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YANAGI Soetsu. MUNAKATA Shiko: Woodblock Prints 1935-1958 (1958)

MUNAKATA Shiko: Wood-block Prints 1935-1958. Edited by YANAGI Soetsu. Tokyo: Chikuma-Shobo, 1958. 1st ed. & pr., SIGNED.

KAWABATA Gyokusho. Shuusho Hyakudai dai-5 (100 Ink Wash Paintings, Practice Manual, Volume 5). KIMURA Tokutaro (block cutter), MATSUI Sanjiro (printer). Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 31 (1898). 1st ed. & pr.

Han no Kai / OOIWA Chuichi, TSUKIOKA Ninko, NEMOTO Kagai, FUJIMOTO Toichiryo, MORI Toshun, MIZUFUNE Rokushu, RYOJI Chumei..
10 woodcut-printed envelops. Showa 14-16 (1939-1941).

KAWAKAMI Sumio. Egeresu iru wa Jinbutsu (People in English). Atami: Ryuseikaku, Showa 28 (1953). 2nd ed.

HATA Tsuneharu. Woodblock print: Rokkou (Rokko). Hanshin Meishou Zu-e 19 (Famous panoramas of the Hashin region, 19). Bunen-dou (Carver: 2daime Okura Hanbei / Printer: 2daime Nishimura Kumakichi), Taisho 5 (1916).

FUKAZAWA Yukichi. Sekai Kunizukushi (The Countries of the World / All the Countries of the World, for Children Written in Verse). Volume 1. Keiou Gijuku Zouhan (Keioh Private University), Meiji 2 (1869). 1st ed.

Shunga leporello of 12 erotic ukiyoe woodblock prints (nd.).

MURAMATSU Ei / SEKINO Junichiro. Kosetsu Shiki (Chronicles of Kosetsu). Tokyo : Chuo Koron-sha, 1968. E.O. / First ed. — OUT OF STOCK

Description — In-8° (20 x 14 x 2,5 cm), 228 p., 450 g.
Pict. hardcover, pict. slipcase, obi, color frontispice, b&w illustrations. Text in Japanese.
Cartonnage ill., étui ill., bandeau éditeur, frontis. coul., illustrations n&b. Text in Japanese.

État / Condition — VG (slipcase: edges a bit rubbed, sunned spine-strip).
TB (étui : bords un peu frottés, dos insolé).

Remarques & avis / Review — Ancient China epic chronicle by the Japanese writer and scholar Ei MURAMATSU (1923-2008), finely illustrated with Junichiro SEKINO (1914-1988)'s woodblock prints. Great slipcase design.

écrivain et universitaire japonais MURAMATSU Ei (1923-2008), avec les jolies illustrations du célèbre graveur sur bois japonais SEKINO Junichiro (1914-1988). Mention spéciale pour la maquette de l'étui.

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Playboy 15th Holiday Anniversary (1969)

Playboy. Fifteenth Anniversary Holiday Issue. January 1969. Vol.16 No.1. Chicago : HMH Publ., 1969. — OUT OF STOCK<

Description — 4° (28 x 21 x 1 cm), 292 p., 700 g.
Pict. softcover, color and b&w photographs & illustrations, 2 fold-outs. Text in English.
Couv. souple ill., photographies & illustrations coul. et n&b, 2 p. dépliantes. Texte en japonais.

État / Condition — Good (cover a bit browned, wear to spine-ends; otherwise VG).
Bon (couv. un peu brunie, coiffes frottées ; sinon TB).

Remarques & avis / Review — Here's the imposing, plentiful Playboy special issue that celebrates its 15-year anniversary with great late 1960s art and prose, and a fine series of erotic color woodcuts representing the months of the year, by Clifton KARHU.

L'imposant et opulent numéro spécial de Playboy célébrant son quinzième anniversaire avec grand art et prose de la fin des années 1960, et une superbe série de gravures sur bois en couleur, représentant les mois de l'année, par Clifton KARHU.

Divers / Misc. — Contents:

Interview with Lee MARVIN
'Incident in the Streets of the City' by Robert COOVER / Illustrations by James BARKLEY
The Decent Society
Zap-In
The Twelve Months of Love by Clifton KARHU / Introduction by Henri MILLER
15 Yearrs pf Award-winning Art
Bunny by the Bay : Leslie BIANCHINI (Miss January) / Photographs by Marco CASILLI
The History of Sex in Cinema : Sex Stars of the 60s
Martyrs of Hope : Martin Luther King & Robert Kennedy / Ill. by Shelly CANTON
'How Plaboy Changed America' by Art BUCHWALD / Ill. by Arnold ROTH
Playmate Review
...
(and much, much more)

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KUWABARA Sumio. Nihon no Jigazo / Self-portrait in Japan (1966)

KUWABARA Sumio. Nihon no Jigazo (Self-portrait in Japan). Tokyo : Nanboku-sha, Showa 41 (1966).

MUNAKATA Shiko. Japanese Prints : A Collection of Hanga by Shiko Munakata. Tokyo : Kodansha, 1970. First LTD ed. — OUT OF STOCK

Description — Thick Folio (46 x 34 x 7 cm), 224 p., 5.6 kg.
Clothbound hardcover, pict. dj, pict. clothbound case, pict. cardboard box, 129 color offset and 211 b&w plates. Limited ed. of 3000 numbered copies. Book design by Shiko MUNAKATA. Laid in: * 1 Folio booklet (42 x 30 cm, 40 p., b&w plates) with The Hanga of Shiko Munakata by Michiaki KAWAKITA, The Artist Shiko Munakata by Yojuro YASUDA, Some Notes on Plates by Yasuo KIKUCHI, in English; * In an envelope: advertising leaflets for the volume; * In an envelope: Daisekai no Saku 'Ken' — Kamigami yori Jinrui e (Fence of the Great World — From Gods to Humankind), giant monochrome print (ca. 42 x 290 cm) on washi / traditional Japanese paper representing the work designed for EXPO'70.
Cartonnage entoilé, jaquette ill., emboitage entoilé ill., emboitage carton ill., 129 ill. coul. offset et 211 ill. n&b. Édition limitée à 3000 ex. num. Maquette par MUNAKATA Shiko. Inséré : * 1 livret folio (42 x 30 cm, 40 p., vignettes n&b) avec The Hanga of Shiko Munakata par KAWAKITA Michiaki, The Artist Shiko Munakata par YASUDA Yojuro, Some Notes on Plates par KIKUCHI Yasuo, en anglais ; * Sous enveloppe : feuillets publicitaires pour le volume ; * Sous enveloppe : Daisekai no Saku 'Ken' — Kamigami yori Jinrui e (La barrière du grand monde — Des dieux à l'humanité), gravure monochrome géante (ca. 42 x 290 cm) sur washi / papier japonais traditionnel, représentant l'œuvre réalisée pour l'EXPO'70.

État / Condition — VG (damage & wear to cardboard box; otherwise EXCELLENT).
TB (emboitage carton frotté et abîmé ; sinon EXCELLENT).

Remarques & avis / Review — The best and most impressive collection of Shiko MUNAKATA's woodcut prints, selected by the artist himself, in a beautiful, massive and well-crafted volume.

La meilleure et plus impressionnante collection de gravures sur bois de MUNAKATA Shiko, sélectionnées par l'artiste lui-même, dans un beau volume, massif et bien fini.

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