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HANSHAN TANG BOOKS • LIST 145
NEW PUBLICATIONS
JAPANESE ART
LATEST ACQUISITIONS
H A N S H A N T A N G B O O K S L T D Un i t 3 , A s h b u r t o n C e n t re 2 7 6 C o r t i s R o a d L o n d o n S W 1 5 3 AY U K
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NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1 2007 ZHONGGUO BAIJIA JINLING HUAZHAN (ZHONGGUO HUA) ZUOPIN JI LUNWEN JI. Works
and Theses Collection of 2007 Art Exhibition (Chinese Painting) in Nanjing China. 2007
中國百家金陵畫展（中國畫）作品集。論文集. Nanjing, 2007. 16, 183 pp. Full page colour plates throughout,
b/w text illustrations; 8, 197 pp. 6 b/w plates. 2 vols. 29x23 cm. Boards.
£70.00
Catalogue showing 100 works selected (from over 4000 submitted) for the 2007 Art Exhibition of Chinese painting held in Nanjing.
A separate volume of essays accompanies. Preface in English. Main text in Chinese.
2 2008 ANTIQUES: CHINESE ARTS AUCTION RECORDS 2007.1.1-2007.12.31. 2008 Gudong Paimai
Nianjian. 骨董拍賣年鑒 2008. Taibei, 2008. c.500 pp. Colour plates throughout. 23x17 cm. Wrappers. £80.00
Detailed coverage of auction prices for Chinese ceramics, jade, bronzes, sculpture and numerous
other fine works of art in various media sold at various houses in the US, Europe and the Far East
in 2007. Colour illustrations throughout. Thousands of fine examples are shown with prices realised.
Brief captions to plates in both Chinese and English. A prime reference.
3 Albertini, Claudia: AVATARS AND ANTIHEROES. A Guide to Contemporary
Chinese Artists. Tokyo, 2008. 174 pp. 250 colour plates. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Showcases the work of the most important artists and movements to have developed in China in recent years, from the Cynical Realism and Political Pop movements of the early 1990s through to the
pop-culture generation. Illustrated throughout.
4 BAOJI GUANTAOYUAN. Guantaoyuan at Baoji. 寶雞關桃圓. Beijing, 2007. 368
pp. text plus 40 pp. colour plates & 24 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings.
26x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
The site of Guantaoyuan near Baoji in China’s Shaanxi province is notable for remains of pre-Yangshao cultures together with remains from the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States
periods. This is a detailed report of excavations at the site. Main finds were extensive amounts of Neolithic pottery. Three page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
5 BAOJI JIANHE MUDI. Ancient Tombs in Jianhe Village of Baoji City. 寶雞建河墓地. Xi’an, 2006. 3, 11, 230
pp. text plus 56 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 2 foldouts 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Archaeological examination of 48 tombs in Jianhe village in China’s Shaanxi province dating from the Qin to the Northern Song.
Whilst not of high status, the tombs shed much light on the life and history of the area. Five page abstract in English. Main text in
Chinese.
6 Barrett, T. H: THE WOMAN WHO DISCOVERED PRINTING. New Haven, 2008. 192 pp. Bibliography,
index. Cloth.
£16.99
By a historian with a keen interest in the history of the book in China, this is the story of the Empress Wu and the revolution in printing she inspired six centuries before Gutenberg, with new insights into politics, religion and technology in eighth-century (Tang) China.
7 Bartholomew, T. ed: THE DRAGON’S GIFT. The Sacred Arts of Bhutan. Chicago, 2008. 390 pp. 100 full page
colour plates and numerous other colour plates. 30x23 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts showing over 100 works of Buddhist art from Bhutan. The
majority of exhibits come from temples and monasteries in the kingdom where they continue to be used in ritual practice. Most of the
items have never been published or previously exhibited. Each object is illustrated in a full page colour plate and described in detail.
Twelve accompanying essays. A very fine survey of Bhutanese Buddhist art.
8 Bartholomew, T. et al: LATER CHINESE JADES. Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century From the Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco. San Francisco, 2008. 366 pp. Colour plates throughout. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
Drawn from the collection of the Asian Art Museum, this work illustrates and describes in much detail 388 fine jades dating from the
Ming, Qing and Republic periods. Of value are the essays which include: Li: Chinese Jade Art in the Ming and Qing Dynasties;
Knight: Markets and Tastes in Chinese Jades from 1821 to 1949; Bartholomew: Non-Chinese Jades: Islamic and Mughal Works. Interesting appendix: Jade Workers of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. A fine contribution.
9 Beijing Huayuan ed: 20 SHIJI BEIJING HUIHUA SHI. (A History of 20th Century Painting in Beijing). 20
世紀北京繪畫史. Beijing, 2007. 1, 8, 525 pp. Colour and b/w text illustrations. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£75.00
Detailed history of paintings, painters and painting schools associated with Beijing throughout the course of the 20th century. Numerous
illustrations accompany. text in Chinese.
10 Bunker, E. & Latchford, D: KHMER GOLD. Gifts for the Gods. Chicago, 2008. xix, 147 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A groundbreaking study of the gold artefacts created by the Khmer people who founded Cambodia. The objects are from major public and private collections in Cambodia, Great Britain, Thailand and the United States. In addition to illustration and description of
the gold objects, also examines the craft and technology of the Khmer goldsmiths. A welcome addition to the literature on the subject.
11 Chen Lihua ed: GUGONG SHOUCANG: DIAOQI. (The Gugong Collection: Carved Lacquer ware).
故宮收藏：雕漆。陳麗華主編. Beijing, 2008. 307 pp. Colour plates throughout. 24x17 cm. Wrappers. £20.00
Illustrates and describes 200 superb examples of Chinese lacquer from the Ming and Qing dynasties in the collection of the Gugong
Museum in Beijing and including many examples used by the imperial court. Text in Chinese.
12 Cheng Linquan ed: CHANG’AN HAN MU. (Han Dynasty Tombs in Xi’an). 長安漢墓。程林泉編著. Xi’an
2004. 2, 6, 14, 1014 pp. text plus 247 colour & (predominantly) b/w plates. B/w drawings throughout. 4 foldouts.
2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
Detailed two-volume survey of numerous Han dynasty tombs in the region of Xi’an, the site of the Han dynasty capital of Chang’an.
An important work on the subject given the abundance of material to hand and the importance of the area in Han times. The second
volume is composed entirely of colour and black-and-white plates. In Chinese.
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HANSHAN TANG BOOKS
13 Chin, Annping: CONFUCIUS. A Life of Thought and Politics. New Haven, 2008. 256 pp. Bibliography, index.
25x17 cm. Paper.
£18.99
Masterful new account of the life and legacy of Confucius.
14 Chiu, Melissa et al: ZHANG HUAN: ALTERED STATES. New York, 2008. 178 pp. 113 colour & 47 b/w
£38.00
illustrations. 28x24 cm. Cloth.
Zhang Huan initially became known for performance art in Beijing in the early 1990s. His work has explored cross-cultural perspectives and his most recent large-scale sculptures and installations draw on Chinese historical sources. This work surveys his career.
15 Cotterell, Arthur: THE IMPERIAL CAPITALS OF CHINA. An Inside View of the Celestial Empire. London,
2007. xxviii, 304 pp. 27 b/w plates. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Offers a sweep of Chinese history over two millennia through the imperial capitals that were the foundations of each dynasty. A very
readable account.
16 E & J Frankel Ltd: THE JULIA AND VANCE HALL COLLECTION OF KOREAN ART. Bronzes and
Ceramics. New York, 2008. 109 pp. Numerous colour plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Dealer’s catalogue showing 32 fine pieces (or groups) of Korean art from the Julia and Vance Hall collection of Korean art. The large
majority of exhibits are ceramics from the 7th to 18/19th centuries. One exhibit shows five bronze spoons and one exhibit comprises
three Korean books with maps. All well-described and illustrated. Introductory essay.
17 Erzeng, Yang ed: THE STORY OF HAN XIANGZI. The Alchemical Adventures of a Daoist Immortal.
韓湘子全傳. Seattle and London, 2008. xxxv, 472 pp. 31 b/w illustrations. 23x15 cm. Paper.
£22.00
The first translation into any Western language of Han Xiangzi Quanzhuan — The Complete Story of Han Xiangzi. Han Xiangzi is one
of the Eight Immortals. A lively story of trials of faith and magical feats taking the reader across China, into the heavens and down to
the underworld. Paperback edition.
18 Eskenazi: CHINESE SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART: EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK. New York, 2008.
67 pp. Colour plates throughout. Bibliography. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Eskenazi’s Spring 2008 exhibition in New York shows 20 superb objects in various media dating from the Han to the Qing. All illustrated and described in detail.
19 Feng Jicai: ZHONGGUO MUBAN NIANHUA JICHENG: YANGLIUQING JUAN. (A Collection of Chinese
Woodblock New Year Prints: Yangliuqing). 中國木板年畫集成：楊柳青卷。馮驥才主編. Beijing, 2007. 12, 1335; 336-612 pp. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. One CD-ROM. 2 vols. 31x24 cm. Accordion-style.
£175.00
The fourth in a series on centres of production of traditional Chinese New Year prints, this copiously-illustrated two-volume work
shows fine quality woodblock prints from the famous village of Yangliuqing near the city of Tianjin. Hundreds of examples of prints
held in various collections and dating from the late Qing dynasty onwards are shown. Text in Chinese.
20 Feng Jicai: ZHONGGUO MUBAN NIANHUA JICHENG: YUNNAN JIAMA JUAN. (A Collection of Chinese
Woodblock New Year Prints: Jiama in Yunnan). 中國木板年畫集成：雲南甲馬卷。馮驥才主編. Beijing, 2007.
12, 441 pp. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. One CD-ROM. 31x24 cm. Accordion-style.
£135.00
The third in a series on centres of production of traditional Chinese New Year prints, this copiously-illustrated volume covers production
at the little-known village of Jiama in Yunnan province. Hundreds of examples of prints held in various collections and dating from
the late Qing dynasty onwards are shown. Text in Chinese.
21 Fenollosa, Ernest; Haun Saussy et al. ed: THE CHINESE WRITTEN CHARACTER AS A MEDIUM FOR
POETRY. An Ars Poetica / With a Foreword and Notes by Ezra Pound. New York, 2008. 256 pp. Illustrations.
Cloth.
£17.50
A new critical edition of this classic of modern English poetics, with highly useful apparatus and introductory material by a serious
sinologist and scholar of comparative literature. Pound used Fenollosa’s brief essay on Chinese poetry in order to ‘break the pentameter’ and shore up his imagist revisioning of poetry in English.
22 Fuchs, Ronald W. and David Howard: MADE IN CHINA. Export Porcelain from the
Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. Winterthur, 2005. 208 pp. Colour &
b/w plates and drawings throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Shows 117 fine Chinese export porcelain pieces from the Hodroff Collection, one of the most extensive in the world. Each example is illustrated in colour and well-described. Introductions and essays
accompany.
23 Gerkan, Meinhard von: PROJECTS IN CHINA. Architects von Gerkan, Marg and
Partners. Munich, 2008. 192 pp. 250 colour illustrations. 28x24 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Describes and illustrates the numerous major projects in China that this major German architectural firm has undertaken.
24 Glass, Andrew: FOUR GANDHARI SAMYUKTAGAMA SUTRAS. Senior
Kharosthi Fragment 5. Seattle and London, 2007. 252 pp. 9 illustrations, 1 colour
foldout. 28x21 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
In an ongoing series, this work studies Senior Kharosthi Fragment 5, containing four Gandhari sutras, one of the birch bark scrolls in the British Library’s Kharosthi manuscript collection and part
of the Robert Senior Collection of Gandharan manuscripts.
25 GRAPHIC DESIGN CHINA — AKTUELLES PLAKATDESIGN AUS CHINA. Hamburg, 2006. 96 pp. 103
colour and 46 b/w illus. 28x24 cm. Paper.
£17.95
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. Presents a collection of posters by Chinese graphic designers from 1992 onwards. Dual text in German and English.
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26 HAN-WEI LUOYANG GUCHENG NANJIAO DONGHAN XINGTU MUDI. Cemetery of Eastern Han
Criminal-laborers in the Han-wei Capital City Luoyang. 漢魏洛陽故城南郊東漢刑徒墓地. Archaeological
Monograph Series Type D No. 75:. Beijing, 2007. 2, 24, 179 pp. 440 b/w illustrations and 4 colour & 141 b/w
plates 29x22 cm. Boards.
£60.00
An extraordinary and groundbreaking study of archaeological excavations in China’s Henan province around the area of Luoyang relating to cemeteries of criminal labourers dating from the Eastern Han dynasty. Of particular note are the large number of epitaph
bricks (over 800) that shed much insight into the crimes of these forced labourers and which, somewhat curiously, are much rated for
their calligraphic value. Numerous reproductions of rubbings are shown along with finds at the cemeteries. One page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
27 Huang Xuanlong (H. L. Huang) ed: ZHUQI: JIADING ZHUKE HAIWAI YIZHEN. The Exquisite Art of
Bamboo Carving: Gems from Overseas Private Collections.. 竹器：嘉定竹刻海外遺珍。黃玄龍主編. Taibei,
2007. 319, 6 pp. Full page colour and b/w plates throughout. 34x27 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Jiading Museum near Shanghai. Jiading is a traditional centre of bamboo carving
and this exhibition celebrates and investigates this tradition. Sixty extremely fine examples of bamboo carving dating from the Ming
and Qing dynasties are illustrated in colour (many in multiple views and showing close-up detail) and described. Informative introductory essays. Many of the pieces are loaned from overseas collections, most notably that of the editor. Near dual text in Chinese and
English. An excellent reference.
28 JIANGCHUAN LIJIASHAN: DI ER CI FAJUE BAOGAO. Lijiashan at Jianchuan: The Second Report on
Excavation.. 江川李家山：第二次發掘報告. Beijing, 2007. 22, 351 pp. text plus 180 pp. colour plates. Numerous
b/w text drawings. 3 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Highly interesting and detailed archaeological report on the second series of excavations carried out in 1992 at the Dian Kingdom
Lijiashan cemetery site in China’s Yunnan province. The Dian Kingdom flourished at the time of the Han dynasty in China. The numerous important finds included bronze swords, axes, daggers, arrowheads, basins, mirrors, inlaid buckles, small bronze belt decorations with animals and people in hunting scenes, bronze drums, kneeling human figurines, gold and other jewellery including small
turquoise pieces. Five page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
29 Kaji, Yukiko ed: SOSAKU HANGASHI NO KEIFU: SOMOKUJU OYO SAKUHIN ZUHAN 1905-1944
NEN. (A Complete Listing and Description of Sosaku Hanga Magazines from 1905-1944). Tokyo, 2008. 4, 96, 1115
pp. 4 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. Indexes. 26x19 cm. Boards.
£470.00
An exhaustive reference on Sosaku Hanga ‘Creative Print’ magazines, that flourished in Japan in the first half of the twentieth century. The magazines were a showcase for the outburst of creative activity in printing that accompanied the opening-up of Japan in the
Meiji and Taisho periods and which continued in the first part of the Showa reign. The magazines are listed chronologically with detailed listings of prints and artists in the magazines and the listings are accompanied by black-and-white illustrations showing prints
in the magazines. Such magazines and the prints are now highly-collectable. Text in Japanese.
30 Kang Qingquan ed: BA DA GUAN: RONGHE WANFANG. A Union of the Diversified Badaguan: Architectural
Art and Cultural Landscapes. 八大關：融合萬方。亢清泉主編. Beijing, 2007. 287 pp. Colour plates throughout.
29x21 cm. Boards.
£65.00
A survey of the Badaguan area of the city of Qingdao in China. Badaguan is famous for its ensemble of early 20th century residential
architecture built in the European style, Qingdao having been a German concession port. Much of the architecture was designed by
either Chinese or European, including Russian, architects. Many examples of buildings are here shown, mostly exterior views. Near
dual texts in Chinese and English.
31 Kingdon Ward, Capt. Frank: THE RIDDLE OF THE TSANGPO GORGES.
Woodbridge, 2007. 335 pp. 250 colour illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
First published in 1926, this is the fascinating account of plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward’s most important expedition. Contains the original text and photographs plus additional material on Kingdon Ward, a history of the exploration and description of the area, plus over 250 colour
photographs on the plants of the area, most of which are described by Kingdon Ward in the original
text. An updated edition based on one first issued in 2001.
32 Komomo: A GEISHA’S JOURNEY. My Life as a Kyoto Apprentice. Tokyo, 2008.
144 pp. 127 colour photographs. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£16.99
A well-illustrated journey of a young Japanese girl’s initiation into the life of a geisha in Kyoto in
modern-day Japan.
33 Lally, J. J. & Co: TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINESE SCULPTURE. New
York, 2008. 58 pp. 28 full page colour plates. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Lally’s Spring 2008 exhibition shows 28 very fine examples of Chinese sculpture in stone, bronze, pottery and wood dating from the
Warring States through to the Ming dynasty. All exhibits illustrated in full page colour and described in detail.
34 Li Weiguo et al. ed: ECANG HEISHUICHENG WENXIAN: 12. Heishuicheng (Khara-khoto) Manuscripts
Collected in Russia: Volume Twelve. 俄藏黑水城文獻：十二. Shanghai, 2006. 2, 2, 2, 8, 16, 352 pp. 8 pp. colour
plates and 352 pp. b/w plates. 38x27 cm. Cloth.
£300.00
Volume 12 of the documents found at Kara-khoto, the Tangut capital of Xixia, by the Kozlov expedition in 1908. Continues the coverage of Tangut secular manuscripts. In Chinese.
35 LIANG ZHUANG WANG MU. Mausoleum of Prince Liang Zhuangwang. 梁莊王墓. Beijing, 2007. 18, 364, 7
pp. text plus 219 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 2 foldouts. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
The official and highly-detailed two-volume excavation report on the important Ming dynasty tomb of Prince Zhuang of the Liang kingdom discovered near the city of Zhongxiang in China’s Hubei province in 2001. The site yielded many fine treasures from the early Ming
period, including gold objects, jade, jewellery and ceramics. The second volume of the report is entirely comprised of colour plates
and illustrates many of the artefacts found. Four page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
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HANSHAN TANG BOOKS
36 Lin Jun: RUYAO YIZHEN. (Treasures from the Ru Kiln). 汝窯遺珍。林俊著. Shanghai, 2007. 227 pp. Colour
plates throughout. 2 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
Shows a large number of reconstructed Ru wares and sherds found in the area around the Ru kiln at Qingliangsi in China’s Henan
province. Well-illustrated in colour and with a near dual text in Chinese and English.
37 Liu Jingbao & Gaotian Shixiong ed: ZHUANXINGQI DE DUNHUANG XUE. (Aspects of Dunhuang Studies).
轉型期的敦煌學。劉進寶高田時雄主編. Shanghai, 2007. 1, 3, 671 pp. A few b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm.
£35.00
Paper.
Proceedings of a symposium held at Nanjing’s Shifan Daxue on the study of Dunhuang. A total of 48 papers on numerous and varied
aspects of the study of Dunhuang and subjects related to Dunhuang and the Silk Road throughout history are reproduced. In Chinese.
38 Liu Zhaohe & Zhang Tong ed: MENGGU MINZU WENWU TUDIAN: MENGGU MINZU ZHANLU
WENHUA. (A Compendium of the Culture of the Mongolian People: The Culture of the Mongolian Yurt).
蒙古民族文物圖典：蒙古民族氈盧文化。劉兆和主編. Beijing, 2008. 12, 302 pp. Colour & b/w plates and
drawings throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A well-illustrated study of the Mongolian yurt ranging from its use by the Qing dynasty emperors for imperial receptions to its design,
construction and decorative design. Photography and illustration throughout. Text in Chinese.
39 Löwendahl, Björn: CHINA ILLUSTRATA NOVA. Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural
Influences and the Development of Sinology Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877: The Catalogue of the
Lowendahl — von der Burg Collection. Hua Hin, 2008. xlix, 264; 374 pp. A few colour and b/w plates. 2 vols. 30x19
cm. Cloth.
£150.00
The Löwendahl — von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the
“Chinese Rites” controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts. The result of over twenty years collecting and research, this exhaustive two-volume work is a major addition to the reference works on early
western books on China. Over 1500 books are described in detail, ranging from major works exclusively devoted to China through to
those with brief mentions of the Middle Kingdom. In addition to the actual description of each book, there is ample comment on its
importance and associated research. Arranged chronologically. Volume One covers the period 1477-1776 and Volume Two from 17771877. Published in Thailand. Recommended.
40 Ma Wenyuan ed: MA CHENGYUAN WENBO LUNJI. (Essays by Ma Chengyuan on Chinese Culture and
Museums). 馬承源文博論集。馬承源著. Shanghai, 2007. 8, 5, 547 pp. 13 colour and 1 b/w photos. A few b/w
illustrations and drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Divided into sections comprising Ma Chengyuan’s research into various subjects including: The Culture of Painted Pottery; Chinese
Bronzes, Museums; Warring States Bamboo Slips and other topics. A number of erudite essays on each subject by this authority on
Chinese culture and late Director of the Shanghai Museum. In Chinese.
41 Morioka, Michiyo: AN AMERICAN ARTIST IN TOKYO. Frances Blakemore, 1906-1997. Seattle, 2008. 200
pp. 246 illustrations, 113 in colour. 28x21 cm. Cloth.
£19.99
Studies the artist, Frances Blakemore, who spent most of her adult life from 1935 onwards (excluding the war years) in Japan where
she practised as an artist and ran an art gallery promoting aspiring Japanese print artists. Illustrated with numerous examples of her
work and other Japanese art from the mid 20th century.
42 National Museum of History: SHOUSHI DIAOZHEN: SHOUSHAN SHIDIAO ZHAN. Treasures Carved from
Perfect Stone: An Exhibition of Shoushan Soapstone Carvings. 壽石雕珍：壽山石雕展. Taibei, 2007. 167 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers.
£50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei showing over 100 examples of fine Qing dynasty Shoushan
soapstone carvings. The majority of examples shown date from the Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu reigns. Well-illustrated in colour. Introduction, list of contents and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
43 National Museum of History: YINGWO DONGTIAN: BIYANHU JINGXUAN ZHAN. Another World in Hand:
The Selection of Snuff Bottles. 盈握洞天：鼻煙壺精還展. Taibei, 2007. 199 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21
cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei showing snuff bottles from collections of members of the Taiwan-based Chinese Cultural Relics Academy. Approximately 200 snuff bottles, mostly Qing dynasty, are shown in colour. The majority never previously exhibited. Introductions and captions in English. Main texts in Chinese.
44 National Palace Museum: GUGONG SHUHUA TULU VOLUME 26. (Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Painting
in the National Palace Museum: Volume 26 ). 故宮書畫圖錄 26. Taibei, 2007. 6, 371 pp. 32 colour plates & b/w
plates throughout. 31x21 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Volume 26 in the ongoing series that will contain all the paintings in the National Palace Museum and the Central Museum in Taibei.
This volume again continues the coverage of marvellous Qing dynasty painted albums in the two collections. The albums primarily
show botanical subjects and landscapes. Well-illustrated, mostly in black-and-white. Some plates in colour. In Chinese.
45 National Palace Museum: TIANLU LINGLANG: QIANLONG YU LAN ZHI BAO. The T’ien-Lu Lin-lang
Library: Treasured Rare Books of the Ch’ing Inner Court. 天祿琳琅：乾隆御覽之寶. Taibei, 2007. 63 pp. Colour
plates throughout with English. 26x19 cm. Wrappers.
£20.00
Based on the collections of the National Palace Museum in Taibei, this small exhibition catalogue examines the Tianlu Linlang library
established by the Qianlong emperor in the Qing dynasty. Introductions to each section and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
46 Pound, Ezra; Qian Zhaoming ed: EZRA POUND’S CHINESE FRIENDS. Stories in Letters. Oxford, 2008. 272
pp. Cloth.
£18.99
Important publication of chiefly unknown correspondence revealing new depth in Pound’s understanding of Chinese language, culture, poetics, and the Confucian tradition in particular.
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47 Schaap, Robert ed: A BRUSH WITH ANIMALS. Japanese Paintings 1700-1950.
Leiden, 2007. 206 pp. Over 300 colour plates. 29x24 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
An overview of Japanese animal painting over the past 250 years with an emphasis on works by the
naturalistic Shijo school. Descriptions and essays detail the stories and legends behind the animal
imagery and provides information on the practical aspects and social context of Japanese hanging
scroll paintings. Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.
48 SHANGHAI TUSHUGUAN CANG LISHI YUAN ZHAO. Original Historical
Photos in the Shanghai Library Collection. 上海圖書館藏歷史原照。上海圖書館
編. Shanghai, 2, 2, 459 pp. Colour and (predominantly) b/w plates throughout. 2
foldouts. 2 vols. 37x27 cm. Cloth.
£140.00
Large two-volume work showing over 1000 original photographs in the collection of the Shanghai
Library, the vast majority never previously published. The photographs date from the late Qing dynasty into the 20th century with much coverage up to the 1950s. Subject matter ranges from landscape
and cities, people, famous personalities and street life. Given that the images are from the collection
of the Shanghai Library, there is much material pertaining to the city and the surrounding area including panoramas of the Shanghai Bund and West Lake in Hangzhou. Introduction, guide to use
and list of contents in English. Main text in Chinese.
49 Tan, Rita C. ed: ZHANGZHOU WARE FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES. ‘Swatow’ Export Ceramics from
Fujian 16th-17th Century.. Manila, 2007. 191 pp. Numerous colour plates and a few drawings. 28x24 cm. Paper.
£85.00
Produced to accompany an exhibition in Manila, this well-produced catalogue shows 176 examples of Swatow wares dating from the
16th and 17th centuries. The exhibition is of particular interest as many of the ceramics come from the San Isidro and San Diego shipwrecks located off the west coast of Luzon. Many of the ceramics illustrated are held in the collections of the National Museum of the
Philippines and the Maritime Museum in Madrid. All exhibits illustrated in colour and well-described. Accompanying essays: Tan:
Zhangzhou Ware Found in the Philippines; Li: The Zhangzhou Kiln; Dizon & Orillaneda: The San Diego and San Isidro Shipwrecks.
A welcome addition to the literature on these wares and on Chinese export trade at the time. Hard to obtain.
50 Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin: WRITTEN ON BAMBOO AND SILK. The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions.
University of Chicago Studies in Library Science. Chicago, 2004. xiv, 233 pp. Glossary, bibliography, index. 28
plates, 1 figure, 4 tables. 24x16 cm.
£39.00
A comprehensive study of early Chinese writing and writing materials, including inscriptions on bones, shells, metals, stone; books
made of bamboo, wood, silk, quasi-paper and paper; tools of writing. Second edition.
51 Veleanu, Mircea: NETSUKE. Surrey, 2008. 256 pp. 977 colour photos. 28X21 cm.
Cloth.
£59.95
Over 900 netsuke are illustrated, organized by theme ranging from netsuke of Shinto figures, humorous netsuke, macabre netsuke and other sections showing subjects from the erotic to the tea ceremony and sumo wrestling. A good visual reference. Brief descriptions to each and market prices
given in dollars.
52 Wang Yaoting ed: CHUANYI MOXIE. The Tradition of Re-Presenting Art:
Originality and Reproducation in Chinese Painting and Calligraphy. 傳移模寫。
王耀庭主編. Taibei, 2007. 148 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers.
£40.00
Catalogue of a useful exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei exploring the Chinese tradition of copying and imitating the works and styles of old masters as a way of preserving the past
and providing inspiration in art. Whilst such copying is looked down on in the West, it was a mark
of respect in Chinese culture. A good number of paintings and calligraphy are here shown along with later copies or works inspired
by earlier material. Of much interest is an essay by Wang Yaoting: To Transmit by Copying: The Tradition of Reproduction in Chinese
Painting and Calligraphy. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.
53 Wang Ye: QIANNIAN MENG HUA: ZHONGGUO GUDAI TAOCI ZHEN. Thousand Year Dream — Chinese
Antiquity Ceramic Pillow. 千年夢華：中國古代陶瓷枕。望野編著. Beijing, 2008. 28, 91 pp. Full page and text
colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£40.00
Shows 39 very fine Chinese glazed ceramic pillows dating from the Tang to the Yuan dynasties but, predominantly, Northern Song and
Jin examples. The pillows come from both Chinese and foreign collections. All pillows illustrated and fully described in both Chinese
and somewhat eccentric English.
54 Wang Zhenguo: LONGMEN SHIKU YU LUOYANG FOJIAO WENHUA. (The Longmen Grottoes and the
Buddhist Culture of Luoyang). 龍門石窟與洛陽佛教文華。王振國著. Zhengzhou, 2006. 3, 2, 10, 283 pp. B/w
illustrations and drawings. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
A detailed study of the deep links between the Longmen Grottoes and the city of Luoyang. In Chinese.
55 Wehrheim, John: BHUTAN. Hidden Lands of Happiness. Chicago, 2007. 279 pp. B/w
photographs throughout with 2 maps. 28x28 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
A geographical and cultural tour of Bhutan throughout this intriguing and still little-visited country.
Full page black-and-white photographs with good descriptive text.
56 Wu Meifeng: SHENGQING JIAJU XINGZHI LIUBIAN YANJIU. (Research into
the Forms, Styles and Production of Furniture Dating from the Qing Dynasty at Its
Peak). 盛清家具形制流變研究。吳美鳳著. Beijing, 2007. 8, 396 pp. Numerous
colour and b/w text plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£35.00
Contains detailed research on furniture produced during the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns,
when the Qing dynasty was at its height. Shows much furniture and many associated objects, particularly paintings and documents, in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. In Chinese.
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57 Yang Cong ed: FUJIAN BOWUYUAN SHUHUA CANGPIN XUAN CUI. (A Selection of Calligraphy and
Paintings from the Fujian Museum). 福建博物院書畫藏品選粹。楊琮主編. Beijing, 2007. 10, 202 pp. Full
£65.00
page colour plates throughout. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
A fine selection of Ming, Qing and early 20th century paintings and calligraphy held in the Fujian Provincial Museum in Fuzhou in
China. All works illustrated in good full page colour plates and described. Much material not previously published. In Chinese.
58 Youngman, Robert P: CHINESE JADES: THE YOUNGMAN COLLECTION. From Neolithic to Qing.
Chicago, 2008. 223 pp. 360 colour illustrations. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Shows 215 fine Chinese jade objects from the collection of Robert Youngman, acquired in the course of 45 years of collecting. In three
main sections: Early Jades; Flora, Fauna and the Human Figure; Personal Adornment, Scholar’s Objects and Vessels. All pieces illustrated in colour and described in detail.
59 Zhang Bo ed: ZHONGGUO CHUTU CIQI QUANJI. Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China.
中國出土瓷器全集。張柏主編. Beijing, 2008. Each volume contains c.16 pp. introductory text and c.240 pp.
full page colour plates. 16 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£950.00
Large and important 16 volume work exhaustively detailing Chinese ceramics found at archaeological sites in China. The volumes are arranged geographically by city and/or province in China as follows:
Vol. 1: Beijing; Vol. 2: Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang; Vol. 3: Hebei; Vol. 4: Inner Mongolia; Vol. 5: Shanxi; Vol. 6: Shandong; Vol. 7: Jiangsu and Shanghai; Vol. 8: Anhui; Vol. 9: Zhejiang;
Vol. 10: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan; Vol. 11:
Fujian; Vol. 12: Henan; Vol. 13: Hubei, Hunan; Vol. 14: Jiangxi; Vol. 15: Shaanxi; Vol. 16: Gansu,
Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet.
Each volume typically contains five or six pages of introductory text, a five or six page list of contents and then around 240 pages of full page high quality colour plates showing excavated ceramics
dating chronologically from the Western Zhou through to the early Qing dynasty. The majority of the
ceramics are early with strong showings of Tang, Song, Liao and Jin material but there is also a
good amount of Yuan and Ming pieces. All the illustrations have captions describing the piece and,
of much importance, the site of excavation. The whole work illustrates and describes approximately
4,000 excavated ceramics and comprises a valuable reference work and research tool, not least for
the thorny issue of authentication. A further great advantage of this work is that it has dual text
throughout in Chinese and English. Recommended.
60 Zhang Hongxing ed: CHINA DESIGN NOW. 創意中國. London, 2008. 192 pp. 180 colour and b/w plates &
illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£24.99
Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A celebration of the explosion in contemporary
design in China accompanying the rise of China’s consumer society.
61 Zhao Junping & Zhao Wencheng ed: HELUO MUKE SHILING. (Epitaphs from Tombs in the Heluo Region).
河洛墓刻拾零。趙君平趙文成編. Beijing, 2007. 696 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 2 vols. 38x26 cm.
Boards.
£190.00
Shows black-and-white rubbings of numerous epitaphs from tombs in the Heluo region of China’s Henan province which includes the
ancient capital city of Luoyang. The epitaphs range in date from 98 AD to 1880 AD but the vast majority of the inscriptions are early,
Sui, Tang and Northern Song, reflecting the region’s importance during these dynasties. Of much relevance for the study of the history
and culture during these periods and also the study of calligraphic inscriptions at this time. In Chinese.
62 Zhao Qinyun & Zhao Wenjun ed: MINJIAN SHOUCANG: RUCI ZHENSHANG. (Collecting and Appreciating
Ru Ceramics). 民間收藏：汝瓷珍賞。趙青雲趙文軍主編. Beijing, 2007. 268 pp. Colour plates throughout.
A few b/w drawings. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£45.00
An interesting work showing ru-style ceramics from the Qingliang Si, Linru, Donggou and Wenmiao kilns located in China’s Henan
province, the centre of production of Ru wares from the Song dynasty onwards. A total of 320 ceramics from these kilns are illustrated
in colour and described. The descriptions to the ceramics bear no dates and it is obvious that a large amount of the material is much
later than Song. Nevertheless, useful for showing typical production from these kilns. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
63 ZHENG HAN GUCHENG XINGHONG HUAYUAN YU REDIANCHANG MUDI. The Cemeteries at the
Xinghong Garden and the Thermal Power Plant in the Ancient capital City of Zheng and Han.
鄭韓故城興弘花圓與熱電廠墓地. Beijing, 2007. 13, 190 pp. text plus 16 pp. colour and 32 pp. b/w plates.
Numerous b/w text drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Detailed report on the finds at these two important sites near the town of Xinzheng in China’s Henan province. The cemeteries date
from the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods. The tombs were obviously for high-status individuals and contained numerous fine bronzes and small jade objects, many of which are illustrated here. Text in Chinese.
64 ZHONGJIANG TALIANGZI YAMU. (The Cliff Tombs at Taliangzi near Zhongjiang). 中江塔梁子涯墓.
Beijing, 2008. 11,120 pp. 154 colour plates & numerous b/w text drawings. 2 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Located in Sichuan province in China, the Han dynasty Taliangzi cliff tombs are notable for their painted murals and carved tomb reliefs. This report examines them in detail. Two page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
65 Zhou Wenlin: BAI SHI JINGHUA. (Masterpieces by Qi Baishi). 白石精華。周文林主編. Kunming, 2008. 22,
371 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x30 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
A well-produced work illustrated throughout with hundreds of full page colour plates arranged chronologically showing the finest
works by the pre-eminent 20th century Chinese painter, Qi Baishi. A fine visual reference. Text in Chinese.
66 Zhu Yongnian: ZHONGGUO XIBEI CAITAO. Neolithic Pottery of Northwest China. 中國西北彩陶。朱勇年
著. Shanghai, 2007. 8, 2, 259 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
A well-illustrated study of Neolithic pottery unearthed from various sites in Northwest China. Hundreds of pieces are shown in good
colour plates. Much English text including interesting captions to plates. Main text in Chinese.
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67 Art Gallery of New South Wales: TRANSLUCENT WORLD. Chinese Jade from the Forbidden City. Sydney,
£30.00
2007. 229 pp. 200 colour plates. 25x19 cm. Wrappers.
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney of jade from the Forbidden City collection in Beijing. A
selection of 185 works from the Neolithic through to the Qing providing a good overview of the subject. The majority of exhibits illustrated in full page colour and well-described.
68 Addiss, Stephen et al: A MYRIAD OF AUTUMN LEAVES. Japanese Art From the Kurt and Millie Gitter
Collection. New Orleans, 1983. 297 pp. 216 illustrations, 16 in colour. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Many of the paintings in this catalogue have seasonal references. This survey contains paintings from most of the major schools of the
Edo period. The collection also includes some Japanese ceramics: tsubo (or storage jars), oribe wares, and abura-zara.
69 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art: MOMOYAMA NO BUNKA. (The Culture of the Momoyama Period). Nagoya,
1976. 170 pp. 112 exhibits illustrated in colour. 25x26 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Illustrated exhibition catalogue of Momoyama period art — paintings, calligraphy, textiles, ceramics and other applied arts. Japanese text only, by Hayashiya Tatsusaburo et al.
70 Akioka Yoshio: NIHON NO TEDOGU. (Japanese Hand Tools). Osaka, 1983. 230 pp. Illustrated throughout.
22x16 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Japanese hand tools illustrated with the author’s own collection. Japanese text only.
71 Alcock, Sir Rutherford: ART AND ART INDUSTRIES IN JAPAN. London, 1878. vii, 292 pp. 1 colour plate and
105 illustrations. 20x15 cm. Decorative cloth.
£300.00
A now very rare book, being an early treatise on the all the various minor arts — netsuke, cloisonné, metalwork, porcelains, etc. With
numerous appealing engravings. A good copy.
72 Amagasaki City Cultural Centre: GOLD IN ART. Painting, Sculpture, Craft and Jewellery. Amagasaki, 2006. 120
pp. Colour plates throughout. 22x17 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition exploring how gold is used in Japanese art of all types and media — from netsuke and inro to modern ceramics and jewellery. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Japanese.
73 Anesaki, M: BUDDHIST ART IN ITS RELATION TO BUDDHIST IDEALS. With Special Reference to
Buddhism in Japan. Boston, 1923. xv, 73 pp. text and 47 plates. Index. 31x22 cm. Half-cloth.
£85.00
Four lectures given at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Well-illustrated with good black-and-white plates showing objects from the
Museum’s collection.
74 Arakawa, Hirokaza et al: THE GO COLLECTION OF NETSUKE. Tokyo National Museum. Tokyo, 1983. 216
pp. 583 illustrations, 346 in colour. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£780.00
An extremely hard-to-find and lavish documentation of a major Japanese collection of netsuke, housed in the Tokyo National Museum
and not normally on show. The collection was donated by Baron Go Seinosuke and is famous for the quality of its 306 pieces — a collection put together with painstaking care. This is the only work that shows the collection in its entirety and in full colour. Good colour
plates of all netsuke, often showing a piece from various angles. The photographs are complemented by small black-and-white illustrations of all signatures on pieces. The work is accompanied by essays on the origins and development of netsuke, types, designs, artists
and ojime. There are also biographical sketches of netsuke masters and bibliographies.
75 Asahi Weekly Publication Editorial Dept: NIHON BI SAIKEN. Japanese Taste in the Arts. Tokyo, 1963. 143, 10
pp. 71 b/w, 71 colour plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Examples from each period of Japanese art up to the Meiji period are given, with a b/w illustration, a detail from that in colour, and
explanatory text in Japanese. English captions. Essays by Seiroku Noma and Zenkichi Kokubo.
76 Audsley, George Ashdown: THE ORNAMENTAL ARTS OF JAPAN. New York, 1883-84. c. 320 pp. text. 100
plates, 70 in exquisite colour. Numerous text engravings and drawings. 4 vols. 42x32 cm. Contemporary
half-leather.
£1,500.00
An important and erudite survey of the Japanese decorative arts, magnificently illustrated by fine lithographic plates. Numbered edition of 500 copies for the US, signed by Audsley. In fine condition. Very rare.
77 Audsley, George Ashdown & Cutler, Thomas: THE GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE ORNAMENT. The Studio
Library of Decorative Art. London, 1989. 288 pp. 156 plates, 125 in colour. 34x24 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
A compilation of material from Audsley’s ‘The Ornamental Arts of Japan’ (1882) and Cutler’s ‘A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and
Design’ (1880), illustrating lacquer, textiles, painting and prints, ceramics, enamel etc.
78 Baten, Lea: PLAYTHINGS AND PASTIMES IN JAPANESE PRINTS. New York, 1995. 160 pp. 158 colour
illustrations. Bibliography, index. 27x21 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
This book offers a delightful visual catalogue of an enormous variety of toys, games, puppets, dolls, talismans, folk crafts, and artefacts of daily life, as well as the craftsmen who made them.
79 Bijutsushi Gakkai: BESSON KYOTO BUTSUZO ZUSETSU. (Illustrated Book of Buddhist Images in Kyoto).
Kyoto, 1943. 390 pp. 88 plates and some text figs. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
An illustrated study of the Buddhist images in Kyoto, with chapters on Nyorai, Jizo etc. Japanese text only.
80 Bildt, Didrik: JAPONICA. Stockholm, 1914. ix, 502 pp. 93 excellent plates, 12 in colour. 30x22 cm. Original
cloth.
£650.00
Describes and illustrates 285 items of Japanese metalwork, including some 90 tsuba, ceramics, textiles, and paintings. Numbered edition of 200 copies. A fine copy of an extremely rare work. Text in Swedish only.
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81 Bing Collection: COLLECTION S. BING: OBJETS D’ART ET PEINTURES DU JAPON ET DE LA
CHINE. Paris, 1906. 22 fullpage heliogravures, 36 fullpage plates, 1 folding. 6 vols. 40x29 cm. Wrappers, portfolio
£450.00
(somewhat worn).
Famous sale catalogue of MM. Durand-Ruel consisting of 951 lots, mostly Japanese art, all well-described and illustrated. Six parts:
Sculptures, Laques & Inro, Porcelaines, Bronzes et Fer, Netsuke, Peintures.
82 Bing, Samuel et al: JAPANISCHER FORMENSCHATZ 1-6. Leipzig, 1888-91. (ii)+157+(viii); (ii)+163+(viii);
(ii)+151+(viii) pp. 345 plates, many in colour. 2 vols. 33x25 cm. Full red morocco bindings, wear on edges.
£1,100.00
Complete run of this most important work in the history of Japonisme. All in all contains 36 issues of the series in a splendid red morocco binding. German text.
83 Binyon, Laurence & Sexton, J. J: JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS. London, 1923. lvi, 237 pp. Index and glossary.
46 plates, 16 in colour. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£200.00
First edition. A comprehensive chronological history with an emphasis on the contribution of individual artists. A landmark work.
Considered the best introduction to the subject in any Western language. Abrams A9.
84 Blacker, J. F: THE ABC OF JAPANESE ART. London, 1929. 460 pp. 50 plates, many text-figures. 20x15 cm.
Cloth.
£40.00
An early guide book for the collector and still of much use.
85 Brandon, James et al: TOKYO: FORM AND SPIRIT. New York, 1986. 256 pp. 120 colour plates, 40 b/w.
Biographies, bibliography, glossary and index. 31x24 cm. Paper.
£28.50
Official catalogue of an exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on art and architecture in Japan from the Edo period to
the present. With essays on the relationship between art and everyday life in Japan.
86 Brauen, Martin: BAMBOO IN OLD JAPAN. Bambus in Alten Japan. Stuttgart, 2003. 287 pp. 261 colour and 39
b/w illustrations. 32x21 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
A selection of the finest bamboo and bamboo-related objects in the Sporry Collection held in the Ethnographic Museum of Zurich
University. The collection was assembled in the 19th century and comprises a total of over 1500 items. Illustrated and described here
are not only artistic and utilitarian objects made of bamboo but also numerous textiles, scroll paintings, lacquer and items in other
media on which bamboo appears as a decorative motif. Published in connection with an exhibition. Dual text in English and German.
87 Bremer, Jaap and Kitty Zijlmans: IKIRO. Be Alive. Leiden, 2001. 228 pp. 180 colour and 48 b/w plates. 30x22
cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands which amounts to a selective survey of recent Japanese
art, specifically art which either reflects on the artist’s relationship with nature, or art which is firmly situated in the Japanese world.
88 Brinkley, F: JAPAN — ITS HISTORY ARTS AND LITERATURE. Volume 7 : Pictorial and Applied Art. Japan
and China. London, 1904. vvii, 396 pp. 30 plates, some in colour. Appendix, index. 24x17 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Unnumbered copy of the Library Edition, limited to 500 copies, of this work.
89 Brown, S. Azby: THE GENIUS OF JAPANESE CARPENTRY. The Secrets of a Craft. London, 1997. 156 pp.
4 colour and 80 b/w plates, 80 line drawings. Paper.
£28.00
An intimate view of master carpenters at work on the reconstruction of an eighth century temple in Nara.
90 Bruijn, M. de and B. Kist: SAWASA: JAPANESE EXPORT ART IN BLACK AND GOLD 1650-1800.
Amsterdam, 1999. 126 pp. Colour plates throughout, some b/w plates. 23x17 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Exhibition catalogue from a major exhibition of this ware — also known as chakudo and consisting of gilded and black lacquered metalware — held at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. English text.
91 Bunkachô ed: KAMAKURA IV: HOKUSÔ, NANSÔ, GEN: KAIGA, SHOSEKI, KENZÔBUTSU. (Kamakura
IV: Northern & Southern Song and Yuan Dynasties: Painting, Calligraphy and Architecture). Genshokuban Kokuhô,
10. Tokyo, 1968. iv, 182 pp. 98 fullpage, full-colour plates, numerous b/w plates to accompany detailed captions,
architectural diagrams. Tables, large folded map. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Single volume from a series of twelve. With four pages of quite detailed captions in English, otherwise Japanese.
92 Bunsaku, Kurata: HORYU-JI: TEMPLE OF THE EXALTED LAW. Early Buddhist Art From Japan. New York,
1981. 44 pp. 59 plates, 51 in colour. Index, glossary, bibliography. 38x26 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£45.00
A beautifully illustrated catalogue of an exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Japan Society dedicated to Langdon Warner,
written by the director of the Nara National Museum.
93 Bushell, Raymond: THE ART OF NETSUKE CARVING. Masatoshi, as Told to Raymond Bushell. New York,
2002. 236 pp. 38 text-figures. 356 colour & 356 b/w illustrations. Glossary, index, bibliography. 30x23 cm. Cloth,
slipcase.
£80.00
A vivid account of netsuke making by a modern master. Chapters include tools, materials, carvings & techniques, etc. Illustrated with
pieces by Masatoshi, one of today’s greatest netsuke artists, and with his comments. Recent reprint.
94 Bushell, Raymond: THE INRO HANDBOOK. Studies of Netsuke, Inro, and Lacquer. Tokyo, 2002. 263 pp. 140
colour illustrations, 386 b/w illustrations of signatures, bibliography. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£48.00
A 2002 reprint of the 1979 classic text for the collector and enthusiast.
95 Bushell, Raymond: THE NETSUKE HANDBOOK OF UEDA REIKICHI. Tokyo, 1988. 325 pp. 226
illustrations. 24 in colour. Bibliography and index. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
Profusely illustrated, this handbook is recognised as a definitive work in the field. With biographic entries of 1342 netsuke carvers. 14th
printing.
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96 Butsuzo Kenkyukai ed: NIHON BUTSUZO ZUSETSU. (Illustrated account of Buddhist Sculpture in Japan).
Tokyo, 1934. c. 50 pp. text; 192 b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A rarely seen account of Buddhist sculpture in Japan. In Japanese only.
97 Casazza, Ornella ed: DALLE INDIE ORIENTALI ALLA CORTE DE TOSCANA. Collezioni de Arte Cinese
e Giapponese a Palazzo Pitti. Firenze Musei. Florence, 2005. 479 pp. Over 750 illustrations, a few in colour, the
vast majority b/w. 27x23 cm. Paper.
£50.00
Splendid and important catalogue of the little-known collections of Chinese and Japanese art in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. 450 items,
the majority dating from the 17th to 19th centuries, are illustrated and described. The author’s research in the Medici Family archives
is combined with identification of Oriental objects, 90 per cent of which are Chinese and Japanese porcelains. Many of the pieces are
important, some unique. A prime reference. Illustrated throughout, primarily in black-and-white. Text in Italian.
98 CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE ART IN FOREIGN COLLECTIONS: VOLS. 1-6. Tokyo, 1991-96. 213,; 175;
101; 134; 166; 196 pp. Each volume with hundreds of b/w plates. 6 vols. 30x22 cm. Paper.
£190.00
Six volumes from a series of works documenting collections of Japanese art outside Japan. Vol. 1: Painting and Sculpture of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.; Vol. 2: Painting and Sculpture of the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection and the Mary and
Jackson Burke Foundation, New York.; Vol. 3: Painting and Sculpture of Philadelphia Museum of Art.; Vol. 4: Painting of the Price
Collection.; Vol. 5: Painting and sculpture of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.; Vol.: 6: Paintings of the Musée Guimet, Paris.
Each volume copiously-illustrated with small black-and-white plates. In English and Japanese.
99 Christie’s: ARTS OF THE SAMURAI. And Japanese Art and Design. London, 2000. 204 pp. Colour illustrations
throughout. 27x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Christie’s sale catalogue of 325 lots of Japanese art in two main parts: Arts of the Samurai (101 lots) and Japanese Art and Design
(224 lots). The Arts of the Samurai section includes some very fine suits of armour, helmets, swords and a variety of other related objects. The Art and Design selection has a broad variety and range of Japanese art to a high standard.
100 Christie’s: ARTS OF THE SAMURAI. London, 1999. 114 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 27x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
‘Including an Important Katana Blade by Rai Kunitoshi, a Collection of Masks and a European Collection of Sword Fittings’. Christie’s
sale catalogue of 170 lots of Japanese arms and armour auctioned on 16 June 1999. Includes some very fine suits of armour, helmets,
swords and a variety of other related objects.
101 Christie’s: THE LUNDGREN COLLECTION OF JAPANESE METALWORK. London, 1997. 121 pp.
Numerous colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Christie’s sale catalogue of the Lundgren Collection of Japanese Metalwork. A fine assemblage of objects.
102 Christie’s: THE RAYMOND AND FRANCES BUSHELL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SWORD
FITTINGS. Japanese Works of Art. New York, 1998. 93 pp. Colour illustrations. 27x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
253 superb lots of sword fittings and other Japanese works of art, of which lots 548 to 671 comprise items from the Bushell collection
of sword fittings. All well-illustrated in colour and described.
103 Coffland, Robert T: CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE BAMBOO ARTS. Chicago, 2000. 136 pp. 42 fullpage
colour plates, 20 fullpage b/w plates. 26x26 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
With photographs by Pat Pollard.
104 Daizokai ed: DAIZO-KYO. (Complete Buddhist Scriptures). Kyoto, 1964. 111 pp. 49 illustrations. 21x15 cm.
Paper.
£25.00
A publication to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Daizokai. Introduction to the Buddhist scriptures. Japanese text only by
Ogawa Kan’ichi et al.
105 Dick, Stewart: ARTS AND CRAFTS OF OLD JAPAN. The World of Art Series. Edinburgh, 1923. vi, 153 pp. 29
b/w plates. 20x15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Second edition. Covers painting, colour printing, sculpture and carving, metal work, ceramics, lacquer, landscape gardening and the
arrangement of flowers.
106 Dillon, Edward: THE ARTS OF JAPAN. Little Books on Art. Chicago, 1911. xiii, 212 pp. 41 plates. 15x12 cm.
Cloth.
£30.00
Scarce history of Japanese art.
107 Dittrich, Edith: DER WANDELBARE RAUM. Japanische Wandschirme und Schiebeturen. Köln, 1973. 113 pp.
48 illustrations, 6 in colour. Chronology, glossary, bibliography. 23x25 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Catalogue of Japanese screen painting in the Cologne collection.
108 Doki Seiyu: GENSHO AJARI NO KENKYU. (Research on Gensho, the Acarya (Master of Esoteric Buddhism)).
Kyoto, 1943. 135 pp. 28 plates. 21x16 cm. Cloth.
£42.00
A study of the esoteric Buddhist painter, Gensho, with illustrations of his sutras and religious paintings.
109 E & J Frankel Ltd: FOUR DECADES. Fortieth Anniversary Retrospect. New York, 2007. 323 pp. Numerous
colour plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Dealer’s catalogue surveying the first forty years of business and the many interesting exhibitions mounted on numerous themes.
110 Earle, Joe ed: JAPANESE ART AND DESIGN. The Toshiba Gallery. London, 1986. 223 pp. 130 colour
illustrations. Map. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
The Toshiba Gallery of Japanese art at the Victoria and Albert Museum is the magnificent setting for a permanent display of treasures
acquired over more than 130 years.
111 EDO KAIGA I (ZENKI). (Painting of the Early Edo Period). Nihon no Bijutsu 206. Tokyo, 1983. 98 pp. 16 pp.
colour plates and numerous b/w text plates. 23x18 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Shows beautiful paintings and screens from this period. Well-illustrated. Text in Japanese.
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112 EDO NI ASOBU. (Edo Period Enjoyments). Rokusho No. 19. Kyoto, 1996. 120 pp. Numerous colour and b/w
illustrations. Text in Japanese only. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£38.00
An illustrated exposé of a variety of objects used by the Edo period gentleman and gentle woman — pipecases, netsuke, combs and
other hair ornaments, wallets, lacquer objects, sake ceramics, inro, etc.
113 Edo-Tokyo Museum: AN EXHIBITION OF HOJO TOKIMUNE AND HIS AGE. Tokyo, 2001. 247 pp. 247
£35.00
colour plates. 30x22 cm. Paper.
An exhibition that illustrates the rule of the Hojo leader who reigned during the invasion and defeat of the Mongols. With numerous
exhibits in various media — over 200 in total. Includes sculpture, ceramics, painting, swords, calligraphy. Text in Japanese.
114 Egami Namio: THE BEGINNINGS OF JAPANESE ART. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 2. Tokyo,
1973. 178 pp. 32 colour plates, 172 b/w illustrations & plates. 24x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
This book discusses the richly creative prehistoric period in Japanese art, extending from the third millennium B.C. into the seventh
century A.D.
115 Espir, Helen: EUROPEAN DECORATION ON ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 1700-1830. London, 2005. 269 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A well-researched and detailed work that adds to our knowledge of the subject. Chapters: 1. The Portuguese and Dutch Trade 15001700 and the Response of the Delft Potters; 2. The Importance of the Collection of Augustus the Strong in Dresden, c.1700-1733; 3.
Japanese and Chinese styles in European Decoration and the Resulting Chinoiseries; 4. Fine European Decoration: The Development
of Chinoiseries and its European Sources; 5. Dutch Decoration: Topical Subjects and Their Historical Context; 6. English Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, c.1700-1830. Illustrated throughout in colour.
116 Fairley, Malcolm: MASTERPIECES OF MEIJI METALWORK. An Exhibition of Important Japanese
Metalwork of the Meiji Period. London, 1991. 88 pp. 32 objects illustrated in full colour, many times with detail
shots. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Barry Davies Oriental Art sale exhibition catalogue of 32 outstanding pieces. Scarce.
117 Feddersen, Martin: JAPANESE DECORATIVE ART. A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs. London,
1962. 296 pp. 247 illustrations, 8 in colour. Map, notes on dating, bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £50.00
The best all-round guide to the minor arts of Japan, including ceramics, metalwork, lacquer, netsuke carving, basketry and leatherwork.
118 Fujita Ginjiro ed: DAINANKO ROPPYAKU NEN TAISAI KENPIN SHASHINCHO. (Photograph Album of
Offerings for the 600th Year Festival of Dainanko). Kobe, 1935. 158 pp. Illustrations throughout. 27x19 cm.
Paper.
£45.00
Offerings of works of art which were then exhibited at Kobe Tourist History Exhibition Hall: Calligraphy, Nihonga and Western-style
painting and applied arts.
119 Fujita, Heitaro: FUJITA DANSHAKUKE ZOHIN NYUSATSU MOKUROKU. (Catalogue of the Art Collection
of Baron Fujita). Osaka, 1929. 5, 153 pp. b/w plates of which 41 folding. 30x22 cm. Library Binding. £125.00
Scarce catalogue of the Japanese art collection of Baron Fujita compiled in the early 20th century. Numerous illustrations on good
black-and-white plates. Text in Japanese. Ex-library copy with stamps on endpapers only. Priced accordingly.
120 Fukuoka Art Museum: COLLECTION CATALOGUE: PRE-MODERN ART IN THE FUKUOKA ART
MUSEUM. Fukuoka, 1992.
£25.00
A bulky catalogue with 100s of small b/w illustrations showing the pre-modern art collection in the Fukuoka Art Museum — primarily Japanese art but also some Chinese and Korean pieces. Sections on painting, ceramics, calligraphy, sculpture etc. Main text in
Japanese but captions in English.
121 Fukushima Prefectural Art Museum: TEN TYPES OF ANTIQUITIES: THE SURVEY OF ANTIQUES FOR
MATSUDAIRA SADANOBU. N.p., 2000. 120 pp. 79 colour and 21 b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
An exhibition on the Shuko Jushu record of antiquities which Sadanobu commissioned Tani Buncho and others to undertake. The
plates show the variety of objects included in the survey. In Japanese only.
122 Gabbert, Gunhild: BUDDHISTISCHE PLASTIK AUS CHINA UND JAPAN. Wiesbaden, 1972. 540 pp.
Bibliography. 358 b/w illustrations. 23x18 cm. Paper. Tear to front cover.
£40.00
Catalogue of the collection in the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln. A most scholarly work on Buddhist sculpture with numerous illustrations. Text in German
123 Galerie Tanaka: PEINTURES, SCULPTURES ET OBJECTS D’ART. Galerie Tanaka, nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 1914-15..
Tokyo, 1914-15. 26, 17, 15, 22 pp. 9 plates. 4 vols. 19x16 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Rare dealer’s catalogue of modern Japanese art. No. 1 was published in April 1914, No. 2 in June 1914, No. 5 in Dec. 1914 and No.
6 in May 1915.
124 Gemmel, Graham: TOSOGU. Treasure of the Samurai. London, 1991. vi, 151 pp., index, bibliography, glossary.
133 colour illustrations. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£46.00
Catalogue of Sarzi-Amadè Gallery exhibition of sword fittings from the Muromachi to the Meiji period (15th to 19th century). It contains an introduction by Dr. Oliver Impey and a lengthy essay on the earliest and rarest swordfittings by Robin Peverett.
125 Gonse, Louis: L’ART JAPONAIS. Paris, 1883. 2 ff., iv, 310; 2 ff., 369 pp. 1 f. 64 plates (32 in col.). Text
illustrations throughout. 2 vols. 37x28 cm. Decorative silk, original dustjackets with some tears. .
£1,200.00
Numbered 1399 of 1400 copies printed on papier velin, and bound by Engel. Except for a small tear on bottom of the spine of volume
2, this is an exceptionally clean and bright binding, having been protected by the original dustjackets.
126 Gonse, Louis: L’ART JAPONAIS. Paris, 1883. iv, 308; 369 pp. Hundreds of text illustrations. 70 plates, 31 in
colour. 2 vols. 36x28 cm. Original silk binding, much worn and cracked in spine
£400.00
Numbered edition printed on papier velin. Binding is much worn and separating from the book, but bright of colour and otherwise an
excellent copy internally of this rare work.
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127 Goto Moriichi: NIHON KODAI BUNKA KENKYU. (Research on Ancient Japanese Culture). Tokyo, 1942. 15,
757 pp. 223 illustrations. 22x16 cm. Cloth, loose from binding.
£35.00
A collection of essays focusing on the culture of the Kofun (Tumulus) Period. In Japanese only. Spine separated from book.
128 Goto Shiro: SHOSO-IN NO REKISHI. (The History of the Shoso-in). Nihon no Bijutsu 140. Tokyo, 1978. 86 pp.
£30.00
112 plates, 23 in colour. 23x19 cm. Paper.
The history of the Shoso-in Repository which dates back to the 8th century, first housing the belongings of Emperor Shomu. Manuscripts,
paintings, ceramics, glass, lacquer, textiles, musical instruments etc., including some imports from China. Well illustrated. Japanese
only.
129 Gotoh Art Museum ed: ILLUSTRATED MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF GOTOH ART
MUSEUM. Tokyo, 1969. vi, 2, 204, 19, 8 pp. 204 plates, predominantly b/w, a few in colour. 29x29 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A survey of the varied treasures of the Gotoh Art Museum. Well-illustrated. Introduction & list of plates in English. Text in Japanese.
130 Grossman, Nancy ed: ART OF JAPAN. Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Manchester, 2008. 120
pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x19 cm. Cloth.
£29.95
Shows the highlights of a great collection of Japanese art.
131 Hakone Art Museum: SELECTED TREASURES OF HAKONE ART MUSEUM, ATAMI ART MUSEUM.
Hakone Bijutsu, Atami Bijutsukan Meihin Zuroku. 箱根美術館、熱海美術館名品圖錄. Atami, 1963. 10, 148,
38 pp. Portrait frontispiece, 148 plates, including 31 in colour tipped in. 36x28 cm. Cloth, cloth case
£95.00
The most significant treasures of this important private collection, assembled by Mr Okada Mokichi, are reproduced and documented
in this numbered, limited luxury edition (127/2000). The entire collection comprises over 1,500 pieces including three registered National Treasures, other categorised pieces and fine examples of Chinese and Central Asian art. Brief introduction and caption in English (8 pp.), otherwise Japanese.
132 Hamada Kosaku: NIHON BIJUTSU SHI KENKYU. (Research on the History of Japanese Art). Tokyo, 1941. 20,
424 pp. text. 70 text figures. 1 colour & 77 b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A compilation of essays on the history of Japanese art, covering all periods but with a focus towards Buddhist art, sculpture in particular.
133 Harada, Jiro: THE SHOSOIN — AN EIGHTH CENTURY REPOSITORY. Tokyo, 1950. vi, 28 pp. text. 29 b/w
plates. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Well documented and illustrated description of the Shosoin, its history, architecture and the treasures it houses.
134 Hauge, Victor and Takako: FOLK TRADITIONS IN JAPANESE ART. Tokyo, 1978. 272 pp. 231 exhibits.
Illustrated throughout (many in colour). 27x22 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
The catalogue of a travelling exhibition, drawn from pieces in American public and private collections, and designed to convey the
beauty, strength and vitality of the true folk art of Japan.
135 Hauge, Victor and Takako: FOLK TRADITIONS IN JAPANESE ART. Washington, 1978. 272 pp. 231 exhibits.
Illustrated throughout (many in colour). 27x22 cm. Paper.
£45.00
The catalogue of a travelling exhibition, drawn from pieces in American public and private collections, and designed to convey the
beauty, strength and vitality of the true folk art of Japan.
136 Hayashi Collection: OBJETS D’ART DU JAPON ET DE LA CHINE — DESSINS, ESTAMPES, LIVRES
ILLUSTRE. Reunis par T. Hayashi. Paris, 1902-03. 995 pp. Over 150 plates. 3 vols. 31x23 cm. Original wrappers,
some loose.
£750.00
Complete set of the 3 sale catalogues of this extensive collection, being one of the major collections of Japanese art at this period.
137 Herberts, Kurt: ORIENTAL LACQUER. Art and Technique. London, 1962. 513 pp. 324 plates, 104 in colour.
Maps, bibliography and character table. 32x26 cm. Cloth.
£300.00
This book, compiled after years of research by Dr Herberts, was planned to fill the gap in knowledge about oriental lacquer. The book
includes an illustrated dictionary of techniques & an index of Japanese lacquer masters.
138 Hickman, Money L: JAPAN’S GOLDEN AGE: MOMOYAMA. New Haven, 1996. 320 pp. 40 b/w illustrations,
240 colour plates and illustrations. Index, chronology. 29x25 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
This book serves as the catalogue for a major exhibition of Japanese art of the Momoyama (1573-1615) period held at the Dallas Museum of Art. Objects are on loan from Japanese private and museum collections. and include paintings, sculptures, calligraphy, tea
ceremony items, etc.
139 Hikone Castle Museum: THE ALLURE OF THE HIKONE SCREEN. Hikone, 1998. ii, 126 pp. 89 pp. colour
plates, b/w illustrations. 20x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
This exhibition examines the well-known national treasure, the Hikone screen, and assesses the cultural ethos of the period and how
it served as a model for later imitations and genre art. 2 page English summary, otherwise Japanese text only.
140 Hillier, Jack Ronald: ART OF THE JAPANESE BOOK. London, 1987. 1026 pp. 929 illustrations, 225 in colour.
2 vols. 33x24 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
A comprehensive study of the Japanese illustrated book, from the first books of the early 1660s to 1951. An excellent reference, copiously-illustrated.
141 Hillier, Jack Ronald: THE UNINHIBITED BRUSH. Japanese Art in the Shijo Style. London, 1974. 378 pp. 287
illustrations, 83 in colour. 30x25 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£350.00
Strictly, the term Shijo refers to the followers of Goshun and this book, although not strictly adhering to this definition, concentrates
on the period 1790-1830. A standard reference. Limited edition of 1000 copies and extremely hard to find. Mint copy in its protective
outer box.
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142 Hiroyuki Tomita and Judge, Thomas: EDO CRAFTSMEN. Master Artisans of Old Tokyo. New York, 1994. 144
pp. Over 200 duotone photographs. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Portraits of 12 master craftsmen carrying on the traditions of the shokunin — woodcarvers, weavers, metalsmiths, printers and kimono
makers — by photographer Hiroyuki Tomita and writer Thomas Judge.
143 Horyu-ji Kokuho Hozon Iinkai ed: HORYU-JI GOJUTO HIHO NO CHOSA. (Survey of the Treasures in the
Five-storied Pagoda, Horyu-ji Temple). Kyoto, 1954. 5; 49 pp. 2 colour & 29 b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£60.00
Research report on the findings of reliquaries, gems etc. in the cellar under Horyu-ji temple’s pagoda. Japanese text only. Number 55
of 500 copies printed.
144 Huish, Marcus B: JAPAN AND ITS ART. London, 1889. xii, 254, 4 (adverts) pp. 122 plates & illustrations. 21x15
cm. Original printed cloth.
£85.00
One of the early contributions to the knowledge of Japanese art and still of much use and interest. Cover faded.
145 Idemitsu Art Gallery (Idemitsu Museum): SPECIAL EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE IDEMITSU COLLECTION. Tokyo, 1976. 241 illustrations, 22 in colour. 27x21
cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Covers calligraphic works, paintings, Chinese crafts, Chinese ceramics, Japanese ceramics, Japanese crafts, West and South Asian
art. 241 pieces are illustrated. English plate captions, main text in Japanese.
146 Idemitsu Museum of Arts: KAIKAN KINEN TOKUBETSU TEN. Opening Exhibition of the New Idemitsu
Museum of Arts (Osaka). Osaka, 1989. 82 pp. 55 colour plates, 2 folding. 27x23 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Illustrated catalogue for the opening exhibition of the new Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Osaka. Chinese and Japanese calligraphy,
painting, ceramics, bronzes, lacquer and tea ware. Japanese text by Furuta Shokin et al. English captions to illustrations.
147 Ikenaga Hajime: HOSAI BANKWA DAIHOKAN — IKENAGA SHUSHUHIN MOKUROKU. (An Outline of
Exotic Art of Japan). Osaka, 1933. 10, 5; 5, 10 pp. text, 206 plates, mostly in colour. 5 vols. 31x24 cm. Half-leather
case, broken.
£950.00
A collection of plates in 2 volumes, with extensive descriptions, of Nanban art objects in the Ikenaga Collection. 3 additional pamphlets
included — English Supplement Catalogue of the Iquenaga Collection, An Outline of Exotic Art of Japan, and a Japanese text leaflet.
Ex-library with minimal markings. Rare.
148 Illing, Richard: JAPANESE PRINTS FROM 1700 TO 1900. Oxford, 1976. 16 pp. text plus 96 colour plates.
Glossary. 42x29 cm. Paper. Slight creasing to one corner.
£20.00
Reproductions of 106 Japanese prints including 74 in poster-size with special emphasis on the 19th century and a brief description of
each one. First edition. Abrams B46.
149 Imperial Household Agency: GYOBUTSU — KOSHITSU NO SHIHO. (Imperial Objects — The Greatest
Treasures from the Imperial Household ). Tokyo, 1991-92. Each volume c. 248 pp. with more than 150 colour
plates. Captions in English. 12 vols. 37x26 cm. Silk, slipcase.
£900.00
A 12-volume series illustrating the entire collection of the Imperial Household, the first 3 volumes featuring painting, the 4th applied
arts, the 5th imperial writings, 6-9 is on screen paintings and furniture, and the final 3 on calligraphy. Excellent reproductions. English captions, main text in Japanese.
150 Imperial Museum Tokyo: NIHON BIJUTSU RYAKUSHI. (Brief History of Japanese Art). Kyoto, 1940. 8, 252
pp. text. 130 b/w & 4 colour plates. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
A survey of painting, sculpture, applied arts and architecture in every era from ancient times up to the Edo period. Japanese text only.
151 Ishida Hisatoyo et al: NIHON BIJUTSU SHI JITEN. (Dictionary of Japanese History of Art). Tokyo, 1987. 1108
pp. Illustrations throughout. 1 folding colour chronological chart. 28x21 cm. Cloth.
£125.00
Illustrated dictionary of the history of art of Japan. Japanese text only. Important reference work.
152 Ishida Mosaku: BUKKYO BIJUTSU NO KIHON. (Fundamentals of Buddhist Art). Tokyo, 1967. 481 pp. 4 pp.
of colour and hundreds of b/w plates. Index. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Important study of Japanese Buddhist art. In Japanese.
153 Ishida Mosaku: GARAN RONKO. (A Study of Monasteries). Bukkyo Kokogaku no Kenkyu No. 1. Tanba, 1948.
309 pp. text & 26 plates. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
This first volume in the series ‘Research on Buddhist Archaeology’ studies Buddhist monasteries and devotes many of the chapters and
illustrations to their roof tiles. In Japanese.
154 Ishida Mosaku: TO — TOBA, SUTSUPA. (Pagodas, grave tablets and stupas). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 77. Tokyo,
1972. 106 pp. 259 plates, 21 in colour. 23x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Wooden 3-storied and 5-storied temple pagodas, wooden grave tablets and small metal, stone and wooden stupas. Japanese text only.
155 Ishida, Mosaku: JAPANESE BUDDHIST PRINTS. Tokyo, 1964. 195 pp. 194 illustrations, 32 in colour. 35x27
cm. Cloth.
£75.00
The first book of its kind to demonstrate that the art of printmaking in Japan had a long development before it finally reached its climax in the ukiyo-e prints. Abrams C7.
156 Ishizawa Masao et al: THE HERITAGE OF JAPANESE ART. Tokyo, 1982. 208 pp. 161 colour plates. 33x24
cm. Cloth.
£59.00
A comprehensive work produced by Japan’s leading art scholars, this is a chronological overview of Japanese painting, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, woodblock prints, lacquerware and metalwork. Recent reprint.
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157 Itabashi Ward Museum: AN EXHIBITION OF THE FINE ARTS OF LONGEVITY AND HAPPINESS.
Itabashi, 2004. 111 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition examining the themes of longevity and happiness in Japanese art. Shows artworks in various media that
depict these themes. A total of 61 exhibits, all illustrated in colour and described. Text in Japanese.
158 Japan Handicraft Art Museum: HANDICRAFT ART FROM THE EDO PERIOD IN THE JAN COCK
£25.00
BLOMHOFF COLLECTION. Himeji, 1996. 76 pp. 57 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
An exhibition of handicrafts from the Edo period from the Jan Cock Blomhoff collection. Chief trade merchant at the Dutch trading
post at Deshima from 1809-1813, Blomhoff built a vast collection of Edo art, here shown for the first time in Japan. A fine selection
of objects and a good bilingual Japanese and English text.
159 Johnson, Hiroko: WESTERN INFLUENCES ON JAPANESE ART. The Akita Ranga Art School and Foreign
Books. Leiden, 2005. 176 pp. 57 illustrations, some colour. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Akita Ranga artists, influenced by illustrations in Western art books, created a new direction in Japanese art by using western techniques such as chiaroscuro and perspective. A detailed study.
160 Joly, Henri L: LEGEND IN JAPANESE ART. A Description of Historical Episodes, Legendary Characters, Folklore .... Tokyo, 1967. 623 pp. 15 colour plates, over 500 illustrations. Bibliography and index. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£350.00
Reprint of 1908 edition. Invaluable for the identification of subjects in Japanese art. Contains descriptions of historical episodes, legendary characters, heroes and gods, folklore, myths and religious symbolism found in prints, paintings and other arts of Japan. An important reference. Good clean firm copy.
161 Joly, Henri L. and Kumasaku Tomita: JAPANESE ART AND HANDICRAFT. London, 1976. 214 pp. 170 plates
with numerous illustrations, 7 in colour. 32x26 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
An illustrated record of the loan exhibition held in aid of the British Red Cross, October-November, 1915. A reprint of the original 1916
edition which has always been affectionately known as the ‘Red Cross’ catalogue. Special, reduced price.
162 Kagawa Prefecture Museum of History ed: SPECIAL EXHIBITION: THE TAIRA-MINAMOTO WAR IN
THE 12TH CENTURY. Kagawa, 2003. 96 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that examines the depiction of the Genpei Wars of the 12th century in Japanese art. Includes paintings,
screens and woodblock illustrated books obviously showing much of a military theme. In Japanese.
163 Kageyama Haruki and Kanda, Christine G: SHINTO ARTS. Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan. New York, 1976.
169 pp. 58 plates and illustrations, 8 in colour. Appendix, bibliography. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Japan House Gallery providing historical and religious information on the subject and the exhibits.
164 Kageyama, Haruki: THE ARTS OF SHINTO. Arts of Japan 4. New York, 1973. 143 pp. Glossary, bibliography,
index. 138 illustrations, 24 in colour. 24x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A well illustrated guide to Shinto art, including paintings, sculpture and textiles.
165 Kageyama, Haruki: THE ARTS OF SHINTO. Kyoto, 1976. 14, 75, 8 pp. text plus 40 pp. colour and 128 pp. b/w
plates 24x19 cm. Paper.
£530.00
This work was published following (and to commemorate) the renowned exhibition of Shinto art at the Kyoto National Museum in 1974
which brought together masterpieces of Shinto art from temples and museums all over Japan which included National Treasures and
Important Cultural Objects. 168 objects are illustrated, 40 in colour, the rest in clear black-and-white plates. Seven page introduction
and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. A scarce reference.
166 Rogers, Howard: KAIKODO JOURNAL I. Kamakura, 1996. 211 pp. 81 objects illustrated in colour, with many
b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Sumptuous and scholarly catalogue from Kaikodo Gallery of 45 Chinese and Japanese paintings, and 35 other objects — jade, bronzes,
and ceramics, mainly Chinese.
167 Kanagawa Prefectural Museum: KANNON BOSATSU AND JIZU BOSATSU IMAGES IN KUMAMOTO
PREFECTURE. Kanagawa, 1997. 154 pp. 8 colour and 45 b/w plates. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£38.00
In a series that features artistic developments in Kyushu, this exhibition focuses on Kannon and Jizo images. Some extremely fine sculpture from various periods is shown. Text in Japanese.
168 Kanazawa Bunko ed: BUDDHIST STATUES IN THE KANAZAWA BUNKO. Tokyo, 2007. 64 pp. 63 colour
and 58 b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Kanazawa Bunko showing 33 Buddhist statues from the collection. Very fine pieces. In Japanese.
169 Kanazawa Bunko ed: THE TWELVE DIVINE GUARDIANS: A GATHERING OF DIVINE PROTECTORS.
Tokyo, 2004. 64 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Kanazawa Bunko showing a total of 70 exhibits featuring Buddhist Guardian spirits in painting and
sculpture. Includes a group of Hei’an period Guardian images. Some very fine pieces. In Japanese.
170 Kano Hiroyuki: ITO JAKUCHU. Kyoto, 1993. 364 pp. 186 colour plates, 25 b/w illustrations & 80 b/w seals.
37x27 cm. Cloth.
£450.00
The life and work of the 18th century painter, Ito Jakuchu, with profuse illustrations of hanging scrolls in colour and in ink, screens
and wall panels, ceiling decoration, woodblock prints. Other painters in the Jakuchu school are also illustrated. A major work on this
artist. In Japanese.
171 Kasumigaseki Club: SHOGUN YOSHIMUNE AND COURT ELEGANCE. N.p., 2000. 195 pp. 171 colour
plates. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
A survey of the art and court culture at the time of the Shogun Yoshimune. In Japanese.
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172 Kato, Shuichi: FORM, STYLE, TRADITION. Reflections on Japanese Art and Society. Berkeley, 1971. 216 pp.
45 plates. 23x15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A collection of essays on Japanese art and society in the context of other societies and cultures, considering what is unique to Japan
and what is universal in the arts.
173 Kidder, J. Edward: THE BIRTH OF JAPANESE ART. London, 1965. viii, 209 pp. 211 plates and illustrations,
£55.00
12 in colour. 29x26 cm. Cloth.
One of the finest and most comprehensive books ever published on the subject of Haniwa and Jomon figures. No dustjacket; covers of
this copy slightly grubby, good inside.
174 Kikuchi Sadao: FUZOKU HANGA. (Prints Depicting Manners and Customs). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 27. Tokyo,
1968. 110 pp. 139 plates, 16 in colour. 23x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Ukiyo-e prints depicting manners and customs, especially those of the entertainments: theatre, courtesans, music, etc. Japanese text
only.
175 Kimura Norimitsu: THE TREASURES OF THE SHOSOIN. Furniture and Interior Furnishings. Kyoto, 1992. 318
pp. including 81 pp. English text. 100 colour plates, 226 b/w illustrations. 31x23 cm. Boards.
£140.00
Well-produced book on the furniture and cushions, mirrors, bedclothes, tablecloths, various boxes, etc. to be found in the 8th century
repository in Nara. Good colour reproductions demonstrate the glories of this treasure store. In English and Japanese.
176 Kinki Nippon Railway ed: KASUGA TAISHA — KOFUKU-JI. (The Kasuga Shrine and Kofuku-ji Temple).
Kinki Nippon Sosho No. 6. Osaka, 1961. 169 pp. text with 33 text figures. 1 colour & 40 b/w plates. 27x19 cm.
Cloth.
£65.00
A study of the sculpture of Kofuku-ji temple, the armour of Kasuga Shrine and the architecture and paintings of both establishments.
In Japanese.
177 Kinki Nippon Railways comp: MURO-JI. (Muro-ji Temple). Kinki Nippon Sosho. Osaka, 1963. 138 pp. text with
29 text figures. 40 plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
From the Kinki Nippon series this is a view of Muro-ji temple, looking at its architecture, Buddhist images and wall paintings. In
Japanese.
178 Kita Ward Asukayama Museum: CHERRY BLOSSOMS — THEIR AESTHETICS AND THEIR REALITY.
Tokyo, 1998. 79 pp. 33 colour and 15 b/w plates. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Near the famous cherry blossom viewing spot of Asukayama, this exhibition commemorates and highlights this most loved of Japanese flowers. With paintings, crafts and ceramics featuring the cherry blossom. In Japanese only.
179 Kita Ward Asukayama Museum: FANTASTIC IMAGES OF FOXES: THE INARI SHRINE OF OJI AND
THE PERFORMING ARTS. Tokyo, 2004. 48 pp. Numerous colour and b/w plates and illustrations. 29x21 cm.
Paper.
£25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that explores the folk traditions, myths and legends surrounding the fox in Japanese culture with particular reference to the Inari Shrine of Oji. Illustrations of the fox as depicted in ukiyo-e prints, books and other media. Text in Japanese.
180 Kitagawa Momoo: HORYU-JI. (Horyu-ji Temple). Tokyo, 1942. 231 pp. Illustrations throughout & 2 colour plates.
26x19 cm. Boards, binding split.
£38.00
The history and art of Horyu-ji temple, with numerous illustrations. In Japanese.
181 Kitagawa Momoo & Okudaira Hideo ed: NIHON BIJUTSU NO KANSHO — KODAI HEN. (The Appreciation
of Japanese Art — Ancient Times). Tokyo, 1942. 7, 141, 25 pp. 68 plates. 27x19 cm. Boards.
£35.00
Selected objects of art — sculpture, paintings, temple buildings — are illustrated and discussed by different authors and then the authors, Kitagawa and Okudaira, give their own appraisal of the same objects. In Japanese.
182 Kobayashi Tadashi: NIHON NO MEIGA, 7: IKE TAIGA. (Famous Japanese Paintings, 7: Ike Taiga). Nihon no
Meiga. Tokyo, 1973. 28 pp. 21 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 36x27 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Single issue from the Kodansha series, devoted to Taiga (1723-1776), a literati painter of the middle Edo period. Text in Japanese.
183 Kobayashi Takeshi: NARA BUDDHIST ART: TODAI-JI. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 5. Tokyo, 1975.
157 pp. 48 colour plates, 112 b/w illustrations and plates. 24x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Buddhism, centring on the capital of Nara, was a powerful force in 7th and 8th century Japan. During this period were constructed
the colossal bronze statue known as the Great Buddha and the Todai-ji temple.
184 Koechlin Collection: OBJETS D’ART DU JAPON & DE LA CHINE — LACQUES JAPONAIS, BRONZE
& CLOISONNE. Collections Koechlin, Guérin, & Salomon. Paris, 1926. 80 pp. 16 plates with many illustrations.
32x23 cm. Wrappers.
£40.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of the Raymond Koechlin, E. & M. Guerin, and Ch. Salomon collections of enamel, tsuba and woodblock
prints, etc., in all 413 lots.
185 Kogawa Seiyo: TEMPYO GEIJUTSU NO KENKYU. (Research into the Art of the Tempyo Period). Osaka,
1947. 178 pp. Over 130 b/w illustrations. 26x19 cm. Boards.
£35.00
An illustrated study of the culture of the Tempyo period. Edition of 1000 copies. This is the 4th printing, and the quality of the illustrations is not the best. In Japanese.
186 KOGEI 119. (Handicrafts No. 119). Tokyo, 1948. 81 pp. 15 plates and illustrations. 21x15 cm. Original paper.
£35.00
This issue of the rare mingei periodical deals with Japanese ceramics among other articles. In Japanese.
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187 Kosetsu Art Museum: KAIKAN KINEN MEIHIN ZUROKU. (Catalogue of the Masterpieces in the Kosetsu
Museum to mark its opening). Kobe, 1973. 98 pp. 10 colour plates & 57 items illustrated in b/w. 27x19 cm.
£25.00
Cloth.
The Japanese art collection of Murayama Ryuhei (Kosetsu) — calligraphy, paintings, tea ceremony utensils, sculpture etc. Japanese
text only.
188 Kuno Takeshi ed: A GUIDE TO JAPANESE SCULPTURE. Tokyo, 1963. lxix, 38 pp. & 100 b/w plates. 3 maps.
Glossary, index. 33x26 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A well illustrated history of Japanese sculpture.
189 Kuno Takeshi ed: NIHON BIJUTSUSHI 1-2. (Japanese art history, volumes 1-2). Tokyo, 1950. 243; 300 pp. 136
pp. with numerous illustrations. 2 vols. 19x13 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Well-illustrated, albeit small-sized pictures, treatise on the history of Japanese art.
190 Kuno Takeshi ed: NIHON BIJUTSUSHI 1-2. (Japanese art history, Volumes 1-2). Tokyo, 1952. 23, 220; 26, 271
pp. 136 pp illustrations. 2 vols. 19x13 cm. Paper.
£40.00
The first volume covers the architecture, sculpture, paintings and applied arts of the ancient times and the middle ages up to 1188, the
second covers the middle ages from that date, the modern and contemporary times.
191 Kuno, Takeshi: KANNON SOKAN. (A Survey of Statues of Guanyin). Tokyo, 1986. 278 pp. 8 fullpage colour
plates and c. 230 pp. b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Boards.
£110.00
A good visual survey of the image of Guanyin in Japanese sculpture in wood, stone and metal. The beautiful sculptures illustrated come
from temples all over Japan and date from many periods. Illustrated throughout. Text in Japanese.
192 KURAMA-JI HOBUTSU ZUKAN. (An Illustrated Account of the Treasures of the Kurama Temple). Kyoto,
1975. 236 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 37x27 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Profusely-illustrated account of the treasures and architecture of the ancient Kurama Temple near Kyoto. Includes fine Buddhist statuary, Buddhist scriptures and painting and treasures in other media. Views of the architecture and setting of the temple. In Japanese.
193 Kurata Bunsaku & Tamura Yoshiro ed: ART OF THE LOTUS SUTRA. Japanese Masterpieces. Tokyo, 1987.
174 pp. 107 colour illustrations. 37x26 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Since its introduction into Japan in the 6th century, the Lotus Sutra, one of the principal scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism, has been
a rich source of subjects and themes for Japanese artists. A good well-illustrated work.
194 Kuroda Bunsaku et al: BUTSUZO NO BI. (The Beauty of Buddhist Images). Kyoto, 1968. 270 pp. 8 colour and
157 b/w plates. Numerous additional b/w text plates and diagrams. 18x17 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Well-illustrated chronological study of Japanese Buddhist statuary in bronze, stone and wood. In Japanese only.
195 Kuroda Genji: SAIYO NO EIKYO-WO UKETARU NIHON-GA. (Japanese Painting under Western Influence).
Kyoto, 1924. 2, 81 pp. 76 plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Illustrates mainly woodblock prints influenced by Western styles and motifs. In Japanese.
196 KYO YA. (Ceramics from Kyoto). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 28. Tokyo, 1968. 110 pp. 17 pp. colour plates. Numerous
b/w text plates. 23x19 cm. Paper.
£20.00
A well-illustrated survey of Japanese ceramics produced in the Kyoto area. Japanese text only.
197 Kyoto Museum ed: OKYO MEIGA FU. (A Collection of Famous Paintings By Maruyama Okyo). Kyoto, 1936.
1, 4 pp. text plus 2 fullpage colour and 126 fullpage b/w collotype plates. 44x30 cm. Stitched. Silk covers.£95.00
A fine selection of works by the Japanese painter, Maruyama Okyo, the founder of the realist school of painting in the Edo period. Minor
stain to first few leaves, affecting couple of images, otherwise fine. An early Japanese publication on this artist showing a total of 120
works plus six pages of seals and signatures. In Japanese.
198 Kyoto Museum of Culture ed: KOREAN MISSIONS TO EARLY-MODERN JAPAN. An Appeal from the Edo
Period for Japanese-Korean Friendship in the Twenty-first Century. Kyoto, 2001. 270 pp. 206 colour plates. 30x21
cm. Paper.
£37.00
A major exhibition studying the early Korean diplomatic and trade missions to Japan during the Edo period. Hundreds of objects are
illustrated in good colour — prints, paintings, seals, maps, screens, scrolls and metalwork. All captions plus one page of brief introductions in English. Main text in Japanese.
199 Kyoto Museum of Culture ed: PRE-MODERN ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THE ANCIENT CAPITAL. Kyoto,
2007. 223 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition examining the tradition and production of art and craft during the period when Kyoto was capital. 230 fine
exhibits in various media are all illustrated in colour. One page summary and seven page list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
200 Kyoto National Museum: BUDDHIST PAINTINGS OF THE JODO SECT. Special Exhibition. Kyoto, 1973. c.
100 pp. English captions. More than 99 plates & illustrations, 4 in colour. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
201 Kyoto National Museum: FAITH AND SYNCRETISM: SAICHO AND TREASURES OF TENDAI.
Commemorating the 1200th Anniversary of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination. Kyoto, 2005. 397 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 30x21 cm. Wrappers.
£55.00
Catalogue of a major exhibition at the Kyoto National Museum featuring the history of the Tendai Buddhist sect through artworks. 236
exhibits include painting, calligraphy and sculptures. Summary and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
202 Kyoto National Museum: FINE ARTS OF THE HEIAN PERIOD. Heian Jidai no Bijutsu. Kyoto, 1958. 34 pp.
106 illustrations, 4 in colour. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Commemorative catalogue of a special exhibition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Museum. Fine collotype plates of important Heian art. In Japanese.
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203 Kyoto National Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION: JAPANESE PORTRAITS. Kyoto, 1976. C. 100 pp. Colour
and b/w illustrations. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£30.00
An interesting exhibition showing 169 examples of Japanese portraiture from various periods. The 199 exhibits have a list of captions
in English, otherwise text in Japanese.
204 Kyoto National Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION: THE DISTRICT OF WESTERN IMPERIAL COURT
AND THE EASTERN STATES IN JAPAN. Unrevealed Aspects of an Ancient State of Law. Kyoto, 1988. 230,
14 pp. 22 pp. colour plates and 162 pp. b/w illustrations. 26x22 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of archaeological artefacts dating from the 7th to the 9th centuries, the early period of a constitutional state
in Japan. Exhibits include numerous roof tiles with varied designs, mokka wooden plates, earthenware with ink letters, three colour
glazed wares etc. Introduction and 13 page caption list in English, main text in Japanese.
205 Lee, Sherman E: JAPANESE DECORATIVE STYLE. Cleveland, 1961. 161 pp. 174 illustrations, 12 colour
plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
An exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, many exhibits loaned from private collections in Japan.
206 Lee, Sherman E: THE SKETCHBOOKS OF HIROSHIGE. New York, 1984. 176 pp. 100 pp. of colour plates.
50 b/w illustrations. 25x16 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Fine reproductions from two sketchbooks by Hiroshige in the Crosby Stuart Noyes Collection, the pencil and ink sketches and the watercolours of his Japanese travels. Foreword by Daniel Boorstin; introduction and commentaries by Sherman E. Lee.
207 Lee, Sherman E. & Cunningham, Michael R: REFLECTIONS OF REALITY IN JAPANESE ART.
Bloomington, 1983. 292 pp. 16 colour plates, over 100 b/w illustrations. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art. More than 100 rare and important examples of Japanese painting and
sculpture are discussed.
208 Levy, Dana and Sneider, Lea: KANBAN. Shop Signs of Japan. Tokyo, 1983. 168 pp. 24 pp. in colour, 80 pp. in
gravure. 150 b/w plates. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
This volume, the first work in English on the subject, will appeal to all with an eye for design and style, as well as the craftsperson and
the collector. Introduces an excellent collection of 100 signs.
209 Lieberman, William S: THE NEW JAPANESE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. An Exhibition Selected by
Dorothy C. Miller and William S. Lieberman. New York, 1966. 116 pp. 136 illustrations, 13 in colour. 24x21 cm.
Cloth.
£25.00
A catalogue of the largest survey of Japanese avant-garde paintings and sculpture ever to be shown outside Japan, presenting the work
of 46 artists at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
210 Lowe, John: JAPANESE CRAFTS. London, 1983. 176 pp. Many illustrations. 27x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A detailed examination of fourteen traditional Japanese craft objects. There is a history and general description of each object, with
a detailed account of how it is made.
211 Mainichi Shinbun ed: THE TREASURES OF THE SHOSOIN VOLUME 3. Shosoin no Hobutsu. Tokyo, 199495. Each volume 275 pp. with 120 colour and several hundred b/w illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£220.00
So far the most comprehensive treatment of the treasures in this old repository. First 3 volumes deal with the North Repository, the next
3 with the Central Repository and the last 4 with the South Repository. Plate captions in English. Under publication.
212 Mainichi Shinbun ed: THE TREASURES OF THE SHOSOIN VOLUME 4. Shosoin no Hobutsu. Tokyo, 199495. Each volume 275 pp. with 120 colour and several hundred b/w illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£220.00
So far the most comprehensive treatment of the treasures in this old repository. First 3 volumes deal with the North Repository, the next
3 with the Central Repository and the last 4 with the South Repository. Plate captions in English. Under publication.
213 Matsukata Saburô ed: ROTARI BIJUTSUKAN. Rotary Museum. Tokyo, 1973. xvii, 419, xviii pp. Full page
colour plates throughout. Map, chronological table. 36x27 cm. Silk.
£180.00
The finest objects selected and illustrated from 100 major museums in Japan with the intention of producing ‘a sort of mini-museum’.
Chiefly Japanese and Chinese objects, but representative of the collections addressed, there are also examples of work from Korea,
elsewhere in Asia, and Europe, with some archaeological and folk art material. Brief introductions to the museums and collections are
interspersed with the large-sized plates. Two-page afterword on ‘Museums in Japan’ by Atsuo Imaizumi, otherwise in Japanese.
214 Matsumoto Collection: SOKEN’AN BIJUTSU SHUSEI ZUROKU II. Tokyo, 1933. c. 60 pp. text, 300 plates and
illustrations, some in colour. 31x22 cm. Japanese style binding, front cover loose.
£75.00
Second part of an important collection of Japanese and Chinese art and handicrafts, exhibited at the Tokyo Bijutsu Kurabe (Fine Arts
Club).
215 Matsumoto, Moritaka ed: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NITOBE-OHIRA MEMORIAL CONFERENCE ON
JAPAN STUDIES. Panel 2: Japanese Buddhist Art. Vancouver, 1984. 419 pp. B/w illustrations. 28x22 cm.
Paper.
£40.00
Proceedings of a conference held at the University of British Columbia in 1984. This volume focuses on Japanese Buddhist art and
includes the following contributions: Murase: Reconstruction of the Iconography of Hell Scenes in the Late Heian and Early Kamakura Periods; Watanabe: Aspects of Japanization in the Nison-in Ten Kings Paintings; Webb: Perception in Japanese Buddhist Art:
Meanings in Forms and Actions; Manabe: Meaning of the Esoteric Mandalas in Japan ... plus other contributions.
216 Mayuyama, Junkichi: JAPANESE ART IN THE WEST. Tokyo, 1966. v, 379 pp. 441 b/w plates. 32x26 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
Privately printed for a great Japanese art dealer, this volumes illustrates mainly Japanese Paintings in Western collections, but also
some sculpture, lacquer and ceramics.
217 MEIJI NO YOGA. (Meiji Period Paintings Showing Foreign Influence). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 30. Tokyo, 1968.
110 pp. 17 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text plates. 23x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Shows numerous paintings influenced by western styles coming into Japan due to the opening of the country. In Japanese.
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218 Meiji Shrine Cultural Hall ed: EMPEROR NINKO AND THE AFTER-FRAGRANCE OF PEACE. The Bakufu
and Court in the Bakumatsu Era. Tokyo, 2003. 112 pp. 92 exhibits shown in colour. 27x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that focuses on the reign of the Emperor in the mid 19th century, a time period corresponding to the final
years of the Bakufu. The exhibits include paintings, textiles, calligraphies and handicrafts. Text in Japanese.
219 Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako: GUIDE TO MODERN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, 1900-75.
Honolulu, 1995. 376 pp. Selected signatures, chronology, index of alternate names, bibliography. 26x18 cm.
Paper.
£42.00
An introduction is followed by biographical notes of the artists. Chapter 3 deals with art schools, art paginations, and exhibitions. A
chapter on small magazines, followed by publishers, carvers, and printers; selected series of prints; seals and signatures, etc.
220 Metropolitan Museum of Art: MOMOYAMA. Japanese Art in the Age of Grandeur. New York, 1975. xxii, 136 pp.
Bibliography. 139 illustrations, 16 in colour. 27x22 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Exhibition of Japanese art from 1568 to 1615, a loan exhibition from Japan.
221 Michener, James A: JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE EARLY MASTERS TO THE MODERN. Tokyo, 1959.
287 pp. 257 plates, 55 in colour, some folding. Bibliography and index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
First edition in mint condition. An introduction to masters and masterpieces of printmaking, including very detailed chronological lists
of artists and prints, and fine illustrations.
222 Migeon, Gaston: IN JAPAN. Pilgrimages to the Shrines of Art. London, 1908. 207 pp. 60 illustrations. 20x13 cm.
Cloth.
£45.00
An early 20th century survey of monuments, temples, monasteries, landscapes, theatres, gardens, museums and famous cities of Japan.
Includes Kyoto and Nara. Scarce.
223 Mitsukoshi Etoil Espace des Arts: CONTES DE L’EVEIL SOUS LA LUNE. L’Oeuvre du Peinture Japonais
Nakajima Chinami. Tokyo, 1996. c.200 pp. Numerous colour plates and b/w illustrations. 26x22 cm. Wrappers.
£33.00
Catalogue of a travelling retrospective exhibition in Japan of the modern Japanese painter, Nakajima Chinami, who died in 1993. The
exhibition travelled to a number of venues. Illustrated throughout. Dual text in French and Japanese.
224 Miya, Tsugio: KINJI HOTO MANDARA. Study of Hoto Mandara. Tokyo, 1976. 17, 153, 2, 9 pp. text plus 205
b/w plates (a few in colour). 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£410.00
Hoto Mandara are Buddhist manuscripts and sutras with stupa designs. The stupa designs are often outlined in Buddhist texts. A study
of these works drawing on examples owned by Japanese temples. Four page introduction in English and index to contents of the plates
in English. Main text in Japanese.
225 Mizuno Seiichi: ASUKA BUDDHIST ART: HORYU-JI. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 4. Tokyo, 1974.
172 pp. 35 colour plates, 170 b/w illustrations & plates. Folding plan. 24x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
The most famous early Buddhist temple in Japan, located near Nara, containing structures believed to be the oldest wooden buildings
in the world today.
226 Mochizuki Shinjo: SHOKA AIZO — NIHON BUKKYO BIJUTSU HIHO. (Japanese Buddhist Art Objects in
Private Collections). Tokyo, 1973. 304 pp. Colour and b/w plates. B/w illustrations. Cloth.
£95.00
Shows 100 superb pieces of Japanese Buddhist art held in private collections: 45 paintings, 35 sculptures, 20 free-standing Buddhas
and Shinto sculptures. Objects date from the seventh century onwards. Five page booklet with list of objects in English. Main text in
Japanese.
227 Mody, N. H. N: A COLLECTION OF NAGASAKI COLOUR PRINTS AND PAINTINGS. Showing the
Influence of Chinese and European Art on that of Japan. London, 1969. xxxii, index 25 tipped-in colour plates, 6
folding, 225 b/w plates. 32x24 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
The one-volume reprint of the famous Nagasaki colour prints, with Japanese and English text and captions. Abrams D46.
228 Moeran, Brian: FOLK ART POTTERS OF JAPAN. Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics. London, 1997. 288
pp. 60 illustrations. Cloth.
£45.00
A study of a group of potters living in the southern Japan, and about problems they face in the production, marketing and aesthetic
appraisal of their mingei stoneware. Due Mar. 97.
229 Montgomery, Jeffrey et al: MINGEI. Folk Arts of Japan — A Private Collection. Lugano, 1990. 92 pp. 118
illustrations and plates in colour. 24x22 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Exhibition catalogue of the Galleria Gottardo of Japanese folk arts in a major private collection. 118 objects were exhibited, and are
illustrated in colour and described.
230 Mori Art Museum: THE SMILE IN JAPANESE ART. From the Jomon Period to the Early Twentieth Century.
Mori, 2007. 191 pp. Colour plates throughout. 1 foldout. 28x26 cm. Boards.
£60.00
Catalogue of an interesting and varied exhibition at the Mori Art Museum examining the depiction of the smile and laughter in Japanese art from its beginnings right through to the Taisho period. Includes exhibits in many media but there is a concentration of paintings. A total of 99 exhibits, all illustrated in colour, and a dual Japanese and English text.
231 Mori Hisashi: BUSSHI KAIKEI RON. (The Buddhist Image Maker Kaikei). Tokyo, 1961. 10, 278 pp. text. 30
plates & 146 text figures. 27x19 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£95.00
The life and art of the sculptor Kaikei; his forerunners, the Buddhist image makers of the Nara period and Kofuku-ji temple. Japanese text only. Numbered edition of 400 copies.
232 Moriya Kenji: SENCHIKKYO ZUIHITSU. (‘Senchikkyo’ Miscellaneous Essays). Tokyo, 1969. 4, 193 pp. 10 text
figures. 1 colour & 1 b/w plate. 20x14 cm. Cloth.
£28.00
A selection of Moriya’s essays on a variety of topics ranging from the tea ceremony to ceramics to a calligraphy teacher. Japanese text
only.
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233 MOTONOBU GASHU. (The Paintings of Motonobu). 元信畫集. Tokyo, 1903. 63; 65 pp. Fullpage b/w collotype
plates throughout both volumes. 2 vols. 43x31 cm. Stitched. Decorative boards.
£250.00
A two-volume work on the paintings of the early Kanô school painter, Kano Motonobu (1476-1559). Reproduces a large selection of
individual paintings and albums of paintings held in collections throughout Japan. An early work on this painter. Text in Japanese. In
fine condition. Scarce.
234 Munroe, Alexandra ed: THE BURGHLEY PORCELAINS. An Exhibition from The Burghley House Collection
and Based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule. New York, 1986. 284 pp. Chronology,
£60.00
bibliography. 122 exhibits photographed, 51 in colour. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
A catalogue of an exhibition of pieces from the superb group of Japanese and Chinese porcelains in Burghley House. Distinguished
by its early Japanese wares, the collection is unique for a number of pieces that can be identified in the House’s inventory of 1688.
Many pieces shown in full colour plates, the rest in good black-and-white. Good descriptions. Includes articles by Impey: Oriental
Porcelains in Britain in the 17th and 18th Centuries; Tokugawa: Japan and Europe — Early Encounters; and Nishida: A History of
Japanese Porcelains and the Export Trade.
235 Münsterberg, Hugo: THE ARTS OF JAPAN. An Illustrated History. Tokyo, 1957. xviii, 201 pp. 120 plates, 11 in
colour. Bibliography. 27x19 cm. Printed board.
£30.00
236 Münsterberg, Hugo: MINGEI: FOLK ARTS OF OLD JAPAN. New York, 1965. 144 pp. Chronology,
bibliography. 92 illustrations, 6 in colour, tipped in. 25x22 cm. Boards.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Asia House Gallery in the spring of 1965.
237 Münsterberg, Hugo: MINGEI: FOLK ARTS OF OLD JAPAN. New York, 1965. 144 pp. Chronology,
bibliography. 92 illustrations, 6 in colour, tipped in. 25x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Asia House Gallery in the spring of 1965.
238 Murase Miyeko: JAPANESE ART. Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. New York, 1975.
347 pp. 252 illustrations, 16 in colour. Bibliography. 27x22 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Highly informative Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogue. The Burke Collection embraces sculpture, calligraphy, painting (Rimpa,
Muromachi, Nanga), ceramics, lacquer, ukiyo-e and screens.
239 Murase Miyeko: JEWEL RIVERS. Japanese Art from the Burke Collection. Richmond, 1994. 287 pp. 85 colour
plates, 80 b/w illustrations. 27x22 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Published for an exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts of 75 masterpieces of Japanese art from the Mary and Jackson Burke
collection. Covers paintings, ceramics, lacquer, sculpture and screens.
240 Murase Miyeko et al: COURT AND SAMURAI IN AN AGE OF TRANSITION. Medieval Paintings and Blades
from the Gotoh Museum. New York, 1990. 128 pp. Colour reproductions of 19 paintings, duotones of 23 sword
blades. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Catalogue to an exhibition at the Japan Society. It includes six scholarly essays on various topics: socio-historical survey of the Heian
and Kamakura periods; poetry; swords and swordsmiths; mounting of Japanese paintings, &c. Hardback.
241 Murase Miyeko et al: COURT AND SAMURAI IN AN AGE OF TRANSITION. Medieval Paintings and Blades
from the Gotoh Museum. New York, 1990. 128 pp. Colour reproductions of 19 paintings, duotones of 23 sword
blades. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Catalogue to an exhibition at the Japan Society. It includes six scholarly essays on various topics: socio-historical survey of the Heian
and Kamakura periods; poetry; swords and swordsmiths; mounting of Japanese paintings, &c. Paperback.
242 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF A SPECIAL LOAN EXHIBITION OF
ART TREASURES FROM JAPAN. Boston, 1936. ix, 210 pp. 101 exhibits each illustrated & described. 39x29
cm. Japanese style binding, cloth case.
£75.00
Held in conjunction with the Tercentenary celebration of Harvard University. This is the more lavish catalogue, published in a numbered edition of 300 copies, not to be confused with the identically titled, smaller catalogue.
243 Museum of the Imperial Collections ed: REAPPRAISAL OF MEIJI ART IV. The Art of Recording — Yamamoto
Hosui and His Age. Tokyo, 2001. 78 pp. 179 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Focuses on the realist nature of western-style painting and photography in the Meiji period. Centres on the work of Yamamoto Hosui
and associated artists plus documentary photography from the Museum’s collection. An interesting exhibition. Introductions and caption lists in English. Main text in Japanese.
244 Museum of the Imperial Collections ed: REAPPRAISAL OF MEIJI ART V. Japanese paintings — keepsakes of
Edo with the fragrance of the capital.. Tokyo, 2001. 63 pp. 30 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Features the work of 16 Meiji Kyoto and Tokyo painters. A pleasing selection. One page summary and two page caption list in English. Main text in Japanese.
245 Museum of Toji Temple: SPECIAL EXHIBITION: THE GREAT MANDALA OF TOJI TEMPLE — THE
RESTORATION OF BUDDHIST IMAGES, THE FLOWER OF BUDDHIST BEAUTY. Kyoto, 2004. 59 pp.
Numerous colour plates, b/w illustrations. 30x22 cm. Paper.
£32.00
Catalogue to accompany an exhibition held at the Toji Temple in Kyoto to commemorate the completion of restoration on the ‘Kohon’
version of the Great Mandala, with the largest mandala in Japan plus others on display. In Japanese.
246 Nagoya City Museum: NIHON NO KOKORO: FUJI NO BI-TEN. The Spirit of the Japanese: The Beauty of Mt.
Fuji. Nagoya, 1998. 292 pp. 171 colour plates. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£35.00
The image of sacred Mount Fuji in the arts of Japan provides the theme for this outstanding exhibition. Exhibits show the mountain
in paintings, prints, lacquer, textiles and metalwork. With a 7 page English list of exhibits, otherwise Japanese text only.
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247 Naito, G. & Ario, S: KOSETSUSAI ZOHIN TENKAN ZUROKU. (Illustrated Catalogue of the Kosetsusai
Collection). Osaka, 1935. 125 pp. text and 153 plates, primarily b/w, a few in colour. 30x22 cm. Paper. Stitched.
£150.00
Case with wear.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Osaka Art Club and also the Tokyo Art Club of the Japanese art collection (primarily paintings
and ceramics) of Denzaburo Fujita (1841-1912). 250 objects are shown. Texts in Japanese. Wear to the case, the book itself in fine condition. Scarce.
248 Naito, Tochiro: HORYUJI HEKIGA NO KENKYU. (Research into the Horyuji Murals). Kyoto, 1932. 4, 292, 2
pp. text plus 28 pp. b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Two volumes in one. Scarce study on the Horyuji murals undertaken in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In Japanese. William Acker’s
copy with a number of annotations. Some wear and tear. Priced accordingly.
249 Nakamura Ichisaburo: CATALOGUE OF THE NATIONAL TREASURES OF PAINTINGS AND
SCULPTURES IN JAPAN. Kyoto, 1915. viii, 167 pp. Numerous b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Japanese style binding,
silk-case.
£25.00
This early catalogue was compiled as a guide for visitors to temples, and the sculpture and paintings were chosen for their artistic quality. Dual text in English and Japanese.
250 NANBAN KOGEI. (Nanban Art). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 85. Tokyo, 1973. 104 pp. 33 colour and numerous b/w
£30.00
No. 85 in the series ‘Japanese Art’ covers the topic of Nanban art. Shows a wide range of examples, includes fine lacquers and inlaid
chests. In Japanese.
251 Nanbata Tetsu: KOEZU. (Old Illustrations). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 72. Tokyo, 1972. 106 pp. 104 plates, 17 in colour.
23x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Ancient Japanese illustrations, mostly Buddhist — mandala and illustrations of Buddhist temples, but also some illustrations of Shinto
shrines and of manors. Japanese text only.
252 Nara National Museum: EXHIBITION OF SHOSO-IN TREASURES. Nara, 1978. 103 pp. 4 colour plates, 105
illustrations. English introduction and captions. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Catalogue of the yearly exhibition of treasures from this repository. This is the 31st in the series. 76 items are illustrated, and fully described in English.
253 Nara National Museum: EXHIBITION OF SHOSO-IN TREASURES. Shoso-in Ten. Nara, 1985. 152 pp.
Japanese text, English plate list and intro. 83 illustrations, many in colour. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
37th annual exhibition of selected treasures from the Todai-ji Shoso-in. Included were works of applied arts, interior furnishings, arms
and armour, musical instruments, textiles as well as paintings and sutras.
254 Nara National Museum: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF NARA NATIONAL
MUSEUM PAINTINGS. Nara, 1988. 156 pp. 70 plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Includes all the Museum’s Buddhist paintings, mostly Japanese. Text in Japanese only, except brief plate captions in English.
255 Nara National Museum: KANNON BOSATSU — SPECIAL SHOW. Nara, 1977. 239 pp. including 39 pp.
English text. 6 colour plates, 123 items illustrated. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Full descriptions in English. Illustrated are 68 sculpture and 55 paintings all showing the Goddess of Mercy.
256 Nara National Museum: KOKUBUN-JI TEMPLES — THEIR ARTS AND HISTORY. Special Exhibition.
Nara, 1980. 164 pp. including 20 pp. in English. 8 colour and over 100 b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.£35.00
The Kokubun-ji temples were founded in the 8th century under the patronage of Emperor Shomu. Today few remain, but many sites
are known and excavated. This exhibition shows finds from various sites. 18 pp. English summary.
257 Nara National Museum: KOKUHO HORYU-JI TEN. (Exhibition of the Treasures of Horyu-ji Temple). Nara,
1994. 314 pp. 149 colour, 45 b/w plates & 46 text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of the Treasures of Horyu-ji Temple to mark the completion of the Showa Inventory of Horyu-ji
Temple. Painting, sculpture, applied arts, calligraphy and archaeology. Introduction and list of plates in English. Japanese text by Ota
Hirotaro.
258 Nara National Museum: MASTERPIECES OF BUDDHIST ART. Bukkyo Bijutsu Meihin Ten. Nara, 1970. 40
pp. Japanese, 9 pp. English texts, 4 colour plates, and 40 pp. illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A major exhibition of Japanese Buddhist art.
259 Nara National Museum: NIHON NO RADEN. (Japanese Lacquers Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl). Nara, 1980. 7 pp.
text and 43 pp. b/w plates 25x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Catalogue of a fine exhibition of Raden lacquer — inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The 101 exhibits are all illustrated in black-and-white.
In Japanese.
260 Nara National Museum: SOURCES OF JAPANESE BUDDHIST ART. Nara, 1978. 403 pp. 24 colour plates, 382
£40.00
Divided under subjects — sculptures, archaeological objects, applied arts, sutras and documents, with fairly extensive introductions,
plate captions and notes on exhibits in English, otherwise Japanese.
261 Nara National Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF GILT-BRONZE STATUES. Formerly in the Collection
of Horyu-Ji Temple. Nara, 1981. 87 pp. 4 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£30.00
An excellent exhibition with many fine pieces. Assisted by a foreword and caption list of exhibits in English. Main text in Japanese.
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262 Nara National Museum ed: SHORAI-BIJUTSU. The Buddhist Art from China, from 6th to 10th Century. Tokyo,
1968. 1, 1, 6, 116, 77, 12 pp. 215 plates, all b/w except 7 tipped-in in colour. A few b/w text illustrations. Cloth.
£250.00
An extremely interesting work showing Chinese Buddhist art brought to Japan between the 6th and 10th centuries. 215 objects are illustrated, mostly dating from the Tang and Song dynasties, including mirrors, ritual bells, gilt-bronzes, textiles, reliefs on wooden
boards, hanging scrolls, woodblock prints, Buddhist scriptures, travel permits for Japanese monks visiting China. In addition, there
are early Japanese lists of the same period of objects brought back from China by Japanese monks, including Ennin. The objects are
held in various Japanese temples and museums. Useful introduction and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. A scarce reference on the early transmission of Buddhist objects from China to Japan.
263 National Museum of Japanese History: KALEIDOSCOPE OF OTHER WORLDS. The Afterlife, Demons and
Divination. Tokyo, 2001. 207 pp. 299 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that examines concepts of the afterlife and divination both historically and in modern Japan through the
bringing together of a vast array of art. Includes demon handscrolls, ukiyo-e and illustrated books through to folk art. Supplemented
by scenes of modern practices in fortune telling. Copiously-illustrated. All text in Japanese.
264 National Museum of Modern Art: AKI KURODA. Corridor = Metamorphosis. Tokyo, 1993. c.100 pp. Numerous
£25.00
An exhibition of the work of the modern Japanese artist, Aki Kuroda — little-known in the West. Numerous colour plates. Introductory texts in Japanese, English and French.
265 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: CRAFTS REFORMING IN KYOTO (1910-1940) — A STRUGGLE
BETWEEN TRADITION AND RENOVATION. Tokyo, 1998. 236 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x20 cm.
Paper.
£35.00
A fine exhibition providing a panoramic overview of the dramatic changes that occurred in the world of Kyoto crafts from Taiso to the
second decade of the Showa era. 272 works in various media — 135 ceramics, 78 lacquer pieces, 40 textiles and 18 folk crafts — are
illustrated. One-page English summary and English captions to all plates, otherwise Japanese only.
266 National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto: HISAO DOMOTO RETROSPECTIVE. Kyoto, 2005. 201 pp.
Numerous colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 22x28 cm. Boards.
£45.00
Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition of the fine work of the famous contemporary Japanese painter, Hisao Domoto. Illustrated
throughout. Introduction, two essays, captions, list of works and bibliography in English. Main text in Japanese.
267 National Museum of Modern Art: OGAWA USEN RETROSPECTIVE. Tokyo, 1993. 201 pp. 64 pp. colour plates,
numerous b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£30.00
A retrospective exhibition of the painter Ogawa Usen (1868-1938). Well-illustrated. Useful six pages of signatures and seals. Introductory essay and captions in English. Main text in Japanese.
268 National Museum of Modern Art: YOSHITATSU YANAGUIHARA. A Retrospective. Tokyo, 1993. c. 150 pp.
Numerous b/w plates. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Retrospective of the work of the modern Japanese sculptor, Yoshitatsu Yanaguihara. Numerous black-and-white plates show his monochromatic black figural and bird sculptures, along with numerous preparatory sketches. Introduction, essays and captions in English.
Main text in Japanese.
269 Nerima Ward Art Museum ed: KIKUCHI YOSAI AND MEIJI FINE ARTS. Nerima Ward, 1999. 195 pp. 67
colour plates, b/w illustrations. 31x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
An exhibition commemorating the 120th anniversary of the death of the painter Kikuchi Yosai. Shows 34 works by the Meiji master
and 33 works by his followers. Text in Japanese only.
270 Nerima Ward Art Museum ed: TRACING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ART OF THE ECCENTRIC
ARTIST HADA TERUO. From Decadence to Brilliance.... Nerima, 2003. 234 pp. 152 colour plates, b/w text
£50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that shows the very interesting work of the Japanese artist Hasa Teruo who flourished in the early part of
the 20th century. Very varied and unusual work ranging from the sombre to Buddhist themes, the female form etc. Copiously-illustrated
with work by Hasa Teruo and a few by other artists with whom he associated. In Japanese only.
271 Newman, Alex R. & Ryerson, Egerton: JAPANESE ART. A Collector’s Guide. New York, 1964. 146 pp. Index.
Many illustrations. 27x27 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
With thirty sections ranging from armour to the accessories of wedding ceremonies, from gilt bronze figures to smokers’ utensils. First
American edition.
272 Newman, Alex R. and Ryerson, Egerton: JAPANESE ART. A Collector’s Guide. London, 1964. 271 pp. Profusely
illustrated in black and white. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
In its thirty sections ranging from armour to the accessories of wedding ceremonies, from gilt bronze figures to smokers’ utensils, this
volume is intended as a handbook for collectors.
273 Nezu Institute of Fine Arts: CATALOGUE OF SELECTED MASTERPIECES FROM THE NEZU
COLLECTIONS. Objects of Religious Art. Tokyo, 2001. 213 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x22 cm. Paper.
£40.00
From this excellent collection, 169 fine examples of Buddhist art in various media — from sutra covers and sculpture to scrolls and
painting. Caption lists with brief descriptions in English. Main text in Japanese.
274 Nezu Institute of Fine Arts: IRISES REBORN: KORIN’S DESIGN AESTHETICS AND THE RESTORED
IRISES SCREENS. Tokyo, 2005. 155 pp. 62 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper. £40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the completion of restoration work on the Kakitsubata (Iris screens), a Japanese national
treasure painted by Ogata Korin. In addition to the two screens, other noted works by the artist are shown. A total of 44 exhibits. Summary and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
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275 Nezu Institute of Fine Arts: TREASURES OF THE TOKIWAYAMA BUNKO FOUNDATION. Calligraphy,
Ink, Tenjin-sama in Painting, Ukiyo-e Prints. Tokyo, 2003. 232 pp. text 105 pp. colour plates, b/w text illustrations;
£50.00
97 pp. 47 pp. colour plates, b/w text illustrations. 2 vols. 30x22 cm. Paper.
Two volume catalogue of an exhibition of treasures in the Tokiwayama Bunko Foundation. The first volume shows fine paintings and
calligraphy, the second 73 works depicting Tenjin-sama. Both volumes have plate lists in English. Main texts in Japanese.
276 Nishi Nihon Shinbunsha Bunkabu: KYUSHU BUKKYO BIJUTSU HYAKUSEN. (A Selection of a Hundred
Items of Buddhist Art from Kyushu). Fukuoka, 1979. 216 pp. 100 b/w illustrations. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Detailed information on each of the hundred items selected from the Buddhist art of Kyushu, together with a b/w illustration of each
one. Japanese text only.
277 Nishikawa Shinji ed: KAMAKURA CHOKOKU. (Sculpture of the Kamakura Period). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 40.
Tokyo, 1969. 110 pp. 17 full page colour plates and numerous b/w plates. 23x19 cm. Paper.
£30.00
A survey of Japanese sculpture of the Kamakura period. Well-illustrated with numerous examples. Japanese text only.
278 Nishinomiya: PROCESS OF WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING. Tokyo, n.d. 26 pages of woodblock-printing. 15x10
cm. Accordion style, decorative silk covers.
£75.00
Published in the 1940s, this work shows the successive stages in printing a reduced copy of a Hiroshige woodblock design of people
running for cover in a downpour. The left hand page has the imprint of the block, and the right hand side has the overall effect of the
impression. In all 13 blocks are used. Pleasing.
279 Noever, Peter et al: DAS ALTE JAPAN. Spuren und Objekte der Siebold-Reisen. München, 1997. 212 pp. 259
illustrations, 71 in colour. 28x21 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Published in connection with an exhibition of objects collected by Philipp Franz von Siebold and his son, held at the Museum für
Angewandte Kunst in Vienna. The objects are all from the 19th century Japan and give a detailed view of Japan at that period. In German.
280 Noma Seiroku: THE ARTS OF JAPAN. Ancient and Medieval Vol. 1. Tokyo, 1966. 236 pp. 198 plates, 32 in
colour; 4 maps. Glossary, bibliography, chronology. 37x27 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Deluxe edition of the first volume describes over five millennia of cultural treasures of ancient Japan up to the year 1572, plus the magnificent temples, shrines and countryside of which they are a part.
281 Noma Seiroku: THE ARTS OF JAPAN. Late Medieval to Modern Vol. 2. Tokyo, 1980. 326 pp. 232 plates, 31 in
colour, maps. Glossary, bibliography, chronology and index. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£100.00
Sixth printing of the second volume covers the period from the end of the sixteenth to mid-twentieth century. Covers, amongst other
things, castle architecture, encounters with the outside world, the tea ceremony and the arts of Edo.
282 Noma Seiroku: HANIWA BI. (The Beauty of Haniwa). 埴輪美. Tokyo, 1942. 3, 8, 2, 56, 13 pp. 56 pp. b/w plates.
37x26 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Shows a selection of extremely fine examples of Haniwa pottery figures. Text by an authority on Japanese art. In Japanese.
283 Noma Seiroku: NIHON BIJUTSU I. Japanese Art (I). Sekai Bijutsu Taikei 11. Tokyo, 1963. 215 pp. 200 plates,
33 in colour. 35x27 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Volume 11 in the World Art series, the first on Japanese art, covering the ancient times up to the Muromachi period. Profusely illustrated and with several essays, for example on the cities of Nara, Kamakura and Kyoto. Japanese text only.
284 Noma Seiroku: NIHON BIJUTSU II. Japanese Art (II). Sekai Bijutsu Taikei 12. Tokyo, 1964. 216 pp. 203 plates,
35 tipped-in colour plates. 35x27 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Volume 12 in the World Art series, the second on Japanese art, covering the late medieval period from the Muromachi to modern
times. A standard work. Profusely illustrated and with several essays. Japanese text only.
285 O’Brien, Mary Louise: NETSUKE. A Guide for Collectors. Tokyo, 1986. 245 pp. 146 objects illustrated, 25 in
colour. Artist list and index. 21x23 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£50.00
With chapters on types of netsuke, materials and techniques, subject matter and makers, as well as on the problems of collecting. Tenth
printing.
286 Ogawa Masataka: THE ENDURING CRAFTS OF JAPAN. 32 Living National Treasures. New York, 1968. 250
pp. 158 plates (16 in colour). 26x17 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
The fields covered are ceramics, weaving and dyeing, doll making, bamboo work, metalwork (including sword making), and lacquerware. The book is primarily a photographic record, but the lengthy captions give an insight into the ideals and motives of Japanese
craftsmen. Good b/w photography.
287 Okada Yuzuru: JAPANESE HANDICRAFTS. Tourist Library Vol. 21. Tokyo, 1959. xiv, 220 pp. 99 illustrations,
6 in colour. Folding map. 19x13 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
The techniques, history and contemporary state of Japanese handicrafts. Second printing.
288 Okamoto Yoshitomo: THE NAMBAN ART OF JAPAN. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 19. New York,
1972. 156 pp. 141 illustrations, 37 in colour. Folding map. 24x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
An amply illustrated book on the works of art produced as a result of the contacts between the Japanese and the southern Europeans
who arrived in Japan in the 16th century.
289 Okazaki, Joji: PURE LAND BUDDHIST PAINTING. Japanese Arts Library 4. Tokyo, 1977. 201 pp. 191
illustrations, 25 in colour. Glossary, bibliography, index. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
An account of this branch of the Mahayana tradition, from its origins in the Dunhuang caves to its nadir in Japan. Ex-library copy,
one stamp, clean inside, with dustjacket.
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290 Okudaira Hideo ed: NIHON BIJUTSU BENRAN. (Handbook on Japanese Art). Tokyo, 1952. 355 pp. text. & 24
pp. with 125 illustrations. 21x12 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A handbook on Japanese art, providing a general introduction to each art form, a list of artists, a glossary of art terms, a guide to art
museums and to temples and shrines and a chronological chart of the arts. Fukuda C11. In Japanese.
291 ONE HUNDRED MASTERPIECES OF JAPANESE PICTORIAL ART. Selected by Members of the Faculty
of the Tokyo Fine Art School. Tokyo, 1913. 2, 3, 23, 46 pp. 2 foldouts; 2, 51 pp. Full page Colour and b/w plates
throughout. 2 vols. 50x35 cm. Stitched. Decorative boards.
£450.00
A fine selection of Japanese paintings dating from the sixth to the nineteenth centuries. Many of the pieces are from private Japanese
collections plus a few from the Japanese imperial collection. This is a sumptuous publication from the beginning of the Taisho period.
Each painting is shown in a full page plate, many in colour. The text is in English with an introduction by Naohiko Masaki, Director
of the Tokyo Fine Art School. In fine condition with just minor wear.
292 Osaka Castle Museum ed: HANA — THE OSAKA CASTLE MUSEUM COLLECTION. A Treasure House of
History and Drama. Osaka, 1990. 216 pp. Colour plates throughout. 27x22 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
A survey of the history, architecture and art treasures of this famous Japanese monument. Illustrated throughout with colour plates.
Dual text in Japanese and English.
293 Osaka Municipal Museum of Art: ARTS OF THE LOTUS SUTRA FROM THE TAISAN-JI TEMPLE, KOBE.
Osaka, 1997. 96 pp. 62 pp. colour plates. 30x22 cm. Paper.
£33.00
Sutras and Buddhist paintings showing scenes or inscriptions from the Lotus Sutra. The objects are held in the Taisan-ji Temple in Kobe
and date from the Kamakura Period onwards. List of plates and foreword in English, otherwise Japanese text only.
294 Osaki, Shinkichi ed: SHUKOKAN OKURA BUNKA ZAIDAN. (Catalogue of the Okura Shukokan Collection).
Okura, 1962. 362 pp. 130 exhibits illustrated, 9 in colour. 34x26 cm. Silk.
£150.00
Beautifully illustrated album of masterpieces from the Museum’s collection. Text in Japanese and English.
295 Ostier, Janette: ART JAPONAIS. Le Jeu de l’Eternel et de l’Ephemere. Paris, 1974. 338 pp. 206 exhibits all
described and illustrated in b/w, colour frontispiece, map. 24x22 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Exhibition catalogue from Galerie Janette Ostier offering for sale Japanese paintings, drawings, woodblock prints, Buddhist sculptures, etc. In French.
296 Paine, Robert & Soper, Alexander C: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF JAPAN. The Pelican History of
Art. Harmondsworth, 1955. xviii, 316 pp. 47 figures, 2 maps, 173 plates, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 19x27
cm. Cloth.
£30.00
An excellent, detailed and authoritative history of the arts in traditional Japan: sculpture, painting, architecture, containing a comprehensive bibliography arranged by topic.
297 Pearson, Richard: ANCIENT JAPAN. Washington, 1992. 324 pp. 305 illustrations (71 in colour), maps & line
drawings. 34x24 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Accompanying the exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, this volumes offers a comprehensive examination of the material culture of prehistoric Japan from the Palaeolithic to the Asuka periods, with interpretative essays for each period and numerous illustrations.
298 Piggott, F. T: DECORATIVE ART OF JAPAN. London, 1910. 130 pp. Illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm.
Cloth.
£25.00
299 Piggott, Sir Francis: STUDIES IN THE DECORATIVE ART OF JAPAN. London, 1910. 130 pp. 33 plates, 10
in colour. 58 text-figures. 29x23 cm. Cloth, traces of label.
£75.00
Ex-library copy with stamps on title page.
300 Put, Max: PLUNDER AND PLEASURE. Japanese Art in the West 1860-1930. Leiden, 2000. 200 pp. 25 colour
and b/w illustrations. Bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£32.00
The first book to deal extensively with the role played by dealers and collectors in the craze for East Asian art that swept through the
West in the last decades of the nineteenth century.
301 Rathbun, William Jay: YO NO BI. The Beauty of Japanese Folk Art. Washington, 1983. ix, 133 pp. 148 b/w plates.
Bibliography and index. 25X25 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. Additional contributions by Michael Knight.
302 Régamey, Felix: JAPAN IN ART AND INDUSTRY. With a Glance at Japanese Manners and Customs. New York,
1893. ix, 349 pp. 100 designs by the author. Bibliography, index. 20x14 cm. Original decorative cloth. £225.00
Translation from the French. Régamey travelled widely in Japan and wrote some books retelling his experiences and impressions.
This book has extended chapters on natural products and processes of manufacture. Fresh, clean and firm copy.
303 Rosenfield, John M. & Shimada, Shujiro: TRADITIONS OF JAPANESE ART. Selections from the Kimiko and
John Powers Collection. Cambridge, 1970. 393 pp. 153 objects all illustrated, 17 in colour. Chronology. Glossaryindex. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A comprehensive and abundantly illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of selections from this fine collection. Limited secondhand
stock offered at this special price as part of the Rosenfield tribute; some copies without dustjacket.
304 Rosenfield, John M. et al: THE GREAT EASTERN TEMPLE. Treasures of Japanese Buddhist Art from Todaiji. Chicago, 1986. 180 pp. 95 b/w & 70 colour illustrations. 26x25 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Includes chapters on architecture by William H. Coaldrake, sculpture by Samuel C. Morse and painting by Christine M. Guth. The catalogue also covers calligraphy and decorative arts.
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305 RYOKOKU SHUEI. (Collections from the Valley of the Dragon: Honganji Temple). 龍谷集英. Kyoto, 1937. 56
folded leaves. 3 colour & numerous b/w plates. 37x31 cm. Stitched. Silk-covered boards.
£125.00
Catalogues and illustrates the fine buildings and treasures of Honganji Temple, a major centre of the Buddhist True Pure Land sect
located in a tranquil setting near Kyoto in Japan. The treasures include calligraphy, paintings and screens and there is photography
of the main temple buildings and their interiors. Text in Japanese. In mint condition.
306 Saeki, Keizo: KONIN BUNKA NO SHIN KENKYU. (New Research into the Culture of Konin). Rekishi to
Bijutsushi Yumedono 11. Nara, 1934. 2, 170, 2 pp. text plus 27 pp. b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Stitched. Japanese-style.
£75.00
Decorative cover.
A study of the subject. Illustrated with good black-and-white plates. In Japanese.
307 Sannomaru Shozokan Museum of the Imperial Collections: THE IMPERIAL COURT DESIGN. Searching for
Harmony between the Japanese, Chinese and Western Styles. Tokyo, 2003. v, 99 pp. Colour plates throughout.
28x22 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition from the Japanese imperial collections that shows objects commissioned during the Meiji period to decorate the imperial palace and which reflected the Meiji policy to westernise Japan. 71 interesting objects in various media are shown,
many with a distinct western influence. Summary and plate list in English. Main text in Japanese.
308 Sawa Takaaki: NIHON NO MIKKYO BIJUTSU. (Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Art). Kyoto, 1961. 390 pp. text &
28 plates. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£125.00
A study of the esoteric Buddhist art of Japan, divided into the art up to the Nara period and then after Kukai, with another section on
Chinese esoteric Buddhist art. In Japanese.
309 Schulenburg, Stephan Graf von der: GENDAI KOGEI — NEUES KUNSTHANDWERK AUS JAPAN.
(Contemporary Arts and Crafts from Japan). Frankfurt, 1992. 223 pp. 61 colour & 45 b/w plates. Photos of each of
the 61 artists. 24x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
An illustrated exhibition catalogue providing a photograph of each of the sixty-one contemporary artists together with an example of
their work. Held at the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main.
310 Seattle Art Museum,: A THOUSAND CRANES. Treasures of Japanese Art. Seattle, 1987. 239 pp. Bibliography,
map. 30 plates, 24 in colour, illustrating 90 pieces. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Book on the Japanese collection in the Seattle Art Museum, with articles by Dobbins: Buddhism in Japan; MacCollough: Heian Artist
Society; Collcutt: Chusei — The Medieval Age; Jansen: Kinsei — Early Modern Japan; and others.
311 Seikado Bunko: BUDDHIST ART FROM THE SEIKADO COLLECTION. Sutras, Painting and Sculpture.
Tokyo, 1999. 133 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Illustrates 43 exhibits — sutras, painting and sculpture — dating from the 5th to 14th centuries. Superb Buddhist art from China and
Japan. Caption list in English, otherwise Japanese only.
312 Seikado Bunko: YUHIN TEN. (Exhibition of Superior Articles). Tokyo, 1992. 133 pp. 60 colour illustrations, 1
folding plate. 26x21 cm. Paper.
£27.00
Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, calligraphy, lacquer, Buddhist images and ceramics from the Heian to the Edo period, mostly taken from the Yanosuke collection. List of exhibits in English.
313 Setagaya Museum of Art: SACRED SITES AND PILGRIMAGE ROUTES IN THE KII MOUNTAIN
RANGE — TREASURES FROM YOSHINO, KUMANO AND KOYA. Setagaya, 2004. 359 pp. Colour plates
£60.00
Large catalogue of an exhibition that brought together 304 artworks from three great religious centres in the Kii mountains of Japan,
recently designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. An extensive range of Buddhist art in various media is illustrated in colour
plates. Eight page list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. Out of print.
314 Shiga Kenritsu Biwako Bunkakan: OMI NO MEIHO. (Masterpieces of Art from the Omi Region). Kyoto, 1981.
c.150 pp. Colour and (predominantly) b/w plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of art from the Omi region around Kyoto. The strength of the exhibition lies in extremely fine examples of
Buddhist art from temples and museums in the area. Numerous illustrations. Text in Japanese.
315 Shiga Prefecture Biwako Museum of Art: THE FINE ART OF SAKYAMUNI. Shiga, 2003. 125 pp. 31 colour
and 85 b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Catalogue of an exhibition showing the image of Sakyamuni in various media — painting, sculpture and metalwork. With loans from
temples and collections throughout Shiga prefecture. In Japanese.
316 Shimada S. & Narazaki, M. ed: ZAIGAI HIHO. Japanese Paintings in Western Collections. Tokyo, 1969. Part 1:
133; 212 pp. 102 pp. tipped-in colour plates, numerous b/w plates to text vol. Part 2: 145; 228 pp. 106 pp. tippedin colour plates, numerous b/w plates to text vol. Part 3: 107; 220 pp. 101 pp. tipped-in colour plates, numerous b/w
plates to text vol. 6 vols. 41x32 cm. Cloth, cloth case.
£800.00
A finely-produced work on Japanese paintings in western collections. The works illustrated are overwhelmingly from American public and private collections with a few from European collections. In addition to the total of 309 colour plates in the three plate volumes, numerous additional paintings are shown in black-and-white in the text volumes. A grand total of approximately 700 works are
illustrated in three parts and six physical volumes. Each part comprises a volume of text and an accompanying volume of plates.
Part One shows Shoheiga (screen) , Rimpa and Bunjinga (literati) paintings.
Part Two includes Buddhist painting, Yamato-e and Ink Paintings
Part Three illustrates Nikihitsu ukiyo-e.
The text volume to each part contains a list of plates in English to both the text and plate volumes. The plate volumes all have captions in English. Main texts in Japanese. In fine condition. Rare.
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317 Shimizu Yoshiaki: JAPAN. The Shaping of the Daimyo Culture 1185-1868. London, 1989. xi, 402 pp. 330 colour
illustrations. Bibliography. 30x23 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A comprehensive survey of the art and culture of the daimyo — the warrior elite who controlled Japan’s provinces for more than 700
years. Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
318 Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art ed: JAPANESE TREASURES FROM THE HONOLULU ACADEMY OF
ARTS. Cornerstones of the Collection and Some Recently Restored Works. Honolulu, 1995. 243 pp. 125 colour
and 25 b/w illustrations. 29x23 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Includes 52 of the Academy’s finest Japanese paintings and 48 outstanding ukiyo-e prints. Catalogue in Japanese but English translation accompanies.
319 Shogun Age Exhibition Exec. Committee: THE SHOGUN AGE EXHIBITION. From the Tokugawa Art
Museum. Tokyo, 1983. 280 pp. 273 colour illustrations, map, charts, glossary. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Included here are exquisite colour photographs of the treasures of the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya, a repository of the family
treasures of 20 generations of the Tokugawa family.
320 Shrine of the Universe Art Museum: THE SHRINE OF THE UNIVERSE MUSEUM ART COLLECTION.
Special Volume for the New York Art Exhibition. Osaka, 1962. 74 pp. Illustrations throughout, 37 in colour. 27x20
cm. Slipcase.
£35.00
Illustrated catalogue of the Japanese art in the collection of the Shrine of the Universe Art Museum, presenting a selection of paintings from many periods, some lacquer, swords and coins.
321 Sojoji Temple: ENZAN SHUTIN. (Photograph Album of the Enzan Collection). Tokyo, 1911. 5 pp. Japanese text,
55 plates with over 110 illustrations, tissue-guards with text. 25x37 cm. Japanese style binding.
£75.00
The collection is in 3 parts — first being 3 e-hon style scrolls, second is a Song, a Yuan and a Japanese edition of the Tripitaka, all
National Treasures, and the last part illustrates, in 100 paintings, the 500 Lohans or Arhats painted by a Japanese artist.
322 SOTATSU. (The Work of Sotatsu). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 31. Tokyo, 1968. 110 pp. 20 colour and numerous b/w
£20.00
A well-illustrated survey of the work of the Edo period Japanese painter, Tawaraya Sotatsu. Japanese text only.
323 Spink & Son Ltd: THE ARTS OF JAPAN. London, 1990. 140 pp. 156 pieces illustrated in colour. 29x21 cm.
Paper.
£25.00
A very large exhibition of works from a broad sweep of Japan’s history, featuring inro, cloisonné, paintings (including works by Zeshin),
ceramics, textiles and much much more.
324 Stern, H. P. and Lawton, T: THE FREER GALLERY OF ART II — JAPAN. Tokyo, n.d. 184 pp. 128 full page
plates, 90 in colour. 37x27 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Catalogue of the collection of Japanese art in the Freer Gallery. Divided into two sections: I. Painting, II. Sculpture and Decorative
Art.
325 Suganuma Teizo ed: WATANABE KAZAN. Nihon no Bijutsu No. 162. Tokyo, 1979. 102 pp. 114 plates, 19 in
colour. 23x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A study of the life and work of the Edo period painter, Watanabe Kazan. Japanese text only.
326 Suntory Art Museum: IN PURSUIT OF THE SUN AND MOON. Tokyo, 1998. 113 pp. with 72 colour and 47
b/w plates. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition focusing on the motifs of the sun and moon in Japanese art. Illustrates paintings, lacquer, textiles, ceramics and armour which contain these symbols. One page summary in English, otherwise Japanese text only.
327 Suntory Art Museum: SANTORI BIJUTSUKAN ZUROKU. Catalogue of Suntory Gallery. Tokyo, 1966. 193 pp.
Illustrations throughout with 28 colour plates. 31x21 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Catalogue on the collection of the Suntory Art Museum with text to accompany the illustrations for each category of art — painting,
ceramics and lacquer, textiles. English captions, otherwise Japanese text only.
328 Suntory Museum of Art: SAN — HANA TO CHO. (Brilliance — Flowers and Birds). Tokyo, 1986. 103 pp. 79
objects illustrated, 44 also in colour. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition to commemorate the 25th birthday of the museum’s opening. The theme is flowers and birds used as decoration on ceramics, lacquer, textiles, etc.
329 Swann, Peter C: JAPAN. From the Jomon to the Tokugawa Period. Art of the World. London, 1966. 238 pp. 60
colour plates, tipped-in. 63 b/w text-figures, map, bibliography, index. 23x18 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
History of Japanese art, amply illustrated in colour.
330 Takashimaya Department Store: BAKUMATSU MEIJI KANBAN TEN. (An Exhibition of Bakumatsu and Meiji
Shopsigns from the Morse Collection in the Peabody Essex Museum). Tokyo, 1984. 153 pp. Colour and b/w plates
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition in Tokyo of Bakumatsu and Meiji period Kanban (shopsigns) from the Edward S. More Folklore Collection held in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Morse collected the kanban during this trips to Japan in the late 19th century, being
fascinated by their workmanship and variety. Well-illustrated Two pages of introduction and basic captions in English. Main text in
Japanese.
331 Tamba Tsuneo: YOKOHAMA UKIYOE. Reflection of the Cultures of Yokohama in Days of the Port Opening.
Tokyo, 1962. (15), 29 pp. text. 419 plates and illustrations, 13 in colour. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
The standard work in the field of Yokohama prints and books, as well as Perry material. Each of the 419 items is well illustrated, including dating and captions in English. A most scarce reference.
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332 Tanabe, Willa J: PAINTINGS OF THE LOTUS SUTRA. New York, 1988. 318 pp. 172 illustrations, 46 in colour.
Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
An analysis of the importance of the Lotus Sutra for Japanese Buddhists and survey of the works of art it inspired, with some stunningly
beautiful examples illustrated, especially from the 12th century Heike Nokyo.
333 Tanaka Ichimatsu, Ishizawa Masao, et al: THE HERITAGE OF JAPANESE ART. Tokyo, 1987. 208 pp.
£28.00
Bibliography. 161 colour plates. 24x35 cm. Paper.
Lavishly illustrated survey of Japanese art, covering paintings, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, woodblock prints, lacquerware, and metalwork.
334 Tanaka, Shigeichi: NIHON MEIGA: KODAI MONYO RUISHU. (A Compendium of Patterns and Designs in
Ancient Japanese Art). Kyoto, 1923. 27, 21, 21, 21, 21, 19, 21, 21, 21, 25 folded leaves. A total of 198 pp.
illustrations. 10 vols. 12x18 cm. Stitched. Embossed covers. Cloth case.
£500.00
A copiously-illustrated work showing thousands of designs and patterns in Japanese art ranging from snowflakes, plants and flowers
to designs used on textiles., wave patterns and a huge amount more. Complete in ten volumes. Second printing of the 1909 edition. Text
in Japanese. Some stitching loose, otherwise fine. Scarce.
335 Tani Shinichi: MUROMACHI JIDAI BIJUTSU SHIRON. (Art History of the Muromachi Period). Tokyo, 1942.
7, 591 pp. 7 plates, 1 in colour. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
History of the art of the Muromachi period, examining kara-e (Chinese paintings), portrait paintings, Yamato-e and Buddhist sculptures. In Japanese.
336 Taniguchi Tetsuo: SEKIBUTSU KIKO. (Travelogue of Stone Buddhas). Asahi Shinbunsha no Shashin Series.
Tokyo, 1966. 244 pp. 1 colour & 200 b/w plates. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
One of the Asahi Newspaper Photo Series with photographs by Setsuzo Katayama of stone Buddhas from all over Japan. Japanese text
only.
337 Tazawa Yutaka & Ooka Minoru: ZUSETSU NIHON BIJUTSU SHI. Illustrated History of Japanese Art. Tokyo,
1957. 171; 30 pp. text, 47 pp. drawings, 57 pp. plates. 26 pp. text, 295 pp. & 6 colour plates. 2 vols. 27x20 cm.
Cloth.
£45.00
History of Japanese art with plates arranged chronologically. One volume with text and some illustrations, the other volume with just
illustrations. Japanese text with English captions to illustrations. Expanded version of the authors’ 1933 work with same title.
338 Tazawa Yutaka & Ooka Minoru: ZUSETSU NIHON BIJUTSU SHI. (A Pictorial History of Japanese Art). Tokyo,
1933. 97, 19 pp. text. 297 plates. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
History of Japanese art with plates arranged chronologically. Japanese text only.
339 Terry, Charles S: MASTERWORKS OF JAPANESE ART. Tokyo, 1956. xi, 252 pp. 100 plates, 40 in colour,
tipped-in. 35 b/w text-illustrations. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Based on the definitive six-volume Pageant of Japanese Art edited by the staff members of the Tokyo National Museum. Silberman
734.
340 To-ken Society of Great Britain: TO-KEN. An Exhibition of Japanese Swords & Other Items. Oxford, 1968. 96
pp. 28 pp. b/w plates showing numerous objects. 25x18 cm. Paper.
£35.00
The title continues: ‘An Exhibition of Japanese Swords & Other Items Representing the Martial Arts from the 4th to the 20th Centuries’.
Scarce catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
341 Tobacco and Salt Museum: TOBACCO POUCHES. Tokyo, 2005. 359 pp. 304 pp. colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Newly-revised edition of the Tobacco and Salt Museum’s catalogue of collected work, this volume shows 350 examples of tobacco
pouches in various media and from various periods. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Japanese.
342 Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko: HORYUJI HEKIGA. (The Murals at Horyuji). Tokyo, 1920. 1 pp. text and 46 fullpage b/w
plates; 1 pp. text, 45 fullpage b/w plates, 9 pp. text. 2 vols. 42x31 cm. Stitched, cloth case.
£250.00
A fine early study, published in 1920, of the murals in Horyuji Temple. A total of 91 fullpage black-and-white collotype plates. Text in
Japanese. In fine condition. Rare.
343 Tokyo Imperial Museum ed: HONKO NIHON TEIKOKU BIJUTSU RYAKUSHI. (A Brief History of the Art
of the Japanese Empire). Tokyo, 1908. 327 pp. 368 objects illustrated on numerous b/w plates. 39x27 cm. Half
leather with gilt impressed design. Embroidered design on silk.
£150.00
Large and impressive early 20th century work on Japanese art in many media, from architecture to bronze and showing many superb
objects, including national treasures, the majority from the collection of the Tokyo Imperial Museum. The objects are illustrated on
black-and-white plates, ranging from one object per plate to plates showing numerous items. Text in Japanese. Whilst fine externally,
this work is splitting in the centre, mainly due to its weight. Very scarce and priced accordingly.
344 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum: GANJINWAJO — NATIONAL TREASURES FROM THE TEMPYO
PERIOD. Commemorating the Heisei Renovation of Toshodaiji Temples’ Kondo (Main Hall). Tokyo, 2001. 216
pp. 113 pp. colour plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
An exhibition that focuses primarily on portrait sculpture of the Tang priest, Ganjin Wajo, who travelled to Japan. Highlights the temples collection of Buddhist and secular art, showing statuary, sculptures, paintings and handscrolls. All illustrated in good colour. Three
page exhibit list and introductions in English. Main text in Japanese.
345 Tokyo National Museum: 100 MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE TOKYO NATIONAL
MUSEUM. Tokyo, 1959. 39 pp. text. English preface and captions. 98 plates, 20 in colour. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
The cream of the Tokyo National Museum. Masterpieces of Japanese art from across the centuries.
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346 Tokyo National Museum: THE ART OF TENDAI BUDDHISM. To Mark the 1200 Anniversary of the Founding
of Mt. Hiei Monastery. Tokyo, 1986. 420 pp. including 23 pp. English. 77 colour plates, 366 illustrations. 25x21
£50.00
cm. Paper.
Detailed catalogue of paintings, sculptures, metalwork, ceramics, lacquers, etc. from various temples of the Tendai sect. English introductions. Main text in Japanese.
347 Tokyo National Museum: EXHIBITION OF TODAI-JI TREASURES. Tokyo, 1980. 250 pp. 143 exhibits all
illustrated, over 50 in colour. Text-figures. 24x24 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Catalogue of a travelling exhibition that toured a number of Japanese museums showing treasures from this famous Buddhist temple. List of plates and captions in English. Main text in Japanese.
348 Tokyo National Museum: THE HORYU-JI TREASURES: GILT-BRONZE BUDDHIST STATUES I. Tokyo,
1996. 566 pp. 78 colour and 231 b/w plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£180.00
Part One of a detailed study of the gilt-bronze statues amongst the Treasures from the Horyu-ji, donated to the Imperial Household in
1876 by the Horyu-ji temple and later entrusted to the Museum. This work discusses 26 of the 50 small gilt-bronze Buddhist statues
(popularly known as the 48 Buddhas) from the Horyu-ji Treasures. The statues date from the Asuka and Nara periods and are examined and discussed by numerous non-destructive methods and multiply illustrated. Three page of introductions and two page plate list
in English. Main texts in Japanese.
349 Tokyo National Museum: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF TREASURES ORIGINALLY FROM THE
HORYU-JI. Horyu-ji Kenno Homotsu Zuroku. Tokyo, 1959. 116 pp. text, English introduction and captions. 389
objects illustrated, 4 in colour. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£120.00
These objects from the old Nara temple of Horyu-ji were presented to the Imperial Household in 1876 as a means of obtaining financial aid for restoring the temple which had fallen into a dilapidated state. English introduction. Main text in Japanese.
350 Tokyo National Museum: NIHON TO TOYO NO BI — SORITSU 120-NEN KINEN. Tokyo National Museum
since 1872. Tokyo, 1992. 302; 21 pp. Colour plates of 463 exhibits. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Tokyo National Museum, showing a selection of arts from
Eastern countries from its collection. Preface and list of exhibits in English.
351 Tokyo National Museum: PAGEANT OF JAPANESE ART 1-6. Tokyo, 1952-54. Each volume c. 100 pp. and 50
plates of which many in colour. 6 vols. 37x27 cm. Cloth.
£300.00
1-2: Painting. 3: Sculpture. 4: Ceramics & Metalwork. 5: Textile & Lacquer. 6: Architecture & Gardens. A most comprehensive presentation of the whole range of Japanese art. Excellent photographs and descriptions. Silberman 733.
352 Tokyo National Museum: SELECTED MASTERPIECES OF THE TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM. A
Centennial Commemorative Exhibition. Tokyo, 1973. 259 pp. 362 illustrations, the majority in b/w. 26x19 cm.
Paper.
£35.00
362 of the finest masterpieces in the Tokyo National Museum were selected for this centennial exhibition. From calligraphy and Buddhist painting to lacquer and porcelain. Introduction and 19 page list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
353 Tokyo National Museum: SELECTIONS FROM THE EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE OLD ART
TREASURES. In Tokyo Olympic Games. Tokyo, 1964. xxvii, 437 pp. 365 b/w & 35 colour illustrations. 35x26
cm. Cloth.
£35.00
The Olympic events presumably allowed the subsidy of this major publication: a bargain compilation consisting of representative
specimens from all fields of ancient Japanese art, including painting, calligraphy, sculpture, decorative arts and archaeology. Captions are in Japanese, English and French.
354 Tomo Museum of History ed: CHORAKUJI TREASURES. 2003. 67 pp. Numerous colour plates. B/w text
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that shows the choicest treasures from this long-established temple — the Chorakuji. Includes 39 fine paintings (including Yuan dynasty examples), seven sculptures, seven lacquers, 24 examples of metalwork, ceramics etc. In Japanese.
355 Toto Origami Club: ORIGAMI. Japanese paper folding. Tokyo, 1957. 22 pp. mostly illustrations. 6 origami
samples. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Step-by-step guide of how to make origami, with 17 designs and 6 folded samples. Coloured Japanese paper also provided for your
practice.
356 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Vol. VIII. Part I. Tokyo, 1880. 143, vi pp. 5 sepia
plates. 2 folding maps. 23x15 cm. Paper. Wear and chipping to covers.
£25.00
Contains: Atkinson: Yatsu-ga-take, Haku-san and Tate-yama; Aston: Proposed Arrangement of the Korean Alphabet; Milne: Notes on
Stone Implements from Otarn and Hakodate (accompanied by 5 plates showing objects found); Gubbins: Hideyoshi and the Satsuma
Clan in the Sixteenth Century. Loss of cover to spine. Generally fragile. Very scarce.
357 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Vol. XXXVIII. Part II. Tokyo, 1910. 57 pp. 23x15
cm. Paper. Wear, marks and chipping to covers.
£35.00
Contains: Armstrong: Ninomiya Sontoku, The Peasant Sage. Hall: Dazai on Buddhism; Kirby: Ukemochi no Kami, The Shinto Goddess of Food (16 pp.). Partly uncut copy. Very scarce.
358 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Vol. XLVIII. Tokyo, 1920. 8, 45, 6 pp. 8 pp. b/w
plates. 23x15 cm. Boards.
£25.00
Contains: Starr: Ema (21 pp. and 8 pp. b/w plates. Ema are votive offerings, often small painted boards); Clement: The Sakurada Affair; Troup: On the Proposed Identification of the Term Abraxas with the Japanese Buddhist Expression for the Five Elements. Scarce.
359 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Vol. V. Tokyo, 1928. 116 pp. 22x15
cm. Boards.
£35.00
Contains: Parker: Cognates of Native Japanese Words; Gundert: An Introduction to the Main Currents of Buddhist Philosophy in
Japan; Layard: Index of Transactions to the Asiatic Society of Japan, First Series, Volumes I-L; Murdoch: Bibliographic Note. Of much
value for the Index of Transactions.
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360 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Vol. IX. Tokyo, 1932. 166 pp.
Colour frontispiece plus 6 b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£50.00
Contains: Trollope trans: The Carletti Discourse; Batchelor: The Ainu Bear Festival (8 pp.) ; Boxer: Rin Shihei and his Picture of a
Dutch East-India Ship, 1782 (21 pp. text plus 4 pp. b/w plates plus related colour frontispiece); Sansom: Early Japanese Law and Administration; Bickerton: Issa’s Life and Poetry; Imamura: The Present State of Seismologic Study in Japan. Scarce contributions by
Batchelor and Boxer. Loose in covers.
361 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Vol. XI. Tokyo, 1934. 244 pp.
£25.00
22x15 cm. Boards.
Contains: Snellen: The Image of Erasmus in Japan; Smith: An Introduction to Some Japanese Economic Writings of the 18th Century; Pierson: Was Japanese a Language of Open Syllables in the Seventh Century; Sansom: Early Japanese Law and Administration
(Part II); Snellen: Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan).
362 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Vol. XIV. Tokyo, 1937. xvi, 284
pp. Folding colour frontispiece. 1 folding b/w plate. A number of fullpage b/w illustrations. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£35.00
Contains: Smith: Materials on Japanese Social and Economic History: Tokugawa Japan I; Sadler: The Naval Campaign in the Korean War of Hideyoshi (1592-1598); Snellen: Shoku Nihongi IV-VI (Chronicles of Japan — continued)
363 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Vol. XV. Tokyo, 1937. xviii, 269
pp. text plus 50 pp. b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£25.00
Contains: Tsuchiya: An Economic History of Japan.
364 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Vol. XVI. Tokyo, 1938. xv, 356
pp. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£30.00
Contains: Borton: Peasant Uprisings in Japan of the Tokugawa Period; Fisher: Kumazawa Banzan, His Life and Ideas; Fisher (trans):
Dai Gaku Wakumon By Kumasawa Banzan.
365 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Vol. XIX. Tokyo, 1940. 307 pp.
text plus 26 pp. b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£45.00
Contains: Casal: Some Notes on the Sakakuzi and on the Role of Sake Drinking in Japan (186 pp. text plus 16 pp. b/w plates); Rabbitt: Rice in the Cultural Life of the Japanese People (66 pp. text plus 6 pp. b/w plates); Kishibe: On the Origin of the P’i P’a with
Particular Reference to the Five-Stringed P’i P’a Preserved in the Shosoin (42 pp. text plus 10 pp. b/w plates).
366 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Third Series Vol. 3. Tokyo, 1954. 189 pp. A
number of b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£65.00
Contains: Spinks: The Tokaido in Popular Literature and Art; De Becker: Post-war Trends in Japanese Law; Casal: Incense; Stramigioli: Hideyoshi’s Expansionist Policy on the Asiatic Mainland; van Gulik: The “Mango Trick” in China: An essay on Taoist Magic.
(pp. 117-175. 11 b/w illustrations.). This edition of most note for the rare van Gulik contribution.
367 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Third Series Vol. 6. Tokyo, 1958. vii, 96 pp.
22x15 cm. Boards.
£35.00
Contains: Comprehensive Index: A Classified List, Followed by Author and Subject Indexes, of Papers Appearing in the Transactions
of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 1872-1957.
368 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Third Series Vol. 7. Tokyo, 1959. 241 pp. 22x15
cm. Boards.
£30.00
Contains inter alia: Daniels: Straw Snakes; Blacker: Ohashi totsuan; Ackroyd: Women in Feudal Japan.
369 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Third Series Vol. 10. Tokyo, 1968. 175 pp. text
plus 7 pp. b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£25.00
Contains: Rabinowitz: Law and the Social Process in Japan; Hrdlickova: Chinese Storytellers and Singers of Ballads (18 pp.) ; Zolbrod: Kusazoshi: Chapbooks of Japan. (31 pp. text plus 7 pp. b/w plates).
cm. Boards.
£25.00
Contains inter alia: Kenrick: The first Six Months of the Asiatic Society in Japan: Beasley: Sir Harry Parkes and the Meiji Restoration; Seidensticker: The Great Amateurs; Williams: Two Remarkable Australians of Old Yokohama.
cm. Boards.
£30.00
Contains inter alia: Blum (trans): father Mounicou’s Bakumatsu Diary (98 pp.); Cooper: The First European-Language Dictionary
of Japanese.(24 pp.).
cm. Boards.
£30.00
Contains: Farrington: Some Other Englishmen in Japan; Uno: Day-Care and Family Life in Late-Meiji/Taisho Japan; Plummer: A
Captain’s Diary; Huffman: Freedom and the Press in Meiji-Taisho Japan; Malm: A Century of Proletarian Music in Japan.
373 TRANSACTIONS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY, LONDON. Volume XXVIII.
Fortieth Session, 1930-31. Transactions & Proceedings Japan Society. London, 1931. 197 pp. 26 plates. 26x17
cm. Paper.
£75.00
Contains: Ponsonby Fane: Jinshin no Ran: An Episode of Early Japanese History; David: The Shoso-in; Hobson: Notes on Japanese Pottery; Seligman: Japanese Temperament and Character; Kato: The Theological System on Urabe no Kanetomo; Boxer: European Influence on Japanese Sword-Fittings (comprising 28 pp. text and 16 pp. b/w plates. 30 tsuba are illustrated). Very scarce.
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374 TRANSACTIONS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY, LONDON. Volume XXXVI.
Forty-Eighth Session, 1938-1939. Transactions & Proceedings Japan Society. London, 1939. xxxi, 195 pp. B/w
£60.00
plates. 26x17 cm. Paper. Wear to spine.
Contains: Boutflower: The Individual versus Society in Japan; Douglas: The Genesis of Japan’s Navy; Thomas: Japan’s National Education; Rienacker: Japanese Lacquer (23 pp. text plus 6 pp. b/w plates); Minoru: Shakespeare in Japan: An Historical Survey; Tuck:
Japanese Nightingales. Scarce.
375 Tsuda Noritake: HANDBOOK OF JAPANESE ART. Tokyo, 1935. xiii, 525 pp. 355 illustrations, 10 in colour,
maps. Bibliography, index. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A guide to Japanese painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, lacquer, wood block prints, and many other art forms. Silberman 732.
376 Umeo, Yoshikumo: MANCHARO NO KENKYU. (Research into the Mandala). Kyoto, 1932. 5, 14, 24, 532, 45,
12 pp. Numerous b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth. Faded covers.
£75.00
Detailed research into the mandala, its significance and depiction in Buddhist art. In Japanese.
377 Umezu Jiro: EMAKIMONO SOKO. (Study of Picture Scrolls). Tokyo, 1968. 539 pp. 12 pp. b/w plates. 117 b/w
text illustrations. Bibliography, index. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Major study of (chiefly) narrative picture scrolls. In Japanese only.
378 University of Fine Arts: EXHIBITION OF NATIONAL TREASURES OF KOFUKUJI FROM THE
TEMPLE REVIVAL OF KAMAKURA PERIOD. Tokyo, 2004. 263 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text
£50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition showing the Kofuku-ji’s fine holdings of Kamakura art supplemented by loans from museums in Japan. The
highlight is superb Kamakura Buddhist sculpture accompanied by paintings, metal ritual objects, sutras and masks. well-illustrated
throughout in colour. Introductions and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
379 Vever Collection: CATALOGUE OF THE HENRI VEVER COLLECTION OF FINE JAPANESE ART 1-5.
London, 1972-74. 88; 68; 68; 40; 32 pp. Numerous illustrations. 5 vols. 26x20 cm. Paper.
£150.00
Five-volume Sotheby sale catalogue of the extensive collection of Henri Vever, mainly of tsuba and kozuka, and some lacquer. The 5th
volume entitled Fine Japanese Sword Fittings. Scarce as a set.
380 Waterhouse, David B: HARUNOBU AND HIS AGE. The Development of Colour Printing in Japan. London,
1964. 326 pp. Bibliography. Index. 124 b/w plates, 1 in colour. 22x15 cm. Ring-binding.
£25.00
Preface by Basil Gray. A survey of the history of woodcut printing with emphasis on the ukiyo-e school, including a detailed descriptive catalogue of the British Museum’s holdings. Abrams A164.
381 Watsuji Tetsuro: KOJI JUNREI. (A Pilgrimage to Old Temples). Tokyo, 1949. 297 pp. 24 plates. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
An account of the author’s sightseeing of the temples around Nara. In Japanese.
382 Weber, V.-F: KO-JI HO-TEN: DICTIONNAIRE A L’USAGE DES AMATEURS ET COLLECTIONNEURS
D’OBJETS D’ART JAPONAIS ET CHINOIS. Volume I and II. New York, 1965. 511; 653 pp. 70 plates, over
1.100 text-figures, map. Appendixes and index. 2 vols. 39x30 cm. Cloth.
£450.00
Contents include: Proper names, signatures and biographies of artists and artisans; accounts of famous places and of historical and
legendary figures; and summaries of myths, legends, customs and morals. Large format facsimile reprint.
D’OBJETS D’ART JAPONAIS ET CHINOIS. Volume I and II. Paris, 1923. 511; 653 pp. 75 plates, 5 in colour.
Over 2100 text-figures, map. Appendixes and index. 2 vols. 39x30 cm. Half-leather, repaired, part missing on
back.
£950.00
Numbered and signed edition of 585 copies. The second volume has a fair binding, expect that the spine is missing a piece at the base;
it is good inside. The front part, including the cover, of volume one has suffered water damage which has been repaired, but imperfectly. The binding is sound, but the frontispiece is damaged, chipped on its edges and loose. It and the title page have suffered particularly from the water damage which has produced oxidation, which also discolours the bottom only of the first 50 pages. The rest
of the contents are good, and the rear cover is fair to good, matching the second volume. Half the normal price.
D’OBJETS D’ART JAPONAIS ET CHINOIS. Volume I and II. N.p., n.d. 511; 653 pp. 70 plates, over 1,100 textfigures, map. Appendices and index. 2 vols. 30x21 cm. Wrappers.
£250.00
Contents include: Proper names, signatures and biographies of artists and artisans; accounts of famous places and of historical and
legendary figures; and summaries of myths, legends, customs and morals. Anonymous reduced format facsimile reprint of the 1975
Hacker reprint. The quality of the reproductions leaves something to be desired but, nevertheless, a perfectly serviceable copy of this
increasingly scarce reference. In French.
385 Weisenfeld,: MAVO. Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931. Berkeley, 2001. 388 pp. 16 colour and 131
b/w plates. 25x18 cm. Cloth.
£37.95
The radical Japanese art group Mavo made its mark on culture during the 1920s, working in performance, painting, book design, illustration, and architecture. The is the first major study in English of this influential group.
386 Welsh, Jorge: AFTER THE BARBARIANS II. Namban Works of Art for the Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch
Markets. London, 2008. 351 pp. Colour plates throughout. One foldout. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£150.00
Dealer’s catalogue of an exhibition of 48 superb examples of Japanese Namban art for the Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch markets.
All pieces illustrated in full colour, the majority also with close-up views, and exhaustively described and researched. Introductory essays: Canepa: Namban Works of Art for the Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch markets; Curvelo: The Black Ship; Jorg: Dutch VOC
Records as a Source for Dating 17th Century Japanese export Lacquer; De Abreu: The Construction Techniques of Namban Objects;
Kitagawa: Materials, Tools and Techniques Used on Namban Lacquerwork.
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387 Yamada, Chisaburoh F. ed: DECORATIVE ARTS OF JAPAN. Tokyo, 1964. 262 pp. 107 plates in colour. 34x26
cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Beautiful production on ceramics, metal work, lacquer ware and textiles.
388 Yamato Bunkakan: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL TREASURE — THE ILLUSTRATED
HANDSCROLL OF THE TALE OF NESAME. The Beauty of Weaving Together Literary Art and Buddhist
Faith. Osaka, 2001. 179 pp. 85 exhibits illustrated in full in colour. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£37.00
Catalogue that examines the interplay of art and religion through an exhibition of this famous scroll together with some other works.
Includes a complete reproduction of the scroll. Japanese text only.
389 Yanagisawa Soen: TRAY LANDSCAPES. Bonkei and Bonseki. Tourist Library 19. Tokyo, 1955. xxiv, 193 pp.
174 illustrations, 4 in colour. 15 b/w text-figures. Bibliography, glossary, index. 19x13 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
First edition.
390 Yanagisawa Taka: YANAGISAWA TAKA BUKKYO KAIGA SHI RONSHU. (A Collection of Essays on the
History of Buddhist Painting by Yanagisawa Taka). Tokyo, 2006. 8, 16, 5, 656 pp. 8 pp. colour and 16 pp. b/w
plates. A number of b/w text illustrations. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
Contains 34 lengthy essays pertaining to Buddhist painting by this noted Japanese scholar on the history of Buddhist art. One of the
essays is in English (A Study of the Painting Style of the Ryokai Mandala at the Sai-In To-Ji with Special Emphasis on Their Relationship
to Late Tang Painting), the remaining 33 in Japanese.
391 Yanagisawa Takashi et al: TAIMA-DERA. (Taima-dera Temple). Yamato no Koji Volume 2. Tokyo, 1982. 23 pp.
text and 56 plates, 20 in colour. 33x26 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
From the series ‘Old Temples of Yamato’ this beautifully illustrated volume focuses on Taima-dera temple and studies the Taima mandalas in particular detail.
392 Yashiro Yukio & Swann, Peter C: 2000 YEARS OF JAPANESE ART. London, 1958. 268 pp. 42 tipped-in colour,
135 b/w plates. 34x28 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A comprehensive history of Japanese painting and sculpture, giving detailed interpretations of representative works arranged in
chronological order. Rich, excellent illustrations.
393 Yoshikawa Itsuji: MAJOR THEMES IN JAPANESE ART. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, 1. Tokyo, 1976.
166 pp. 176 illustrations, 42 in colour. 24x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Covers primitive art in Japan, early classical art of the Nara period, the formation of Mediaeval art in the Heian period, the late
Heian and Kamakura periods and Suibokuga, decorative painting of the Muromachi etc.
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394 Allain, Maurice: L’EMPIRE FRANCAIS D’ OUTRE-MER. (The French Colonies). Montpellier, 1939. 3, 430,
5 pp. 4 colour folded maps; 416, 6 pp. A number of tipped-in colour plates. Numerous colour and b/w text
illustrations. 2 vols. 31x25 cm. Half cloth. Some wear to covers.
£180.00
A good period piece describing and depicting life in the French colonies in the mid and late 1930s. The illustrations range from reproductions of colour paintings by Jacques Simon and others to black-and-white photographs. Includes much detail on the economy
of the colonies, their products and exports. One section in Volume Two covers French Indochina. In French.
395 Allen, H. M. ed: LETTERS OF P. S. ALLEN. London, 1939. 298 pp. B/w frontispiece. 232x14 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
The bulk of the letters are to Aurel Stein. Allen and Stein were close friends and corresponded for over 30 years. It is strange to think
of Stein sitting in remote areas reading these quintessentially English epistles.
396 The Archaeological Team of Beijing: BEIJING MINGSHENG GUJI. Places of Historic Interest and Scenic
Beauty in Beijing. 北京名勝古蹟. Beijing, 1962. iii, 121 pp. B/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Shows and describe the main sights of Beijing in photographs taken in the early 1960s. Adequate black-and-white photographs show
largely deserted sights Text in Chinese.
397 Arnold, T. & Guillaume A. ed: THE LEGACY OF ISLAM. Oxford, 1931. xvi, 416 pp. 91 b/w illustrations. 19x13
cm. Cloth. Some damp marks to cover.
£25.00
Covers Spain and Portugal, The Crusades, Geography and Commerce, Art, Architecture, Literature, Mysticism, Philosophy and Theology, Law and Society, Science and Medicine, Music, Astronomy and Mathematics. A useful and enlightening read.
398 Arnold, T. W: PAINTING IN ISLAM. A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim
Culture. New York, 1965. xviii, 159 pp. B/w illustrations. 23x17 cm. Paper. £30.00
A useful study.
399 Asia Society Galleries ed: PICTURING HONG KONG. Photography 1855-1910.
New York, 1997. 144 pp. 1 colour and 61 b/w plates. Text illustrations. 25x30 cm.
Cloth.
£25.00
Catalogue of a touring exhibition of early Hong Kong photography from 1855-1910. Includes works
by Thomson, Beato, Miller and Lai Afong. A vivid illustration of how things have changed, both socially and physically.
400 Avery, Martha: THE TEA ROAD. China and Russia Meet Across the Steppe. Beijing,
2004. 198 pp. 48 pp. colour and b/w plates. 23x17 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A fascinating work on the Sino-Russian Tea Road that also tells the story of Russian expansion eastwards and the history of contacts between Russian and China. Recommended.
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401 Ayers, John: FAR EASTERN CERAMICS. In The Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 1980. 174 pp. 94 colour
plates, 294 illustrations. 37x27 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Catalogue of a selection from one of the world’s finest collections of oriental ceramics. Ninety-four masterpieces are magnificently illustrated with descriptions and an introductory essay to the collection. 12th volume in the series Oriental Ceramics (nonuniform to
the rest of the series).
402 Bach, Hilde: INDIAN LOVE PAINTINGS. New Delhi, 1985. 159 pp. Numerous colour and some b/w plates.
£30.00
28x22 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
A survey of erotic Indian love paintings. Numerous colour plates and illustrations and an informative text.
403 Bairei, Kono: SEIDENSCHWANZ UND ORCHIDEE. Japanische Meisterholzschnitte mit naturkundlichen
Erlauterungen. Leipzig, 1958. 6, 1, 68 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 24x17 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Illustrates and discusses the work of the Meiji book illustrator and artist, Kon Bairei. In German.
404 Ball, Katherine M: DECORATIVE MOTIVES OF ORIENTAL ART. London, 1927. 286 pp. 673 illustrations.
31x27 cm. Cloth.
£195.00
Original printing of a work unmatched in its field. Some wear and repair to spine, mottling to covers, otherwise fine. Priced accordingly. Rare.
405 Batley, Claude: THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN ARCHITECTURE. London, 1973. 96 pp. 70
£25.00
A collection of measured drawings and photographs comprising a technical and visual introduction to the basic elements of Indian
architecture. Revised edition.
406 BEIJING LIAO JIN WENWU YANJIU. (Research into Liao and Jin Dynasty Cultural Relics in the Beijing
Area). 北京遼金文物研究. Beijing, 2005. 1, 20, 2, 4, 389 pp. 20 pp. colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Folding
colour map. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Research into Liao and Jin cultural relics found in and around Beijing. Mostly discusses ceramics and architecture. Text in Chinese.
407 BEIJING YUNJU SI SHIJING SHAN JIUYING. (Old Photographs of Yunju Temple and the Shijing Shan Area
of Beijing). 北京雲居寺石經山舊影. Beijing, 2004. 6, 4 pp. text plus 79 pp. fullpage photographs and 1 map.
24x24 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
From the collections of the National Library of China, this work shows 79 early 20th century sepia-tone photographs of Yunju Temple and the Shijing Mountain area outside Beijing. Taken by Georges Bouillard in the 1920s. In Chinese.
408 Besse, Xavier: LA CHINE DES PORCELAINES. Paris, 2004. 148 pp. 58 colour
plates., mostly fullpage. Bibliography. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£30.00
An interesting work on the Grandidier collection of Chinese ceramics held in the Musée Guimet.
One of the earliest European collections of Chinese ceramics. Major pieces from the collection are
illustrated in colour and described. Includes a biography of the collector. In French.
409 Beurdeley, Michel: THE CHINESE COLLECTOR THROUGH THE
CENTURIES. From the Han to the 20th Century. Tokyo, 1966. 287 pp. 24 plates in
colour, 301 illustrations. 30x26 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with little wear.
£125.00
The author exposes, with interesting graphic documentation, the principal tendencies of the Chinese
aesthetics of precious objects, and tastes in collecting. An important contribution and a fine copy. RBS
12-13:500.
410 Beurdeley, Michel and Raindre, Guy: QING PORCELAIN. Famille Verte, Famille
Rose. London, 1987. 316 pp. 385 illustrations, 99 in colour, and 75 drawings and maps.
32x28 cm. Cloth.
£200.00
A lavish study that looks at the overall picture of porcelain production during the Qing dynasty. Copiously-illustrated with numerous
important and representative pieces.
411 Binyon, L., Wilkinson, J. & Gray, B: PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING. Including A Critical and Descriptive
Catalogue of the Miniatures Exhibited at Burlington House January-march, 1931. New York, 1971. xiv, 212 pp.
Numerous b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Paper.
£30.00
An excellent study of the subject by acknowledged experts.
412 Boger, Ann C. and DeOreo, Joellen K: SACRED INDIA. Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Cleveland, 1985. 60
pp. 36 b/w plates. Map. Glossary, bibliography. 23x20 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Catalogue from the Cleveland Museum of Art, a general introduction illustrated with some fine pieces from the collection.
413 Boisselier, Jean: LA STATUAIRE DU CHAMPA: RECHERCHES SUR LES CULTES ET
L’ICONOGRAPHIE. (Champa Sculpture: Research into its Worship and Iconography). Volume LIV. Paris, 1963.
xi, 468 pp. 104 pp b/w uncut plates. 3 b/w foldout maps. 1 colour foldout map. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£85.00
A detailed study by an authority of Champa sculpture from Vietnam. Illustrated with numerous extremely fine examples. Uncut copy.
In French.
414 British Antique Dealers’ Association: THE ART AND INFLUENCE OF JAPAN. A Loan Exhibition. London,
1991. 30 pp. Colour plates throughout. Eight-page insert with list of exhibits. 26x21 cm. Paper.
£12.00
Catalogue of a special exhibition arranged for the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair.
415 BRONZEN AUS LURISTAN. (Bronzes from Luristan). Koln, 1955. 42 pp. Numerous b/w plates and drawings.
21x15 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne in 1955. In German.
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416 Brook, Joe: FROM A YANKEE NOTEBOOK IN TAIWAN. Taipei, 1956. 2, 209 pp. Numerous b/w drawings.
21x15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
417 Brown, Louise Norton: BLOCK PRINTING AND BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN. From the Earliest
Period to the Twentieth Century. London, 1924. xiii, 261 pp. 43 plates, 18 in colour. Copious indices of titles &
artists. 39x27 cm. Quarter-cloth.
£190.00
A monumental work presenting book illustration in Japan. Included are suggestions to collectors, old book shops in Japan, a glossary,
three-page bibliography, general index and title index. Abrams D2. Ex-library copy with some wear to spine, minimal markings; very
good inside. Priced accordingly, an essential reference.
418 Browne, G. Waldo: JAPAN. The Place and the People. London, 1904. 438 pp. 16 fullpage colour plates, numerous
b/w plates & illustrations. 26x19 cm. Full leather. Wear to edges.
£225.00
Japan, its history, people and contemporary situation. Interesting photographs illustrate the text — a total of over 300 illustrations
from photographs. Rare.
419 C. T. Loo & Co: AN EXHIBITION OF THE SCULPTURE OF GREATER INDIA. A fully illustrated catalogue.
New York, 1942. 72 pp. Numerous b/w plates. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Dealer’s catalogue of a fine exhibition of 69 stone and bronze sculpture ranging from Buddha heads to architectural fragments and
columns. Introductory essays followed by descriptions of exhibits. All 69 exhibits illustrated.
420 Cable, Mildred: THE BAZARS OF TANGUT AND THE TRADE-ROUTES OF DZUNGARIA. Geographical
Journal Vol. LXXXIV No. I. London, 1934. pp. 17-32 plus 4 pp. b/w plates and 2 maps. 25x16 cm. Paper. £25.00
Contained within a volume of The Geographical Journal. A scarce contribution from this intrepid missionary lady.
421 Cadet, J. M: THE RAMAKIEN: THE THAI EPIC. Illustrated with the bas-reliefs of Wat Phra Jetubon, Bangkok..
Tokyo, 1971. 256 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Relates the story of this famous Thai epic illustrated with black-and-white rubbings of scenes from the tale taken from the well-known
series of stone reliefs at Wat Phra Jetubon in Bangkok. Introductory essays accompany.
422 Cadonna, Alfredo ed: INDIA, TIBET, CHINA. Genesis and Aspects of Traditional Narrative. Orientalia Venetiana,
7. Florence, 1999. x, 323 pp. 9 figures, 11 colour illustrations. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Finely-produced academic proceedings of a meeting on the varieties of traditional narrative (especially Buddhist tales) which span
and link the cultures in the title. With contributions by Mair (on the transformation texts closely associated with north-west China),
Idema, Dudbridge and others.
423 Calmann, Michel: COLLECTION MICHEL CALMANN. Paris, 1969. 54 pp. 20 plates, 4 in colour. 23x16 cm.
Paper.
£20.00
Exhibition at the Musée Guimet of the Calmann collection, which contains beautiful early ceramics and bronzes of China.
424 Fairbank, J. & Twitchett, D. ed: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA VOLUME 10. Late Ch’ing 18001911, Part I. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge, 1978. xvi, 713 pp. 15 maps, bibliography, index. 24x17
cm. Cloth.
£120.00
The first of two volumes, which traces political development and events until 1928, and examines economic trends in the period and
the rise of the new middle class.
425 Fairbank, J. & Twitchett, D. ed: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA VOLUME 11. Late Ch’ing 18001911, Part 2. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge, 1980. xx, 754 pp. 14 maps, bibliography, index. 24x17
cm. Cloth.
£120.00
Volume 11 surveys the persistence and deterioration of the old order in China during the late 19th century and the profound restlessness leading to revolution.
426 Ch’en, Jerome: YUAN SHIH-K’AI 1859-1916. Brutus Assumes the Purple. London, 1961. 290 pp. Frontispiece.
Map, bibliography, index. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
First edition of a study of this largely reviled leader, whose legacy was the warlord era.
427 Chandra, Lokesh: ICONOGRAPHY OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS. Sata-Pitaka Series, Indo-Asian Lit.
386. New Delhi, 1996. 437 pp. 6 plates, 4 in colour, and 1072 b/w illustrations. 28x23 cm. Cloth.
£92.00
Records the names of the Thousand Buddhas in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese. Supplemented by Sanskrit names
from a Khotanese scroll from Dunhuang. The first work in English devoted to the Thousand Buddhas, a central theme in Buddhist art.
428 Chao, Yuen Ren: READINGS IN SAYABLE CHINESE 3. (Contains: ‘The Mollusc’ by H. H. Davies and ‘The
Wild Rose’ by Ch’en Ch’üan). 中國話的讀物 3 。趙元任。軟體動物。戴維思原著；趙元任編譯、
野玫瑰。陳銓著. San Francisco, 1968. xv, 355 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Chao Yuen Ren, the most lively and interesting of academic linguists, produced a series of three readers in ‘Sayable Chinese’ for his
taught courses at the University of California. Volume three contains two examples of spoken drama, the first of them translated by
Chao.
429 Chaplin, Hamako Ito and Martin, Samuel: A MANUAL OF JAPANESE WRITING 1-3. Yale Linguistic Series.
New Haven, 1967. xi, 369; vi, 330; vi, 378 pp. 3 vols. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A textbook in three volumes for the student of Japanese, concentrating on the 881 essential or ‘education’ characters ‘Kyoiku-kanji’.
First volume a little scuffed with some tape on cover, insides good throughout.
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430 Charignon, A. J. H: LES CHEMINS DE FER CHINOIS. Un Programme
pour leur Développement: Ouvrage contenant une carte d’ensemble coloriée
des chemins de fer Chinois, 21 cartes séparées des différents réseaux et de
nombreux tableaux statistiques. Beijing, 1914. viii, 222 pp. 11 folding tables,
21 folding colour maps of the 21 networks. Appendixes. Provided with a good
colour reproduction of the lacking folded general map of China’s railways.
27x18 cm. Modern boards, covered with imitation leather, gilt spine, maroon
£350.00
title label to spine.
HANSHAN TANG BOOKS
A rare example in good condition of the output from the ‘Imprimerie des Lazaristes du PeiT’ang’ (Beitang), this is a thorough contemporary study, by a French engineer (also known
for a scarce work on Marco Polo) and advisor to the Ministry of Communications, of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese railway system. Although lacking the general map — here provided in a good colour reproduction — this copy is in excellent condition, having been carefully rebound for a previous collector, and the set of separate folding
coloured maps for the 21 networks are complete, clean and well-preserved.
431 Chen Tsu-Lung: LA VIE ET LES OEUVRES DE WOU-TCHEN (816-895). Contribution a I’histoire culturelle
de Touen-houang. Paris, 1966. 163 pp. 1 foldout map, 1 map. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£45.00
The life and works of Wu Zhen (816-895 A.D.) who wrote on the history and culture of Dunhuang at a time shortly after the Silk Road
had been at a peak under the Tang. In French. Uncut copy.
432 Chen Zhongfan: GUSHU DUJIAOFA. (The Textual Criticism of Early Literature). 古書讀校法。陳鍾凡述.
Dongnan Daxue Congshu. Shanghai, 1924. c. 150 pp. in various pagings. 23x15 cm. Paper.
£10.00
On the methodologies and practice of textual criticism: a then modern approach with an awareness of western sources and methods.
In Chinese.
433 Chi Li: LAO WUHAN. (Old Wuhan). 老武漢. Nanjing, 2000. 223 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 21x14 cm.
Paper.
£15.00
A history of this important Chinese city on the Yangtze River. Illustrated with old black-and-white photographs.
434 China Revolution Museum ed: JINIAN ZHOU ENLAI. (In Memoriam of Zhou Enlai). Beijing, 1985. c. 200 pp.
Over 500 b/w photographs. 26x24 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with some wear.
£35.00
The life and times of one of modern China’s great figures — Premier Zhou Enlai. A chronological treatment, copiously-illustrated in
black-and-white. In Chinese.
435 Clifford, Derek: CHINESE CARVED LACQUER. London, 1992. 160 pp. 101 colour & 52 b/w illustrations.
Appendix, bibliography. 29x25 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
This well-presented volume covers the art of Chinese carved lacquer from its beginning to the present day. Lavishly illustrated with
pieces from collections all over the world, it is a valuable handbook for the collector as well as the enthusiast and connoisseur. Outof-print.
436 Cole, Allan B. ed: YANKEE SURVEYORS IN THE SHOGUN’S SEAS. Records of the United States Surveying
Expedition to the North pacific Ocean 1853-1856. Princeton, 1947. 161 pp. 4 pp. b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket.
£65.00
Scarce work on the surveying expedition that followed Commander Perry on his landmark trip to Japan. The expedition is littleknown and this work is of much use and interest. Draws on many journals and records made by members of the expedition.
437 Columbia University: THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY EXHIBITION OF ART OF THE T’ANG DYNASTY
AND ITS ANTECEDENTS. the Rotunda low memorial Library. New York, 1967. 29 pp. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Unillustrated but useful listing and descriptions of the 91 exhibits in this exhibition.
438 Contag, Victoria: DIE SECHS BERÜHMTEN MALER DER CH’ING-DYNASTIE. Leipzig, 1940. 107 pp.
text. 57 illustrations on loose plates. 31x22 cm. Paper & loose plates, in box.
£95.00
A discussion of the landscape painting of 6 Qing artists: Wang Shimin, Wang Qian, Wu Li, Wang Hui, Yun Shouping, and Wang Yuanqi.
The box slightly scuffed, otherwise very good. In German.
439 Le Coq, Albert von: AUF HELLAS SPUREN IN OST-TURKISTAN. Berichte und Abenteuer der II. und III.
Deutschen Turfan-Expedition. Leipzig, 1926. xi, 166 pp. 52 b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£275.00
The adventures and finds of the second and third German expeditions to Chinese Turkestan which focused on the Turfan area, including the Kizil and Bezeklik caves. (Known in English as ‘Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan’). In German. First edition. Rare.
440 Cox, E. A: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS. Leigh-on-Sea, 1946. 61 pp. 8 plates, decorative borders throughout.
26x20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with slight loss and repair.
£25.00
Printed at the Chiswick Press on fine paper in an edition of 1,400 copies, and based on James Legge’s translation. Cox’s illustrations
represent a veritable ‘tour de force’ of chinoiserie. Partly uncut.
441 Crawfurd, John: JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE
COURTS OF SIAM AND COCHIN CHINA. Exhibiting a View of the Actual State of Those Kingdoms. Madras,
2000. vii, 598 pp. Foldout frontispiece panorama. 23 b/w illustrations plus map. Large folding map in back pocket.
29x22 cm. Decorative cloth.
£70.00
A facsimile of the very scarce 1828 account of a major European mission to Thailand and Vietnam. The large foldout map of Siam and
Cochin China is contained in a pocket at the back. Bump to bottom of front cover, otherwise fine.
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442 Creel, Herbert Glessner: CHINESE WRITING. Asiatic Studies in American Education, 2. Washington, 1943. 16
pp. 22x14 cm. Paper.
£12.00
Brief exposition of Chinese writing, intended to broaden knowledge of its working in American at a particular historical moment.
Third printing, 1945.
443 Croes, Gisele: THIS LIFE AND THE AFTER-LIFE. From Archaic Ritual Bronzes to Tang Mural Paintings.
£45.00
Brussels, 1996. 130 pp. 50 colour plates. Bibliography. 31x21 cm. Paper.
Dealer’s catalogue including some excellent examples of early Chinese archaic bronzes, pottery, etc. Also 7 examples of Tang period
mural paintings, here studied from various aspects in brief essays.
444 Curtis, Lionel: THE CAPITAL QUESTION OF CHINA. London, 1932. xix, 322 pp. 4 foldout maps. 22x14 cm.
Cloth.
£45.00
The book opens with chapters on the Tartars, the Opening of the Sea Routes by Spain and Portugal, Japanese and Chinese contacts
with Europe. The work then focuses on the period from the mid-19th century onwards — the Opium Trade and the unequal treaties,
the admission of Foreign Ministers to Peking, the Taiping Rebellion and its aftermath, the opening of the Pacific, foreign territorial
seizures in China, The Boxer Rebellion and a detailing of events from then on into the 1930s. The chapters on the Boxer Rebellion and
Legation Quarter are of much interest and include a foldout map of the legation quarter of Peking. Other foldout maps show Shanghai, Manchuria and Mongolia, China and Japan. A good copy.
445 Cushion, J. P.; in collaboration with W. B. Honey: HANDBOOK OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN MARKS.
London, 1980. 272 pp. B/w reproductions of marks throughout. Numerous maps. Index. 24x20 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket.
£30.00
Useful wide-ranging work on ceramics marks, with brief sections on China and Japan produced in collaboration with Honey. First
published 1956, revised and expanded in this fourth edition.
446 Czaja, Michael: GODS OF MYTH AND STONE. Phallicism in Japanese Folk Religion. Tokyo, 1974. 294 pp. 101
b/w illustrations. Appendix, bibliography, index. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
An account of the sculptures of Japanese folk worship and the religious ideas of the common people who produced them, focusing on
Dosojin, including chapters on Shamanism. Scarce.
447 Dalton, William: THE WOLF-BOY OF CHINA. Or Incidents and Adventures in the Life of Lyu-Payo. London,
1858. vi, 383 pp. 3 b/w fullpage engravings. 18x12 cm. Decorative cloth.
£120.00
A curious item that seems to draw on many threads of the scanty knowledge of China in the mid 19th century and bring them together
in this book. Thus the tale starts amidst the foreign enclave of Canton and moves around China at some speed giving various facts and
snippets of Chinese life. The story revolves around the life of Lyu-Payo and his adventures which includes life amongst the Miao of
Southwest China, bandits, robbers and much else that would appeal to the active imaginations of young boys for whom the work was
intended. Slight watermark to the tops of pages. Does not intrude onto engraved images. Second edition. Sensitively refurbished and
rebacked preserving as much of the original binding as possible and matching cloth (for supporting new spine). Rare.
448 Dani, Prof. Ahmad Hasan ed: ANCIENT PAKISTAN VOLUME II 1965-66. Bulletin of the Department of
Archaeology University of Peshawar. Peshawar, n.d. v, 238 pp. B/w plates, text drawings. 3 folding maps, 1 folding
table. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£75.00
Contains: Ghafoor: Two Lost Inscriptions Relating to the Arab Conquest of Kabul and the North West Region of West Pakistan;
Chaghatai: Bara Bridge Inscription of Shahjahan; Dani: Shaikhan Dheri excavation (1963 and 1964 Seasons). With the occasional
annotation. Rare.
449 Das, Sarat Chandra: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAMMAR OF THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. With the
Texts of Situhl Sum≈rTags, Dag-je Sal-wai Me-long and Shal-lun. Peking, 1941. xi, xxvii, 62 pp. plus 12 appendices
comprising c. 220 pp. 3 b/w photographs. 27x21 cm. Printed boards with wear and slight loss, cloth spine — starting
to detach.
£50.00
1941 Peking reprint of Darjeeling, 1915, original edition. Appendices include “A Tibetan Marriage”, “Pass-port or Road-bill”,
“Dalai Lama’s Letter to King Edward VII”, “Dalai Lama’s Hierarchy”, and others. Ex-library with usual marks. Functional working copy of this scarce work.
450 Davidson-Houston, J. & Dewar-Durie, R. trans: FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS. Of the Chinese National
Army. Peiping, 1934. x, 157 pp. 22x14 cm. Half cloth.
£45.00
A good firm copy of this scarce work.
451 Dawydow, G. A. Fedorow: DIE GOLDENE HORDE. (The Golden Horde). Leipzig, 1973. 191 pp. A few b/w
plates and drawings. 1 folding map. 22x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A detailed history of the Yuan. In German.
452 de Benneville, James S: SAITO MUSASHI-BO BENKEI. (Tales of the Wars of the Gempei). Yokohama, 1910.
xxvii, 391; vii, 453 pp. Colour frontispiece to each volume, several fullpage b/w plates. Large b/w folding map 2
vols. 19x13 cm. Cloth.
£375.00
The title continues: ‘Being the Story of the Lives and Adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo
Benkei the Warrior Monk.’ Based on the Heike Monogatari and the Gempei Seisuiki, this two-volume work follows the career and adventures of Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189) and his follower, the warrior-monk Musashi-bo Benkei. The two exemplified the warrior spirit so important in traditional Japanese culture. Very rare first Yokohama edition, privately published by the author. In fine
condition. Not in Cordier or Nachod.
453 de Boer, T. J: THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAM. London, 1933. xiii, 216 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Translated from the Dutch.
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454 Deng Sanmu: SHUFA XUEXI BIDU. (Essentials for the Practice of Calligraphy). 書法學習必讀。鄧散木.
Beijing, 1958. 130 pp. B/w illustrations and figures throughout. 21x16 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Illustrated manual of Chinese calligraphy, in Chinese.
455 Ding Naishu and Zhao Mimi ed: ZHONGGUO LIDAI XIASHUO XUAN. (A Selection of Chinese Fiction Down
the Ages). 中國歷代小說選。丁乃庶、趙彌彌編. Taibei, 1957. 20, 346 pp. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£15.00
A Selection of extracts from famous texts. In Chinese only.
456 Dubosc, Jean-Pierre: MOSTRA D’ARTE CINESE. Settimo Centenario di Marco Polo. Venice, 1954. xxxviii,
£50.00
273 pp. (10 pp. advert.) Numerous b/w illustrations. Map. Chronology. 27x22 cm. Paper.
A loan exhibition of 951 items, nearly all of which are illustrated, of rubbings, bronzes, jades, sculptures, ceramics and paintings, textiles, enamels and lacquer. Profusely illustrated.
457 Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond et al. ed: TURFAN REVISITED. The First Century of Research into the Arts and
Cultures of the Silk Road. Berlin, 2004. 471 pp. 59 colour and 176 b/w plates. 56 figures and 8 maps and plans.
30x24 cm. Boards.
£230.00
Contains 71 papers presented at the conference ‘Turfan Revisited. The first Century of Research into the Arts and Cultures of the Silk
Road’ held mostly at the Museum for Indian Art in Dahlem, Germany, in 2002. Dual language preface in English and German. 20 of
the papers are in German, the remaining 51 in English.
458 Eliasberg, Danielle: LE ROMAN DU POURFENDEUR DE DEMONS: TRADUCTION ANNOTEE ET
COMMENTAIRES. (The Novel of The Vanquisher of Demons: Annotated Translation with Commentaries). Paris,
1976. 2, 425 pp. 1 b/w illustration. 24x16 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Annotated translation into French of the Chinese work: Zhong Kui Zhuo Gui Zhuan — the story of Zhong Kui, tamer of demons.
459 Eskenazi Ltd: YUAN AND EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN. London, 1994. 74 pp. 26 colour
plates, 8 text-figures in colour. Map. Bibliography. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Exhibition catalogue of 26 blue and white porcelains dating from Yuan or early Ming period, acquired from private collections. Each
piece is fully described and illustrated in colour. Introductory essay by Regina Krahl. A few annotations in text.
460 Executive Committee of the Exhibition ed: PERSIAN ART. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Persian
Art at Burlington House London 1931. London, 1931. xix pp. text plus 101 pp. b/w plates. 25x19 cm. Half cloth.
£40.00
Catalogue of this famous exhibition of Persian treasures held at the Royal Academy, London, in 1931. The black-and-white plates show
numerous exhibits in various media.
461 Fang Quji: MING QING ZHUANKE LIUPAI JIANSHU. (An Introduction to Seal Carvers Active during the
Ming and Qing Dynasties). 明清篆刻流派簡述。方去疾編釘. Shanghai, 1983. 10, 225 pp. B/w & red
illustrations throughout. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£40.00
A useful work listing numerous carvers of seals active in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. There is a brief description of
each seal carver accompanied by illustrations of seal impressions and rubbings of inscriptions on seal bodies. In Chinese.
462 Feng, Djen Djang: THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND GERMANY SINCE 1898.
Shanghai, 1937. iv, 281 pp. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
An account of the diplomatic relations between China and Germany from 1898 until the 1930s with a brief account of relations before
that period. Includes the German colony of Kiaochow, the German part in the Boxer Rebellion etc.
463 Firminger, Walter Kelly ed: THE FIFTH REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY COMPANY. New York, 1969. 18,
cccxxxiv, xvii, 322, 4; xx, 752; xxx, 595, ii, 58, xxxiv pp. Pocket containing 15 tables. 3 vols. 25X16 cm. Cloth.
£225.00
From the preface: ‘This monumental work was issued by order of Parliament in the year 1812 and is still the standard authority on
land tenures and judicial and police systems of British India. It has been known to sell at fabulous prices and is now practically unobtainable at any price... a faithful and unexpurgated verbatim reprint of the original report’. With an historical introduction and copious biographical and topographical notes. Also contains the valuable minute of April 1788 of Sir John Shore, not in the original
report. Reprint of the 1917 edition. Scarce and valuable three volume reference on the East India Company. In fine condition.
464 Flood, Gavin: AN INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM. Cambridge, 1996. xviii, 341 pp. 1 b/w illustration. 23x15
cm. Paper.
£19.95
A useful thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism.
465 Frederick Muller & Cie: ART DE L’EXTREME ORIENT: BOUDDHAS EN BOIS, BRONZE ET CUIVRE
LAQUES-BRONZES... Kakemonos Midzou-Ires — Tsubas — Netsukes Ceramiques de L’Epoque, Ming.....
Amsterdam, 1923. 14 pp. 6 b/w plates. 1 foldout. 32x24 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Catalogue of an interesting auction held in Amsterdam in 1923. The plates show an extremely fine ensemble of three 16th century
Japanese bronze Buddhist figures, together with other fine Japanese sculpture. In French. Loose in covers.
466 Frey, Robert L. ed: THE BULLETIN OF THE FRIENDS OF JADE 1. London, 1980. 50 pp. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
The first issue of the Bulletin contains an annotated translation of the second half of Abel-Remusat’s Histoire de la Ville de Khotan,
the first main piece of research in a Western language on the subject of jade.
467 Fu Baoshi: FU BAOSHI HUAJI. 傅抱石畫集. Nanjing, 1981. ix, 100 plates, predominantly in colour. Chronology
of the artist’s life. 38x27 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
One hundred fine paintings by Fu Baoshi are shown in this work. In Chinese.
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468 FU BAOSHI GUAN SHANYUE: DONGBEI XIESHENG HUAXUAN. (Fu Baoshi and Guan Shanyue:
Paintings of the North-East). 傅抱石關山月：東北寫生畫選. Shenyang, 1964. 4 pp. text. 42 full page colour
£30.00
Paintings from a trip made to the North-East of China in 1961 by Fu Baoshi and Guan Shanyue. Predominantly scenery. Text in Chinese.
469 FUJIAN TAOCI. (Fujian Porcelain). Zhongguo Taoci. Shanghai, 1996. 195 pp. 245 colour plates. A few b/w text
£40.00
The ceramics and porcelain of Fujian from the Stone Age onwards. Includes a good number of Blanc-de-Chine pieces. Well-illustrated
in colour. In Chinese only.
470 Fukukita, Yasunosuke: TEA CULT OF JAPAN. An Aesthetic Pastime. Tourist Library 1. Tokyo, 1935. 77 pp. 50
illustrations, 1 in colour. Glossary. Brief bibliography. 19x13 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Outlines the origin of tea-drinking and gives details of the ceremony. First edition.
471 Gao Mingkai: HANYU YUFA LUN. (On Chinese Grammar). 漢語語法論。高名凱著. Beijing, 1957. 9, 544
pp. 21x15 cm. Cloth.
£15.00
Authoritative work on Chinese grammar. In Chinese only.
472 Gardner, K. B: DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE BOOKS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
Printed before 1700. London, 1994. 912 pp. 30 colour and 300 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£245.00
This catalogue contains detailed descriptions of 635 books printed and published in Japan, and comprising the entire collection of
Japanese antiquarian books in the British Library. Entries are arranged by subject. Indexes, bibliography, reference material.
473 Garner, Sir Harry M. intro: THE ARTS OF THE MING DYNASTY. London, 1958. 80 pp. 104 plates. 29x22 cm.
Cloth.
£50.00
The complete catalogue of the famous exhibition held by the Oriental Ceramic Society in London, 1957. Limited edition of 850 copies.
474 Garratt, G. T. ed: THE LEGACY OF INDIA. Oxford, 1938. xviii, 428 pp. 23 b/w illustrations. Folding map.
19x12 cm. Cloth. Some damp marks to cover.
£25.00
Ranges from language and literature to Buddhism, philosophy, Hinduism, science, caste and the structure of society. Fascinating and
informative.
475 Gemilli Careri, Giovanni Francesco: GIRO DEL MONDO. Parte Quarta: Contenute le cose più ragguardevoli
vedute Nella Cina. In questa seconda Edizione de molto accresciuto e ricorretto, e di nuove figure adornato. Napoli,
1708. [4], 334, [16] pp. 3 (61) (246) (248) fullpage and 3 folding engraved plates. 17x11 cm. Contemporary
vellum.
£90.00
Second edition of the fourth part only of Gemelli’s travels, the part devoted to China. Presso Francesco Antonio Perazzo. The fullpage
plates show the Porcelain Pagoda at Nanjing plus two botanical illustrations; and the impressive folding plates, by Andreas Magaliar, are entitled: ‘Accompagnamento dell Imperador della Cina quando comparisce informa Pubblica’, ‘Funerali che si costumano
nella Provincia di Quan-tun del Regno della Cina’, and ‘Leamquam Tsunto Vicario Generale di due Provincie della Cina con mille
d’Accompagnamento’.
Strictly a reading copy, with heavily darkened binding, staining, warping of the pages and covers, some tears, some worming (not
affecting text or plates), and general wear. Nonetheless the book closes neatly and has many pleasing aspects. The text is a good impression and entirely legible and the plates — especially the folding plates — are pretty marvellous. Could be carefully cleaned with
good results.
Cf. Lust 327-30; Cordier 2091.
476 Gexiqujizhaba: GEXIQUZHA ZANGWEN CIDIAN. (Gexiquzha’s Tibetan Dictionary). Beijing, 1957. 971 pp.
27x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
A Tibetan-Chinese dictionary produced by the Minzu Chubanshe (Nationalities Publishing House). Chiefly in Tibetan with Chinese definitions.
477 Giles, Herbert A: A CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Shanghai, 1912. xviii, 1711, 84 pp. 2 vols. 34x28 cm.
Later cloth, backs loose.
£300.00
The standard dictionary for scholarly use, exemplifying the Wade-Giles system of romanization, used by most subsequent lexicographers. Price reduced. Second, and best, edition. Despite the binding defects (easily remedied), a fine copy. Hucker 87; Mathias 37.
478 Giles, Herbert A. ed: GEMS OF CHINESE LITERATURE. New York, 1965. xviii, 430 pp. 22x13 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Reprint of the second edition, revised and greatly enlarged, of 1923. An anthology of Chinese literature from 550 B.C. to the end of
the Qing, arranged by dynasty. Exemplary prose & verse from each period. A short biographical note for each author. Paperback.
479 Goepper, Roger: IM SCHATTEN DES WU-T’UNG-BÄUMES. Gedanken zur Malerei von Ch’in Tsu-yung.
München, 1959. 61 pp. text and 32 plates, line drawings in text. 19x18 cm. Boards.
£18.00
German translation of the Qin Ziyong’s ‘Tongyin Lunhua’.
480 Goullart, Peter: THE MONASTERY OF JADE MOUNTAIN. London, 1961. 189 pp. 16 plates. 22x14 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket.
£30.00
A picture of life in Buddhist and Daoist monasteries. The author lived in China for thirty years.
481 Granoff, P. and Shimora, K. ed: MONKS AND MAGICIANS. Religious Biographies in Asia. 1996. Paper.
£25.00
A collection of 7 original essays about the lives of Jain and Buddhist figures in India and Buddhist kings and monks on Tibet and
China.
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482 Gray, Basil intro: THE ARTS OF THE SUNG DYNASTY. London, 1960. 67 pp. plus 104 pp. plates illustrating
296 items. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
The complete catalogue of the exhibition held by the Oriental Ceramic Society at the Arts Council Gallery. Printed in 500 copies only.
Knocked on one corner.
483 Green, Alexandra: FABULOUS ANIMALS IN CHINESE ART. Bath, 1995. 26 pp. B/w illustration throughout.
£10.00
21x14 cm. Paper.
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath showing both real and mythical animals in Chinese art. The animals are depicted on objects in a variety of media and their symbolism and importance discussed.
484 Gregory, J. W: TO THE ALPS OF CHINESE TIBET. An Account of a Journey of Exploration. London, 1923.
321 pp. 26 illustrations on 16 plates. 7 maps and diagrams, 1 folding. 22x14 cm. Half-leather, later rebinding.
£240.00
An account of a journey of exploration up to and among the snow-clad mountains of the Tibetan frontier, being largely Yunnan and
Western China. First edition, cancelled library stamp on back of title page, one plate bound in wrong place, otherwise a good copy in
sturdy binding.
485 Groot, J. J. M. de: THE RELIGION OF THE CHINESE. Hartford-Lamson Lectures Religions World. New York,
1910. vii, 230 pp. Index. 19x13 cm. Cloth.
£48.00
A basic introduction to the subject, noting the religious aspects and contributions of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. Hucker
1088. Covers slightly bumped.
486 GUANZI. (The Philosophical Collection of Master Guan). 管子。〔唐〕司空房元齡註. Shanghai, 1916.
Various paginations. 21 juan in 6 ce. 6 vols. 21x14 cm. Stitched, cloth case.
£25.00
Handy lithographic edition by the Saoye Shanfang of the renowned compendium of philosophical writings attributed to the famous minister (d. 645 B.C.) of Duke Huan of Qi, but dating from the Han. In Chinese.
487 Guest, Grace Dunham: SHIRAZ PAINTING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Freer Gallery of Art Oriental
Studies No. 4. Washington, 1949. 70 pp. text plus 50 pp. b/w plates. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
A study of 16th century Shiraz painting based on the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art.
488 Gugong Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG LIDAI FASHU XUANJI DI ER JI. (Selection of
Calligraphy from the Palace Museum: Volume 2). 故宮博物院藏歷代法書選集第二集. Beijing, 1993. Each
volume c. 20 sheets. Illustrations throughout. 20 vols. 43x32 cm. Stitched. Cloth case with damage to one toggle.
£225.00
Contains 20 volumes with reproductions of famous examples of calligraphy and albums containing calligraphy dating from the Jin dynasty to the Ming, all in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Part Two of three. The original was published in 1977. This
is a reissue from the 1990s. All text in Chinese. Out-of-print.
489 GUGONG SHUHUA LU ZENGDINGBEN 1-4. Taibei, 1966. 428, 310, 586, 472 pp. 4 vols. 23x15 cm. Paper.
£75.00
Revised version of this detailed descriptive work on paintings in the National Palace Museum collection in Taibei. Revised edition. Some
wear to covers and spines. In Chinese.
490 Guo Maoqian ed: YUEFU SHIJI. (Anthology of Yuefu [Music Bureau] Poetry). 樂府詩集。郭茂倩編. Beijing,
1955. 100 juan in 12 ce and various pagings of folded leaves, Chinese-style. 12 vols. 21x14 cm. Stitched, cloth
case.
£85.00
Fine 1950s facsimile edition of a famous Song period anthology of poetry — ‘yuefu’ is, in simple terms, folk poetry collected and complied into a ‘Music Bureau’ officially sponsored and eventually canonical genre — based on a Song period edition. A good example
of 1950s scholarly and bibliophilic publishing.
491 Hacker, A. & Wattis, J: SHANGHAI CENTURY. Hong Kong, 2005. 95 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout.
24x29 cm. Wrappers.
£45.00
Catalogue of an enjoyable exhibition at Wattis Fine Art showing photography, maps, engravings and prints depicting Shanghai from
the 1870s to the 1930s. Illustrated throughout. Text in English.
492 Hackin, M. J. et al: MYTHOLOGIE ASIATIQUE. Illustrée. Paris, 1928. X, 432 pp. 15 pp. fullpage 4-colour
plates, 354 b/w illustrations. 29x22 cm. Half vellum, marbled boards.
£110.00
Nice copy of the first edition of a major reference on the mythology of Asia, organised by region and centred around the Musée Guimet
collections and employing the expertise of many of the scholars and art historians associated with the museum. In French.
493 Hadji Baba Ancient Art: ART OF THE EASTERN WORLD. London, 1996. 220 pp. 99 fullpage colour plates.
30x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Dealer’s catalogue of a sale exhibition of 99 very fine examples of primarily early Islamic and Persian art dating from Ancient
Mesopotamia to the 13th century. Mostly ceramics, pottery and glass. Very well-illustrated in colour and described.
494 HAIWAI CANG ZHONGGUO LIDAI MINGHUA. Classical Chinese Paintings in Foreign Collections.
海外藏中國歷代名畫. Changsha, 1998. 54, 252 pp; 32, 274 pp; 30, 274 pp; 30, 290 pp.; 30, 274 pp.; 30, 274 pp.;
30, 274 pp.; 30, 274 pp. A total of 2186 pp. of colour plates. A few b/w text illustrations per volume. 8 vols. 31x23
cm. Cloth.
£600.00
An excellent eight-volume set with high quality colour plates on Chinese paintings held in overseas collections, both public and private. Some paintings are shown in multiple plates and some with close-up detail. The most comprehensive work on the subject and of
much use as a study tool and listing of Chinese paintings available for viewing in the West. The volumes are ordered chronologically
as follows:
Volume One: Earliest Times to the Tang: 184 paintings are shown. Includes silk paintings from Dunhuang and mural art as well as
the earliest extant paintings. Volume Two: Five Dynasties to the Northern Song. 173 paintings are illustrated. Volume Three: The
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Southern Song. 212 paintings shown. Volume Four: The Liao, Jin, Xixia and Yuan Dynasties. 192 paintings. Volume Five: The Ming
Dynasty Part I. 232 paintings illustrated. Volume Six: The Ming Dynasty Part II. 215 paintings shown. Volume Seven: The Qing Dynasty Part I. 231 paintings depicted. Volume Eight: The Qing Dynasty Part II. 244 paintings illustrated.
A total of 1683 paintings are shown in 2186 pages of colour plates. List of paintings in each volume in English showing artist and
painting title only not locations. The exception to this is the final volume eight which also has a separate list showing locations of the
paintings in that volume grouped by country and then institution or collection. Main texts in Chinese with all relevant details including location of paintings. A definitive work and reference.
495 Hanart Gallery: INNOVATION WITHIN TRADITION: THE PAINTING OF HUANG BINHONG. Hong
Kong, 1989. 104 pp. 42 plates with 38 colour and 39 b/w illustrations, 32 text-figures. 28x21 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held in Williams College Museum of Art and the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition comprises 76
scrolls and album leaves on loan from major US museums and private collections.
496 Hardy, Sheila Yorke: KU YUEH HSUAN — A NEW HYPOTHESIS. Vol. II, No. 3. London, 1949. pp. 116-125.
B/w illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£20.00
An article from Oriental Art Winter 1949-50 on Guyuexuan, a sought-after Chinese porcelain from the .
497 Harper, Donald John: EARLY CHINESE MEDICAL LITERATURE. The Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts. Sir
Henry Wellcome Asian Series, 2. Edinburgh, 1997. Cloth.
£85.00
First published in Great Britain in 1996 by the Royal Asiatic Society.
498 Haveley, Cicely ed: THIS GRAND BEYOND. The Travels of Isabella Bird Bishop. London, 1984. 190 pp.
Numerous b/w illustrations. 25x20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£45.00
The intrepid Mrs Bishop travelled to an extent that is impressive by modern-day standards, let alone at the end of the 19th century!
This is a selection from her numerous travelogues and includes a significant amount on the Far East — Tibet, Korea, Japan, China,
the Yangtze Valley etc. In effect, a biography of this extraordinary lady.
499 Hayward Gallery: IN THE IMAGE OF MAN. The Indian Perception of the Universe through 2000 Years of
Painting & Sculpture. London, 1982. 231 pp. 50 colour and 450 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
The catalogue of the Festival of India’s major exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. The exhibition aimed to be the most comprehensive
survey of Indian art seen in England since 1947 and almost every exhibit is illustrated.
500 Hedin, Sven Anders: SOUTHERN TIBET. Discoveries in Former Times Compared with My Own Researches in
1906-1908. New Delhi, 1991. 9 vols. Text in 4to and 3 folio volumes — 2 volumes of maps and 1 volume
panoramas. 12 vols. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£750.00
Reprint of Hedin’s monumental work on his explorations and researches in South Tibet during the years 1906-08. Apart from the accounts of Hedin’s travels and explorations, the volumes comprehensively cover other discoveries, research and explorations over the
ages in the area by Chinese and Europeans. A mammoth undertaking. Altogether 462 plates and 333 maps (many folding or doublepage). Whilst the reprint obviously lacks the quality of the original work, the plates, maps and text are adequate and represent an opportunity to own this huge and important work at a fraction of the price of the original. Altogether 462 plates and 333 maps (many
folding or double-page). See Yakushi Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature H105 for details of contents. Marshall 2096.
501 Hedley, Geoffrey: YI-HSING WARE. Offprint from TOCS. London, 1937. Pp. 70-86. 41 b/w plates. 29x22 cm.
Paper.
£20.00
A useful contribution illustrated with pieces by famous Yixing potters from the Ming onwards.
502 Hejzlar, Josef: CHINESE WATERCOLOURS. London, 1978. 70 pp. text. 115 colour plates, 22 illustrations.
Selective bibliography, index. 30x24 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A study of the Shanghai School of painting and its links with the ‘xieyi’ and ‘huaniao’ (bird-and-flower) modes of painting.
503 Herbig-Haarhaus Lackmuseum: EX ORIENTE LUX. European and Oriental Lacquer. Köln, 1977. 265 pp. 170
plates and illustrations, many in colour. 21x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A catalogue of Chinese, Japanese and European lacquers in the collection of the BASF Lacquer Museum, Cologne. Describes 150 Chinese and Japanese lacquers. In English.
504 Hillier, Jack Ronald: JAPANESE DRAWINGS. From the 17th Through the 19th Century. Drawings of the Masters.
New York, 1965. 139 pp. 90 plates, mostly in colour. 6 b/w figures. Biographies. Bibliography. 23x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A collection of sketches, or shita-e, by various Japanese artists.
505 Ho, W. et al: EIGHT DYNASTIES OF CHINESE PAINTING. The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins
Museum and Cleveland Museum. Cleveland, 1980. lvi, 408 pp. 286 illustrations, 8 colour plates. Bibliography,
artist list, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Essays followed by an extensive catalogue of over 280 items with detailed descriptions. The paintings in these two museums rank
among the most important in the West. Essays also by S. Lee, L. Sickman & M. Wilson. Ex-library copy with front cover loose. Inside
fine as a reading copy.
506 Hoffmeister, Adolf: GUO-HUA ODER DIE CHINESISCHE MALEREI. Reiseeindrucke. Prague, 1957. 203
pp. 66 plates, 2 in colour and many illustrations. 25x17 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Account of then contemporary Chinese painting and woodblock printing, with a review of the achievements of earlier periods. In German.
507 Hotel Drouot: APPARTENANT A DIVERS AMATEURS: CERAMIQUE DE LA CHINE. Des Dynasties Tang,
Song, Yuen, Ming.... Paris, 1934. 28 pp. plus 9 b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue of Far Eastern art and primitive art from elsewhere. The illustrations show Qing dynasty ceramics,
Cambodian sculpture and other objects. In French.
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508 Hotel Drouot: CATALOGUE OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE. Appartenant a Monsieur Le General
C..’Ceramique des Epoques Ming, Kanghi, Yungching et Kienlong ... Paris, 1928. 18 pp. text plus 8 pp. b/w plates.
£25.00
33x22 cm. Paper.
Interesting Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of mostly Chinese objects from the Qing dynasty, somewhat elusively described as belonging
to a ‘Monsieur Le General C...’ The plates show cloisonne, jades, a very fine Qianlong screen, Ming and Qing ceramics. Some of the
objects are undoubtedly imperial and likely to have come from the Forbidden City. In French.
509 Hotel Drouot: [COLLECTION A. HALOT] OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME-ORIENT. Ceramique de la Chine
et du Japon, Bois Sculptes..... Paris, 1927. 27 pp. plus 4 b/w plates. 31x22 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue of Japanese art from the Halot collection. The plates show Japanese art in various media. In French.
510 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTION DE MADAME G... H...: PIERRES DURES DE LA CHINE. Jade, Cristal de
roche, Agate, Corail..... Paris, 1934. 11 pp. plus 2b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of Chinese hardstones, Chinese ceramics etc. from the collection of ‘Madame G...H...’ The two black-andwhite plates show a selection of 20 objects, mostly later jades plus a few rock crystal. In French.
511 Hotel Drouot: [COLLECTION DU DOCTEUR MENE] CATALOGUE DES LAQUES DU JAPON, BOITES
ECRITOIRES INROS BOITES DIVERSES...... Paris, 1913. 128 pp. text plus 12 pp. b/w plates. 28x23 cm.
Paper.
£35.00
An early Hotel Drouot auction catalogue comprising the second sale of the fine oriental art collection of Dr. Edouard Mene. The plates
show a good number of fine tsuba, plus other Chinese and Japanese art objects, including ceramics and bronzes. In French.
512 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTION J. C. M. KROOK: IMPORTANTES SCULPTURES EN PIERRE ET EN
BOIS. Bronzes du X au XVIII siecle... Ceramique de la Chine et du Japon ... Paris, 1935. 24 pp. ii b/w plates.
27x19 cm. Paper.
£18.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of Chinese, Japanese and Southeast Asian art from the Krook collection. The two plates show a selection
of southeast Asian ,Siamese and Cambodian stone statuary. In French.
513 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTION RAYMOND HUET: OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME-ORIENT. Provenant
Principalement des Collections Burty, Calame, Goncourt, Hayashi ... Paris, 1928. 48 pp. text plus 8 pp. b/w plates.
32x22 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of Chinese and Japanese art from the Raymond Huet collection which contained many pieces from earlier famous French collections. The plates show Japanese art in a variety of media. In French.
514 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTION WALTHER: PIERRES DURES DE LA CHINE. Jades — Cristaux de Roche
Agates Turquoise — Amethyste Etc.... Paris, 1924. 34 pp. text plus 10 b/w plates. 27x18 cm. Paper. Covers
detaching.
£25.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue of the Walther collection comprising mostly Chinese jades and ceramics from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nine of the plates show very fine jades and hardstone objects, mostly Qing. In French.
515 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTIONS CHINOISES DE MADAME H... ET DE MADAME W... Ceramique de la
Chine Bois Sculptes-Bronzes-Emaux cloisonnes, Pierres Dures. Paris, 1936. 16 pp. plus 1 b/w plate. 28x19 cm.
Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 416 lots of Chinese art from two private French collections. The black-and-white plate shows seven
Qing dynasty Chinese jades. In French.
516 Hotel Drouot: IMPORTANTE REUNION D’OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME ORIENT. Céramiques de la
Chine, Importantes Sculptures. Paris, 1932. 29, (12) pp. 12 plates. 28x23 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 274 lots. Illustrations feature ceramics, jade, crystal, sculpture, bronze and furniture. The black-andwhite plates show objects in a variety of media. In French.
517 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME-ORIENT: CERAMIQUE DE LA CHINE. Des Dynasties Tang,
Song, Yuen, Ming..... Paris, 1933. 16 pp. plus 3 b/w plates. 27x18 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue showing Chinese and Japanese art plus some African pieces. The plates show Japanese lacquer and
inro and three jade pieces. In French.
518 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART D’ORIENT & D’EXTREME-ORIENT. Appartenant a Monsieur Gaillard,
Artiste decorateur. Ceramique de la Chine, Du Japon ... Paris, 1923. 59 pp. 3 b/w plates. 27x18 cm. Paper. £10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue primarily of the private collection of oriental art of one Monsieur Gaillard. The plates illustrate Qing cloisonne, various Asian ceramics and inro. In French.
519 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE: CERAMIQUE DES DYNASTIES OU EPOQUES MING
KANGHI,YUNGCHING KIENLONG ETC. Bronzes et emaux cloisonnes ... Paris, 1926. 38 pp. plus 4 b/w
plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 470 lots of mostly Chinese art. The plates show ceramics, gilt bronzes and other objects. In French.
520 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE APPARTENANT A DIVERS AMATEURS. Ceramiques de la
Chine, Importante Suite de Pierres Dures. Paris, 1930. 24 pp. 7 plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue. The plates show export ceramics, jades and sculpture. In French.
521 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE. Ceramiques de la Chine, Poterie de Fouille, Pierres Dures. Paris,
1930. 40 pp. 6 plates. 33x26 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue. The plates show Chinese ceramics from various periods, sculpture etc. In French.
522 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE: CERAMIQUE HAN WEI TANG SONG YUEN MING ET
TSING. Importantes sculptures ... Paris, 1935. 19 pp. iv b/w plates. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of Chinese art, mostly Chinese ceramics from the Han through to the Qing. The plates show a selection
of ceramics plus one plate shows 5 examples of Cambodian buddha heads. In French.
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523 Hsiao Ch’i-ch’ing: THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YUAN DYNASTY. Harvard East Asian
Monographs 77. Cambridge, 1978. viii, 314 pp. Map 28x22 cm. Cloth. Split to cover of spine.
£75.00
Important study. Part One is a description of the military system, the Imperial Guard and the garrison system. Part Two presents annotated translations of two chapters of the Ping-chih or ‘Treatise on the Military’ of the Yuan Histories.
524 Huang Binhong: HUANG BINHONG XIANSHENG HUAJI. (A Collection of Paintings by Mr. Huang Binhong).
£40.00
Hong Kong, 1961. 10 pp. text. 120 b/w plates (some folded). Frontispiece. 39x27 cm. Paper.
An extensive collection of Huang Binhong’s superb landscape paintings, including foldout plates showing handscrolls. In Chinese.
525 Huang Chunhuai & Zheng Jinle ed: ZHONGGUO BAI DEHUA BAICI JIANSHANG. Chinese White.
中國白德花白瓷鑑賞. Fuzhou, 2005. 303 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 21x15 cm. Boards.
£25.00
A detailed examination of Chinese white wares — Blanc-de-Chine. Copiously-illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
526 Hugo Helbing: FOUR EARLY GERMAN AUCTION CATALOGUES. (The East Asian Collections of Exz.
Batalha de Freita, van Leeuwen, R. de Geblaine, Joe Hloucha). Frankfurt, n.d.(1928). Various paginations. A total
of 67 pp. b/w plates showing numerous objects. 30x23 cm. Later cloth.
£75.00
A collection of four early and scarce German auction catalogues from 1928 (two) and 1930 (two). Includes Chinese art from both early
periods and much from the Qing. In addition, examples of western furniture and oceanic art. Black-and-white plates illustrate numerous
objects, particularly ceramics. Bound together in one volume. In German.
527 Hugo Helbing: OSTASIATISCHE SAMMLUNG AUS DEM NACHLASS HOFRAT DR. ERNST
MARQUARDSEN...... (The East Asian Collections of Dr. Ernest Marquardsen, Dr. Otto Burchard and Excellenz
von Etzel). Frankfurt, n.d.(1928). Various paginations. A total of 52 pp. b/w plates showing numerous objects.
30x23 cm. Later cloth.
£75.00
A collection of three early and scarce German auction catalogues from 1928 and 1929. Includes Chinese art from the Marquardsen,
Dr. Otto Burchard and von Etzel plus others unspecified. The Marquardsen and Burchard auctions comprise mainly early Chinese tomb
ceramics and tomb figurines. The Burchard auction catalogue also including a good range of Song pieces. The von Etzel auction includes a wide range of Chinese art plus a number of lots of Japanese art. Black-and-white plates show numerous objects, particularly ceramics. Bound together in one volume. In German.
528 Huish, M. B. et al: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE ARMS AND ARMOUR OF OLD JAPAN.
Held by the Japan Society, London, in June 1905. London, 1905. 147 pp. 40 plates. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£450.00
Numbered edition of 250 copies. The plates illustrate armours, swords and daggers, tsuba, kozuka, war-fans, matchlocks, etc. Rare
copy of this early catalogue.
529 Ireland, Philip W: THE LARGE DRAGONS 1878-1885. London, 1978. xii, 130 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations.
25x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A detailed discussion with numerous illustrations of these early and highly collectable stamps.
530 Istituto Universitario Orientale: PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE XXI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF
CHINESE STUDIES 1969. Napoli, 1971. 282 pp. 24x17 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Comprises the Proceedings of this Congress with 24 contributions. Includes: Ecsedy: Foreign Trade in Ancient China; Leslie: The
Christian Contribution to our Knowledge of the Kaifeng Jews; Sommarstrom: Researches in Relation to the Collection of the Sven
Hedin Foundation. A very varied selection.
531 Itô, Chûta: SHINA KENCHIKU SOSHOKU. Architectural Decoration in China. 支那建築裝飾. Tokyo, 194143. 454 full page plates, predominantly b/w, a number in colour. Contains a total of 4723 b/w photographs and
drawings. 5 vols. 44x34 cm. Cloth.
£3,200.00
A classic and extensive work on architecture and architectural decoration on Chinese architecture. The work was compiled using photographs taken on Japanese expeditions to China in the 1920s, and is notable for the detailed views of architectural monuments
throughout China at the time. Many of these buildings no longer exist, whilst others have been crudely repaired. The work thus stands
as a major visual reference and study of Chinese architecture and architectural decoration when little had been written on the subject, particularly in English, and the monuments studied were in an original, unaltered state. Dual texts in Japanese and English. The
work in fine condition, just minor foxing to a few pages. Rare.
Contents as follows: Volume 1:xiii, 195 pp. English text, 204 pp. Japanese text. 18 text plates and figures.
General Observations: Nine chapters including the history, peculiarities, types, principles of design and designs in Chinese architecture. Volume 2: xv, 56pp. English text; 10, 57 pp. Japanese text plus plates 1-94 pp. plates. In two parts: Part 1: Primitive Architecture: From dolmens to the vernacular architecture of the Chinese and minority peoples. Part 2: Various Types of Architecture: Ranges
from Temples, Confucian Architecture and Shops to Pailou, Gardens and Tombs. Volume 3: xix, 47 pp. English text; 12, 44 pp. Japanese text plus plates 95-198. In two parts: Part 1: Ornamental Objects: Ranges from Gates to Sign-Boards and Stelae to Screens, Stone
Lions and Palace Decorations. Part 2: Decorative Details A: Platforms and Bases, Flights of Steps, Stone Drums, Balustrades. Volume 4: xxii, 47 pp. English text; 14, 42 pp. Japanese text plus plates 199-330. Decorative Details B: Cardinal Parts: Pillars and Pillar Bases; Tou-kung or Composition of Brackets; Girders and Beams; Construction; Walls; Bricks. Volume 5: xxiii, 44 pp. English text;
14, 38 pp. Japanese text plus plates 331-454. In three sections: Decorative Details C: Openings: Doorways and Windows. Decorative Details D: Eaves: Construction and Decoration of Eaves, Hip Rafters and Common Rafters. Decorative Details E: Roofs: Roofs
and Roof Ornaments, Wa-tang (Circular Eave Tiles), Finials.
532 Ito, Norihiro: ART IN JAPAN TODAY II : 1970-1983. Tokyo, 1984. 246 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout.
25x25 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Lists alphabetically numerous contemporary Japanese artists active between 1950 and 1983. Each artist is given a page of biographical and career description plus illustrations of his or her work. A useful reference.
533 James, Kate trans: JAPANESE FAIRY TALES: THE WOODEN BOWL. Fairy Tale Series No. 16. Tokyo, 1934.
11 folded leaves (including the covers). Colour 19x13 cm. Stitched crepe covers, Japanese-style.
£185.00
We nowadays rarely see these delightful works and are pleased to here offer one of the scarcest of the Hasegawa Fairy Tale Series —
The Wooden Bowl. Printed on crepe-paper and full of colour illustrations, hand-printed from coloured woodcuts. A distinct period
piece in fine condition. In English.
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534 Japan Travel Bureau: A GUIDE TO TOKYO. Tokyo, 1956. 166 pp. 24 pp. of b/w plates, many illustrations &
maps. Advertisements. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£18.00
Revised version of a guide first published in 1954, providing a vivid, upbeat, ‘modern’ picture of the post-war capital of Japan.
535 Japanese Government Railways: POCKET GUIDE TO JAPAN. With Special Reference to Japanese Customs,
History, Industry, Education, Art, Accomplishments, Amusements, etc., etc.. Tokyo, 1935. xv, 182 pp. 120
illustrations. 7 maps, 1 folding in colour. 19x12 cm. Cloth, with decorative paper (very slightly worn).
£65.00
Provides the overseas visitors to Japan with a brief description of her geography, history, industry, religion, education, art, etc., as
well as of the principal cities and resorts studded all over the Empire.
An excellent copy of this impressive early foreign-language guide to Japan, possibly rebound, but sensitively and preserving the decorative paper covers, as well as conserving the insides which are very good.
536 Jian Qinzhai: JIAGU JI GU SHILIAN: SHANG BIAN. (Poetic Couplets Collected and Inscribed in Oracle Bone
Characters: First Collection). 甲骨集古詩聯：上編。簡琴齋撰者. Shanghai, 1939. 9, 53 folded leaves,
Chinese-style. 21x14 cm. Stitched.
£12.00
A selection of poetic quotations from throughout the entire span of Chinese literary history, inscribed in oracle bone characters as a
calligraphic and aesthetic, somewhat scholarly indulgence. In Chinese only.
537 Jin Zhilin: YAN’AN SHIKU YISHU. (The Art of the Cave Temples at Yan’an). Beijing, 1982. 50 pp. Numerous
£10.00
Small monograph on the little-known caves and sculptures of Yan’an, dating mainly to the Northern Song period. In Chinese.
538 JINDAI MIMI SHEHUI SHILIAO. (Historical Materials on Latter-day Secret Societies). Beijing, 1993. Each
volume c. 75 folded leaves. Many woodblock illustrations. 4 vols. 25x15 cm. Stitched, cloth case.
£80.00
Reprint of a Republic work on secret societies by the Beiping Historical Research Society. Fascinating material with good woodblock
illustrations on the traditions, secret signs, banners, famous personages and how to recognise the various societies. In Chinese only.
539 JINGXUN TANG CONGSHU. (A Collectanea of Books in the Jingxun Tang Collection). 經訓堂叢書. Shanghai,
1887. Various paginations of folded leaves in two han. 16 vols. 20x14 cm. Stitched.
£50.00
Reproduces the text of 13 books in the Jingxun Tang collection. Early lithographic edition published by the Datong Shuju in Shanghai. In Chinese. Marginal staining to first fascicle, otherwise in good condition.
540 Joseph, Adrian M: CHINESE AND ANNAMESE CERAMICS FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES AND
INDONESIA. London, 1973. 208 pp. 125 colour plates and illustrations. Bibliography and index. 30x22 cm. Cloth,
slipcase.
£350.00
Numbered edition of 1020 copies. A study of early underglaze-painted Chinese porcelains and their related wares and of the ceramics of Annam.
541 Rogers, Howard: KAIKODO JOURNAL III. ‘Visions of Man in Chinese Art’ with Selected Japanese Paintings.
Kamakura, 1997. 275 pp. 68 objects illustrated in colour, with many b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £45.00
Sumptuous and scholarly catalogue — dedicated in part to the 90th birthday of C. C. Wang — from Kaikodo Gallery with 54 Chinese
antiques and 13 Japanese objects. Paintings, bronzes and ceramics amongst others. Includes: Arnold Chang ‘C. C. Wang at Ninety’;
Helmut Brinker ‘On the Origin of the Human Image in Chinese Art’; Howard Rogers ‘On Figure Paintings of the Early Dynasties’.
542 Karetzky, Patricia Eichenbaum: ARTS OF THE TANG COURT. Images of Asia. Hong Kong, 1997. 112 pp. 24
colour and 32 b/w illustrations. 19x13 cm. Boards.
£15.00
Brings together in one volume the Tang period’s (AD 618-907) most important artistic accomplishments. A sketch of the era’s political and social history is followed by chapters illustrating the development of ceramics, the production of gold and silver, painting and
sculpture.
543 Karlgren, Bernhard: COMPENDIUM OF PHONETICS IN ANCIENT AND ARCHAIC CHINESE. BMFEA
26. Goteborg, 1963. pp. 211-367. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, volume 26, 1954.
544 Katsushika Hokusai: BANSHOKU ZUKO YONPEN. (Designs for Artisans: Volume Four). Tokyo, 1891. Title
page plus 34 folded leaves. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 22x15 cm. Stitched.
£450.00
Dated Meiji 24 (1891). Illustrations by Hokusai.
545 Kayo, Shirai: GAJO YORYAKU. (A Manual of Painting). Osaka, 1832. 47; 44 folded sheets. 2 vols. 22x15 cm.
Stitched.
£125.00
A Japanese manual and guide to painting. Preface with a reign (Tempyo) and cyclical date corresponding to 1831. In good condition.
In Japanese. Scarce. Kerlen 423.
546 KEICHO MOMOYAMA SEKISHU SEIKA. (Masterpieces of Embroidered Textiles from the Keicho and
Momoyama Periods). Kyoto, 1936. 3 pp. text plus 20 fullpage colour plates. 41x32 cm. Silk boards. Accordion style. Cloth case with wear.
£50.00
20 superb examples of Keisho and Momoyama period embroidered textiles are illustrated in full colour plates with introductory text
in Japanese. Some foxing but, in general, good condition.
547 KEISETSU KEN RONGA SOSHO — KAN 1-3. (Vols. 1-3 from the Hall of Study Collectanea on Painting
Theory). 螢雪軒論畫叢書：卷 1-3. Osaka, 1922. Each vol. c. 100 pp. 21x14 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £18.00
Self-contained part of a collected set of Japanese editions of Chinese texts on the theory of painting. Contains: Xie He: ‘Guhua Pinlu’,
Yao Zui: ‘Houhua Pinlu’, Wang Wei: ‘Huaxue Mijue’, Jing Hao: ‘Bifa Ji’, ‘Shanshui Jieyao’, Li Cheng: ‘Shanshui Jue’, Guo Xi: ‘Linquan Gaozhi’, Guo Si: ‘Hualun’, ‘Jiyi’, Mi Fu: ‘Hua Shi’, Han Zhuo ‘Shanshui Chun Quanji’, Huang Gongwang ‘Xie Shanshui Jue’,
Huizong ‘Lunhua Zaping’, Li Zhengsou ‘Hua Shanshui Jue’, Zhongren ‘Hua Mei Pu’, Li Yan ‘Zhupu Xianglu’, Mo Shilong: ‘Hua Shuo’,
Shen Jing: ‘Hua Chen’, and Daoji: ‘Hua Yulu’. Annotated. In literary Chinese.
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548 KEISETSU KEN RONGA SOSHO — KAN 4-6. (Vols. 4-6 from the Hall of Study Collectanea on Painting
Theory). 螢雪軒論畫叢書：卷 4-6. Osaka, 1922. Each vol. c. 100 pp. 3 vols. 21x14 cm. Stitched.
£15.00
Self-contained part of a collected set of Japanese editions of Chinese texts on the theory of painting. Contains: ‘Lidai Minghua Ji’,
‘Lunhua Zazuan’, ‘Huajue’, ‘Yuchuan Manbi’, ‘Dongzhuang Lunhua’, & ‘Shanjingju Hualun’. Annotated. In literary Chinese.
549 Kellerman, Bernhard: SASSA YO YASSA. Japanische Tanze. Berlin, 1920. 135 pp. 26 illustrations, some tipped£30.00
in, 4 in colour. 20x15 cm. Half-leather with decorative boards.
A delightful little work on Japanese dance. Distinguished by delicate tipped-in colour and black-and-white sketches of Japanese
dancers and musicians along with black-and-white text drawings. In German.
550 Khan, Shafaat Ahmad: SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY. London, 1975. viii, 395 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
‘Aims at supplying a critical analysis of essential data for the study of 17th century British India... bringing within one purview all the
materials lying scattered in various record offices in England together with references to those in record offices in India’. Includes not
just record offices but libraries, museums and colleges. Reprint of the 1926 original. Ex-library copy — label removed on frontpaper,
otherwise minimal stamps and internally clean. Useful and scarce.
551 Kinoshita Mokutaro: DAIDO SEKIBUTSU JI. (Buddhist Cave Grottoes in Datong). Tokyo, 1941. 400 pp. 108
plates, 1 folding plate and some text figures. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
A study of the stone Buddhist images found in the Yungang caves near Datong in China’s Shanxi province. An early study. Numerous
black-and-white illustrations. Slightly shaky in its binding. Text in Japanese.
552 Kitamura Enkin & Fujii Shigeyoshi(?): TSUKIYAMA NIWATSUKURI DEN. (An Account of the Creation of
Gardens in the Tsukiyama Style). N.p.(Osaka?), 1735. 35; 19; 27 folded leaves. B/w text illustrations to volume one.
18 double page b/w woodcut illustrations to volume two; 1 single page and 25 double page b/w woodcut
illustrations to volume three. 3 vols. 26x19 cm. Stitched. Wear to covers.
£1,250.00
An early illustrated work on the creation, aesthetics and planning of Japanese gardens in the style known as Tsukiyama. Regarded as
a classic on the subject. The first volume comprises text discussing the proper placing of rocks, lanterns, pagodas and bridges and the
relation of this garden ‘architecture’ to the garden itself. The text is accompanied black-and-white text illustration of rocks, lanterns
and pagodas. Volumes Two and Three contain a total of 43 double page (plus one single page) black-and-white woodcut illustrations
of landscapes and garden settings. Dated Kyoho 20 (1735) at the end of the preface of Volume One and also by reign and cyclical date
at the back of Volume Three. From comparison and examination of this copy with editions held in the British Library, we have ascertained that this is an early impression of the work and probably consistent with the date of 1735. In Japanese. The covers with wear
and creasing. Slight loss to labels. Stitching to Volume One loose. Varying amounts of worming throughout the three volumes which,
mostly, does not detract from text or illustration. Rare. Priced accordingly for condition.
553 Kobayashi Taichiro: KAN TO KOZOKU TO MEIKI DOGU. (Ancient Tomb Figurines from the Han to the Tang
Dynasties). Kyoto, 1947. 20, 407 pp. 109 b/w plates on separate pages. 22x16 cm. Quarter cloth.
£45.00
Important scholarly study of Chinese tomb figurines. Rear cover loose. In Japanese.
554 KONGZI: KONGZI SHENGDAN 2540 ZHOU NIAN JINIAN. Confucius: On the 2540th Anniversary of
Confucius’ Birth. Beijing, 1989. 254 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A detailed work on the life of Confucius, the Confucian temple at Qufu and the festivities held for the 2540th birthday celebrations.
Includes some earlier photographs of Qufu. Dual texts in Chinese, Japanese and English. Imparts a lot of information not found on
other publications on the subject.
555 Koop, Albert J. and Inada Hogitaro: JAPANESE NAMES AND HOW TO READ THEM. A Manual for Art
Collectors and Students. London, 1995. 576 pp. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£125.00
A reprint of the first edition (1923). Standard reference tool for the identification of Japanese names on works of art.
556 Kumamoto Prefectural Museum: 130 YEARS OF TOMISHIGE PHOTO STUDIO. Kumamoto, 1993. 208 pp.
Colour and b/w photographs throughout. 30x22 cm. Paper.
£75.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that commemorates 130 years of the founding of the Tomishige Photo Studio. The exhibition provides a fascinating insight into the workings of the studio by showing cameras and other equipment, customer’s lists, receipts and letters in addition to a wide selection of photographs produced by the Studio including landscapes, portraiture, group photographs, castles and
various official buildings. List of plates and captions in English. Main text in Japanese.
557 Kumja Paik Kim: HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS. Decorative Painting of Korea. San Francisco, 1998. 64 pp.
Colour illustrations throughout. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Featuring 16 paintings from the late 16th to the 20th century, this special exhibition reflects important aspects of Korean culture and
is indicative of the customs and folklore of premodern Korea. Unique works from the Museum’s and private collections.
558 Kurita Hideo: KURITA MUSEUM. Tokyo, n.d. 75 pp. Colour plates throughout (46 showing actual objects).
37x26 cm. Paper.
£35.00
An introduction and guide to the collections and their surroundings, illustrating fine examples of Imari and Nabeshima ceramics for
which the Museum is now famous. Inscribed by the collector. Brief texts and captions in English and Japanese.
559 Kwan, Simon: EARLY CHINESE GLASS. Zhongguo Gudai Boli. 中國古代玻璃。關善明. Hong Kong, 2001.
518 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Museum of the University of Hong Kong of the Kwan collection of Chinese glass. 231 fine
examples of numerous different glass objects dating from the Western Zhou period to the Qing dynasty are illustrated in colour and
described. English is limited to brief descriptive captions. Main text in Chinese. A prime reference on the subject. Out-of-print.
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560 Kyoto Teishitsu Hakubutsukan ed: GAEN TEKIEI. (A Selection of Fine Paintings). Kyoto, 1903. 2 pp. list of
contents and 86 full page b/w collotype plates. 38x27 cm. Japanese style binding. Edges rubbed.
£150.00
Illustrations of Chinese and Japanese paintings in the Imperial museum in Kyoto. Each painting with descriptions on tissue guards.
Text in Japanese. A scarce early work.
561 Kyushu Ceramic Museum: SHIBATA KOREKUSHON I. Shibata Collection Part 1. Saga, 1990. 255 pp. Colour
£125.00
plates throughout. 24x25 cm. Paper.
Part I of the series of catalogues on the marvellous Shibata collection donated to the Kyushu Ceramics Museum. The objects show the
diversity of Imari. 471 exhibits totalling 1343 items are illustrated in full colour. All bases are separately illustrated in colour. Japanese text only — apart from a brief introduction in English.
562 Kyushu Ceramic Museum: SHIBATA KOREKUSHON II. Shibata Collection Part 2. Saga, 1991. 308, 141 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 24x25 cm. Paper.
£250.00
Part II of the series of catalogues on the marvellous Shibata collection donated to the Kyushu Ceramics Museum. The main theme of
this two-volume catalogue is to show the changes in style and to introduce a wide variety of Arita porcelain including pots, jars, incense burners and small dishes. 819 exhibits, totalling 1543 items are illustrated in full colour. All bases are separately illustrated in
colour. Caption lists and brief introduction in English. Main text in Japanese.
563 Kyushu Ceramic Museum: SHIBATA KOREKUSHON IV. Shibata Collection Part 4. Saga, 1995. 310 pp. Colour
plates throughout. 24x25 cm. Paper.
£150.00
Covers the establishment and development of the Ko-Imari style that appeared at the end of the 17th century as represented by pieces
in the Shibata Collection. Beautifully-illustrated. List of plate captions in English, otherwise Japanese text only.
564 Lattimore, Owen: A RUINED NESTORIAN CITY IN INNER MONGOLIA. RGS Journal Dec 1934. London,
1934. pp. 481-497. 7 b/w plates. Map. 24x15 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Offprint from the journal of the Royal Geographical Society.
565 Lee, Sherman E. intro: AN EXHIBITION OF MASTERPIECES OF ANCIENT CHINA. Collected in China
by Jan Kleijkamp during 1940-1941. New York, 1942. 47 pp. 15 b/w plates. 28x22 cm. Original boards. £45.00
Detroit Institute of Arts catalogue. Limited edition of 300 copies.
566 Leonard, Jonathan: EARLY JAPAN. Great Ages of Man. New York, 1969. 191 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations.
27x22 cm. Half cloth.
£15.00
A survey of this period.
567 Levy, Roger: ENNIN: JOURNAL D’UN VOYAGEUR EN CHINE AU IX SIECLE. (Ennin: The Journal of a
Traveller in China in the 9th Century). Paris, 1961. 311 pp. 1 map. 20x13 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Ennin, a Japanese Buddhist monk, crossed the sea to China in the year 838 and during the next nine and a half years kept a detailed
diary of his travels. First account of life in China by any foreign visitor. French edition. A number of pages uncut.
568 Li Fang ed: TAIPING GUANGJI. (Records of the Taiping). 太平廣記。李昉編. Beijing, 1981. Various
paginations. 11 vols. 20x14 cm. Paper.
£35.00
A detailed 10 volume work (plus one volume index) on the history of the Taiping Rebellion. In Chinese.
569 Li Wenjie: ZHONGGUO GUDAI ZHITAO GONGYI YANJIU. (Research into the Production Technology of
Ancient Chinese Pottery). Zhongguo Lishi Bowuguan Congshu 3. Beijing, 1996. xii, 362 pp. text plus 70 pp. b/w
plates illustrating numerous objects. B/w text drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
The first detailed book studying pottery technology in ancient China. Investigates pottery making from the early Neolithic Age to the
Han Dynasty amongst the cultures along the Yellow River and Yangtze River valleys. In Chinese only with 2 page English synopsis.
570 Liaoning Provincial Museum: LIAOCI XUANJI. (Selection of Liao Period Ceramics). 遼瓷選集. Beijing, 1961.
115 pp. 107 plates, 12 in colour. 30x24 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A major monograph, in Chinese only, on Liao period ceramics. RBS 8:379.
571 Licent, E: L’ARTESIANISME DANS LA GRANDE PLAINE DU TCHEU LY: LE PUITS JAILLISSANT DE
LAO SI KAI, TIENTSIN 1935-1936. (Artesianism in the Plain of Zhili: The Bubbling Well of Lao Si Kai, Tianjin,
1935-1936). Publications du Musée Hoang Ho Pai Ho. No. 40. Tientsin, 1936. 61 pp. 3 pp. b/w plates. Text charts
(one folding). Separate large foldout map and foldout chart. 31x23 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Describes well construction in the Tianjin area in the 1930s. With interesting photographs. The separate foldout map shows the North
of China from the Shandong peninsula across to Lanzhou and up to the plains of Mongolia. The separate map and foldout chart have
some tears to the edges. The map has a tear along one crease. In French. Scarce.
572 Lin, Yutang: THE GAY GENIUS. The Life and Times of Su Tungpo. London, 1948. xii, 370 pp. 8 plates, 1 map.
22x15 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
A very well-written and detailed study. First English edition.
573 Lindqvist, Cecilia: CHINA. Empire of the Written Symbol. London, 1991. 423 pp. 31 coloured & numerous b/w
illustrations. Map. 22x21 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Originally published in Swedish, this book describes the pictorial origins & development of the Chinese script. Drawing on archaeology, palaeographic research and art, the author offers a richly detailed picture of how mental associations are formed with visual
images and symbols.
574 Loti, Pierre: MADAME CHRYSANTHEME. Collection Bleue. Paris, 1923. ii, iii, 305 pp. 19x13 cm.
Contemporary quarter calf gilt, marbled boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers.
£55.00
Pleasingly bound copy of Loti’s Japanese novel. The author was the first literary observer to visit the Far East. Some pages uncut, slight
knock to edge of covers. In French.
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575 Louis, Francois: DIE GOLDSCHMIEDE DER TANG UND SONG ZEIT. Archaologische, sozial und
wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Materialien zur Goldschmiedekunst Chinas vor 1279. Societe Suisse-Asie Monographie
£45.00
32. Bern, 1999. 327 pp. 74 b/w illustrations and 48 text drawings. 22x16 cm. Paper.
Describes the goldsmith’s art from an archaeological, social and economic historical perspective during the Tang and Song dynasties. With a decent selection of illustrations and drawings. In German only.
576 Lu Deming: JING DIAN SHI WEN. (The Classics Annotated). 經典釋文。陸德明撰. Shanghai, 1980. Various
paginations of folded leaves Chinese-style. 8 vols. 29x19 cm. Stitched.
£100.00
In the Tang dynasty, Lu Deming produced his annotated edition of the Classics as he then understood them (including a Zhuangzi and
Laozi, but excluding Mengzi). This is a good facsimile of a Song edition of his work which is in the collection of the National Library.
577 Lu Xun & Zheng Zhenduo ed: BEIJING JIANPU. (Beijing Letter Papers). Beijing, 1998. Various paginations of
folded leaves. Colour and b/w letter papers throughout. 6 vols. 31x21 cm. Stitched, cloth case.
£300.00
1998 reprint of the original 1933 edition of the Beijing Jianpu edited by two famous figures of the modern Chinese woodcut movement,
Lu Xun and Zheng Zhenduo. The work is filled throughout with delightful letter papers in colour and in black-and-white showing a
huge variety of themes. In Chinese. Out-of-print.
578 McElney, Brian S. and Angus Forsyth: JADES FROM CHINA. Bath, 1994. 424 pp. 354 objects illustrated in 430
£45.00
Many of the pieces from this exhibition — the most extensive collection shown in the UK since 1975 — have never been previously published. The full range of Chinese jades, from Neolithic times to the early 19th century are covered. Held at the Museum of East Asian
Art, Bath.
579 McGovern, W. M: TO LHASA IN DISGUISE. A Secret Expedition through Mysterious Tibet. New York, 1924.
xiv, 462 pp. 23 illustrations and 4 maps. 22x15 cm. Decorated cloth.
£85.00
First edition. An attempt to ‘weave through the record a general but accurate description of manners and customs and beliefs, including
some of the extraordinary institutions which exist in the government of Lhasa’. Yakushi M133 a.
580 Malleret, Louis: PIERRE POIVRE. Paris, 1974. 2, 723 pp. 1 colour plates and 4 b/w plates. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£50.00
In French. Uncut copy.
581 Maraini, Fosco: JAPAN. Patterns of Continuity. Tokyo, 1972. 240 pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. 29x23 cm.
Cloth.
£30.00
A very colourful and entertaining account of various aspects of Japanese culture, ancient as well as recent.
582 Marshall, Sir John: THE BUDDHIST ART OF GANDHARA. The Story of the Early School: Its Birth, Growth
and Decline. Memoirs of the Department of Archaeology in Pakistan, 1. New Dehli, 1980. 117 pp. plus 111 pp. of
b/w plates. Index. 26x20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£65.00
Detailed and well-illustrated scholarly study of early Gandharan art, which has provided us with the first works of art in which the
Buddha is represented in bodily form. Indian reprint of the scarce Cambridge original.
583 MARVELS OF MEDIEVAL CHINA. Those Lustrous Song and Yuan Lacquers. San Francisco, 1986. 18 pp. 26
colour and 8 b/w illustrations. 22x15 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A brief description of the lacquer holdings of the Asian Art Museum.
584 Maspero, Henri and Balazs, Etienne: HISTOIRE ET INSTITUTIONS DE LA CHINE ANCIENNE. Des
Origines au XIIe Siécle après J.-C. Musée Guimet Bibliothèque d’Études, 73. Paris, 1967. 322 pp. Chronology, 9
maps. 24x16 cm. Paper.
£45.00
585 Mathieu, Remi: LE MU TIANZI ZHUAN: TRADUCTION ANNOTEE ETUDE CRITIQUE. (An Annotated
Translation and Critical Study of Mu Tianzi Zhuan). 穆天子傳. Paris, 1978. 3, 311, 2, 56 (in Chinese) pp. 24x16
cm. Paper.
£35.00
Gives the Chinese text and a French translation and critique of the ancient Chinese mythological tale Mu Tianzi Zhuan — the Story
of the King of Mu.
586 Medley, Margaret: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER RED
DECORATED PORCELAINS. In the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF Illustrated Catalogues
Section 3. London, 2004. 119 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. 25x19 cm. Paper.
£12.00
Newly revised and expanded edition.
587 Menon, Chelnat Achyuta: CATALOGUE OF THE MALAYALAM MANUSCRIPTS IN THE INDIA OFFICE
LIBRARY. Oxford, 1954. iii, 28 pp. B/w frontispiece plate. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
588 MING-HUANG-NA-LIANG-T’U ‘EMPEROR MING HUANG ENJOYING THE COOL BREEZES’. A
Painting Attributed to Chang Hsuan. Kyoto, 1966. 19, 29 pp. text plus 2 colour and 10 b/w plates. 37x28 cm.
Booklet plus plates loose in folder.
£30.00
A study of a Tang dynasty painting attributed to Zhang Xuan. The booklet has dual text in English and Chinese with a two page French
introduction by Jean-Pierre Dubosc. The painting is reproduced in full with colophons and inscriptions.
589 Misugi Takatoshi: CHINESE PORCELAIN COLLECTIONS IN THE NEAR EAST, TOPKAPI AND
ARDEBIL. Tokyo, 1981. 5, 194, 3; 242; 301 pp. 470 plates (a number tipped-in in colour), plans and designs. 3
vols. 31x23 cm. Cloth, Japanese-style slipcase.
£190.00
The original 1972 limited Japanese edition. Numerous illustrations throughout of the Chinese ceramics in two famous and fabulous
collections, the Topkapi and the Ardebil shrine. With numerous illustrations (some in colour) including close-up illustrations of designs
on the ceramics. List of plates and captions in English. Main text in Japanese.
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590 Mitau, Martin ed: CATHAY IN ELDORADO. The Chinese In California. San Francisco, 1971. Four page
introduction and eleven separate four page essays. 12 vols. 25x22 cm. Paper. In quarter leather slip case. £75.00
Comprises an introduction and eleven separate four page essays as follows on the Chinese in various parts of California. 1. Introduction. 2. Weaverville. 3. Sacramento. 4. China Camp. 5. San Francisco. 6. Stockton. 7. Central Pacific Railroad. 8. Tuolumne County.
9. Monterey. 10. Hanford’s China Alley. 11. Los Angeles. Published in a very limited edition by the Book Club of California.
591 Miyama Susumu; Yamamoto Kenzo photography: KARA KYOTO NO TERA. Old Temples in Kyoto. Tokyo,
£20.00
1971. 202 pp. Colour plates throughout. Index. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
A thorough guidebook with fine colour photography. Text in Japanese.
592 Mizuno Seiji & Nagahiro Tosio (sic): A STUDY OF THE BUDDHIST CAVE-TEMPLES AT LUNG-MEN,
HO-NAN. Tokyo, 1941. 592 pp. Japanese & 29 pp. English text. 132 plates, 120 illustrations and plans. 37x28 cm.
Cloth. Disbound.
£250.00
An important study on the Longmen caves. Includes an article on Buddhism under the Northern Wei Dynasty as seen in the cave-temples at Longmen by Z. Tukamoto and Longmen epigraphy. Splendid photographs.
593 Morris, Ivan trans: AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE OF DREAMS. Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century
Japan. Oxford, 1971. 159 pp. 17 illustrations, 5 photos, 3 maps, index to notes. 24x21 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
The memoirs of an unknown lady in the Heian court, known as the Lady Sarashina, sensitively translated with an introduction by
Morris, with illustrations from the woodblock printed edition of 1704.
594 Moseley, George: CHINA. Empire to People’s Republic. London, 1968. 192 pp. Maps, bibliography, index. 23x15
cm. Cloth.
£10.00
595 Moser, Michael J: FOREIGNERS WITHIN THE GATES. The Legations at Peking. Oxford, 1993. xiii, 158 pp.
B/w illustrations throughout. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Traces the history and development of this foreign enclave in the heart of Peking and its defining moment under siege during the Boxer
Rebellion. Probably the best account on the area.
596 Moss, Hugh M: AN EXHIBITION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. London, 1970. 94 pp. 396 b/w
£35.00
An extensive exhibition catalogue.
597 Moule, A. C: QUINSAI. With Other Notes on Marco Polo. Cambridge, 1957. xii, 92 pp., 8 illustrations, 1 map.
Appendix. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£35.00
‘Miscellaneous notes on the history, the layout, the sights, the customs, etc., of the great city Hang-chou (Quinsai), as explications of
Marco Polo’s references to it’. Also five other articles. Hucker 435.
598 Muller, F. Max ed.; James Legge trans: THE SACRED BOOKS OF CHINA. The Texts of Confucianism, Part I.
The Sacred Books of the East III. Oxford, 1879. xxx, 492 pp. Folding chart of the principle stars. Transliteration
table. 23x15 cm. Library cloth.
£40.00
Part I: The Shu King (Shujing or Book of History), The Religious Portions of the Shih King (Shijing or Book of Poetry), The Hsiao
King (Xiaojing or Classic of Filial Piety), translated by James Legge. 1st edition.
599 Murasaki Shikibu: THE TALE OF GENJI. London, 1992. 1184 pp. 21x13 cm. Cloth.
Translated by Edward Seidensticker. The complete work in one relatively compact volume.
£30.00
600 Musashi Miyamoto: A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS. Woodstock, 1974. 96 pp. Illustrations. 21x18 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket.
£25.00
The classic Samurai guide to strategy written in 1645. Translated by Victor Harris.
601 Musée Albert-Kahn: CHINA 1909-1934: CATALOGUE OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHS AND FILM SEQUENCES FROM THE MUSEE ALBERTKAHN. Volume 1: Albert Kahn’s Chinese Guests. The Identified Sites (Except
Beijing). Volume 2: Chinese Overseas, The Northern Expedition, Beijing, and the
Unidentified Sites. Boulogne-Billancourt, 2001. 404; 443 pp. 401 colour and 524 b/w
plates; 1154 photographs, the majority in b/w. 19 maps. Bibliography, indexes. 2 vols.
30x27 cm. Cloth.
£220.00
A marvellous work with hundreds of photographs (including many stereoscopic slides) taken mostly
between 1909 and 1913 and showing views of numerous parts of Northern China from Shanghai up
through Shandong (Qingdao, Jinan, Taishan) through the area surrounding Beijing and on up to
Shenyang in the Northeast. Much more besides. Volume two contains 1154 photographs of which the
vast majority are of Beijing and the surrounding areas. An absolute pleasure to browse and an excellent photographic reference on China in the early 20th century. Trilingual publication in French,
English and Chinese. Published in a limited edition.
602 Musée Cernuschi: LA CALLIGRAPHIE DANS L’ART JAPONAIS CONTEMPORAIN. Paris, 1956. 24 pp.
8 b/w plates. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of then contemporary Japanese calligraphy. In French.
603 Nagel’s: NAGEL’S JAPAN TRAVEL GUIDE. Geneva, 1965. 1120 pp. 44 maps in colour, 87 b/w plans. 16x11
cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Still extremely useful for the history, culture and historical sites etc. containing an incredible amount of information for its compact
size.
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604 Naoya Shiga; Lane Dunlop trans: THE PAPER DOOR AND OTHER STORIES. Modern Asian Literature Series.
New York, 2001. 192 pp. 18x12 cm. Paper.
£11.00
A beautifully translated selection of stories by one of the most revered of all modern Japanese writers.
605 Nasr, Seyyed Hossein: ISLAMIC SCIENCE. An Illustrated Study. Westerham, 1976. xiv, 273 pp. Numerous
£45.00
colour and b/w illustrations. 31x25 cm. Cloth.
A good survey of the many contributions that Islamic science has made to world knowledge.
606 National Gallery in Prague: CHINESE CERAMICS. From The Collections of the National Gallery in Prague..
Prague, 1994. 152 pp. A number of colour and numerous b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A survey of the highlights of the Chinese ceramic collection in the National Gallery of Prague. Well-illustrated and with dual text in
Czech and English.
607 National Museum of History: XIANGXUN XIANGLU NUANLU. Censers, Incense Burners and Hand Warmers:
Wellington Wang Collection. 香薰香爐暖爐. Taibei, 2000. 245 pp. Colour plates throughout, b/w illustrations.
30x22 cm. Cloth.
£125.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Museum of History in Taipei. 201 pieces are shown, dating from various dynasties,
primarily bronze but also some cloisonné enamel and ceramic examples. All illustrated in full colour with base marks shown where
applicable. Preface, introductions to each section and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. Now out-of-print and difficult to find.
608 National Palace Museum: DA GUAN: BEI SONG SHUHUA TE ZHAN. Grand View: Special Exhibition of
Northern Sung Painting and Calligraphy. 大觀：北宋書畫特展. Taibei, 2006. 495 pp. Numerous fullpage colour
£80.00
Large catalogue of a superb exhibition displaying rare and fragile Northern Song paintings and calligraphy in the marvellous collection
of the National Palace Museum in Taibei. Introduction, list of contents, list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
609 National Palace Museum: GREAT NATIONAL TREASURES OF CHINA. Masterworks in the National Palace
Museum. Taibei, 1983. 327 pp. 160 colour plates and illustrations. 30x24 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
A survey of Chinese art and culture represented by the museum’s collections of bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy, painting and carvings.
Text in English and Chinese.
610 National Palace Museum: HUANG JIE XIANSHENG YIZENG WENWU MULU. (Catalogue of the Huang
Jie Bequest). Taibei, 1997. vii, 180 pp. 116 pp. colour plates. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Catalogue of the bequest of Huang Jie, the nationalist military figure. His collection mainly comprises Qing and Republican calligraphy with some paintings, inkstones and a couple of bronzes. In Chinese only.
611 Nguyen, Tran-Huan: LAN-ONG THUONG KINH KY-SU. (Relation d’un voyage a la Capitale). Paris, 1972.
xxv, 177 pp. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£30.00
612 Ning Kai et al: YIXING XIANZHI. (The Gazetteer of Yixing District). Taibei, 1965. 1181 pp. 3 maps. 22x16 cm.
Paper.
£55.00
Reprint of three gazetteer titles relating to the district famous for its teaware ceramics. Included are: Chongkan Yixing Xian Jiuzhi;
Yixing Jingxi Xian Xinzhi; and Guang Xuan Yi Jing Xuzhi.
613 OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE: CÉRAMIQUE HAN TANG SONG YUEN MING TSING. Bois Scupptes,
Laques & Ivoires Pierres Dures Jade Cristal de Roche ... Paris, 1928. 32 pp. viii b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
A Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 345 lots. Illustrations feature jade, lapis lazuli, cloisonné, ceramics, costume and painting. In French.
614 Okakura Kakuzo: THE BOOK OF TEA. New York, 1912. 160 pp. 18x13 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A Japanese harmony of art, culture and the simple life. Nice early edition of what was a very popular work on Eastern philosophy of
life, including ‘Taoism and Zennism’. Covers slightly worn, good inside.
615 Oman, C, C,: CATALOGUE OF WALLPAPERS. London, 1929. viii, 114 pp. plus b/w frontispiece and 24 pp.
b/w plates. 25x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Catalogue of the wallpapers in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Includes illustrations and descriptions of some Chinese and chinoiserie wallpapers.
616 Oprescu, George: ORIENTAL ART IN RUMANIA. Bucharest, 1963. 2 pp. 138 illustrations, 38 in colour. 29x23
cm. Cloth.
£20.00
140 reproductions of Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Khmer, Siamese and Persian art, which, at the time of writing, were located in the
Art Museum of the R.P.R.
617 Paine, Robert Treat Jr: THE CHARLES B. HOYT COLLECTION. Memorial Exhibition. Boston, 1952. vi, 204
pp. 802 illustrations, 1 tipped-in colour plate. 24x15 cm. Paper.
£35.00
This very rich collection, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, ranges from Neolithic Chinese pottery to Syrian glass. The emphasis lies
on Chinese ceramics, for which the collection is renowned.
618 Palais de la Civilisation: CHINA: TREASURES AND SPLENDOURS. Montreal, 1986. 199 pp. 157 plates and
£20.00
Catalogue of an interesting exhibition of Chinese art objects dating from early Neolithic period through to the mid-Qing (1800) on loan
from Chinese museum collections.
619 Panikkar, K. M: ASIA AND WESTERN DOMINANCE. A Survey of the Vasco da Gama Epoch of Asian History
1498-1945. London, 1954. 530 pp. 9 b/w plates, 3 foldout maps. 22x14 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
A work that covers, in a broad sweep, the events that reached their climax with the conquest of India by Britain and the control of China
by foreign powers. It then traces the gradual withdrawal of Europe from the Far East and the recovery of Asian sovereignty through
to the middle 20th century. The work also pays much attention to missionary activity and the reaction of Asian peoples towards the
persistent attempt to christianise them. Covers India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia.
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620 Parfionovich, Y. et al. comp: KRATKII TIBETSKO-RUSSKII SLOVAR’. (A Concise Tibetan-Russian
Dictionary). Moscow, 1963. 581 pp. 22x17 cm. Boards.
£45.00
A prime reference source in the field of Soviet Tibetan studies. Scarce.
621 Parke-Bernet Galleries: IMPORTANT ENGLISH XVIII CENTURY FURNITURE INCLUDING...RARE
CHINESE SINGLE-COLOR PORCELAIN AND THREE NOTABLE K’ANG HSI STATUETTES....
Property of Robert J. Dunham. New York, 1947. 179 pp. Numerous b/w plates. 25x18 cm. Later cloth.
£25.00
Whilst mainly western art, this auction catalogue contains a fair amount of Chinese art. Lots 33 to 70 are snuff bottles; lots 71-76 jade
and ivory carving; lots 77-134 and 249-299 comprise Chinese porcelain, mostly Qing dynasty and including fine monochromes. There
are 26 black-and-white plates showing Chinese art objects, mostly porcelain.
622 Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc: CHINESE ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF TONYING & CO INC.
Porcelain, Sculptures, Paintings, Early Bronzes, Pottery & Porcelains, Mineral Carvings, Enamels. New York,
1956. 49 pp. 30 b/w text plates. 24x16 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Parke-Bernet auction catalogue of 176 lots of Chinese art sold by the order of Tonying & Co and dating from the Shang to the Qing
dynasties.
623 Pichard, Pierre: TANJAVUR BRHADISVARA: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY. The Monument and the
Living Presence. New Dehli, 1995. 244 pp. 167 b/w photographic plates, 45 b/w plates with detailed plans & 3 maps,
32 b/w text figures. Bibliography, index. 38x27 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
A technical monograph, produced in conjunction with l’École française d’Extrême-Orient, on the architecture of the temple complex
completed by Raja Raja I in AD 1010 and often considered to be the finest achievement of Chola art.
624 Pierson, J. L. Jr: 10,000 CHINESE-JAPANESE CHARACTERS. Leiden, 1926. xi, 8, 750 pp. Appendixes.
Printed in two colours black text with red grid pattern arrangement. 32x26 cm. Cloth, red gilt label on spine.
£250.00
A large-format dictionary of Sino-Japanese characters intended to contain all the ‘living characters’ then used in Japan and thus
more comprehensive than the other Japanese-English dictionaries then available. With all readings: ‘on’, kun and imi, plus Chinese
pronunciations and a number of compounds for more important characters. Good firm copy, binding in good condition, clean inside
with some slight foxing to preliminary pages.
625 Pierson, Stacey ed: COLLECTING CHINESE ART. Interpretation and Display. PDF Colloquies, Art &
Archaeology in Asia 20. London, 2000. 128 pp. B/w illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Papers of an interesting colloquy including contributions on the Chinese imperial collection. In three sections; History of Collections
in Context, Interpretation and Display, Collecting for the Future.
626 Pierson, Stacey ed: SONG CERAMICS: ART HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY. PDF
Colloquies, Art & Archaeology in Asia 22. London, 2004. 237 pp. Colour and (predominantly) b/w illustrations.
28x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
This is the publication of (the fully-illustrated and edited) 12 papers from an international colloquy devoted to Song Ceramics held in
London under the auspices of the Percival David Foundation in 2003.
627 Poberejsky Collection: I. COLLECTION DE M. J. POBEREJSKY, IMPORTANTE SUITE DE PIERRES
DURES DE LA CHINE. Appartenant a Divers Amateurs, Céramiques de la Chine.... Paris, 1928. 36 pp. text plus
14 b/w plates. 33x25 cm. Paper.
£10.00
A Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 345 lots, mostly jade and hardstones from a private collection. The black-and-white plates mostly
illustrate fine jades and other hardstone objects, mainly Qing. Covers detached. In French.
628 Portal, Jane: KOREA. Art and Archaeology. London, 2000. 240 pp. 110 colour and 10 b/w illustrations. 25x19 cm.
Paper.
£15.99
A fully illustrated chronological account of the arts and archaeology of Korea from the Neolithic to the 20th century.
629 Priest, Alan & Simmons, Pauline: CHINESE TEXTILES. An Introduction to the Study of Their History, Sources,
Technique, and Use. New York, 1934. Second, revised edition. x, 96 pp. 41 plates & illustrations. 22x14 cm. Halfcloth
£50.00
A study based on the collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Revised edition.
630 Proudfoot, I: EARLY MALAY PRINTED BOOKS. A provisional account of materials published in the SingporeMalaysia area up to 1920, noting holdings in major public collections.. N.p. (Kuala Lumpur?) 1993. xxvi, 858 pp.
30x22 cm. Cloth.
£170.00
A valuable and detailed reference tool surveying the first century of publishing in the Malay language in Malaysia and Singapore
from 1817 to 1920.
631 Pu Songling: STRANGE TALES FROM MAKE-DO STUDIO. Beijing, 1989. xiii, 446 pp. Numerous b/w
reproductions of woodcut illustrations. 18x11 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A translation of the stories of Pu Songling, first published in 1740, and featuring the popular gallery of young scholars, monks, fox
fairies and ghosts.
632 Purcell, Victor: THE CHINESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. London, 1965. xxxvii, 801 pp. 2 folding maps. List of
authorities and index. 22x15 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£65.00
A voluminous compendium of historical data concerning Chinese migration and settlements to the south, arranged according to the
various countries of Southeast Asia. Firm copy, clean inside, with dustjacket. Second edition, revised and expanded.
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633 Qi Yuan ed: ZHAO ZHIQIAN SHUHUA BIANNIAN TUMU. (A Chronological Illustrated Survey of the Painting
and Calligraphy of Zhao Zhiqian). 趙之謙書畫編年圖目。齊淵編. Shanghai, 2005. 239; 315 pp. Colour plates
£80.00
throughout. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
A detailed two-volume work on the painting and calligraphy of the late Qing painter, Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884). Arranged chronologically by the date of the painting and thus traces the development of the artist throughout his career. A valuable study reference. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
634 QIANTANGZHIZHAI CANG ZHI. Epitaphs Collected by Qian Tang Zhi Zhai. Beijing, 1989. 1396 pp. 1360
plates of rubbings 2 vols. 35x26 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
A huge work showing the Qiantangzhi Studio’s collection of epitaphs dating from the 4th century onwards. Over 1200 rubbings of tomb
steles are shown. Volumes loose in covers. Text in Chinese only.
635 QINDING SIKU QUANSHU. (Precious Editions from the ‘Siku Quanshu’ ). 欽定四庫全書. Shanghai, n.d.
Various paginations of folded leaves. 24 vols. 17x10 cm. Stitched.
£200.00
Facsimile reproductions of four precious editions from the huge manuscript library commissioned by the Qianlong emperor and completed in 1782. In fact the basis for the present facsimile is the Commercial Press facsimile produced in 1930s. The Commercial Press
selected four representative titles from each for the four collections within the ‘Siku’: classics, history, philosophers and general literature. Their original was the Siku copy held in the Wenyuan Ge. The coloured column lining, specially coloured covers for constituent
volumes and ‘wrapped back’ (baobei) binding were used in the Commercial Press version and also in the present work. Please see subtitle and Chinese characters for the titles that are reproduced. In Chinese.
636 QINGDAI HUA SHI. (A History of Painting in the Qing Dynasty). 清代畫史. Shanghai, 1927. Various paginations
of folded leaves. 6 vols. 20x14 cm. Stitched.
£60.00
637 Qiu Pu: THE OROQENS. China’s Nomadic Hunters. Beijing, 1983. 125 pp. 16 pp. colour and b/w plates. Map.
26x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
English-language account with much information on these nomadic peoples — one of China’s least populous ‘national minorities’ —
who inhabit the Greater and Lesser Hinggan ranges in Heilongjiang province.
638 Quong, Rose trans: CHINESE GHOST & LOVE STORIES. New York, 1946. 329 pp. B/w illustrations. 21x13
cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Forty ghost and love stories from various periods. Nice drawing/woodblock illustrations. Introduction by Martin Buber reprinted from
his German translation of stories from the Liaozhai.
639 Ralli Collection: CATALOGUE OF FINE CHINESE PORCELAIN, EUROPEAN POTTERY, TAPESTRIES,
ETC. The Pantia Ralli Collections. London, 1925. 35 pp. plus 2 colour and 10 b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Sotheby sale catalogue of 324 lots, illustrating mainly Qing porcelain. Pantia Ralli lived at Ashtead Park in Surrey. The fine plates illustrate a variety of Chinese ceramics. With handwritten prices realized and buyers’ names. A scarce catalogue.
640 THE RALPH HARARI COLLECTION OF FINGER RINGS. London, 1976. 22 pp. 8 pp b/w illustrations.
23x15 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held in London of finger rings from the Harari collection. The rings date from early times through to the
17th and 18th centuries and come from many cultures. Includes Greek, Hellenistic and Sassanian material.
641 Rattenbury, Harold B: FACE TO FACE WITH CHINA. London, 1945. 144 pp. Illustrations. Charts, index. 22x15
cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£20.00
This book, helped by Isotype charts and Cecil Beaton’s remarkable photographs, makes a threefold picture of the similarities and contrasts between China and the West.
642 Re, Arundel Del: CREATION MYTHS OF THE FORMOSAN NATIVES. Tokyo, 1931. 75 pp. 26 plates. 19x14
cm. Cloth.
£25.00
This brief preliminary account of some of the Formosan creation-myths is mainly concerned with those found in the Yami tribe on the
island of Botel-Tobago.
643 Reischauer, Edwin O. and Fairbank, John: EAST ASIA. The Great Tradition. A History of East Asian Civilization
1. Boston, 1966. xiii, 737 pp. 97 illustrations, some maps. Pronunciation guide, bibliography, index. 23x16 cm.
Cloth.
£20.00
A broad and interpretative account divided into the main geographical and cultural areas. More than half deals with the development
of China, a small section tells the story of Korea and the rest deals with Japan.
644 Ren Bonian: REN BONIAN HUANIAO HUAJI. The Flowers and Birds Paintings by Jen Po-Nien..
任伯年花鳥畫集. Taibei, 1975. 4, 120 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 38x27 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Over 100 paintings are shown by the late Qing dynasty Chinese painter, Ren Bonian. Two page list of plates and captions in English.
645 Reynolds, Valrae & Yen Fen Pei: CHINESE ART FROM THE NEWARK MUSEUM. New York, 1980. 76 pp.
47 b/w illustrations, 4 colour plates; map. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Represents the scope and primary strengths of the Museum’s collection presented by the China Institute of America. Includes bronzes,
ceramics and lacquer.
646 Riely, Celia Carrington: CHINESE ART. From the Cloud Sampler and Other Collections in the Everson Museum.
New York, 1969. xiii, 188 pp. 77 plates, 6 in colour. Map, bibliography. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Selection of 80 works from an excellent collection with a study of their history, based on original Chinese source material.
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647 A RISING GREEN GREAT WALL. Construction of the Sanbei Shelter-Forest System. [Beijing], 1989. 174 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. Abrading to edges of covers.
£40.00
Very interesting photo-survey of the huge effort that has been undertaken in Northeast, Northern and Northwest China to try to prevent desert encroachment and to reforest areas stripped of their trees. Also formed part of the effort to reduce the spring sandstorms
of North China. Dual text in Chinese and English. Colour photographs throughout.
648 Rogers, J. M: EMPIRE OF THE SULTANS. Ottoman Art from the Collection of Nasser D. Khalili. London,
£40.00
1996. 286 pp. 203 colour plates. Concordances, bibliography. 32x25 cm. Paper.
Detailed and well-illustrated catalogue of a travelling exhibition, originating at the Brunei Gallery in London in 1995.
649 Rogers, P. G: THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN IN JAPAN. The Story of Will Adams. London, 1956. xvi, 144 pp.
Map, bibliography, index. 8 b/w plates. 22x14 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£45.00
The life story of an Elizabethan seaman who rose to become an advisor to the Shogun in the 17th century. A good copy with dustjacket.
650 Rose-Innes, Arthur: BEGINNERS’ DICTIONARY OF CHINESE-JAPANESE CHARACTERS. With
Common Abbreviations, Variants and Numerous Compounds. London, 1942. xxii, 507, 25 pp. 18x11 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
651 Ross, Nancy Wilson: THE WORLD OF ZEN. An East-West Anthology. London, 1962. xx, 362 pp. B/w
illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£40.00
Combines selections from both Eastern and Western authorities to form a comprehensive account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to
modern life and thought.
652 Rossabi, Morris ed: CHINA AMONG EQUALS. The Middle Kingdom and its Neighbours, 10th-14th Centuries.
Berkeley, 1983. xi, 419 pp. Index. 23x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with fading.
£45.00
This book demonstrates that contrary to the long-accepted view of Chinese foreign policy, Chinese court officials were in fact far more
realistic and pragmatic than is commonly assumed.
653 Rotours, Robert des: LES INSCRIPTIONS FUNÉRAIRES. De Ts’ouei Mien (673-739) de sa Femme Née Wang
(685-734) et de Ts’ouei Yeou-Fou (721-780). Publications de l’École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient, XCIX. Paris,
1975. 116 pp. 7 pp. of b/w plates. Index of personal names. 25x17 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Translation and study of these important funerary inscriptions of both historical and calligraphic value. With parallel text and photographic reproductions of rubbings. Uncut copy. In French.
654 Rotours, Robert des: TRAITE DES FONCTIONNAIRES ET TRAITE DE L’ARMEE, VOLUME I AND II.
Traduits de la Nouvelle Histoire des T’ang (Chapter XLVI-L). CMC Reprint Series No. 11. San Francisco, 1974.
cxviii, 1094 pp. index, appendixes, 9 folding plans. 2 vols. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Reprint of Leiden 1948 edition. A French translation of two important treatises with an introduction and a detailed index. Chinese characters are given in the text for all proper names and places.
655 Royal Academy of Arts: EXHIBITION OF ART CHIEFLY FROM THE DOMINIONS OF INDIA &
PAKISTAN. London, 1947-1948. 40 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 24x18 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Catalogue of a major exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. Loans from Indian and British museum collections plus some material from private sources. Illustrated with highlights from the exhibition, mainly sculpture and painting.
656 Royal Asiatic Society ed: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS PUBLISHED BEFORE 1932. In the Library
of the Royal Asiatic Society. London, 1940. 541 pp. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
A scarce bibliography of this famous library.
657 Rudolph, Richard C: HAN TOMB ART OF WEST CHINA. A Collection of First and Second Century Reliefs.
Berkeley, 1951. ix, 67 pp. text. 100 b/w illustrations. Glossary, bibliography, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
In collaboration with Wen Yu. Reproductions of rubbings of first and second century reliefs on stone, brick and tile. Hucker 1447.
658 Sakakibara Gensuke: INSHOU BIKOU. (On Chinese Seals). 印章備考三卷. N.p., ?1750. Manuscript. 27x19 cm.
Stitched.
£300.00
659 Saso, Michael: HOMA RITES AND MANDALA MEDITATION IN TENDAI BUDDHISM. Sata-Pitaka series.
Indo-Asian Lit.. New Delhi, 1991. 239 pp. 4 colour and 25 b/w plates and text illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£42.00
A detailed manual for practice of the gradual path towards Tantric realisation, born from the meditations of the two great Mandalas
and passing to the process of kenotic union.
660 Schipper, Kristofer Marinus: L’EMPEREUR WOU DES HAN DANS LA LEGENDE TAOISTE. Han Wou-Ti
Nei-Tchouan. Vol. LVIII. Paris, 1965. 131, xi, 22 pp. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£35.00
The Han dynasty Emperor Wu in Daoist legend. A study of Han Wudi Neizhuan. Uncut copy. In French.
661 Schurmann, Herbert Franz: ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE YÜAN DYNASTY. Translation of Chapters
93 and 94 of the Yüan shih. Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies XVI. Cambridge, 1956. xviii, 253 pp. 3 maps,
bibliography. 26x17 cm. Paper.
£28.00
Each section is divided into two parts: a discussion of the subject followed by a translation of the Yüan shi, both extensively annotated.
Hucker 412.
662 Schyns, Jos: ROMANS A LIRE ET ROMANS A PROSCRIRE. Critical and Literary Studies Vol. 1. Peiping,
1946. 297, 23 pp. 25x18 cm. Paper.
£40.00
An excellent handbook for 1940s Chinese fiction & drama, with short biographies of authors. Originally intended as ‘forbidden books’
guide for missionaries, but as with all ‘index librorum’ became sought-after for the wrong reasons. In French.
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663 Segalen, Victor: THE GREAT STATUARY OF CHINA. Chicago, 1978. 192 pp. 59 plates. 22 drawings. 26x21
cm. Cloth.
£15.00
Based on three trips to China, in 1909, 1914, and 1917, this book is an extraordinary study of relatively inaccessible monuments of
Chinese stone sculpture.
664 Selz, Peter ed: CONTEMPORARY KOREAN PAINTING. Berkeley, 1979. iii, 99 pp. 99 colour plates. 32x24
£28.00
cm. Paper.
These paintings were selected from the Grand Exposition of Contemporary Korean Oriental Painting held at Seoul in 1976, and most
show a sharp division between traditional and Western (classical and modern) styles.
665 Setagaya Ward Museum: JAPAN AND BRITAIN. An Aesthetic Dialogue 1850-1930. Tokyo, 1992. 233 pp. 111
colour and 281 b/w plates & illustrations. 29x23 cm. Paper.
£25.00
The Japanese catalogue of the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition of the same title, which is now out of print. The Japanese version illustrates each and every exhibit with English captions having the essential information. Otherwise text in Japanese.
666 Shaanxi Museum ed: SHAANXI LISHI BOWUGUAN ZHENCANG TAO CIQI. Selected Treasures of Shaanxi
History Museum: Ceramics. 陝西歷史博物館珍藏陶瓷器. Xi’an, 2003. 191 pp. Colour plates and b/w illustrations
throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
156 pieces of ceramic wares from the collection of this famous museum in Xi’an are here illustrated in good colour plates and described
with a dual text in Chinese and English. As one would expect, the collection (and this book) is especially strong on earlier wares from
excavated sites.
667 Shanghai Art Museum: WU GUANZHONG HUIGU ZHAN. (Wu Guanzhong — A Retrospective).
吳冠中藝術回顧展. Shanghai, 2005. 215 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x28 cm. Wrappers.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum of a wonderful retrospective of the work of Wu Guanzhong. Includes many recent works. Illustrated throughout in colour and with a dual text in Chinese and English. Truly marvellous.
668 Shanghai Museum ed: JIN TANG SONG YUAN SHUHUA GUOBAO TEJI. Chinese National Treasures of
Painting and Calligraphy from the Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties. 晉唐宋元書畫國寶特集。上海博物館
編. Shanghai, 2002. 635 pp. Colour plates throughout with many illustrations of close-up detail, 3 panoramic
foldouts, colophons and seals. 43x30 cm. Cloth.
£1,450.00
A landmark exhibition at the Shanghai Museum to celebrate its 50th anniversary. 72 masterpieces — fine early paintings and calligraphy from the three best collections in China — the Palace Museum in Beijing (22), with the Shanghai (32), and Liaoning Museums
(18) — were brought together. Seventeen works date from the Jin, Sui and Tang; 37 from the Five Dynasties, Northern and Southern
Song and 18 from the Yuan dynasty. Many were loaned for the first time and, in the case of the Palace Museum loans, had not left the
Forbidden City since entering the Imperial collection. Combining masterpieces from the three collections meant that this was the first
time such works had been displayed together and the curators purposely chose related paintings to give scholars and visitors the opportunity to assess their respective merits. Take, for example, three handscrolls attributed to the 10th century master, Dong Yuan. The
three scrolls are all inscribed by the Ming painter and connoisseur, Dong Qichang. Even he, however, did not have the opportunity to
compare the three works! Many famous paintings featured in the exhibition, including the ‘Night Revels’ of Han Xizai and the 12th
century handscroll ‘Qingming Shanghe Tu’. Work by all Four Masters of the Yuan was represented and the calligraphies included the
‘Letter to Bo Yuan’ by Wang Xun which the Qianlong emperor treasured as one of the three greatest calligraphic works and housed in
the Sanxi Tang.
A major scholarly resource on early Chinese painting and calligraphy. The reproductions of some of the exhibits are the best available. Nearly all the works are shown both in sections that allows close-up examination of detail together with views of the entire work
for the overall effect. A magnificent catalogue which went out-of-print immediately and is highly sought-after in China. We are led to
understand that the plates for this volume have been destroyed and thus it will never be reprinted in this form. Essays by Yang Renkai,
Shan Guolin and Xiao Yanyi. Prefaces and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
669 Shanghai Museum ed: SHANGHAI BOWUGUAN: ZHONGGUO GUDAI QINGTONG GUAN. Shanghai
Museum Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery. 上海博物館：中國古代青銅館. Shanghai, n.d. 48 pp. Colour
illustrations throughout. 29x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A guide to the excellent bronze collection of the Shanghai Museum. In English and Chinese.
670 Shao Yichen; Shao Zhang ed: ZENGDING SIKU JIANMING MULU BIAOZHU. (Annotations on Editions of
Books Listed in the Abridged Catalogue of the Siku Collection: Augmented Edition). 贈丁四庫簡明目錄標注。
邵懿辰撰；邵章續錄. Beijing, 1979. 1185 pp. Appendixes, indexes. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Reissue of the Beijing 1959 edition. Abridged version of the Siku catalogue with notes by Shao; with additional notes by his contemporaries and supplementary notes notes by Shao Zhang. Author and title indexes in the 4-corner system. In Chinese. Tsien 820.
671 Shaw, R. D. M. ed: THE BLUE CLIFF RECORDS. The Hekigan Roku. Containing 100 Stories of Zen Masters
of Ancient China. London, 1961. 299 pp. Glossary, index. 23x15 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
This collection of Zen stories was compiled about AD 1000 by the Abbot of a Chinese Temple of the Chan (Japanese Zen) School of
Buddhism.
672 Shen Congwen: ZHONGGUO GUDAI FUSHI YANJIU. (Researches on Ancient Chinese Costumes).
中國古代服飾研究。沈從文著. Hong Kong, 1981. 479 pp. 401 plates and illustrations, many in colour. 36x27
cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Original edition of Shen’s monumental study of the Chinese dress through the ages. In Chinese.
673 Shen Deqian et al: PINGZHU TANG SONG BAJIA GUWEN. (Annotated Edition of Classical Prose by the
Eight Masters of the Tang and Song). 評註唐宋八家古文。沈德潛等編次. Shanghai, 1920. Various pagings of
folded leaves. 30 juan in 12 ce. 12 vols. 20x14 cm. Stitched, in two cloth cases.
£85.00
Lithographic edition of a well-known anthology of model essays by the great masters of the austere, magisterial classical style known
as ‘guwen’ (literally: old style). Shen Deqian (1673-1769) complied and punctuated this collection of work by Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan,
Ouyang Xiu, Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Che. In Chinese. Original cases in poor condition and splitting in places;
condition of the volumes generally good.
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674 Shi Nai’an & Luo Guanzhong: THE TIGER KILLERS. Part Two of the Marshes of Mount Liang. Hong Kong,
1997. c. 450 pp. 21x14 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Second volume of a new translation of the ‘Shuihu Zhuan’ by John and Alex Dent-Young. This volume contains some of the most famous scenes in the classic novel — Wu Song’s drunken binge and (bare-handed) battle with a tiger, his flirtation with Golden Lotus,
etc.
675 Shosoin Office ed: CERAMIC OBJECTS IN THE SHOSOIN. Tokyo, 1971. xx, 331 pp. 184 plates, 33 in colour,
£125.00
numerous illustrations, text-figures and tables. 31x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
An important monograph on 176 early ceramic pieces with an introduction to the history of Shosoin, the treasure house from the 8th
century, notes on individual objects and a list of plates in English. One small ex-libris stamp on Japanese title page. Scarce.
676 Shu Chiung: THE MOST FAMOUS BEAUTY OF CHINA. Yang Kuei-Fei. New York, 1924. xv, 117 pp. 8 plates,
3 colour tipped-in. 21x14 cm. Decorative cloth.
£35.00
A partially fictionalised biography of the famous courtesan. She lived in the Tang period and for over twenty years was the mistress
of the emperor Xuanzong, some would say contributing to the ultimate demise of his rule. Nice copy.
677 Shu Zhimei ed: THE UNEARTHED CULTURAL RELICS FROM LEI GU DUN, SUI ZHOU, HU BEI
PROVINCE. Hong Kong, 1984. 104 pp. 77 pieces illustrated, 33 in colour. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Exhibition organised by the Hubei Provincial Museum and the China Resources Artland Company Ltd. of bronzes, jade and lacquer.
Contents: Tombs of the Warring States Period in Leigudun and Suizhou, and Gems of Ancient Music.
678 Sievers, Wilhelm: ASIEN. Eine Allgemeine Landeskunde. Leipzig, 1893. viii, 661 pp. 156 text-illustrations, 14
maps and 22 plates, 8 in chromolithography. 26x18 cm. Half-leather, scuffed at edges.
£150.00
An extensive account of the various parts of Asia. The colour lithographs are charming and in very good condition. In German.
679 Singh, Madanjeet: HIMALAYAN ART. Wall-Painting and Sculpture in Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti. Greenwich,
1968. 295 pp. 140 colour plates. 33 figures, 1 map. 34x26 cm. Cloth.
£100.00
Also includes Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. A fine well-illustrated study.
680 Sirén, Osvald: CHINESE PAINTING. Leading Masters and Principles. New York, 1973. lxxxii, 1409 pp. 867
plates. Bibliographies, index. 7 vols. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£620.00
Monumental work divided into two parts: the first 3 volumes covering the period up to the Song, and the last four the Yuan, Ming, and
Qing periods. Extensive indexes and biographies. Reprint of the 1956-58 edition and equally hard to find. RBS 4:486.
681 Sirén, Osvald: HISTOIRE DE LA PEINTURE CHINOISE 1-2. Annales du Musée Guimet, NS 4. Paris, 1934.
x, 116; 171 pp. 226 plates. 2 vols. 33x23 cm. Original boards with the wrappers.
£300.00
I: From the Han to the beginning of the Song period. II: From the Song to the end of Yuan period. Independent volumes in the series
Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine. A standard reference on Chinese painting. In French. With Osvald Siren’s signature to the title
pages of both volumes. Ex-libris Dr. Franco Vannotti. A good set.
682 Sjoholm Gunnar: READINGS IN MO TI : CHAPTERS XXVI-XXVIII ON THE WILL OF HEAVEN.
Helsingborg, 1982. 241 pp. One b/w illustration. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A detailed study of these chapters with annotated translation.
683 Smith, Arthur H: CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. New York, 1894. 3rd edition, enlarged & revised, with
illustrations. 342 pp. 22 photographs. Index. 21x14 cm. Decorative cloth.
£25.00
An interesting and valuable account of Chinese social institutions and customs in the latter half of the nineteenth century, before the
changes produced by the West became very apparent. Nice copy with covers in good, bright conditions.
684 Smith, Arthur H: PROVERBS AND COMMON SAYINGS FROM THE CHINESE. Together with Much
Related and Unrelated Matter..... Shanghai, 1902. vii, 374, xxix pp. Index. 24x16 cm. cm. Half cloth.
£95.00
New and revised edition of this absolutely fascinating work. A rich compendium of about 1,900 phrases, proverbs, couplets and odes,
originally published in the Chinese Recorder from 1882 to 1885, with a further 300 examples of ‘Puns and other Linguistic Diversions’.
With Chinese characters throughout. Sellotape repairs and tears to first two pages, otherwise fine. Rare.
685 Sotheby’s: ANTIQUITIES AND ORIENTAL ART. The Thomas Barlow Walker Collection. New York, 1972. c.
150 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 25x16 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Sotheby’s New York sale catalogue of numerous lots from the Walker collection including Islamic, Japanese and Chinese ceramics.
686 Sotheby’s: THE GOLDSCHMIDT COLLECTION OF QING IMPERIAL PORCELAIN. Hong Kong, 1990.
71 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 27x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Sotheby’s sale catalogue of 73 lots of the highest quality Qing imperial porcelain from the Goldschmidt collection. Good colour illustrations and excellent descriptions.
687 Sotheby’s: THE LINDBERG COLLECTION. Catalogue of Early Chinese Ceramics. London, 1978. 150 pp.
B/w illustrations throughout. 24x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Sotheby’s sale catalogue of the Lindberg collection which focused on early Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic through to the Yuan
dynasty. 219 lots with many Tang and Song wares.
688 Soulie de Morant, George: L’ACUPONCTURE CHINOISE. Paris, 1939-41. 300; 274 pp. 94 plates and
illustrations, some in colour. 2 vols. 28x23 cm. Wrappers.
£450.00
Volume 1: L’Energie (Points, Meridiens, Circulation); 2: Le Maniement de l’Energie. The rare standard work on acupuncture. In
French.
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689 Soymie, Michel ed: NOUVELLES CONTRIBUTIONS AUX ETUDES SUR TOUEN-HOUANG.
(Contributions to Dunhuang Studies). Hautes Etudes Orientales 17. Geneva, 1981. 329 pp. plus 44 pp. b/w plates.
£40.00
25x17 cm. Paper.
13 essays on various aspects of Dunhuang studies. Much on the manuscripts found at Dunhuang. In French.
690 Spink & Son Ltd: THE MINOR ARTS OF CHINA II. London, 1985. 119 pp. 239 pieces illustrated, majority in
colour, bibliography. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Catalogue to a second exhibition of The Minor Arts of China. Subjects include Canton & cloisonné enamels, glass, hardstone carvings, jewellery bronze, gold, silver, furniture, ivory, horn, lacquer, textiles & paintings.
691 Stanley, H. ed: CHINESE MANUAL: SI ZI WEN JIANZHU: FOUR WORDS LITERATURE (WITH)
COMMENTARY (OR) EXPLICATION. Recueil de Phrases Chinoises, Composées de Quatre Caractères, et
dont les Explications sont Rangées dans l’ordre Alphabetique Français. 四字文箋註. London, 1854. viii, 75 pp.
35x22 cm. Cloth, decorative blind stamping with gilt front title.
£125.00
Produced at a time when efforts were being made to encourage the study of the Chinese language, this is a list of four character
phrases taken from a French Jesuit manuscript. There was no Chinese font in London and so the volume was reproduced by the ‘new
Anastatic process’ (relief etching) on special blue paper after being transcribed by Mr. Hornblower of the British Museum. During the
delay caused by production problems the first professor of Chinese was appointed at King’s College, London.
Covers somewhat grubby; insides fine. Inscribed to J. F. Davis by the editor.
692 Stein, Aurel: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOUR IN THE ANCIENT PERSIS. Iraq Volume 3:2. London, 1936.
pp. 111-230. 30 plates, 20 plans and maps, 1 folding and in colour. 28x20 cm. Original wrappers, frayed and torn.
£85.00
An account of an archaeological survey by Stein, carried out through a great portion of the Iranian Province of Fars between November
1933 and May 1934.
693 Steinilber-Oberlin, E: THE BUDDHIST SECTS OF JAPAN. Their History, Philosophical Doctrines and
Sanctuaries. London, 1938. 303 pp. 4 plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
A description of the various Japanese sects of Buddhism approached through interviews with priests of the various sects who outline
their particular views. Silberman 626. A scarce and valuable study.
694 Su Siyi ed: SHAOLINSI SHIKE YISHU. Stone Carvings at Shaolin Temple. 少林寺石刻藝術。蘇思義編.
Beijing, 1985. 1, 6, 2, 8 pp. 108 b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Illustrates rubbings dating from the Tang to the Qing dynasties from numerous sculptures and stelae at this important Daoist temple
noted for its teaching of martial arts. One page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
695 Su Yueban et al: PEIWENZHAI SHUHUA PU. (The Peiwen Zhai Catalogue of Calligraphy and Painting).
Shanghai, 1919. 100 juan with various paginations in 32 volumes. 32 vols. 20x13 cm. Stitched, 4 cloth cases.
£45.00
Fine lithographed edition of this famous imperial catalogue of painting and calligraphy. In Chinese.
696 Sullivan, Michael: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE ART. London, 1961. 212 pp. text. 151 b/w illustrations,
5 colour plates, 5 maps. Bibliography, index. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A chronological history of Chinese art.
697 Sullivan, Michael: A LOAN EXHIBITION OF CHINESE PAINTING. Zhongguo Huihua Zhanlan. Singapore,
1959. 52 pp. 41 illustrations. 25x19 cm. Paper. Tear with small loss to back cover.
£10.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the University of Malaya Art Museum with paintings from local collections, dated from the Ming and
Qing periods.
698 Sun Zi: SONGBEN SHIYIJIA ZHU SUNZI. (Facsimile of a Song Dynasty Work: Commentary by Eleven Authors
on Sunzi). 宋本十一家註孫子。孫武撰. Shanghai, 1978. Various paginations of folded leaves. 4 vols. 27x18 cm.
Stitched, cloth case.
£70.00
Facsimile of the Southern Song original edition of this work held in the Shanghai Library. Accompanied by an introduction by Guo
Huaruo. In Chinese.
699 Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro: THE LANKAVATARA SUTRA. A Mahayana Text. London, 1932. xlix, 300 pp.
Frontispiece, folding chart. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
Translated for the first time from the original Sanskrit. First edition.
700 Swann, Jeffrey: TOEHOLD ON ZEN. London, 1962. 103 pp. 20x13 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
An original approach to the subject. The author assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and shows, in easy steps to an attitude of
mind equating to that of Zen.
701 Swann, Peter C et al ed: ORIENTAL ART MAGAZINE, OLD SERIES 1-3: NEW SERIES 1-37. London,
1948-51 & 1955-91. c. 5,600 pp. Numerous plates and illustrations. 158 vols. 30x25 cm. Paper.
£2,500.00
Comprehensive run of Oriental Art Magazine comprising the 3 volumes of the Old Series (1948-1951) and volumes 1 to 37 of the New
Series (1955-1991) as originally issued. Includes the ‘difficult-to-find’ years from the mid ‘60s to the early ‘70s — with the exception
of Spring 1964 and Summer 1965.
702 Tanabe Hisao: JAPANESE MUSIC. Tokyo, 1936. 33 pp. 9 plates. 27x20 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Translated by Shigeyoshi Sakabe. The contents include history, Gagaku, musical scales, Shakuhachi and Koto and Samisen music.
703 Tanaka Kikuo comp: IROHABIKI MONCHO. (Designs of Mons). Tokyo, 1881. 6, 133 folded leaves. B/w
illustrations and mon designs throughout. 7x15 cm. Stitched.
£75.00
Copiously-illustrated small work on mon from the early Meiji period. In addition to the hundreds of illustrations of mon designs, this
work has a few charming illustrations showing the significance of mon and one fullpage illustration of mon designs being woven into
cloth. In Japanese. Wear to covers, otherwise fine.
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704 Tao, L. K: LIVELIHOOD IN PEKING. An Analysis of the Budgets of Sixty Families. Peking, 1928. 158, xxii
pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A very interesting inquiry into, and study of, the livelihoods of 60 Peking families conducted in the 1920s. Some wear to edges of covers and a few pencil underlinings. Priced accordingly. Rare.
705 Taylor, Bayard: A VISIT TO INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN IN THE YEAR 1853. Bayard Taylor’s Travels.. New
£30.00
York, 1880. viii, xvi, 539 pp. 2 b/w engraved plates. 19x13 cm. Cloth.
Includes visits to Hong Kong, Macao and much in the Shanghai area at a time when the Taiping Rebellion was threatening. Also an
early visit to Japan. Revised edition. Library marks to spine.
706 Thorbecke, E. & Schiff, F: HONG KONG. Shanghai, n.d. c.1939. 69 pp. B/w photographs and sketches by Schiff
throughout. 23x18 cm. Decorative boards. Dustjacket with some wear.
£350.00
A delightful effort by Schiff and Thorbecke. With Schiff’s distinctive colour sketches of Hong Kong colonial and local life. The numerous
sketches range from fullpage, through half page to small amusing text vignettes. Also voyages around the various areas of Hong Kong
— Aberdeen, Repulse Bay etc. Accompanied by black-and-white photographs and a light and interesting text by Ellen Thorbecke.
Minor wear to top and bottom of spine. A fine clean copy inside. Rare.
707 Tokyo National Museum: UKIYO-E PRINTS. Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum, Volume 1-3.
Tokyo, 1971. 96, 66, 70 pp. 3,926 prints illustrated in black-and-white. (6 in colour). 3 vols. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£350.00
A detailed record of a superb collection. Includes descriptions and reproductions of the entire collection of prints owned by the Tokyo
National Museum. In English and Japanese.
708 Tri, Bui Minh and Kerry Nguyen-Long: VIETNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE
CERAMICS. Gom Hoa Lam Viet Nam. Hanoi, 2000. 520 pp. 250 colour and 70 b/w
£125.00
The first publication devoted exclusively to Vietnamese blue and white. Based on archaeological excavations inside Vietnam with much new information. Describes the different production centres,
habitation sites and royal capitals at which blue and white have been found and places each location in historical context. Illustrates and describes the types of wares found at each of these sites. Information on the basic features that distinguish blue and white in each of the dynastic periods. With
a comprehensive record of blue and white ceramics found at land and maritime sites outside Vietnam.
Very well illustrated. Bilingual text in Vietnamese and English.
709 Ts’ai Chin-chung: QINGDAI SHUHUAJIA ZIHAO YINDE. Index to the Fancy
Names of the Calligraphers and Painters of the Ch’ing Dynasty. Harvard-Yenching
Institute Sinological Index Series No. 21. Peking, 1934. xxxii, 179 pp. 26x18 cm.
Paper.
£25.00
In Chinese.
710 Tseng Yu: ZHONGGUO HUAXUE SHUMUBIAO. Chinese Literature on Chinese Painting: Bibliographical
Charts. 中國畫學書目表。曾堉編. Taipei, 1980. 4, 114 pp. Preface in English. 31x21 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Lists books published on Chinese painting by year of publication in chronological charts from early times through to the mid 20th century. Separate chronological listings from books published in China, Japan and in the West.
711 Tsiang, Katherine R: SHADES OF GREEN JADE AND MISTY MOUNTAINS. Chinese Celadon Wares from
the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie C. C. Tsao. Dallas, 2003. 22 pp. 24 colour plates, numerous b/w text figures.
Bibliography. 30x18 cm. Paper.
£18.00
Catalogue of a collection shown at the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, exemplifying the important periods of development in the history of Chinese celadon from AD 200-1400.
712 Tsuji Nobuo: SENGOKU JIDAI KANO-HA NO KENKYU: KANO MOTONOBU O CHUSHIN TO SHITE.
Study on the Early Kanô School: Motonobu and his Family of Painters. Tokyo, 1994. 8, 356, 12 pp. Plus 36 pp. of
plates, including 4 colour. 277 b/w text illustrations (chiefly photographic). Bibliography, index. 31x22 cm.
Cloth.
£70.00
Very thorough study of the early Kanô school — focusing on Motonobu (1476-1559) — with good apparatus. Mint ex-library copy with
one stamp only. Title page and contents in English, otherwise Japanese only.
713 Umezawa Gallery: THE SPRING EXHIBITION: THE CHINESE CERAMICS OF ENAMELLED WARE
IN THE MING. Mei no Akae. Tokyo, 1972. 4 pp. text, 2 pp. English captions 57 b/w illustrations, 2 colour plates.
26x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Fine wares illustrated predominantly in black-and-white. Text in Japanese. List of English captions.
714 Umezawa Gallery: THE SUMMER EXHIBITION: UMEZAWA GALLERY. Tokyo, 1968. 5 pp. text, 2 pp.
English captions 67 b/w illustrations, 2 colour plates. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Illustrated catalogue of a summer exhibition of late Ming Chinese ceramics and of Chinese and Japanese paintings and calligraphy.
Japanese text with a list of exhibits in English.
715 Unknown: TROIS MOIS AU KOUANG-SI. Souvenirs d’un Officier en mission. Paris, 1906. iv, 247 pp. plus 8
pp. b/w plates ( a total of 16 photographs). Folding map. 20x13 cm. Later cloth.
£125.00
Description of a French expedition to Jiangxi province, at the time close to their sphere of influence — Cochin-China. Jiangxi province
at the time was very little-known and the account makes interesting reading. In French. Rare.
716 Vandermeersch, Leon: LA FORMATION DU LEGISME: RECHERCHE SUR LA CONSTITUTION D’UNE
PHILOSOPHIE POLITIQUE CARACTERISTIQUE DE LA CHINE ANCIENNE. (The Formation of
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Legalism: Research on the Constitution of a Political Philosophy Characteristic of Ancient China). Publications de
l’Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient Vol. LVI. Paris, 1965. 299, 1 pp. 28x20 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Uncut copy. In French.
717 Volker, Tye: THE ANIMAL IN FAR EASTERN ART. And Especially in the Art of the Japanese Netsuke.
Medelingen, Rijksmus. v. Volkenkunde 6/7. Leiden, 1950. v, 190 pp. 20 plates with 99 illustrations. Bibliography
and index. 26x17 cm. Original wrappers.
£150.00
Original edition of this important study of animal motifs with references to Chinese origins, traditions, legends and art. Published as
the Medelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde No. 6/7. Rare.
718 Vollmer, John: IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DRAGON THRONE. Ch’ing Dynasty Costume (1644-1911) in
the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1977. 88 pp. 80 illustrations, 13 in colour, diagrams, map. 20x23 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A detailed catalogue of the Chinese robes in the Museum’s collection.
719 Wade, Thomas Francis: A PROGRESSIVE COURSE DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE STUDENT OF
COLLOQUIAL CHINESE. As spoken in the Capital and the Metropolitan Department. 語言自邇集. Shanghai,
1886. xxviii, 349; 523; 245 pp. 3 vols. 31x24 cm. Cloth, some damages on 2 backs.
£300.00
Wade’s most influential work, introducing his celebrated system of romanization, here provided in the second edition with a new preface. Savagely reviewed by Herbert Giles in the China Review, 16, 1887, as a ‘fatuous waste of Customs’ printing-ink.’ Cordier 168990.
720 Waley, Arthur: THE BOOK OF SONGS. Translated from the Chinese. London, 1954. 358 pp. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Second impression. The standard, complete translation of the Shijing, with the poems arranged according to subject matter. Hucker
1536.
721 Waley, Arthur: THE PILLOW-BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON. New York, n.d. (1928) 162 pp. 18x12 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A translation of about a quarter of this work describing life in 10th-century Japan. First American edition.
722 Waley, Arthur: THE WAY AND ITS POWER. A Study of the Tao Te Ching and its Place in Chinese Thought.
London, 1949. 262 pp. Index. 20x14 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A translation of Laozi’s Daodejing, together with an account of Chinese thought down to the third century BC. Third impression.
723 Wang Bo: TANG HUIYAO. (Annals of the Tang Dynasty). 唐會要。王薄撰. Shanghai, 1955. 1, 1, 1, 23, 1804
pp. 3 vols. 19x13 cm. Boards.
£30.00
Detailed account of the history of the Tang dynasty compiled from Chinese historical archives. In Chinese.
724 Wang Fang-chuen: CHINESE FREE-HAND FLOWER PAINTING. Beijing, 1937. v, 131 pp. 67 plates. 27x20
cm. Cloth. Wear to spine and edges.
£50.00
An excellent discourse on Chinese painting, far more scholarly than the title implies. With much information on the then contemporary painting scene, including schools and artists. Scarce.
725 Wang Qingzheng et al: SERENE PLEASURE. The Jinglexuan Collection of Chinese Ceramics. Seattle, 2001. 72
pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£22.00
Published in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Wonders of Clay and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from the Jiurutang and Jinglexuan Collections’ at the Seattle Art Museum. Beautiful Song, Yuan and Ming ceramics.
726 Wang Rencong: XINCHU LIDAI XIYIN JILU. (A Record of Newly-Excavated Seals). 新出歷代璽印集錄。
王人聰編. Hong Kong, 1982. 147 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition showing seals from various dynasties recently excavated at sites in China. Illustrated throughout with impressions of seals, rubbings of seal bodies and the seals themselves. The photography and illustration is adequate but not of the highest order. In Chinese.
727 Wang Shucun comp: ZHONGGUO MINJIAN NIANHUASHI TULU. (Illustrated History of Chinese Woodcut
Prints). Beijing, 1991. 41, [11], 1-434; [14], 438-841 pp. 872 b/w plates. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
From Han dynasty line drawings and rubbings to modern Tibetan popular prints, this fully-captioned reference work presents a comprehensive visual history of the Chinese woodcut print, a fantastically varied art form, unjustly neglected in the West. Well illustrated.
In Chinese.
728 Wang Yao-t’ing: LOOKING AT CHINESE PAINTING. A Comprehensive Guide to the Philosophy, Techniques
and History. Tokyo, 1996. 208 pp. 154 colour and 59 b/w illustrations. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
This handsomely produced volume is a treasure trove of information about Chinese painting. Includes an important essay on authentication — copies and forgeries. The author is a researcher at the National Palace Museum and profoundly qualified to explain the
subject to westerners. An excellent introduction and survey.
729 Warner, Langdon: JAPANESE GARDENS. New York, 1947. 13 pp. text and 18 pp. b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Paper.
£10.00
An introduction to the subject by an acknowledged authority.
730 Warner, Langdon & Jayne, Horace ed: EASTERN ART, AN ANNUAL, VOLUME 2. Philadelphia, 1930. 246 pp.
Many plates & illustrations, some in colour. 31x23 cm. Half-cloth.
£25.00
Different articles, among them — Peasant Paintings of Otsu, Japan; Korai Celadon in America; Contemporary Cambodian Art; Indian Miniatures in German Museums & Private Collections, Early Indian Architecture etc.
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731 Warner, Worcester Reed: SELECTIONS FROM ORIENTAL OBJECTS OF ART COLLECTED BY
WORCESTER REED WARNER. Tarrytown, 1921. 135 pp. 66 plates, 16 in full colour. 36x26 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
Privately printed catalogue of a collection principally of jade, porcelain, and bronzes, most of which today are in the Cleveland Museum of Art. A beautiful high-quality catalogue with a true feel of the early 20th century. Ex-library with author’s presentation bookplate. Minimal markings; some wear to spine; very good inside.
732 Watanabe Hitoshi: THE AINU ECOSYSTEM. Environment and Group Structure. American Ethnological Society,
Monograph 54. Seattle, 1972. ix, 170 pp. 8 b/w illustrations and diagrams. Numerous tables. 2 folding maps.
Bibliography. Appendix with a ‘Short History of Ainu Studies’. 26x20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£50.00
Important ethnographic study of the Ainu based on a decade of field observation and in-depth interviews by a professor of anthropology at the Faculty of Literature, University of Tokyo.
733 Watanabe Seitei: SEITEI KACHO GAFU. (Seitei’s Album of Flowers and Birds). Tokyo, 1890-91. 24 folded
leaves to each volume. Each volume has a couple of pages of introductory text and list of contents and then 21
double page & 2 single page colour woodblock prints. A total of 63 double page and 6 single page prints. 3 vols.
25x16 cm. Stitched. Decorative covers.
£2,800.00
A highlight of Meiji book production. An extremely beautiful and accomplished three volume work of bird and flower colour woodblock
illustration by Watanabe Seitei that shows a delicacy and restraint lacking in many other works of this genre from the same period.
Seitei’s artistry shines through in each illustration. There are a total of 69 colour woodblock prints, of which 63 are double page. The
illustrations show birds, mostly amidst flowers and trees and some illustrations just with plants. Ranges from crows in the snow to a
cockatoo, finches, a flock of geese, gingko leaves falling onto water and irises. The work is in excellent clean condition with the original decorative wrappers with a uniform design of grass and flowers in greyish tones. There is pinhole worming to the first volume but
this is unobtrusive to the point that, when we first obtained the work, we thought it to be flecks in the paper or small spots from the
printing. It does not detract. The three volumes are protected in a new cloth case. As the work was issued in parts over the course of
a couple of years, there was no case issued with the work at the time of publication. Text in Japanese. For further information and illustrations, see Hillier Art of the Japanese Book. pp. 970-973 for description and illustrations from this work. Very rare.
734 Watson, Burton trans: MO TZU. Basic Writings. New York, 1963. ix, 140 pp. 20x13 cm. Paper.
A good introduction. The selections translated by a well-known scholar.
£10.00
735 Wayman, Alex & Hideko: THE LION’S ROAR OF QUEEN SRIMALA. A Buddhist Scripture on the
Tathagatagarbha Theory. New York & London, 1974. 15, 144 pp. 1 colour plate. 9x6 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
The first translation of this Mahayana Buddhist scripture.
736 Welch, Patricia Bjaaland: CHINESE NEW YEAR. Images of Asia. Oxford, 1997. 96 pp. 18 colour and 14 b/w
illustrations. 19x13 cm. Boards.
£8.99
This complete introduction to the Chinese New Year celebrations, explores its many symbols and rituals, tracing their history and
meanings.
737 Wen Yiduo: WEN YIDUO QUANJI. (The Complete Works of Wen Yiduo). 聞一多全集. Shanghai, 1948. 5, 6,
367; 610; [various pagings, c. 700]; 669, 9 pp. 4 vols. 21x16 cm. Half cloth.
£60.00
Complete works of one of China’s greatest modern poets — assassinated by the Republicans in 1945 — who was also a major scholar
and critic. A significant collection of important prose along with his innovative, engaged and moving poetry. Ex-library copy and a
bit grubby, paper brittle (as for all publication at this time). In Chinese.
738 Wheeler, Post: THE SACRED SCRIPTURES OF THE JAPANESE. New York, 1952. xlvi, 562 pp. 23x16 cm.
Cloth.
£50.00
Translations of Japanese myths from the Fudoki (Records of Wind and Earth), Kujiki (Narration of Ancient Things), Kojiki (Records
of Ancient Matters), Nihongi (Written Chronicles of Nippon) etc.
739 White, Julia M. and Bunker, Emma C: ADORNMENT FOR ETERNITY. Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament.
Denver, 1994. 214 pp. 113 colour plates and illustrations, 25 text-figures. Glossary, bibliog. 31x23 cm. Paper.
£70.00
Well-researched catalogue to a travelling exhibition of ancient Chinese jewellery, mirrors and belthooks, which started at the Denver
Art Museum in 1994. Two introductory essays on the development of objects of personal adornment and on the metallurgy of the objects by prominent scholars.
740 White, William Charles: BRONZE CULTURE OF ANCIENT CHINA. An Archaeological Study of Bronze
Objects from Northern Honan... Museum Studies, 5. Toronto, 1956. 219 pp. 100 plates, 6 in colour, drawings, maps.
28x21 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Numbered edition of 500 copies. The bronzes date from about 1400 B.C. to 770 B.C. and are preserved in the Royal Ontario Museum.
Hucker 1421. Tear to top of spine. Fine inside. Priced accordingly.
741 Wickert, Erwin: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. Inside China Today. London, 1983. 379 pp. 24x15 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket.
£20.00
Observations of China by a former German ambassador who was resident during the interesting period from 1976-1980.
742 Wieger, Leon: A HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PHILOSOPHICAL OPINIONS IN
CHINA. from the beginning to the present time. Hien-hien, 1969. 725 pp. Illustrations, appendix, index. 25x17 cm.
Paper.
£45.00
A detailed excellent history of Chinese religions and philosophy from their earliest days, written at the behest of the Institut Catholique
in Paris by the Jesuit missionary in China, Pere Leon Wieger. First English edition — translated by Edward Werner. The Paragon
reprint.
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743 Wilhelm, Richard trans: THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER. A Chinese Book of Life with a European
Commentary by C. G. Jung. London, 1931. ix, 151 pp. Frontispiece and 10 b/w plates. 4 text illustrations. 23x14
£45.00
cm. Cloth. A few marks to covers.
A manual of Taoist yoga attributed to Lü Yen of the 8th century. Scarce copy of first edition, covers somewhat grubby and slightly affected by damp at some stage, insides generally clean with occasional darkening/foxing to edges, hence lower price.
744 Wirgin, Jan: SUNG CERAMIC DESIGNS. London, 1979. 274 pp. text, 43 pp. drawings and outlines of designs.
104 plates with 570 illustrations 28x20 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Originally published in BMFEA No. 42, this is a reprint in a limited edition. An indispensable reference book for anyone interested in
Chinese porcelain in general and Song wares in particular.
745 Wirgin, Jan ed: BULLETIN OF THE MUSEUM OF FAR EASTERN ANTIQUITIES, NO. 63. Stockholm,
1991. 180 pp. 39 colour plates, 73 b/w plates and illustrations. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£32.00
Jan Wirgin: Ming Porcelain in the Collection of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities: Hongwu to Chenghua; David Wang: From
Eclecticism to Syncretism Revaluation of Tung Ch’i-chang’s Two-School Theory; Mette Siggstedt: Chinese Root Furniture.
746 With, Karl: BILDWERKE OST- UND SUDASIENS. Aus der Sammlung Yi Yuan. Basel, 1924. 74 pp. text. 112
£25.00
The collection of Yi Yuan (Eduard von der Heydt) contained many important examples of Chinese and Japanese stone and wood sculptures, and also some pieces of Southeast Asian origin.
747 Wittfogel, Karl A: ORIENTAL DESPOTISM. A Comparative Study of Total Power. New Haven, 1963. xix, 556
pp. 20x13 cm. Paper.
£30.00
A classic and the first thorough analysis of Eastern despotism.
748 Woodward, F. L. trans: MANUAL OF A MYSTIC. London, 1916. xxi, 159 pp. 22x14 cm. Half cloth.
‘Being a Translation from the Pali and Sinhalese Work Entitled The Yogavachara’s Manual’.
£35.00
749 Worcester, G. R. G: THE JUNKMAN SMILES. London, 1959. 254 pp. 6 plates and many drawings by the author.
23x15 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£50.00
Mr Worcester’s study of the junk, and his interest in the way junkmen and fishermen lived, led him into a series of hair-raising adventures. This fascinating book retells with humour and sympathy some of his observations. A good copy with the dustjacket.
750 Wright S. F. and Braud A. C. E: CODE OF CUSTOMS REGULATION AND PROCEDURE. Maritime Customs
III-Misc. Series No. 44. Shanghai, 1937. xiv, 562 pp. 25x16 cm. Cloth. Tear to bottom of spine.
£45.00
Third edition, revised and enlarged.
751 Wu Ch’eng-en: MONKEY. London, 1944. 306 pp. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Arthur Waley’s competent translation of the travels of Tripitaka based on Xuan Zang’s journey to India to collect Buddhist tracts.
Fourth impression.
752 Wu Limin and Han Jinke: FAMENSI DIGONG TANG MI MANCHALUO ZHI YANJIU. Studies of Tang
Dynasty Mandala in the Famen Monastery Crypt. Hong Kong, 1990 510 pp. Over 200 colour illustrations. 27X20
cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A thorough documentation of the highly-important find of Tang dynasty gold and silver Buddhist relics at Famen temple. Details the
find, its excavation, a detailed examination and discussion of the objects, their inscriptions etc. An important contribution. In Chinese.
753 Wu, Yenna: THE LIONESS ROARS. Shrew Stories from Late Imperial China. Cornell East Asia Series. Ithaca,
1995. 156 pp. Frontispiece. Bibliography, character list. 23X15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Tales of late imperial feminine wiles by respected writers, translated with annotations.
754 Wylie, Alexander: NOTES ON CHINESE LITERATURE. With Introductory Remarks on the Progressive
Advancement of the Art.... Peking, 1939. xlii, 308 pp. 27x20 cm. Original cloth.
£30.00
A bibliographical introduction to Chinese literature, with an extensive list of Western language translations of Chinese classical, historical and philosophical works. Photolithographic reissue of Shanghai edition (1867). Still a useful reference.
755 Xiao Tong comp: FANGSONG HUKE WENXUAN. (The Fang Song Huke edition of the Anthology of
Literature). 仿宋胡刻文選。蕭統撰. Shanghai, Guangxu period. 60 juan in 14 ce; 10 juan in 2 ce. 16 vols. 21x13
cm. Stitched.
£55.00
Fine, lithographic of the ‘Wenxuan’, based on a well-known ‘Huke’ (carved by Hu) edition in the ‘fang Song’ or Song-style of typography. The ‘Wenxuan’ compiled during the Liang dynasty by Prince Xiao Tong (501-531), is China’s most famous anthology of literature. In Chinese only.
756 Xiao Tong comp: FANGSONG SUNPI HUKE WENXUAN, WENXUAN KAOYI. (The Fang Song Huke edition
of the Anthology of Literature, together with an Exegetical Study of the Wenxuan). 仿宋孫批胡刻文選。蕭統
撰. Shanghai, 1920s. 60 juan in 14 ce; 10 juan in 2 ce. 16 vols. 21x14 cm. Stitched, in two cloth cases.
£85.00
Fine, lithographic Jinzhang Tushuju edition of the 60-juan ‘Wenxuan’ with Li Shan’s commentaries and Sun’s ‘Eyebrow’ notes (printed
above the text and commentary), based on a well-known ‘Huke’ (carved by Hu) edition in the ‘fang Song’ or Song-style of typography; together with the ‘Wenxuan Kaoyi’. The ‘Wenxuan’ compiled during the Liang dynasty by Prince Xiao Tong (501-531), is China’s
most famous anthology of literature. In Chinese only.
757 XINHUA ZIDIAN. (The New China Character Dictionary). 新華字典〔1998 年修訂本〕. Beijing, 1998. 701
pp. Appendixes, indexes. 13x10 cm. Paper boards.
£7.00
This is the first point of call as a character dictionary and includes both simplified and full-form characters. The indexes allow one to
look up full-form as well as simplified characters and, finally, many characters are indexed under more than one radical. An essential
tool and constant companion. In Chinese.
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758 Xu Beihong: THE ART OF XU BEIHONG. Hong Kong, 1988. 154 pp. 74 colour plates, many b/w illustrations.
30x27 cm. Boards.
£25.00
Drawings, oil paintings, and Chinese paintings, included in an exhibition presented by the Urban Council at the Hong Kong Museum
of Art. One of the most comprehensive exhibitions featuring Xu Beihong.
759 Xu Beihong,: BEIHONG MIAOJI. (Collected Sketches of Xu Beihong). 悲鴻描集. Beijing, [1950s]. 22; 25; 23;
£80.00
25 folded leaves, Chinese style. Collotype plates throughout. 4 vols. 42x27 cm. Stitched.
Four volumes of Xu Beihongs sketches, reproduced using this fine modern printing technique. The traditional style volumes have suffered some usual wear and there is some worming only affecting five of the plates in volume 3. Many fine figurative drawings, portraits
and nudes.
760 Yan Liben: TANG YAN LIBEN BUNING TU. (Yan Liben of the Tang’s Imperial Hand-Carriage Painting).
Beijing, 1959. 1 p. text. 11 plates, 3 in colour. 38x53 cm. Loose in folder.
£35.00
Reproductions of Yan Liben’s famous painting, together with its colophons. In Chinese.
761 Yan Zhitui; Zhou Fagao ed: YAN SHI JIAXUN HUIZHU. (Family Instructions of Mr. Yan, Collected
Annotations). 顏氏家訓彙注。顏之推；周法高撰輯. Zhongyang Yanjiuyuan Lishi Yuyan Yanjiusuo Zhuankan,
41. Taibei, 1960. 2, 3, 1-69; 70-134; 135-200; 201-333 folded leaves, Chinese-style. 27x16 cm. Stitched, cloth
case.
£40.00
Scholarly edition with extensive notes and apparatus pertaining in particular to the language of this important text. The ‘Yan Shi Jiaxun’ by Yan Zhitui (531-c. 590) was a well-known example of admonitory writings produced for children. Yan’s was ‘an especially
rich source of information on the society and thought of his times’. In Chinese.
762 Yang Jialuo ed: GUQIAN DACIDIAN. (Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Money). 古錢大辭典。楊家駱主編.
Taibei, 1974. Various paginations. Numerous b/w drawings and rubbings of coins in volumes 1-3. 5 vols. 26x15
cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A facsimile reprint of the 1936 edition of this comprehensive dictionary of ancient Chinese coins. In Chinese.
763 Yang Renkai et al. ed: QING GONG SANYI GUOBAO TEJI: SHUFA JUAN, HUIHUA JUAN. Album of Lost
National Treasure of the Qing Palace: Calligraphy and Painting. 清宮散逸國寶特集：書法卷、繪畫卷. Beijing,
2004. 7, 2, 624 (over 600 pp. colour plates); 9, 626 pp. (over 600 pp. colour plates) A number of foldouts. 2 vols.
45x33 cm. Cloth.
£1,800.00
An absolutely magnificent two-volume catalogue of an exhibition of early calligraphy and paintings commemorating the opening of
the new Liaoning Provincial Museum. In the period leading up to his expulsion from the Forbidden City in November 1924, the last
Emperor, Pu Yi, selected a number of the finest treasures from the collection that were easily portable. These included an undefined
(but not insignificant — it is said up to 1200) number of paintings, album leaves and calligraphy, the majority early. Pu Yi, together
with his brother Pu Jie, were said to have smuggled this material, along with other light pieces, out of the Forbidden City as an insurance policy against financial impecuniosity. When Pu Yi later became the puppet ruler of the
Manchukuo regime in north-east China, this material undoubtedly went with him. The paintings have
since become known as the Northeast or Liaoning group. It appears that over a period of time some
of these paintings went to Japan and elsewhere. Following the defeat of the Japanese and the detention of Pu Yi, the remainder ultimately entered the Liaoning and Jilin Provincial Museums or were
returned to the Gugong Museum in Beijing. This work shows 39 calligraphies and 53 paintings (in
a second volume) in the Liaoning Provincial Museum, many here exhibited and illustrated for the first
time due to their fragility. These 92 works comprise the entire holding of works known to have been
taken by Pu Yi that are in the Liaoning Museum collection plus two very fine Liao paintings excavated
in Liaoning province. All the calligraphies are shown actual size and in their entirety. It also includes all accompanying colophons, inscriptions and collectors seals. The paintings are again all
shown in their entirety, with many also reproduced in their original sizes and again showing collectors’ seals, colophons and inscriptions. The calligraphies and paintings date from the Eastern Jin to
the Qing with the majority of the material being early. 1 Eastern Jin work, 7 from the Tang, 2 Five
Dynasties, 41 from the Song, 2 from the Liao, 1 from the Jin, 17 Yuan, 20 Ming examples and 1 Qing
work. All the works are reproduced in fine colour plates throughout with many folding out to give unprecedented reproduction of selected works. A superb record of little-known treasures from the Chinese imperial collection that have a distinct cachet due to their obscure recent history. Given the high quality of the colour plates and
the reproduction of many works in their original size, this is also an important tool in the research of early Chinese painting and calligraphy. A large and weighty set of volumes with dual English and Chinese texts. Highly recommended.
764 Yang, Winston L. Y., Li, Peter & Mao, N. K: CLASSICAL CHINESE FICTION. A Guide to its Study and
Appreciation: Essays and Bibliographies. Boston, 1978. 302 pp. 21x15 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Ten essays providing a general historical and critical survey of classical Chinese fiction is followed by an annotated listing of about
850 English-, French- and German-language translations and studies, including books, journal articles, and dissertations. Tsien 2044.
765 Ye, Wa: CHINESE ARCHIVES. An Introductory Guide. China Research Monographs, 45. Berkeley, 1996. Cloth.
£25.00
Produced by the Center for Chinese Studies.
766 Yong Rong ed: SIKU QUANSHU ZONGMU. (Complete Catalogue of the Siku Collection). 四庫全書總目。
永瑢撰. Beijing, 1981. 1868, 6 pp. text plus 247 pp. indexes. 2 vols. 25x17 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
This is the most useful guide, including indications of contents, to the monumental collection of literature assembled under the Qianlong Emperor. (It is officially attributed to his 6th son, Yongrong.) Second edition of 1981. In Chinese.
767 Zhang Xiaoxia ed: LIANPU DAQUAN. (Collection of Opera Masks). 臉譜大全. Hangzhou, 1996. 69 folded
leaves. 1008 colour lithographed illustrations. 29x20 cm. Stitched. Cloth slipcase.
£30.00
Divided into 8 sections showing different types of opera mask, all the illustrations are numbered and named. A reprint of the 1937 original. Text in Chinese only.
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768 Zhao Ziqiang ed: SIJIA CANGBAO: YUE GUI GANG AO TAI SIREN CANGPIN ZHENJI. A Private
Collection of Chinese Ceramics: Treasures from Collectors in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macao and
Taiwan. 私家藏寶：粵桂港澳台私人藏品珍集。趙自強主編. Nanning, 2001. 2, 13, 305 pp. 288 pp. colour
£75.00
353 examples of Chinese ceramics held in private collections on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan. Presented chronologically from
earliest times through to the Republic of China with many fine pieces — the vast majority unpublished. Introduction, list of plates and
captions in English. Main text in Chinese. An easily accessible work showing a huge variety.
769 Zhen Dexiu: CHONGKE ZHEN XISHAN XIANSHENG DUSHU JI. (The Collected Notebooks of Zhen
Dexiu). 重刻真西山先生讀書記。真德秀撰。本寺藏板，乾隆四年重鐫。半頁十行二十一字，
四周雙邊，白口，單魚尾，框 21x15 cm. Beijing, 1743. 4, 2, 3, 8, 49 (juan 1); 63, 44 (juan 2-3); 62 (juan 6);
50 (juan 7); 44 (juan 8); 34, 39 (juan 9-10); 63 (juan 11); 39 (juan 12); 41 (juan 14); 59 (juan 15); 52 (juan 16); 53,
38 (juan 17-18); 35, 55 (juan 19-20) folded leaves, Chinese-style. 17 juan of 40, in 13 fascicles (ce). 13 vols. 29x18
cm. Stitched, cloth case.
£250.00
Seventeen of forty chapters from a Qianlong edition of Zhen Dexiu’s ‘Notes’, chiefly on philosophy and ethics in the context of their
associated literary philology. Zhen Dexiu (1178-1235, hao: Xishan) was an important statesman of the Southern Song period, also
known as a literary scholar and anthologist.
Even the most complete surviving editions of Zhen’s ‘Notes’ contain only a small proportion of what is known to have existed (one
collection and part of another from a total of four collections, according to the ‘Siku Quanshu Zongmu’). Later editions collect these
in 39 or 40 juan, so a complete copy of the work in this edition would have been typical. Although the work is incomplete, it is a wellprinted example of an 18th-century Chinese book with highly interesting contents. Each juan of the ‘Notes’ is more or less self-contained and focused on a particular topic. For example, juan 1 deals with ‘The Nature of Heaven’s Mandate’; juan 6 and 7 are both on
‘Benevolence’ (ren), containing Zhen’s readings in the classics and philological notes on the usage and significance of this central Confucian concept.
The title page and ‘benmohou’ (notes after publication) are dated Qianlong 4 or 1739, but the first preface in this edition has the later
date of Qianlong 8 or 1743. The design, condition and printing of the book are in line with these dates.
The book is clearly printed on darkish bamboo paper. Some repairs have been made and the fascicles have been protected with modern paper covers at some point and given a new cloth case. There is expected wear to some of the outer leaves and the title page has
suffered some worming, but condition is generally good. Rare.
770 Zheng Xihuang ed: ZHONGGUO GUDAI DITU JI: CHENGSHI DITU. An Atlas of Ancient Maps in China:
City Maps. 中國古代地圖集：城市地圖。鄭錫煌主編. Xi’an, 2005. 16, ix, 371 pp. 167 pp. colour and b/w
£200.00
A continuation of the three volume work: An Atlas of Ancient Maps in China, this work specifically focuses on maps of Chinese cities
and shows 213 city maps dating from earliest times to the early 20th century. Illustrated in good colour and black-and-white plates.
A large amount of the text is dual English and Chinese — preface, foreword, lists of contents, notes to maps and afterword in English.
Essays in Chinese only.
771 Zheng Zhenduo: CHATUBEN ZHONGGUO WENXUESHI. (An Illustrated History of Chinese Literature).
插圖本中國文學史。鄭振鐸著. Hong Kong, 1965. 1-231; 232-471; 472-689; 690-1023 pp. 38; 38; 44; 56 b/w
illustrations. 4 vols. 21x14 cm. Paper.
£18.00
Authoritative illustrated history of literature by one of China’s most prominent scholars and bibliophiles. In Chinese.
772 ZHONGGUO GUDAI MINGHUA XUANJI. Works by Ancient Chinese Painters. 中國古代名畫選集. Taibei,
1977. 8 pp. text, 79 plates 38x27 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Catalogue of exhibition sponsored by the National Museum of History in Taibei showing 79 paintings from the Museum’s collection.
Paintings range from the Song dynasty onwards, the majority being Ming and Qing. With preface, biographical notes and list of plates.
Tear to couple of pages. Dual text in Chinese and English.
773 Wu Zhongshao: SUI TANG WUDAI HUIHUA. (Paintings of the Sui, Tang and Five Periods). Zhongguo Meishu
Quanji — Huihua 2. Beijing, 1984. 80 pp. text. 167 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£66.00
This second volume in the series deals with the paintings from the Sui, the Tang and the Five Dynasties. Excellent colour plates. In
Chinese.
774 ZHONGGUO XIANDAI MEISHU QUANJI 18 = LIANHUANHUA 1. (Compendium of Modern Chinese Art
18 = Picture Story Books 1). 中國現代美術全集十八。連環畫 1. Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Beijing,
1998. 3, 19, 247, 28 pp. Colour and (predominantly) b/w plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£55.00
This volume shows a wide selection of the popular genre of the picture story book. High-quality colour and b/w plates. Volume 1 of
2. Part of the huge Zhongguo Fenlei Meishu Quanji series. Text in Chinese only.
775 ZHONGGUO XIANDAI MEISHU QUANJI 19 = LIANHUANHUA 2. (Compendium of Modern Chinese Art
19 = Picture Story Books 2). 中國現代美術全集十九。連環畫 2. Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Beijing,
1998. 3, 263, 29 pp. Colour and (predominantly) b/w plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£55.00
This volume continues the genre of lianhuan hua — the picture story book. High-quality colour and b/w plates. Volume 2 of 2. Part
of the huge Zhongguo Fenlei Meishu Quanji series. Text in Chinese only.
776 Zhongguo Xizang Budala Gong Guanli Chu ed: BUDALA GONG BIHUA YUANLIU. A Mirror of the Murals
in the Potala. 布達拉宮壁畫源流. Beijing, 2000. 304 pp. c. 210 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£160.00
A fine work on the superb Tibetan murals in the Potala in Lhasa. Numerous murals are illustrated in full colour. The murals date from
around 1645 to the early 20th century. A nice addition following the introductions is an actual impression in red ink from a seal used
by the Third Dalai Lama over 400 years ago. Dual texts in English, Tibetan and Chinese. A good visual survey of these important works.
777 Zhou Hongxiang: SHANG YIN DIWANG BENJI. The Imperial Records of Shang-Yin Dynasty. 商殷帝王本記
。周鴻翔著. Hong Kong, 1958. 5, 4, 4, 186 pp. Folding genealogical chart. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£25.00
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778 Zürcher, E: THE BUDDHIST CONQUEST OF CHINA. The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early
Medieval China. Sinica Leidensia 11. Leiden, 1959. xii, 470 pp. 5 sketch maps. Notes, bibliography, indexes. 2 vols.
£80.00
25x17 cm. Cloth.
The first attempt in a Western language to describe the formative phase of Chinese Buddhism as an integral part of Chinese cultural
history.
SUBJECT INDEX
Agriculture 30
Ainu 732
Archaeology 4-5, 12, 26, 28, 35, 59, 63-4,
66, 406, 437, 448, 457, 628, 677, 692, 740
Architecture 23, 292, 305, 396, 433, 531,
591, 623
Armour and Weapons 99-102, 124, 340, 3734, 511, 528
Bamboo 27, 86, 103
Beijing 396, 407, 444, 595, 704
Bibliography 39, 472, 587, 635, 656, 670,
764-6
Biography 395, 434, 481, 649, 676
Blanc de Chine 469, 525
Blue and White 459, 708
Botany 647
Bronzes 16, 28, 348, 415, 519, 607, 669, 740
Buddhism 344, 427, 659, 659, 671, 693, 699,
778
Buddhist Art 7, 54, 73, 79, 92, 96, 104, 108,
122, 143, 152-5, 163-5, 167-9, 176-7, 180,
183, 191-4, 201, 215, 224-6, 231, 245,
251, 254, 257-8, 261-2, 273, 276, 289,
293, 304, 306, 308, 311, 315-6, 332, 336,
342, 344, 346, 348-9, 354, 376, 378, 381,
388, 390-1, 427, 582, 735, 752
Calligraphy 26, 52, 57, 454, 461, 488, 536,
573, 602, 709, 763
Carvings 27, 42, 465
Ceramics 16, 22, 36, 49, 53, 59, 62, 66, 97,
115, 196, 234, 282, 401, 408, 410, 445,
459, 469, 496, 501, 507-10, 512, 514-5,
517-22, 525, 540, 553, 558, 561-3, 56970, 586, 589, 606-7, 613, 617, 621, 626,
639, 666, 675, 685-7, 708, 711, 713-4,
725, 744-5, 768
Chinese Abroad 590
Chinese 543, 684, 719
Classics 576, 720
Confucianism 13, 554, 769
Daoism 722
Design 60, 157, 615, 703
Dictionaries 476-7, 555, 620, 650, 757
Drawings 504, 774-5
Dunhuang 37, 427, 689
Economy 647
Export Art 22, 90, 97, 115, 227, 234, 386
Fiction 455, 638, 674, 674, 676
Folk Art 19-20, 70, 78, 86, 89, 134-5, 178-9,
186, 208, 210, 228-9, 236-7, 286, 301,
330, 389, 736
Folklore 447, 638
Foreigners in Asia 198, 250, 300, 400, 436,
441, 444, 462-3, 498, 550, 590, 595, 619,
632, 649, 741
Furniture 56
Games and Sports 600
Gardens 552, 729
Geography 534-5, 641, 749
Glass 559
Gold 10, 72, 575, 752
Guidebooks 418, 534-5, 591
History 13, 15, 424-6, 431, 451, 523, 530,
550, 566, 568, 580, 584-5, 594, 643, 6524, 660-1, 723, 741, 777
Hong Kong 399
Iconography 427, 483
Illustrated Books 29, 140, 334, 417, 544,
552, 706, 733
Imari 558, 561-3
Inscriptions 653
Islamic Art 398, 453, 493, 605, 648
Jade 8, 58, 67, 466, 508, 514, 578
Japonisme 665
Jewelry and Silver 35, 575, 739
Lacquer 11, 90, 94, 137, 259, 386, 435, 503,
583
Language 428-9, 449, 471, 476, 543, 624,
684, 691, 719, 761
Literature 21, 46, 422, 432, 447, 452, 458,
478, 533, 539, 568, 574, 593, 598-9, 604,
631, 662, 673-4, 721, 737, 751, 753-6,
761, 771
Maps and Atlases 770
Marks 445
Masks 767
Medicine 497, 611, 688
Metalwork 116
Minor Arts 103, 210
Minorities 637
Mon 703
Money 762
Murals 248, 342, 776
Music 702
Myths and Legends 492
Nanban Art 147, 195, 288
Natural History 733
Netsuke 51, 74, 93-5, 285, 717
Oracle Bones 536
Osaka Prints 331
Painting 1, 9, 44, 47, 52, 57, 65, 87, 107-8,
111, 141, 159, 170, 178-9, 182, 197, 217,
224, 230, 233, 251, 254, 266, 269-70, 274,
291, 316, 322, 325, 332, 377, 388, 390,
398, 402, 411, 438, 467-8, 479, 487, 489,
494-5, 502, 504-6, 524, 547-8, 557, 560,
588, 608, 633, 636, 644, 664, 667-8, 6801, 695, 697, 709-10, 712, 724, 728, 75860, 763, 772-6
Paper and Printing 6, 50
Philately 529
Philology 682
Philosophy 13, 453, 485-6, 716, 734
Photography 48, 55, 407, 418, 434, 491, 556,
601
Poetry 21, 46, 490, 572, 720
Politics 716, 747
Printing 6, 29, 403, 417, 577, 630
Private Collections 119, 617, 639, 768
Rare Books 39, 45, 475, 533, 539, 544-5,
576, 635, 769
Reference 476
Religion 215, 263, 344, 397, 412, 440, 453,
464, 480, 485, 564, 651, 659-60, 671, 693,
699-700, 722, 738, 742-3, 748, 778
Rubbings 61, 634, 694
Scholar’s Studio 658, 726
Science 571, 605
Screens 107, 274
Sculpture 18, 33, 54, 168-9, 188, 191, 194,
268, 277, 306, 413, 419, 446, 465, 516,
537, 551, 592, 663, 694, 735, 746
Seals 658, 726
Secret Societies 538
Sex 402
Shanghai 491
Silk Road 34, 37, 420, 439, 457
Snuff Bottles 43, 596
Sociology 683, 704
Stein, Aurel 395, 692
Taiwan 642
Tea 400, 470, 614
Textiles 546, 615, 629, 672, 718
Theatre 549, 767
Tomb Art 12, 61, 64, 553, 657, 739
Trade 750
Transport 430
Travel 31, 394, 416, 420, 436, 439, 484, 498,
500, 564, 567, 579, 597, 603, 705-6, 715
Ukiyo-e 83, 148, 174, 206, 219, 221, 227,
278, 331, 380, 707
Warfare 450, 523, 698
Woodcuts 19-20, 577, 727
Wooden Sculpture 167, 746
Writing 442, 573
Yixing 501
Zen 614, 671

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