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Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu 4 [Primary Colours of Japanese Art 4: Shosoin]
Terukazu Akiyama
Tokyo: Shogakkan, 1968. -
Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu 1 [Primary Colours of Japanese Art 1: Ancient Japanese Art]
Terukazu Akiyama
Tokyo: Shogakkan, 1970. -
Aphrodisiacs: The World of Ayumi Kasai
Ayumi Kasai
Tokyo: PIE International, 2021.“Ayumi Kasai is a pioneer and one of the most popular artists in the genre of yaoi, or Boys Love. This book contains illustrations from Kasai’s yaoi novels over the past 10 years, as well as her original work in the “Dannahan to Chiwagenka (The Husband & Lovers Fight)” series and a selection of illustrations specially drawn for the publication. On every page you can enjoy Kasai’s world of aestheticbeauty and eroticism. Contains explicit sexual scenes.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Tokyo Illustrators Society: The 1st Exhibition
Tokyo Illustrators Society
Tokyo: Tokyo Illustrators Society, 1989.Catalogue for the first Tokyo Illustrators Society exhibition. Includes work by 73 Japanese artists including Akira Uno, Hajime Sorayama, Toshio Saeki, and many others, with accompanying short biography and portrait photograph. Includes list of artists with contact details. Rare, unrecorded in OCLC, 1 in CiNii.
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[On’na no hengen]
Jo Keito
Kariya: [Shibafune garo], 1980.Portfolio of 20 prints plus 1 signed copperplate engraving by Japanese artist Jo Keito (1949-).
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Hiroki Oda
Hiroki Oda
[Tokyo]: Mitsukoshi, 1998.Catalog for an exhibition of Japanese painter Hiroki Oda (1914-2012) held at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, and three other locations in 1998 and 1999.
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Aquarium
Itsuko Azuma
Tokyo: Sanrio, 1989.Monograph of paintings by Itsuko Azuma.
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Blue
Tsukasa Osamu
[Tokyo]: Tom’s Box, 1991.A short story by Japanese novelist Osamu Tsukasa (1936-) illustrated throughout with collage art and litographs.
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Nomen / Noh Masks
Yasuo Nakamura; Naomi Maki
Kyoto: Shinshindo, 1979.A beautifully presented collection of masks used in the classical Japanese dance-drama Noh. Each plate, photographed by Naomi Maki, is mounted in an individual folder with tissue guard, housed in a portfolio case, and includes an index sheet. An accompanying explanatory volume written by Yasuo Nakamura goes into detail on the subject, as well as containing black and white photographs of the reverse sides of the masks. The portfolio and accompanying volume are housed inside of another cloth clamshell with two bone clasps, which in turn is housed in another box. Yasuo Nakamura (1919-1996) was a Japanese high school teacher, junior college professor, and Noh scholar, producing numerous works on the subject from the 1960s until his death. His scholarship on this collection of masks earned him the Geijutsu Sensho Prize from The Agency for Cultural Affairs.
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Past In Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia
Betti-Sue Hertz
San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art, 2004. -
Korean 12 Muse
Seung Hyo Jang
Seoul: Sejong Center, 2004.Catalogue for an exhibition of humanoid robot sculpture. Rare, not recorded in OCLC at November, 2020.
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Onchi Koshiro hangashu / Prints of Onchi Koshiro
Onchi Koshiro
Tokyo: Keishosha, 1975.A comprehensive collection of the printed works of Japanese artist Koshiro Onchi (1891-1955). Contains 424 illustrations, many in colour, a numbered original print, photograph of the artist, and various essays including an essay on Hanga by Onchi. This copy is number 27 in the limited overseas edition of 170 with the original numbered and stamped print. 380 copies were also produced in a domestic edition.
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The Complete Works of Bome
Atsushi Suzuki
Osaka: Kaiyodo, 1995.Catalogue of anime-style figurines by Japanese sculptor Bome. Includes an interview and essays by Osamu Miyawaki and Noriaki Ikeda.
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The Art of Yoco: For Eternity and a Second
Yoco
Tokyo: Pie Books, 2019.“The Art of Yoco presents the works of Japanese illustrator Yoco. Yoco is an illustrator working in the Boys’ Love (BL) genre, a Japanese form of novel that focuses on homoerotic romantic or sexual relationships between male characters. This is the first book to collect his illustrations, and includes some original works. Yoco is one of the up-and-coming illustrators who is gaining popularity on Social Media and is highly praised among the BL community.”
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New masterpieces of 100 Eshi: generation 2
Kouichi Yabuuchi
Tokyo: BNN, 2013.Includes fold-out poster.