A. Japanese woodblock prints, old paintings, drawings and screens


1.  General works





Author Title          Price
Forrer, Matthi,
v. Rappard-Boon, C.
UKIYO-E: THE BEAUTY AND THE ACTOR
Ukiyo-e. Japanese prints from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
and the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden.
Amsterdam / Leiden, 1995. 200 pp. Numerous col. illustrations.
31 x 25 cms. Paper.
Full-colour catalogue with 160 prints.
€          40






Gobbi, Pietro
HON - Signatures, Seals, Crests
- Philology of the Ukiyo-e Prints -
Torino, 1989. 265 pp. Textured softcover. In English and Italian.
An invaluable source to identify signatures, seals, dates, etc.
of Japanese woodblock prints. Now long out of print.
€          120





Haus der Kunst,
München (ed.)
SHOGUN
Munich, 1984, 292 pp., numerous col. ills., c. 28 x 21 cms.
Softcover. Catalogue of a major exhibition on the
Tokugawa era. In German.
€        55

Hempel, Rose
UKIYO-E - MEISTERWERKE DES JAPANISCHEN
HOLZSCHNITTS a. d. Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden
Dresden, 1995, 160 pp., c. 160 colour & a few b/w ills.
30 x 21 cms. Paper. Very good exhibition catalogue.
In German.
€        40

Hillier, Jack
UKIYO-E PRINTS FROM THE GRABHORN
COLLECTION. San Francisco 1959-1965.
Vol 1: Figure Prints of Old Japan
(limited edition of 400 copies)
Vol 2: Landscape Prints of Old Japan
(limited edition of 450 copies)
Vol 3: Ukiyo-e: The Floating World
(limited edition of 400 copies)
€   1,850
This is a beautiful set of reference books, finely printed, clean typography,
tall folios, nicely bound and executed. The set contains outstanding and rare
prints.

Hillier, Jack
DIE MEISTER DES JAPANISCHEN FARBENDRUCKES
London, 1955. - With numerous b/w and tipped-in color ills.
Contains artists' biographies and facsimiles of their signatures.
Still a very good general overview on the art of the Japanese
print. German edition of  'Japanese Masters of the Colour Print'.
€          75

Honolulu Academy
of Arts
(editor)
JAPANESE TREASURES FROM THE HONOLULU ACADEMY
OF ARTS: Cornerstones of the Collection and Some Recently
Restored Works. Edited by Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art.
1995. Includes 52 of the Academy's finest Japanese paintings and 48
outstanding ukiyo-e prints. In Japanese and English.
243 pp., with 150 illustrations (including several details)..
€        55

Honolulu Academy
of Arts
(editor)
KABUKI THROUGH THEATRE PRINTS: Collection of the
Honolulu Academy of Arts James A. Michener Collection
Exhibition catalog. 1990. Essays by Masakatsu Gunji, Juzo Suzuki
and Howard Link. 308 pp., 227 col. & 44 b/w ills. Text in Japanese
and English.
€        55

Keyes, Roger
THE MALE JOURNEY IN JAPANESE PRINTS
Berkeley / Los Angeles, 1989
Exhibition catalogue, San Francisco.
€         60

Knuttel, I.G.
JAPANSE PRENTEN
Maastricht, n.d. 18 x 12 cms. Boards.
Pocket-sized introduction to Japanese woodblock prints
for beginning collectors. 23 b/w plates. Facsimiles of artist
signatures. Glossary. In Dutch.
SOLD

Lane, Richard
IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD
London, 1978
THE standard reference on Japanese prints, contains an
extensive dictionary of names and terms related to ukiyo-e.
(The now rare German edition is available, see next entry)
SOLD

Lane, Richard
UKIYO-E HOLZSCHNITTE
Fribourg/London, 1978
German edition of the above title.
Extremely rare, as this edition has never been reprinted.
€        280
Lane, Richard




 JAPANISCHE FARBHOLZSCHNITTE
Munich, 1962
German edition of "Masters of the Japanese Print"
In fine condition.

 €          60
Loewenstein, Fritz E.




 DIE HANDZEICHNUNGEN DER JAPANISCHEN
HOLZSCHNITTMEISTER
Plauen, 1922. 71 pp. Cloth cover. In good condition
Early work on preparatory drawings for Japanese prints.

 €          45

Ledoux,
Louis V.














 JAPANESE PRINTS OF THE LEDOUX COLLECTION
 New York, 1942 - 1951. 5 volumes. 274 plates, 72 in colour.
36 x 26 cms. Cloth. Limited edition.
Extremely rare, complete catalogue of an outstanding
collection. - The five volumes are:
The Primitives
1942. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
Harunobu and Shunsho
1944. Limited edition of 400 copies.
Buncho to Utamaro
1948. Limited edition of 400 copies.
Sharaku to Toyokuni
1950. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
Hokusai and Hiroshige
1951. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
€   3,950
(largely reduced price)

Museum für ost-
asiatische Kunst, Berlin
KUNST DER WELT IN DEN BERLINER MUSEEN
Stuttgart, 1980. Paper.
53 Chinese and Japanese works of art described in
detail. Full colour. In German.
€        15

Museum für ost-
asiatische Kunst, Köln
TRADITION UND MODERNE
Japanische Malerei vom 17. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart
Köln, 1980. Many b/w & col. ills. Paper.
Japanese paintings from the 17th century to the present
from the museum's collection. In German.
€        20

Staatliche Museen,
Berlin
AUSSTELLUNG ALTJAPANISCHER KUNST
Berlin, 1939. 167 pp. Many b/w illustrations. 26 x 20 cms.
Cloth. In German.
€        30

Staatliche Museen,
Berlin
EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE OSTASIATISCHE SAMMLUNG
Berlin, n.d. 80 pp. Many b/w & col. illustrations. Paper.
In German.
€        15
Stewart, Basil



 A GUIDE TO JAPANESE PRINTS AND THEIR
SUBJECT MATTER
London. 1979. Reprint of the 1922 original edition.
382 pp. Paper. Very good introduction and overview.
€        50
Tokyo National Museum



 UKIYO-E PRINTS I - III
Tokyo, 1960. Thre volumes, complete. With dust-jackets,
containing 3,926 (!) small b/w illustrations. Standard reference.
In mint condition. 		€      390