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England: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Small amount of foxing on one preliminary page other wise spotless. Dust Jacket in clear mylar cover.
Treatise on Landscaping (Tsukiyama niwa-tsukuri [den]) by Kitamura Enkin - 1828
by Kitamura Enkin
Treatise on Landscaping (Tsukiyama niwa-tsukuri [den])
by Kitamura Enkin
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Japan, 1828. Traditional watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings. Good. Complete 3 volume set (ÃÆäÃâøÃâ¦Ã / ÃÆäÃâøÃâà/ ÃÆäÃâøâââ¬Ã¹ : first / middle / last) of this 1828 reprint of the original 1735 edition. Important treatise on Japanese garden landscaping from the Edo period (1603-1868). Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese gardens, gardening paraphernalia, sculptures, structures, and techniques. First volume is Japanese text, the second and third volume contain the illustrations. Some wear & rubbing / creasing to the covers -- interior clean & bright, with no markings. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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- Place of Publication Japan
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Japanese Military and Civil Swords and Dirks
by Fuller Richard; Gregory Ron
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 9781853107153 / 1853107158
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Wellington, New Zealand
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Japan. Described And Illustrated By The Japanese. Written By Eminent Japanese Authorities And Scholars. With An Essay On Japanese Art By Kakuzo Okakura. The Imperial Editon, One Of 100 Copies, Volume 10 Only
by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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Pasadena, California, United States
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SGD 217.15
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Boston: J. B. Millet Company, 1898. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated By K. Ogawa (Flower Collotypes), Kozaburo Tamamura (Hand Colored Albumen Photographs). Section Ten Only, Volume 10 Of 10, Pages 347-382 + Table Of Contents Only, Uncut Double Pages, Three Large (8 X 10 In) Hand Colored Albumen Pictures, 1 Large Round Color Collotype By K. Ogawa Of Flowers, And 18 Colored Photographs Mounted In The Text. The Four Large Hand Colored Albumen Photographs Are The Great Bell At Choin-In Temple, Kyoto, Tmangwanji Temple At Nikko, Washing Kiminos, And Village Wrecked By Earthquake. #75 Of 100 Copies Of The Imperial Edition, Bound In Olive-Grey Silk With Mounted Title And Decorations In Heavier Silk, Endpapers Are Japanese Paper With Embedded Gilt Squares And Specks. The Boards And Pages Are Bound With Cords. Silk Is Clean But With Some Wear At Edges And Worn Through Along Lower Edge Of Boards And Spine.
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)
by Saito Maruko (ed.)
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- Used - Good
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- Unknown
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Evanston, Illinois, United States
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SGD 550.10
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Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Hokousaï- L'art japonais au XVIIIe Siècle
by de Goncourt, Edmund
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- Used - Near Fine
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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SGD 275.74
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Paris: Ernest Flammarion/Eugène Fasquelle No date, circa 1900. Finely bound in unsigned quarter marbled calf over marbled boards, , gilt bacl, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, ribbon marker. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, pages evenly browning as usually seen. . Edition Definitive . Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Nihonga, Transcending the Past: Japanese-Style Painting 1868-1968
by Conant, Ellen P
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- Paperback
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition Paperback
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780891780441 / 0891780440
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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SGD 234.37
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St Louis City Art Museum, 1995-11-01. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 11x9x1. Unmarked. Text appears to be free of highlighting, underlining or writing. Softcover shows some edge and shelf wear from normal use. No rips, tears or stains. 1995. First edition paperback, First Printing, Full Print Line Displayed. A currently OOP (out of print), uncommon, or hard to find book. Ships in box, quickly and with care.
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Canvasism New Works (Signed with drawing)
by Ohtake, Shinro
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new york, New York, United States
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Tokyo: Seibu Art Forum , 1988. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Signed and with a drawing of a man's head on the front endpaper, with two word inscription. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and Japanese. Essay by Yoshiaki Tono. 55 works in the exhibition, which consisted of paintings, drawings and sculpture. All works illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, about 60 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Artist.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.
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Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels (Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts)
by Linduff
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- first
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- new
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- n/a
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- First edition First printing
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780824032371 / 0824032373
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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SGD 296.42
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NEW hardbound isbn 0824032373 first edition and presumed first printing. IMPECCABLE PERFECT UNTOUCHED Suspect this was issued without a dust jacket. Doctprate study by Katheryn Linduff with 39 plates of charts, maps, and illustrationMy scanner produces shadows that chould not be there
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Pageant of Japanese Art.
by Tokyo National Museum
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- first
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- Used - See item description
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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SGD 215.60
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Toto Bunka. Tokyo. 1952-54. Six volumes. Folio. Paintings I, Paintings II, Sculpture, Ceramics and Metalwork, Textiles & Lacquer, Architecture and Gardens. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth, with some sunning, in original dust wrappers, some tears and chipping. Lower corner bumped to Vol. I.(Due to the weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply overseas)
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SGD 215.60
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Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3
by Various
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- Used - Fine Condition
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- Fine
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Warwick, New York, United States
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SGD 344.68
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Shueisha, Tokyo, 1974. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Fine. Various, Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, 1974.Large folio (17x12 inches or 43x31cm), pp. 144, printed cream-colored cloth boards quarter-bound in white cloth, slipcased, text in Japanese. Large color plates, some folding, plus explanatory text. Part of a 12-volume set, this book devoted exclusively to Shunsho.Condition of this book:Fine in near fine slipcase (soiling at top and bottom edges). Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). One volume of the 12-volume set. Text is in Japanese. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Japan; Japanese Language; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54631. . This book…
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)
by Saito Maruko (ed.)
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- good
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- Used - Good
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- Unknown
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Evanston, Illinois, United States
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SGD 550.10
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Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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SGD 550.10
The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture
by Lieberman, William S. [Introduction]
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Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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SGD 68.94
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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 240 x 210 mm), 116 pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue for a U.S. traveling exhibition of 46 Japanese artists. Short bios of each artist, along with black-and-white illustrations of their works. The catalogue also features 13 color illustrations at the beginning of the book. Introduction by the curator, William S. Lieberman. CONDITION: Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers, toning to page edges. Very Good.
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Sho Fukumoto Sketchbook 1986: Leda (Boxed Set)
by Sho Fukumoto
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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SGD 89.62
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N. Nomura & Co., Ltd., 1986. Book. Like New. Boxed Set. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A hardcover book and a softcover book in a cloth-covered box, all in like-new condition. Clamshell box is covered in natural-covered linen with brown lettering to spine and brown facsimile signature on top. Hardcover with three-quarter charcoal-gray cloth with blue marbled (faux) boards; no text other than a tipped-in plate with title, etc. in English; pages are facsimile reproductions of the sketched art--b&w and color of Leda and Swan; no title on binding. Softcover is staplebound with blue cardstock cover with title etc. in English on front; approx. 27 pages; b&w photo frontispiece of artist; 7 plates of art; text in Japanese. Books are about 9-1/2" by 6-1/4". Box is 10-1/2" by 6-3/4"..
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden
by Marc P. Jiro Takei; Keane
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- Like New
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780804832946 / 0804832943
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Martinez, California, United States
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SGD 124.08
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Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.Jacket like new.
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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this new… Read More
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Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi
by Rosemary Bandini
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Fine
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780953573301 / 0953573303
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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SGD 121.14
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Rosemary Bandini, London, 1999, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 174 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting "netsuke" of animals and mythical beings.
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Hiroshige: Birds and Flowers
by Hiroshige, Ando; introduction by Cynthea J. Bogel; commentaries on the plates by Israel Goldman; poetry translated by Alfred H. Marks
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- Fine
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780807611999 / 0807611999
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Granville, New York, United States
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SGD 124.08
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NY: Braziller, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Braziller, 1988, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with 91 full color plates. Fine in near fine. price clipped dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool.
by NARA, Yoshitomo
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
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- As New
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780810994140 / 0810994143
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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SGD 137.87
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New York: Asia Society Museum / Harry N. Abrams: 2010. First edition / First printing. Illustrated laminated boards in die-cut illustrated slipcase. Very fine in a very fine slipcase.
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SGD 137.87
Traditional Japanese Furniture: A Definitive Guide
by Kazuko Koizumi
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780870117220 / 087011722X
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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SGD 151.66
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Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Minor shelf and handling wear to DJ. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.
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Tsubasa Album De Reproductions 2 (Japanese Version)
by Clamp
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- Used- Fine
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9784063647983 / 4063647986
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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SGD 151.66
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Kodansha, 2009. Paperback with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is in Japanese. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Very light scuffing along to top edges of the dust jacket. Small tear on the top right corner of the bottom black banner on the front cover. No markings on the inside of the book.Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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SGD 151.66
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Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints From The Anne Van Biema Collection
by Ann Yonemura; Donald Keene; Andrew Gerstle; Elizabeth De Sabato Swinton; Joshua S. Mostow
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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SGD 165.44
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Both the book and dj are in 'as new' condition. It has . 10 unpaginated pages followed by 362 numbered pages. It was published to coincide with the exibition of the same name. A beautiful book with well over 100 color illustrations and even more in b&w. The book includes a series of essays on the historic, economic, and cultural environment of Edo period Japan and the collections focus on early Kabuki actor prints, including many by the artists Toyokuni and Kuniyoshi).Book will be priority mailed to any domestic address. International sale may incur additional charges.
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Art and Palace Politics in Early Modern Japan 1580s-1680s
by LILLEHOJ, Elizabeth
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Near fine
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- near fine
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789004206120 / 9004206124
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BATH, United Kingdom
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SGD 138.16
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Leiden: Brill, 2011. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Vol 2 in the series, Japanese Visual Culture. Tall 8vo. (25.5cm). Boards, lettered title to cover. In unclipped dust jacket. pp. 296. W/ 98 colour plates. Some faint edgewear to jacket, minor signs of use, a very sound, almost as new copy.
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