- 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).
- 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).
- (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)).
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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).
= A facsimile restrike of the original from the series Tôkaidô gojûsan-tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô).
Idem (after). Kameido Tenjin keidai (Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine). Col. woodcut chûban, signed Hiroshige-hitsu, facsimile reprint by publisher Uchida.
- Two tiny foxed spots, otherwise fine.
= A facsimile restrike of the original from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo).
- All without margins; w. restored holes; (sl.) faded and soiled/ stained; edges strengthened w. thin Japanese; one doubled w. thin Japanese.
= Depicting act 6-8 (rokudanme, shichidanme and hachidanme) of the play Chûshingura (The Storehouse of the Loyal Retainers) about the 47 rônin.
- Laid down on thin paper, closing a large tear in right part and 2 sm. tears in lower part and a few weak spots.
= Restrike from a recut block, perhaps late 19th century. From the series Fugaku sanjûrokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji).
- Early(?) 20th century copy from new blocks; tipped onto board; sl. wrinkled/ creased; uppermost third sl. soiled; a few sm. foxed spots.
= Cf. Forrer (1991), 11.
- Modern copy from new blocks. Fine. = Part of the series Fugaku sanjūrokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji). Cf. Forrer (1991), 21.
AND 11 lvs. w. woodcut ills. by HOKUSAI (1760-1849), i.a. from HOKUSAI MANGA and TOSHISEN EHON (all sl. browned/ trifle foxed and tipped onto mount).
- First "page" foxed; sm. unobtrusive hole in last "page", otherwise fine. Boards sl. soiled.
= An illustrated dictionary of words used for haikai poetry.
= A fine facsimile edition of the 1644 original collection from Hu Zhenyan's Ten Bamboo Studio. Contains many detailed woodcuts of landscapes, plants, animals, objects and people. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.
- Slightly yellowed; a few vague horizontal folds; nevertheless a fine drawing.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.
- Paper partly brittle.
= With a publication on the subject: S. YOSHIOKA (ed.), Katagami Katazome. Paper stencils for Dyeing. The Yoshiake Collection (Kyoto, 1989, num. ills., orig. wr., 4to).