Maggs Bros. Ltd.

TAMAYA (Yamasaburo). & RYOKATEI (Tanekazu), preface.

Yoshiwara saiken [Detailed Guide to Yoshiwara], 1851.

A guide to Yoshiwara by a prominent brothel owner

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YAMAMOTO (Kyuzaemon).

Yanagi sakura [Willow Cherry Blossom], 1754.

The sensuality of springtime in Yoshiwara

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LACOUR (Lawrence L.)

Navy Sex Laxity in Japan, 1946.

Moral Panic

£175

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Kojiki emaki [Picture Scroll of the Kojiki], 1949.

A calming book for the busy age

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SEKINO (Junichiro).

Ehon seiyu-ki [Picture Book of Travels to the… 1943.

A Decadent Wartime Production

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[UNKNOWN PUBLISHER].

Yoshiwara shintaku zenzu [Complete map of the Yoshiwara… 1847.

A well-known illustrated map of Yoshiwara

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UNKNOWN AUTHOR. Possibly by & [DE BECKER (Joseph Ernest)].

How the 'Social Evil' is Regulated in Japan, 1900.

From the Western gaze

£460

[UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS]

Yuyaku ehagaki arubamu [Red Light District Postcard Albums], 1911.

With love from the pleasure quarters

£4,500

JESUIT GRAVE-STONE RUBBING.

Twenty rubbings of Jesuit graves.

16TH-18TH CENTURY JESUITS AT THE KANGXI COURT

£65,000

OGAWA (Kazumasa).

Tokyo Geigi chu hyaku bijin [100 Beautiful Women… 1895.

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY OGAWA

£18,500

UNKNOWN JAPANESE ARTIST.

[Scenes at Shimabara], 1800.

Brothels in the ancient capital of Kyoto

£3,800