有職玩具 五 [Yūsoku Gangu Go - Traditional Toys 5]
Shōwa 11 [1936]
Deluxe production of color woodblock prints, the final volume in a series on the theme of traditional Japanese folk toys.
Japan
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THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES
1964
First edition in English of the visceral existentialist novel, one of the greatest Japanese novels of the 1960s.
Pre-war manuscript of commercial drawings with Western and Japanese fashions
[circa 1920s]
Skillfully executed series of vignettes featuring Japanese moga ("modern girls") in Western dress next to men and women in traditional Japanese dress – likely a sketchbook or lookbook of designs by a professional to pitch their work in the heavily illustrated magazine culture of the pre-war era.
![現代商業美術全集 [Gendai Shōgyō Bijutsu Zenshū - The Complete Commercial Artist]....](/pictures/thumb/39611_1.jpg?v=1600968620)
現代商業美術全集 [Gendai Shōgyō Bijutsu Zenshū - The Complete Commercial Artist]
Shōwa 4-5 [1929-1930]
Complete collection of the major modernist Japanese magazine on art and design in commerce, from street signs and ads to store displays, posters, typography, kiosks, and more.
DAIDO MORIYAMA: Stray Dog
1999
Signed first printing of this monograph from the influential Japanese photographer.
JAPANESE PAINTINGS: CHILDREN'S SPORTS
Meiji 21; 1888
Trilingual publication (Japanese, English, French) of elaborately produced color woodblock prints on the theme of traditional Japanese children's games.
トルコロジー : トルコ風呂専門記者の報告 [Turkish Bath Houses, A Journalist's Report]
[1978]
Photo-illustrated reporter's survey of bath houses and massage parlors of Japan in the 1970s.
![水道橋 [Suidōbashi]. Miyako Ishiuchi](/pictures/thumb/39634_1.jpg?v=1600968663)
水道橋 [Suidōbashi]
Shōwa 56 [1981]
First and only edition of this uncommon early photobook documenting a historic Tokyo dental school, commissioned after Ishiuchi received the prestigious Kimura Ihei Award.
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