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1. Shirakura, Yoshihiko
Eiri shunga ehon mokuroku, Catalogue of Illustrated Erotic Books.
Tokyo, 2007. 253 pp. Colour and b/w ills. 31x22cm cm.
Cloth, slipcase
EUR 78,00
The first illustrated index of erotic books, published in the Edo period. Arranged in a-i-u-e-o order of title. Including chronology and a list of artists. Entirely in Japanese. Important for the study of shunga books.

2. Kokuritsu Nogakudo
Elegance and esprit, Noh and Kyogen masterpieces from the National Noh Theatre Collection
Kokuritsu Nogakudo korekushon-ten : No no eregansu, Kyogen no esupri.
Tokyo, 2008. 218 pp. Chiefly col. ill. 30x23cm cm.
Paper
EUR 38,00
Catalogue of an exhibition held on the occasion of 25th anniversary of the National Noh Theatre Collection. A nicely illustrated selection of noh and kyogen masks, noh robes and literary resources on noh. Mainly in Japanese, foreword, introductory notes and captions in English. 

3. Seto City Museum
Finest ceramics in Seto : in commemorations of the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi Japan
Seto togei no seika ten : 2005-nen Nihon Kokusai Hakurankai kaisai kinen.
Nagoya, 2005. 236 pp. Numerous colour ills. 30x23cm cm.
Paper
EUR 38,00
Exhibition catalog gives an overview of 1000 years of pottery in the region of Seto. Beautiful illustrations and bilingual Japanese and English (Japanese text only)

4. Kakimori bunko
Haikai no bi: Basho, Onitsura, Buson.
Kakimori bunko meihinten.
Itami, 2006. 119 p. Numerous colour and b/w ills.
Paper
EUR 36,00
Masterpieces (paintings, surimono, calligaphies) of the three haiku poets Basho, Onitsura and Buson in the Kakimori library. The cursive writings on the images are written and explained in modern Japanese in the comments. No English.

5. Chibashi bijutsukan,
Hakkenden no sekai, The World of Hakkenden
Matsuyama, 2008. 244 pp.
30x21 cm.
EUR 41,00
Extremely imporatnt cataloguie on the famous 'Hakkenden' (The eight Dog Heroes) theme. Includes a.o. Kunisada II famous set of actor portraits in colour.

6. Suzuki, Juzo et al.
Hiroshige: Tokaido gojusantsugi. Hoeidoban
Hiroshige : Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road (Hoeido edition).
Tokyo, 2004. 215 pp. Numerous colour and b/w ills. 27 x 38 cm.
Hardback
EUR 175,00
Definitive study of the Tokaido by Hiroshige, showing the very first edition and varied impressions.

7. Chiba City Museum of Art
Iwasa Matabei : the legendary ukiyoe pioneer
Iwasa Matabei : densetsu no ukiyoe kaiso.
Chiba-shi, 2004. 203 pp. Numerous colour ill. 29x23cm cm.
Paper
EUR 38,00
Catalogue on the paintings of Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650), in Japan widely known as "ukiyoe Matabei" for his depictions of the floating world. Many museums and private collectors have contributed to this exhibition. Only foreword in English. (Japanese text only)

8. Kyoto bunka hakubutsukan
Read, look, play. The world of the Tale of Genji: from ukiyo-e prints to the design of Genji
Yomu, miru, asobu. Genji monogatarino sekai: ukiyoe kara Genji isho made.
Kyoto, 2008. 169 pp. Numerous colour ills. 28 x 21 cm.
Paper
EUR 38,00
Exhibition catalogue on 1000 years of Genji monogatari, also on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the opening of the museum. Richly illustrated with scrolls, books, paintings and other items, all depicting scenes from the world's oldest novel. List of plates in English.

9. Matthi Forrer et al.
Siebold and Hokusai and his tradition
Tokyo, 2007. 311 pp. Numerous colour ills. 30 x 22 cm.
Paper
EUR 41,00
Catalogue of an exhibition in Edo-Tokyo Museum 4 dec. 2007-27 jan. 2008, and several other museums. Captions in English. Includes the controversial paintings on Dutch paper initially contributed to Hokusai. (Japanese text only)

10. Kaji, Sachiko
Sosaku hangashi no keifu : somokuji oyobi sakuhin zuhan : 1905-1944 nen  A genealogy of Sosaku hanga magazines
Tokyo, 2008. 96, 1115 p., [4] pp. Nummerous, chiefly b/w ills. 27x21cm cm.
Hardbound, slipcase
EUR 425,00
lllustrated checklist of prints which appeared in sosaku hanga magazines in the period 1905-1944. In Japanese only.

11. Wakayama kenritsu kindai bijutsukan
Tanaka Kyokichi: a retrospective
Tanaka Kyokichi ten.
Osaka, 2000. 381 pp. Numerous colour ills. 22x16 cm.
Hardcover, slipcase
EUR 48,00
Exhibition dedicated to one of the most talented early sosaku hanga artists, who died in 1915 at the age of just 23 years.

12. Fuchu Art Museum
The age of Aodo Denzen
Aodo Denzen no jidai.
Fuchu (Tokyo), 2006. xxi, 203 pp. Numerous colour and b/w ills. 31x24cm cm.
Hardback
EUR 58,00
Beautiful catalogue on the Western-style artist 18th century artist Aodo Denzen, a contemporary of Shiba Kokan, and a specialist of Japanese perspective prints and early western style imagery. In Japanese, but foreword, essays and list of works also in English.

13. Josai Kokusai Daigaku Mizuta Bijutsukan
Tsukioka Kogyo, a modern painter of noh
Kindai no nogaka Tsukioka Kogyo ten.
Togane-shi, 2005. 83 pp. Numerous colour ills. 30x23cm cm.
Paper
EUR 35,00
Catalogue of an exhibition on the print artist Kogyo. In Japanese, list of works and foreword in English. Includes a complete illustration of his two major prints series of the noh theatre. (Japanese text only)

14. Minato kuritsu minato kyodo shiryokan
Ukiyo-e : meisho to hanmoto: Heisei 18 nendo tokubetsuten: Minatoku sei 60 shunen kinen jigyo. Ukiyoe: famous places and publishers.
Tokyo, 2006. 125 pp. 229 colour ills. 30x21 cm cm.
Paper
EUR 36,00
Exhibition catalogue on prints depicting well known places and the business of publishing in Minato ward in Tokyo. In commemoration of the 60th birthday of the ward. Contains a fascinating essay on Shiba publishers. Essential. (Japanese text only)

15. Nagata, Seiji (superv.)
Ukiyo-e royal collections from Belgium
Ukiyoe Berugii roiyaru korekushon ten.
Tokyo, 2008. 223 pp. Numerous colour ills. 30X23cm cm.
Paper
EUR 38,00
Catalogue of an exceptionally fine exhibition held of prints from  Musees royaux d'art et d'histoire and the Bibliotheque royale de Belgique. Captions in English, French and Japanese; list of works and articles in English and Japanese. (Japanese text only)

16. Kokusai Ukiyoe Gakkai
Ukiyoe daijiten, Great Encyclopaedia of Ukiyo-e
Tokyo, 2008. 45, 654 pp. [4] p. of plates (colour). 27x19cm cm.
Cloth, in slipcase
EUR 210,00
Latest encyclopaedia compiled by numerous specialists, replacing the three-volume encyclopaedia by Yoshida Teruji (Tokyo, 1965). Entirely in Japanese. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

17. Nakagawamachi Bato Hiroshige bijutsukan
Ukiyoe fukei hanga no hensenten: shuki tokubetsuten. Exhibition of  Transitions in Ukiyo-e Landscape Prints.
Nakagawamachi, . 164 pp. Numerous colour ill. 30x23cm cm.
Paper
EUR 38,00
Exhibition catalogue on ukiyoe landscape prints from the 1680's until the end of the Edo period (1868), from museum and private collections. No English.

18. Yokoya, Kenichiro
Zuancho in Kyoto: textile design books for the kimono trade
Stanford, 2008. 34 pp. Colour ills. 26x19 cm.
Paper
EUR 15,00
One of the very few publications on the subject of the kimono design books from c. 1900 made in Kyoto, mostly by the famous publisher Unsodo, in English.

19. Kokubungaku Kenkyu Shiryokan
Zusetsu 'mitate' to 'yatsushi'
Nihon bunka no hyogen giho.
Tokyo, 2008. viii, 226, 26 pp.. Colour and b/w ills. 27x 15 cm cm.
Cloth, dustjacket
EUR 110,00
Important study of the concept of mitate, or parody, which is a dominant subject in modern ukiyo-e studies. With summary in English.

20. Clark, Timothy & Anne Nishimura
The dawn of the floating world 1650-1765
Early ukiyo-e treasures from the museum of fine arts in Boston.
London, 2001. 333 pp. c 170 colour ills. 30x22 cm.
Paper
EUR 28,00
Paperback edition of the excellent catalogue that accompanied the stunning exhibition of early ukiyo-e from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts held in the Royal Academy in London in 2001. One of the best publications on early Ukiyo-e. Last copies. A bargain. 

21. Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
Edo no hana, ukiyo-e ten: nishiki-e hanga no seiritsu katei.
Flowers of Edo-ukiyo-e: making process of the woodblock colour print.
Tokyo, 1999. 322 pp. Numerous colour & some b/w ills. 30x23 cm.
Paper
EUR 41,00
Beautiful exhibition catalogue, divided into two sections: "Ukiyo-e with numbers in their titles", like the "six immortal poets", and "Lineage of colour woodblock prints" in which  woodblock prints prior to ukiyo-e are presented, including many examples of Chinese ornamental writing paper. Foreword and list of exhibits in English.

22. O Shasei Art Museum
Hiroshige kacho gaten. Seitan nihyakunen kinen.
Exhibition of flowers and birds by Hiroshige, at the commemmoration of his 200th birthday.
Tokyo, 1997. 85 pp. 42 colour, 84 b/w ills. 30x23 cm.
Paper
EUR 38,00
Nice catalogue illustrating a good selection of bird and flower prints as well as eight fish prints in colour (full page size) and 20 in black and white, showing various states. Japanese text only. 

23. Chiba City Art Museum
Nihon no hanga 1911-1920. II. Kizamareta "kojin" no kyoen
Japanese prints 1911-1920, vol. 2. A carved "private" banquet.
Chiba, 1999. 183 pp. 335 colour ills. 24x19 cm.
Paper
EUR 39,00
Second volume of this fine series on early modern graphic art in Japan. (Japanese text only)

24. Chiba City Art Museum
Nihon no hanga 1921-1930. III. Toshi to onna to hikari to kage to
Japanese prints 1921-1930, vol. 3. Cities and women and light and shadow.
Chiba, 2001. 207 pp. 328 colour ills. 24x19 cm.
Paper
EUR 39,00
Third volume of this nicely published catalogue of Japanese graphic art. Contains a significant amount of sosaku-, as well as shin hanga. Also bookcovers, advertisements etc. Small, but good quality illustrations. (Japanese text only)

25. Chiba City Art Museum
Nihon no hanga 1931-1940. IV. Munekata Shiko tojo
Japanese prints 1931-1940, vol. 4. The debut of Munekata Shiko.
Chiba, 2004. 176 pp. Numerous colour ills. 24x19 cm.
Paper
EUR 39,00
Fourth volume of this nicely published series on Japanese graphic art. Contains a significant amount of sosaku-, as well as shin hanga. With special attention to the works of Munekata Shiko. Also bookcovers, advertisements etc. Small, but good quality illustrations. (Japanese text only)

26. Chiba City Art Museum
Nihon no hanga 1941-1950. V. "Nihon no hanga" to wa nani ka.
157 pp. Numerous colour ills.
24x20 cm.
Paper
EUR 39,00
Fifth volume of this nicely published series on Japanese graphic art. With two essays, one on Japanese prints and printing during the war and during the occupation, and one entitled "What is a Japanese print?" . Also book covers, advertisements etc. Small, but good quality illustrations. In Japanese only.

27. Hoshi, Ruriko
Yumeji bijutsukan 1-5, The Yumeji Museum 1-5
Tokyo, 1988-89. Each vol. approx. 140 pp. Numerous colour, some b/w ills. 30x23 cm.
Paper
EUR 170,00
A five volume set on the painter, illustrator and poet Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his death. Beautiful, large colour illustrations. The last 40 pages of each volume documents the different episodes of Yumeji's life in b/w photographs. In Japanese only.

28. Museum of Kyoto
Ike Taiga Exhibition in Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of Kyoto Cultural Foundation
Kyoto, 1996. 157 pp. 114 colour., few b/w ill. 30x21 cm.
Paper
EUR 41,00
Very fine catalogue showing stunning examples of Taiga's versatile talent. Includes some of his illustrated books and 45 facsimiles of seals. Recommended. 

29. National Museum of Modern art
Art Nouveau in Japan, 1900-1923: the new age of crafts and design. Nihon no aru nuvo: kogei to dezain no shinjidai.
Tokyo, 2005. 194 pp. 25x20 cm.
EUR 35,00

30. The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Crafts in Kyoto (1945-2000) Kyoto no kogei.
Kyoto, 2001. 270 pp. Numerous colour ills. 30x20 cm. Paper
EUR 38,00
Beautiful exhibition catalogue of the National Museums of Modern Art in Kyoto and Tokyo, focusing on the craft movements in Kyoto in the postwar period. Lists of captions in English. 

31. National Museum of Modern Art
Crafts reforming in Kyoto [1910-1940]: A struggle between tradition and renovation. Kyoto no kogei dento to henkaku no hazama.
Kyoto, 1998. 235 pp. 304 colour ills. 31x21 cm. Paper
EUR 41,00
A beautiful and interesting catalogue of Japanese arts and crafts in Kyoto produced between 1910 and 1940. Mainly ceramics, lacquerware and textiles. Captions and list of works in English.

32. Kondo, Eiko
Eizan Loan exhibition from the Japan Ukiyoe Museum. 323 pp. 54 colour, many b/w ills. 26x22 cm. Paper
EUR 45,00
The most complete overview of Eizan's work. Illustrates over 500 prints as well as facsimiles of Eizan signatures. Japanese text only except for a brief introduction on the Matsumoto museum.

33. Chiba City Museum of Art
Hishikawa Moronobu exhibition. Hishikawa Moronobu ten.
Chiba, 2000. 235 pp. Numerous colour and b/w ills. 30x23 cm. Paper
EUR 45,00
This impressive exhibition catalogue of the works of 17th century artist Moronobu, is divided into three sections: paintings, prints and illustrated books. List of works in English.

34. National Museum of Modern Art
Tsuji Kako exhibition. Tsuji Kako ten.
Kyoto, 2006. 247 pp. Approx. 100 colour, some b/w ills. 28 x 23 cm. Paper
EUR 42,00
Exhibition of paintings of Tsuji Kako (1870-1931) held in the National Museums of Modern Art in Kyoto and Tokyo, and the Chikkyo Art Museum in Kasaoka. In Japanese, but preface and list of plates also English. Contains chronology, bibliography and stamps and signatures.

35. Seikado Bunko library
Utagawa Kunisada. Bijin-ga, Prints of Women.
Tokyo, 1996. 165 pp. 160 colour ills. 30x21 cm. Paper
EUR 38,00
Excellent catalogue illustrating predominantly the early bijin prints of Kunisada. Highly recommended. Includes captions in English.

36. Fukuoka Art Museum
Dai Utamaro ten. Great Utamaro exhibition.
Fukuoka, 1998. 223 pp. 269 colour ills. 30x22 cm. Paper
EUR 60,00
Important exhibition catalogue on Utamaro. With introduction in English on his life and works. In this essay Ishida Yasuhiro presents the thesis that Utamaro and Sharaku were one and the same person. Excellent colour quality.

37. Ako City Museum
Chushingura no ukiyoe. Ako shiritsu hakubutsukan shuzo.
Ako, 2004. 187 pp. Numerous colour and some b/w ills. 30x21 cm. Paper
EUR 36,00
Catalogue published in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Ako City Museum. A nice catalogue with hundreds of colour illustrations, focusing on Chushingura-related prints, divided into categories such as shibai-e and musha-e. Unfortunately no English.

38. Asano, Shugo and Timothy Clark
The Passionate art of Kitagawa Utamaro. Two vols.
London, 1995. 250pp, 250 pp. 650 b/w and 600 coloured illustr.. 30x23 cm. Paper, slip-case
EUR 50,00
Fabulous, thorough, detailed catalogue with almost 500 colour illustrations and 300 pages of explanatory text. The most important work of reference. This edition is the censored edition, lacking the 8 pages of shunga. Now out of print.

39. Hiraki Museum
Santo meishoe ten- Hiroshige egaku miyako-naniwa-edo Exhibition of illustrations by Hiroshige of the three capitals.
Yokohama, 1993. c. 80 pp. 36 full page colour, 20 b/w ills. 25x28 cm. Paper
EUR 35,00
Good catalogue illustrating prints from the Toto meisho, Kyoto meisho and Naniwa meisho zue series. Text entirely in Japanese. Good quality illustrations 

40. Chiba City Museum
Ukiyoe paintings by Hiroshige and other masterpieces from the Aoki collection.
Aoki korekushon meihin ten: shirarezaru Hiroshige no nikuhitsu o chushin ni.
Chiba, 1999. 195 pp. 209 colour ills. & 52 seals and signatures. 30x23 cm. Paper
EUR 38,00
List of exhibits also in English.

41. Hida, Toyojiro & Yokomizu Hiroko
Meiji, Taisho zuanshu no kenkyu. Kindai ni ikasareta Edo no dezain.
Tokyo, 2004. 204, 71 pp. Many colour ills. 31x22 cm. Cloth, dustjacket
EUR 210,00
Highly important document on the design books published by Unsodo in Kyoto during  the late Meiji and Taisho era. Includes a DVD, with all the volumes photographed in colour, page by page. Indispensable.

42. Ito Shinsui
Ito Shinsui zenshu, i-vi. The complete works of Ito Shinsui, Volumes I-VI.
Tokyo, 1981. Each volume approx. 111 pp.. 70 colour, 40 b/w ills. 39x27 cm. Cloth, slipcases
EUR 500,00
Beautiful set illustrating the complete oeuvre of Shinsui's prints and paintings. Out of print. Japanese text only. (Japanese text only)

43. Kato, Junzo
Kindai nihon hanga taikei I-III. An outline of modern Japanese woodblock prints, Vols. I-III.
Tokyo, 1975-76. Vol.I: 290, II: 302, III: 291 pp. Vol.I: 238, II: 325. III: 281 colour ills. 42x31 cm. Cloth, in slipcase and box
EUR 1900,00
Excellent and comprehensive overview of shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga printmaking. With brief English captions. Rare and long out of print.

44. Tokyo Station Gallery
Kitano Tsunetomi: retrospective. Kitano Tsunetomi ten.
Tokyo, 2003. 224, ii pp. Numerous colour and some b/w ills. 30x23 cm. Paper
EUR 42,00
Fine catalogue showing Tsunetomi's limited print oeuvre and his quite distinctive paintings of beauties and, occasionally, actors. With seals, signatures, and list of exhibits. Preface in English.Now out of print.

45. Kuwabara Sumio
Sekino Junichiro hanga sakuhinshu. Junichiro Sekino: the prints.
Tokyo, 1994. 226 pp. Numerous colour, some b/w ills. 28x23 cm. Cloth, dustjacket
EUR 110,00
Extensive catalogue illustrating most of Sekino's work. Very good colour quality. Text and captions both in Japanese and English.

46. Shoto Museum of Art
Sosaku hanga no tanjo. Kindai o kizanda sakkatachi. The birth of sosaku prints. Those who carved out the modern age.
Tokyo, 1999. 187 pp. 167 colour, 160 b/w ills. 30x22 cm. Paper
EUR 39,00
Interesting catalogue of an exhibition on the sosaku-hanga movement, illustrating a wide variety of prints, book-covers and illustrations, advertisement and leaflets by 49 different artists. Includes an essay and short biographies of the artists. In Japanese only.

47. Shimotakai-gun Yamanouchi-cho wagokai
Kasamatsu Shiro hanga mokuroku.
Yamanouchi, 2002. 71 pp. 130 colour ills. 26x19 cm. Paper
EUR 38,00
Nice catalogue containing a representative selection of Kasamatsu's prints. One short essay and a chronology of his works also in English.

48. Sawatari, Kiyoko et. al.
Paul Jacoulet. Createur d'ukiyo-e, couleurs de reve d'arc en ciel.
Yokohama, 2003. 191 pp. 239 colour, some b/w ills. 24x19 cm. Paper, dustjacket
EUR 36,00
Recent catalogue of the work Paul Jacoulet published in conjunction with an important exhibition of his work at the Yokohama Art Museum. Contains a large selection of his prints and watercolours and essays in English and Japanese on the artist's life and work, a bibliography and list of works in the exhibition. Recommended.

49. Ogura, Tadao et al
The complete woodblock prints of Yoshida Hiroshi. Yoshida Hiroshi zen mokuhanga shu.
Tokyo, 1987. 203 pp. 203 colour, 23 b/w ills. 28x23 cm. Paper, plastic dustjacket
EUR 68,00
A highly useful complete catalogue of the work of Yoshida Hiroshi. All prints reproduced in full colour with English and Japanese text throughout.

50. Kochi Museum of Art
Ishikawa Toraji ten. Toraji Ishikawa.
Kochi, 2002. 213 pp. Over 250 colour and some b/w ills. 26x18 cm. Paper
EUR 38,00
Small, but clear illustrations in this catalogue which gives a good overview of the work of Toraji Ishikawa (1875-1964). Known for his western style painting, but he also made some very nice prints, mostly portraying female beauties. Captions also in English.

51. Chigasaki Art Museum
Tsuchiya Koitsu: adoration of scenery. Tsuchiya Koitsuten. Fuko raisan.
Chigasaki, 1999. 77 pp. 147 colour ills. 21x30 cm. Paper
EUR 35,00
Nice publication on Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949), who studied with the carver Matsuzaki, who himself worked for the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika.

52. Shimizu, Hisao
The collected print works of Shotei Takahashi, a modern ukiyo-e painter. Kindai no ukiyoeshi, Takahashi Shotei no sekai.
Tokyo, 2006. 127, IV pp. 118 colour prints. 27 x 20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket
EUR 52,00
Captions, essay, and bibliography in Japanese and English.

53. Suzakashi hanga bijutsukan
Hiratsuka Unichi hanga bijutsukan kaikan kinen.
 Suzaka, 1991. Approx. 100 pp. 4 colour, 59 b/w ills. 28 x 22 cm. paper
EUR 38,00
Catalogue in commemoration of the opening of the Hiratsuka Unichi Museum (connected to the Suzuka Hanga Museum) in 1991. Hiratsuka (1895-1997) was a member of the Nihon sosaku hanga kyokai and a founding member of the Nihon hanga kyokai. In Japanese, but with a foreword by Oliver Statler in English.

54. Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of history
Yokohama ukiyo-e and the flying printmaster Gountei Sadahide. Yokohama ukiyo-e to soratobu eshi Gountei Sadahide.
Yokohama, 1997. 153 pp. 236 ills, mostly in colour. 30x22 cm. Paper
EUR 41,00
First overview of the work of Sadahide, best known for his numerous prints of Yokohama. Includes some illustrated books and drawings. Japanese text only. 

55. Ikeda bunko
Collected Kamigata Actor Prints, vol. 1. Kamigata Yakusha-e shusei 1.
Osaka, 1997. 223 pp. 439 colour ills. 30 x 21 cm. Paper
EUR 74,00
First volume of this outstanding series on the collection of the Ikeda Bunko, illustrating over 400 early Osaka prints. Includes excellent English captions and facsimiles of publishers seals.

56. Ikeda bunko
Collected Kamigata Actor Prints, vol. 2. Kamigata Yakusha-e shusei 2.
Osaka, 1998. 207 pp. 444 colour ills. 30x21 cm. Paper
EUR 74,00
Second volume of the above 

57. Ikeda bunko
Collected Kamigata Actor Prints, vol. 3. Kamigata Yakusha-e shusei 3.
Osaka, 2001. 220 pp. 589 colour ills. 30 x 21 cm. Paper
EUR 74,00
Part 3 (part 1 & 2 published in 1997 and 1998) of the same series, illustrating almost 600 Osaka prints.

58. Ikeda bunko
Collected Kamigata Actor Prints, vol. 4. Kamigata Yakusha-e shusei 4.
Osaka, 2003. 261 pp. 589 colour ills. 30 x 21 cm. Paper
EUR 74,00
Part 4 (part 1, 2 & 3 published in 1997, 1998 and 2001) of the same series. A must for every Osaka print collector.

59. Ikeda bunko
Collected Kamigata Actor Prints, vol. 5. Kamigata Yakusha-e shusei 5.
Osaka, 2004. 261 pp. 589 colour ills. 30 x 21 cm. Paper
EUR 74,00
Part 5 of this excellent series. A must for every Osaka print collector.

60. Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Mus.
Kamigata prints in the former period: part 1+2.
Tokyo, 1995. 134 pp. vol 1. 670 vol 2  390 colour ills. 30x21 cm. Paper
EUR 135,00
Fascinating selection of almost 700 Osaka prints from the early periods (up to the chuban prints) Vol.2 contains English descriptions and introduction. Recommended. 

61. Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Kamigata prints in the later period. Theatre prints from the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University.
Waseda, 1997. 317 pp. 856 small colour ills. 30x21 cm. Paper
EUR 100,00
Sequel to the two earlier catalogues from Waseda University on Osaka prints. This volume contains predominantly chuban prints of the late Edo and early Meiji Osaka masters. With English captions. 

62. Ikeda Bunko Library
Kamigata shibai-e ten zuroku, Ikeda Bunko shozo. Ikeda library. Exh. catalogue of actorprints from the Kamigata region.
Tokyo, 1985. 157 pp. 169 colour, 27 b/w ills. 30x21 cm. Paper. Out of print.
EUR 70,00
The excellent Ikeda Bunko Library catalogue of Osaka prints. Concentrates on the earlier oban sized prints with accurate descriptions of roles, plays and publishers. Japanese text only. 

63. Otsu Historical Museum
Unexplored avenues of Japanese paintings: the Hakutakuan collection. Shirarezaru Nihon kaiga: Shiatoru Hakutakuan korekushon.
Otsu, 2001. 206 pp. Numerous colour and b/w ills. 30x23 cm. Paper
EUR 39,00
Interesting exhibition-catalogue of work of relatively unknown Japanese painters assembled by an American collector. The paintings date from the mid-Edo period to the early Showa era. Includes essay, seals and selected biographies. Bilingual Japanese-English.