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Summer Selection in Four Parts

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Summer Selection in Four Parts

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We are delighted to share a selection of 40 recently catalogued items. The list is organised into four themes:

Political History
Illustrated & Photographic
Manga, Comics & Satire
Sekino Junichiro

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Catalogue

Summer Selection in Four Parts

Hanshin meisho zue [Famous Scenes between Osaka and Kobe].

NAGAI (Hyosai). & AKAMATSU (Rinsaku) and others.

Hanshin meisho zue [Famous Scenes between Osaka and… 1918.

A collaboration between 5 great shin-hanga printmakers

Taiso zukai [Illustrated guide to physical exercise].

Taiso zukai [Illustrated guide to physical exercise], 1874.

The first exercise textbook for Japanese schoolchildren

Hisho fuga [Sleepless without sake].

TAIGADO SHUJIN. & AOKI (Geppo), attrib.

Hisho fuga [Sleepless without sake].

Songs of Edo drinking culture

Taisho dai shinkazai kinen - Tokyo sangai jitsu shashin-cho [Tokyo Disaster Photo-album].

ARAKAWA (Yoshio).

Taisho dai shinkazai kinen - Tokyo sangai jitsu… 1923.

Unrecorded documentary photographs of the Great Kanto Earthquake

Nikuhitsu manga kaikoku 60nen shi zue [Illustrated History of 60 years since the Opening of Japan in original Cartoons].

CHUO BIJUTSU KYOKAI [CENTRAL ART ASSOCIATION].

Nikuhitsu manga kaikoku 60nen shi zue [Illustrated History… 1927.

Manga artists' take on the opening of Japan

Nikuhitsu manga kaikoku 60nen shi zue [Illustrated History of 60 years since the Opening of Japan in original Cartoons].

CHUO BIJUTSU KYOKAI [CENTRAL ART ASSOCIATION].

Nikuhitsu manga kaikoku 60nen shi zue [Illustrated History… 1927.

Manga artists' take on the opening of Japan

Nikuhitsu manga kenkoku 2500-nenshi zue [Illustrated History of the 2500th Anniversary of the Founding of Japan in original cartoons].

CHUO BIJUTSU KYOKAI [CENTRAL ART ASSOCIATION].

Nikuhitsu manga kenkoku 2500-nenshi zue [Illustrated History of… 1928.

2500 years of Japanese history, illustrated by over two dozen artists

Tokaido gojusantsugi manga emaki [A Manga scroll of the 53 stations of the Tokaido].

CHUO BIJUTSU KYOKAI [CENTRAL ART ASSOCIATION].

Tokaido gojusantsugi manga emaki [A Manga scroll of… 1921.

The famous Tokaido manga scrolls, in the rare album format

Fuchikami Hakuyo Isakushu. [A posthumous book of Fuchikami Hakuyo].

FUCHIKAMI (Hakuyo). & UNOKI (Satoshi), editor.

Fuchikami Hakuyo Isakushu. [A posthumous book of Fuchikami… 1960.

A privately circulated Fuchikami photobook

Manchu no kaiso [Reminiscences of Manchuria].

FUCHIKAMI (Hakuyo).

Manchu no kaiso [Reminiscences of Manchuria], 1958.

Blurring the line of nostalgia and reality in Manchuria

Omoide no Pekin [Remembering Peking].

FUJIWARA (Hidehiko).

Omoide no Pekin [Remembering Peking], 1945.

A cartoonist's view of Beijing

Military Intelligence Directorate - Japanese Military Forces.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, INDIA.

Military Intelligence Directorate - Japanese Military Forces, 1942.

THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT FALL INTO ENEMY HANDS

Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Beneath the Cherry Trees]

KAJII (Motojiro), author. & SEKINO (Junichiro)

Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Beneath… 1969.

The darker side to cherry blossom season

Modan TOKIO enbukyoku - Modern Tokio Rondo.

KAWABATA (Yasunari), and others

Modan TOKIO enbukyoku - Modern Tokio Rondo, 1930.

Buzzing, modern Tokyo in literature and design

Rakuten Zenshu [Complete Works by Rakuten].

KITAZAWA (Rakuten).

Rakuten Zenshu [Complete Works by Rakuten], 1931.

A set for the comics connoisseur

Yapon Mohbiri [Japan Correspondent] & Yani Yapon Mohbiri [New Japan Correspondent].

KURBANGALIEV (Mohamed-Gabdilkhai) editor.

Yapon Mohbiri [Japan Correspondent] & Yani Yapon Mohbiri… 1938.

Japan looks to the Middle East

Dai 4-kai yuryo keshohin taikai • dai 5-kai kokusan yuryo keshohin taikai kiroku shashin jo [Photo albums for the 4th and 5th fine cosmetics competition]

Dai 4-kai yuryo keshohin taikai • dai 5-kai… 1938.

Cosmetics & commercial design in 1930s Tokyo

Mitsui Seizai Shikyo - Timber Industry in Hokkaido.

Mitsui Seizai Shikyo - Timber Industry in Hokkaido, 1910.

Enormous timber operations in Hokkaido

Gaiyu miyage [Souvenir from Travels Abroad].

SEKINO (Junichiro)

Gaiyu miyage [Souvenir from Travels Abroad], 1978.

The product of a truly international artist

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida].

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida], 1951.

With two original Sekino woodblock printed postcards, signed

Kosetsu shiki [The Story of the Blind Man from the Records of the Grand Historian]

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Kosetsu shiki [The Story of the Blind Man… 1975.

The hand-coloured edition

Vuinasu no danjo [The Birth of Venus].

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Vuinasu no danjo [The Birth of Venus], 1949.

Reimagining Botticelli through intaglio and woodblock printing

Kosetsu shiki [The Story of the Blind Man from the Records of the Grand Historian] – Ink rubbing edition [together with:] hand-coloured edition

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Kosetsu shiki [The Story of the Blind Man… 1975.

The same title printed in two different methods

Kojiki emaki [Picture Scroll of the Kojiki]

SEKINO (Junichiro).

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

A calming book for the busy age

Yurei no sho [Ghost stories]

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Yurei no sho [Ghost stories], 1965.

The expanded and more luxurious edition

Teito Shinsai kinen daikan - General View of Tokio (of Japan) after Earthquake 1st Sept. 1923.

TABATA (Yukichi).

Teito Shinsai kinen daikan - General View of… 1923.

A panoramic lithograph of devastation

Enka Kyogi Taikai [Fireworks Competition].

TOCHIGI FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Enka Kyogi Taikai [Fireworks Competition], 1925.

Hanabi Taikai: behind the scenes

[A Photo-album of Giant and Famous Trees in Yamagata Prefecture].

UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER.

[A Photo-album of Giant and Famous Trees in… 1930.

Noble trees in northern Japan

Biru no Osama [King of Beer].

YANASE (Takashi).

Biru no Osama [King of Beer], 1958.

From the creator of Anpanman

Kenkoku ju-shunen keishuku shashin taikan. [Grand Photographic Record Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary since the founding of the State].

[MANSHUKOKU TSUSHIN-SHA - MANCHURIA NEWS AGENCY]. & ZHANG (Jinghui), editor-in-chief.

Kenkoku ju-shunen keishuku shashin taikan. [Grand Photographic Record… 1942.

The illusion of an invincible Empire

Acta consistorii publice exhibiti a S.D.N. Gregorio Papa XIII. regum Iaponiorum legatis Romae die XXIII. Martii, M.D. LXXXV.

[TENSHO EMBASSY]

Acta consistorii publice exhibiti a S.D.N. Gregorio Papa… 1585.

The first Japanese embassy to Europe; exceedingly rare Milan edition