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Japanese Colour-Prints and their Designers: A lecture delivered before the Japan Society of New York, April 19, 1911, to which is appended a catalogue of a loan collection of Japanese colour-prints exhibited at the Fifth Avenue Building, April 19 to May 19, 1911, together with reproductions of representative prints included in the exhibition
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New York: The Japan Society, 1913. Hardcover. 52p., profusely illus. with tipped in color reproductions, ex-library with ownership stamps on title page, top and bottom edges of textblock, and last page, else very good condition. No 642 of an edition of 1,000. No dust jacket.
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Sōsaku Hanga: Creative Prints, 1913-1976

Sōsaku Hanga: Creative Prints, 1913-1976

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1978
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New York: Ronin Gallery, 1978. Pamphlet. 32p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus. with b&w photos, wraps lightly edgeworn, else very good exhibition catalog.
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Haunting Tales from Japan

Haunting Tales from Japan

by Kendall, Carol

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1985
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9780913689226
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Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 1985. Pamphlet. 39p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly shelfworn, else very good condition. Supernatural folk tales for children, illustrated with prints from the museum's exhibit "Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural.
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India-Ink Drawings by the Famous Zen Priest Sengai

India-Ink Drawings by the Famous Zen Priest Sengai

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1956
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Oakland: Japan Cultural Festival, 1956. Paperback. 23p., string-bound wraps, 7x10 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly worn, else very good exhibition catalog.
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Rennyo Shonin no menmoku: goichidai kikigaki no kaisetsu 蓮如上人の面目 : 御一代聞書の解說

Rennyo Shonin no menmoku: goichidai kikigaki no kaisetsu 蓮如上人の面目 : 御一代聞書の解說

by Haguri Gyodo 羽栗行道

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1954
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Kyoto: Shinko to Seikatsusha, 1954. Paperback. 495p. paperback, small stain on front cover, some corners creased. On the Shin priest Rennyo.
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Bamboo people: the law and Japanese-Americans

Bamboo people: the law and Japanese-Americans

by Chuman, Frank F.

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1976
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9780891630135
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Del Mar: Publisher's Inc, 1976. Hardcover. xi, 386p., first edition, illus., previous owner's bookplate and pen notation on free front endpaper, else very good condition in like dust jacket.
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The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of China and Japan

The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of China and Japan

by Douglas, Nik and Penny Slinger

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1994
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9780892814954
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Rochester, VT: Park Street Press, 1994. Paperback. 80p., wraps, profusely illus., wraps lightly worn, else very good condition. Revised edition of "The Pillow Book.
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An Exhibition: Art of the East, 8th April to 15th May 1981

An Exhibition: Art of the East, 8th April to 15th May 1981

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1981
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London: Colnaghi Oriental, 1981. Pamphlet. [12]p., stapled wraps, 8.5x8.75 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Price list and card laid in. Cover title: "Colnaghi Oriental.
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The Flowers of Hiroshima: A Novel

The Flowers of Hiroshima: A Novel

by Morris, Edita

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1959
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New York: Marzani & Munsell, 1959. Paperback. 187p., wraps lightly edgeworn and unevenly toned, offsetting to two pages from a bookmark (now removed), else very good condition. Morris was a Swedish-American nuclear disarmament activist and the cofounder (along with her husband, Ira Morris) of a rest and recreation center for Hiroshima survivors.
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An Exhibition: Art of the East, 8th April to 15th May 1981

An Exhibition: Art of the East, 8th April to 15th May 1981

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1981
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London: Colnaghi Oriental, 1981. Pamphlet. [12]p., stapled wraps, 8.5x8.75 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Cover title: "Colnaghi Oriental.
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The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix

The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix

by Gardner, Martin

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1985
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9780879752811
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Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1985. Hardcover. 326p., first American edition, hardbound in 9x5.5 inch faux leatherette boards lettered silverfoil and enclosed in the dust jacket. Nearly as new; top and bottom margins of the dust jacket are very slightly worn, and top edge of textblock bears a few sprinkles of dust-soil, an otherwise crisp, a very good copy. Laid… Read more about this item
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Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World, 1690-1850

Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World, 1690-1850

by Morse, Anne Nishimura, editor; with contributions by Asano Shūgō, Howard Hibbett, Kobayashi Tadashi, Naitō Masato, and Tsuji Nobuo

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2007
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Boston: MFA Publications, 2007. Hardcover. 243p., profusely illus., very good first edition exhibition catalog in like dust jacket.
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Tessai: Master of the Literati Style

Tessai: Master of the Literati Style

by Odakane, Tarō; translation and adaptation by Money L. Hickman

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1965
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Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1965. Hardcover. 124p., illus., very good first edition in an unclipped and edgeworn dust jacket.
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Collecting Modern Japanese Prints: Then & Now

Collecting Modern Japanese Prints: Then & Now

by Tolman, Mary and Norman Tolman; foreword by James Michener

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1994
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9780804819367
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Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1994. Hardcover. 248p., profusely illus., very good condition in like dust jacket.
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Ukiyo-e to Shin hanga: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints

Ukiyo-e to Shin hanga: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints

by Newland, Amy and Chris Uhlenbeck, consulting editors

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1990
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9780792453406
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New York: Mallard Press, 1990. Hardcover. 256p., profusely illus., very good condition in like dust jacket.
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Autumn of Ukiyo-e: masters of the early 20th century

Autumn of Ukiyo-e: masters of the early 20th century

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nd
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New York: Ronin Gallery, nd. Pamphlet. 40p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus. with b&w photos, wraps lightly worn, else very good condition. Price list laid in.
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Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
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Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima

by Dilena, James G., Kay T. Dilena, Yasuo Takeyama, Janet F. Takeyama. Mike Mansfield, foreword

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1989
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Tokyo: Takeyama Associates, 1989. Paperback. vii, 1-36 // 50-1, vii, dual-language, illustrated with a few facsimiles. Softbound, an exceptionally attractive production, paste-fastened into blue & grey 8x5.5 inch textured wraps. Immaculate, except for ink-penned inscription signed by Kay Dilena, on the dark-blue front endsheet (no bleed-thru). First English edition. A fine copy: perfectly sound and clean, and otherwise unmarked.… Read more about this item
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Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

by Kitagawa, Anne Rose and Yukio Lippit

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2004
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[Cambridge]: Harvard University Art Museums, 2004. Pamphlet. 11p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, illus., wraps shelfworn, else very good condition. Harvard University Art Museums Gallery Series, Number 44.
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Photography and Beyond in Japan: Space, Time and Memory

Photography and Beyond in Japan: Space, Time and Memory

by Stearns, Robert; foreword by Toshio Hara, additional essays by Kohtaro Iizawa and Robert T. Singer

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1995
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9780810935198
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Tokyo: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 1995. Paperback. 184p., french-fold wraps, illus., bottom corner of front wrap dog-eared, small stain on bottom edge of textblock, rubberstamp on half-title and on top edge of textblock, else very good exhibition catalog.
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La Nouvelle Vague: l'Estampe Japonaises de 1868 à 1939 dans la Collection Robert O. Muller

La Nouvelle Vague: l'Estampe Japonaises de 1868 à 1939 dans la Collection Robert O. Muller

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1994
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9782850472312
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Paris: Bibliothèque des Arts, 1994. Hardcover. 78p., profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog in pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Cover subtitle reads "estampes" instead of "l'estampe." Text in French.
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