Fifteen Issues of THE BIJUTSU KENKYU - The JOURNAL of ART STUDIES, 1939-1940.

The Bijutsu Kenkyu was, and still is, an important journal for the study of Japanese and Asian Art, and European and American art as it relates to Asian Art. The early issues are rather hard to find.

The issues in this lot are Numbers XCIV - CVIII (94 - 108). Fifteen issues. Published by The Institute of Art Research, Tokyo, Japan, 1939-1940.

Wrappers / Softcovers, 9x12 inches (22x30 cm), approximately 40 pages of text with in text b&w illustrations and 10 plates per issue (the number of text pages and plates does vary from issue to issue). Each issue came with a thin glassine overwrap, these have been removed from about half of the issues.

ILLUSTRATED with PLATES, including one tipped in color plate at the beginning of each issue.

Text in JAPANESE, but the rear wrapper of each issue gives a brief English description of the plates within.

These copies were presented "With the Compliments of PROFESSOR YUKIO YASHIRO", with his presentation card laid on top of the first issue. (Yukio Yashiro, b.1890 d.1975, was a Japanese academic, art historian, Botticelli scholar and Director of the Institute for Art Research in Tokyo. - Wikipedia.)

GOOD Condition: The glassine overwrap was removed from about half the issues, the glassine on the other issues has yellowed with age (it can easily be removed if desired); the spines have some wear and chipping; there is light dampstaining to the wrappers and on some of the inner pages of a few issues; overall the issues remain tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Fifteen presentable copies. Great references.

A sampling of articles in the first few issues: Tthe Technique of Shitogwa (Finger-Drawing); Antonio Fontanesi and His Works in Japan; Panel Paintings of Kichijoten Shrine of Joruriji Temple; Five Hundred Arhats, by Ikeno Taiga; Study on Portraits of Goto Yujo and His Descendants; Study on the Biography of Uragami Gyokudo; Landscape of Four Seasons on Su Tung-P'o's Poems, by Shih-T'ao; Fragment of Wall-Painting of Fukiji Temple; Fragment of Wall-Painting of Fukiji Temple; Yashiro Yukio; Ise Monogatari Painted by Sotatsu.

About the Bijutsu Kenkyu Journal of Art Studies:

Published since 1932, the Bijutsu Kenkyu journal, edited by the Department of Art Research, has published monograms, research notes, explanations of plates, book reviews, exhibition reviews, and materials for art research, primarily pertaining to Japanese and East Asian classical art, but also European and American art that relates to modern and contemporary Japanese art. In its early years it was published monthly, but is now published three times a year.

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ILLUSTRATED SINO-JAPANESE ENCYCLOPEDIA, This Volume on TEXTILES, GARMENTS, CLOTH, CLOTHING and FOOTWEAR.

WAKAN SANSAI ZUE, by Ryoan Terashima.

Published in Japan, circa 1712 (presumed first edition). TEXT IN JAPANESE.

This is ONE VOLUME from the Illustrated Sino-Japanese encyclopedia published in 1712 during the Edo period. The entire work consisted of 105 volumes in 81 books. This book contains chapters 27-30, describing and depicting textiles, clothing, footwear and headwear.

Blue paper covered flexible boards, stab-stitched, paper label on front cover 102 pages. Illustrated with b&w drawings.

FAIR condition: The covers are worn, with scrapes, areas worn through the blue paper, and much chipping to the original paper labels; otherwise these original covers are still sturdy and doing their job. Internally, there is worming throughout, heaviest at the gutter area and the bottom margin, but also with worm holes and long worm lines on the face of some pages; nonetheless the pages are quite legible (except maybe some characters) and the drawings and printing are sharp and clear.

An original 1712 volume of the Wankan Sansai Zue.

About WAKAN SANSAI ZUE (from Wikipedia)

******The Wakan Sansai Zue (Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia) is an illustrated Japanese leishu encyclopedia published in 1712 in the Edo period. It consists of 105 volumes in 81 books. Its compiler was Terashima or Terajima (Terajima Ryoan), a doctor from Osaka. It describes and illustrates various items and activities of daily life. As seen from the title of the book (wa), which means Japan and (kan), which means China), Terajima's idea was based on a Chinese encyclopedia, specifically the Ming work Sancai Tuhui ("Pictorial..." or "Illustrated Compendium of the Three Powers") by Wang Qi (1607), known in Japan as the Sansai Zue. Reproductions of the Wakan Sansai Zue are still in print in Japan.******

A DICTIONARY OF CHINESE-JAPANESE WORDS IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE, by John Harington Gubbins. Published by Maruya & Co., Tokio, Osaka and Kiyoto; and Kelly & Walsh Limited, Yonkohama, Shanghai, Honkong, Singapore; 1908. Second Edition (first published in 1889-1891). TWO HARDCOVER BOOKS, original printed paper covered boards, cloth backed spine, 5x7.5". Part One A to J; Part Two K to R; Lacking Part Three S to Z. Pagination Part One: xx, 529 pages; Part Two: 356 pages (pages numbered 327-683. The pagination is supposed to be continuous, however the 1908 second edition pagination is skewed because the 1889 first printing of Part One had only 326 pages and the second edition of Part One was greatly expanded to 529 pages without correcting the continuous pagination in Part Two.) FAIR condition, the front cover of Volume I is detached, otherwise the hinges are fairly sturdy; the covers are soiled, the covers of Volume II has a coffee or other type spill stain (that fortunately does NOT affect the inner pages); the spine ends are chipped; the last page of Volume I (page 529) is very wrinkled; there are a couple of previous owner's relevant margin notations here and there; there is a red ink stamp on the endpapers in Japanese or Chinese; otherwise internally the books are very nice, with all the pages being tight, bright and clean. This important Chinese-Japanese language study is Hard-to-Find in its early 1908 printing, SCARCE even lacking Volume 3.

JAPANESE HOUSES TODAY, edited by Kunihiko Yamakosi, Masaru Katsumi, et al

TOKYO: The Asahi Shimbun Press, 1958. First edition.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, brown textured cloth covered boards, black titles to the front cover and spine, 8.5x11 inches (21x28.5 cm), 270 pages. Text in Japanese and English.

Illustrated throughout with b&w and some color photographs, as well as architectural plans and drawings.

Sections include: The Surroundings of the House; The Function of the House; and The Structure and Furnishings of the House.

NEAR FINE book, a light bump to the upper corner tip of the front cover, otherwise sharp, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. In a VERY GOOD dustjacket that has some shelf rubs and a bit of wear to the corner tips and spine ends, else solid, bright, clean and without tears. The dj retains its original $16.00 price at the top of the front flap. A lovely copy.

Important resource on the architecture and design of mid-century Japanese homes.

A GUIDE to SOURCES of CHINESE ECONOMIC HISTORY A.D. 618-1368, by ROBERT HARTWELL. Published by the Committee on Far Eastern Civilizations, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1964. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page: "To Mr. Ang / With Best Wishes / Robert Hartwell". "Mr. Ang" is "Melvin Thlick-Len Ang", a Far Eastern scholar and colleague of Robert Hartwell. Softcovers, 6x9 inches, 257 pages. Includes numerous abstracts of economic documents by T'ang (A.D. 618 to 906), Sung (A.D. 960 to 1279), Chin (A.D. 1115 to 1234), and Yuan (A.D. 1260 to 1368) authors. GOOD condition, the rear cover has a 2 inch closed tear that has been repaired with clear tape that extends over the spine and the front cover, the spine has a crease, the front cover has a couple small pen marks,and there are light signs of handling including creases, bends, overall a solid copy with pages that are tight, bright, clean and clear. About ROBERT M. HARTWELL, b. 1932 d. 1995 (from a Harvard University website): ******From the beginning of his career at the University of Chicago and continuing during his tenure at professor of Chinese history at the University of Pennsylvania and into his retirement in Wyoming, the late Robert M. Hartwell was intensely concerned with the study of social and economic change in Chinese history. Working mainly with middle-period sources (mid-Tang into Yuan), he produced a number of unusually helpful research aids and a series of influential research articles. Readers of Hartwell's work will immediately notice that his research involved the citation of an unusually large number of sources on any given point and the collection of a considerable body of supporting data. Hartwell preferred to rely upon the preponderance of evidence; he rarely argued from the isolated example. He was in fact devoted to the collection of large sets of data and, finding a lack of this kind of research in the scholarly literature, he set out to create a body of extensive data sets himself. By the mid-1970s he had defined a program to amass the most extensive prosopographical data set ever created for the study of Chinese history for any period, and he continued his work with the help of students and especially his wife and collaborator Marianne Carlson Hartwell until his untimely death in 1995. The Hartwells willed their estate to the Harvard-Yenching Institute, in the conviction that Harvard would see to the preservation and dissemination of their research.******

FEMMES DE COREE (WOMEN OF KOREA) Issue NUMBER 1, 1971. The First and apparently Only Issue of this magazine on NORTH KOREAN COMMUNIST WOMEN. Features North Korean Women singing the praises of Kim Il Sung and Communism, 1971. Produced and Published by Le Comite Central de l'Union Democratique des Femmes (Central Committee of the Democratic Union of Women), PYONGYANG, KOREA, 1971. Magazine, side stapled, 8.5x11.5 inches (22x28.5 cm), 64 pages. TEXT IN FRENCH. Illustrated with photographs, including an 8 page photographic section and other in text photos. Includes an eight page section of photographs of women singing (literally) the praises of Kim Il Sung and the communist dictatorship, lots of parades too. GOOD condition, some light creases and general signs of handling, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Sections include: Rapport d'Activité du Comité Central au IVe Congrès de L'Union Démocratique des Femmes de Corée (Report of the Activities of the Central Committee at the Fourth Congress of the Democratic Union of Women of Korea); L'Appel Lancé Aux Femmes Sud Coréennes (An Appeal to South Korean Women); La Lettre à l'Adresse des Femmes Coréennes Résidant au Japon (Letter Addressed to Korean Women Living in Japan); L'Atrocité Diabolique du Loup, Impérialiste Américain (Diabolical Atrocities of the Wolf, the American Imperialist); and more. SCARCE. This is the only copy I have ever seen.

An ENGLISH - CHINESE BOOK of PLANT NAMES / BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE. Cover titled in Chinese and Pinyin. Inner pages with plant names in English / Latin / Chinese, arranged alphabetically A to Z. Published in Beijing, China, 1979. Hardcover Book, no dustjacket as issued, 5x7.5 inches, 396 pages. GOOD condition, the covers' corners are bumped and worn through, the covers' edges are scraped and worn through at places, there is a small scrape and a couple scotch tape remnants at the bottom of the spine, the front free endpaper has a rectangular red stamp with English and Chinese lettering, there is circular blind embossed stamp on each of the first few pages ("Library of JPA Inc.", a landscaping firm I believe), the pages are lightly toned, otherwise a solid, presentable copy that remains bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Out of Print and Hard to Find.

TWO CHINESE YELLOW PAGES BUSINESS DIRECTORIES for SAN JOSE / THE SOUTH BAY, PENINSULA, and SOUTH ALAMEDA COUNTY.

Chinese yellow pages telephone books for 1992 and 1996-97. Softcovers, 8.25x11 inches, 548 and 900 pages respectively.

Published by Overseas Merchant Company / Chinese Media Group, San Francisco, 1992-1996. First editions.

Condition: The 1992 Directory is in GOOD condition, some creases to the front cover, a 2 inch closed tear to the rear cover, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear. The 1995-96 directory is in VERY GOOD condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

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TWO JAPANESE TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES AND GUIDES for SAN FRANCISCO * BAY AREA * SACRAMENTO * FRESNO * NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE JAPANESE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY AND GUIDE for 1989-1990, and for 1992-1993. Softcovers, 8.5x11 inches, 484 and 442 pages respectively. Yellow pages and business directories, with ads and businesses aimed at the Japanese-American communities in Northern California. The 1989-1990 directory has a "RESIDENT SECTION" (pages 269-331) with names and phone numbers (no addresses) of Japanese-Americans in San Francisco, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Marin, Santa Cruz, Solano, Fresno and Madera County, Monterey, Sonoma, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda, Stanislaus, and San Mateo. The 1992-1993 directory is strictly yellow pages; the resident section was abandoned for some reason.

Published by Japan Publicity, Los Angeles, 1989-1993. First editions.

VERY GOOD condition, a bit of wear to the spines and signs of light handling, overall look and feel barely used, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Solid, nice, presentable copies.

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THREE VIETNAMESE YELLOW PAGES BUSINESS DIRECTORIES - SERVING THE BAY AREA.

Vietnamese yellow pages telephone books for 1990, 1991-1992, and 1993. Softcovers, 8.5x10.25 inches, 268, 295 and 281 pages respectively.

Published by Direct Language Publishing, Inc. (aka Direct Language, Inc.), San Francisco, 1990-1993. First editions. (Direct Language Publishing, Inc., was a San Francisco start-up publishing company that began circa 1983 and died circa 1994. The Direct Language printed directories are now hard-to-find.)

VERY GOOD condition, some wear to the covers' spine ends and signs of light handling, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Solid, nice, presentable copies.

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FOUR ASIAN YELLOW PAGES TELEPHONE BOOKS / BUSINESS DIRECTORIES.

SAN FRANCISCO: Direct Language Publishing / Asian Yellow Pages, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990.

(1) San Francisco Bay Area Asian Yellow Pages 1983/1984. Chinese and Japanese Telephone Yellow Pages, printed together in one book dos-a-dos (i.e. the front cover of the Chinese Yellow Pages is on one side - flip the book over and it is the front cover of the Japanese Yellow Pages). Softcovers, 9x11 inches, 202 and 202 pages.

(2) Asian Yellow Pages - San Francisco Bay Area, 1986-1987. Japanese Edition. Softcovers, 9x11 inches, 384 pages.

(3) Asian Yellow Pages - Serving San Francisco North Bay Area, 1987-1988. (Though the cover suggests the North Bay Area, it seems that most listings and ads are from S.F., Oakland, and the Peninsula.) Softcovers, 9x11 inches, 400 pages, the last 3 being a listing of Japantown Businesses. (I wonder how many of those still exist?)

(4) Asian Yellow Pages in Chinese - Serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, August 1990. Softcovers, 8.5x10 inches, 450 pages.

CONDITION of the DIRECTORIES: The 1990 Yellow Pages has "#203" written with black marker on the front cover, otherwise all four volumes are in VERY GOOD condition, just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked, with smooth spines. Solid, nice, very presentable copies

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1955 FOUR SEAS PICTORIAL MONTHLY

1964 YOUNG COMPANION PICTORIAL WEEKLY.

1967 THE INTERNATIONAL PICTORIAL.

1970 THE COSMORAMA PICTORIAL.

All are approximately 10x14 inches, with about 30 pages. All are illustrated throughout. General subject matter. Text in Chinese and English.

Only FAIR condition. The covers have some tears, chips, and general wear; all have light creases throughout from handling and use, a couple have some writing, in Chinese, on the cover and on an inner page or two; the inner pages remain bright, clean and clear. All are complete.

An interesting look at Hong Kong in this period of its existence, through these popular pictorial magazines of the day.

From the estate of Albert C. Lim, b.1909 d.1993. Albert C. Lim was a San Francisco Chinatown businessman, Chinatown store owner, and a pillar of the Chinatown community. He was on the Board of Directors of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for many years, and on the Board of several Chinatown charities meant to better the lives of the people of Chinatown.

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