox in the Brothel to The Crows and The Archers and Lord Shuzen and the Talking Horse. A mint copy. 710 Yamanaka, Norio: THE LOVE OF KIMONO EMBRACES THE WHOLE WORLD. Tokyo, 1982. 6, 37 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations and drawings. 21x15 cm. Paper. £18.00 A small work on the culture and philosophy associated with the kimono. 牙之美。顏正和 714 Yen, Richard: IVORY BEAUTY. . Taipei, 2002. 245 pp. Over 200 colour plates. 23x31 cm. Cloth. £80.00 Illustrates a fine collection of 18th to early 20th century Chinese carved ivory and tortoiseshell folding fans and Japanese carved ivory figures. Most of the fans were exported to the West and the finest examples are found in museums and collections outside China. Many of the Japanese carved figures are signed pieces from the Meiji period. Text in Chinese, English and Japanese. 716 YOSHIOKA KOREKUSHON KATAGAMI KATAZOME. Katagami Katazome Paper Stencils For Dying: The Yoshioka Collection. Kyoto, 1989. 241 pp. 14 pp. of full-colour plates plus 390 designs printed in tan, all captioned. 30x23 cm. Paper. £40.00 The catalogue of a private collection in Japan. With short texts by Yoshioka Sachio and Marla Weinhoff. Texts and captions in Eng - lish and Japanese.