Graphic-Sha Publishing Company, Tokyo, 1986. First Edition. Soft Cover, 22x30cm. 164 pages, illus., text in Japanese and English, good cond.

Munchen, Germany: Prestel Verlag, Germany, 1992  Stiff Wraps, Stiff  wraps with illustrated dustwrapper,  400 pp., 197 full-color and 9 b&w illus. and fold-outs, parallel text in German and Japanese. The Art Kite Project invited leading contemporary artists from around the world to explore the Japanese art of kite-making. This book presents a visual overview of the project. Includes Stella and Vasarely among the star-studded roster of modern artists participating. Stunning, stimulating and original

Facing modern times, The revival of Japanese Laquer Art 1890-1950.

Proefschrift van Jan Dees, 2007 Leiden.17x24 cm, 240pp,softcover,

63 pages of illustrations.

Kaiserreich Kunst, Hong Kong, 1982. Cloth,23 x 30 cm., 169 pp., with 41 plates. Volume 2 of Kaiserreich Kunst's Oriental Art Series. Slipcase and dust jacket. Very good condition, new book

Hoikusha Publishing Co., 1971. Book Condition: Near Fine. Original plastic dust jacket covers pictorial wraps

Takashimaya 14page folder for Hananingyo dolls, with prices 1993

AI Publishers 1985  ISBN 0442250916, 256 pp, many illustr., in very good condition 

John Murray London 1983, 1983.  21x29cm,  175pp. First edition. An examination of 14 traditional Japanese craft objects, old and new. Each chosen to represent a different side of Japanese life. History and general description of each object with a detailed account of how it is made. With 135 illustrations, 32 of which in colour. good cond.

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 1986,  exh. catalogue, 132pp, 21x24cm, softbound, many illustr. in color and b/w, artists biographiesm timetable etc. good cond. minor damage on cover.

SCHAASCHMIDT-RICHTER, IRMTRAUT.

Japanische Puppen.

München. Pieper-Bücherei. 1962. 16 farbige Tafeln. Orig.kartoniert. 51 Seiten.

Japans en Chinees Cloisonné. Emailkunst uit de Catharina collectie. Japanese and Chinese Cloisonné. Enamel Works of Art from the Catharina Collection.

Leeuwarden. 1992. Org. sewed paperback, pictorial cover, 21x21cm; 60pp. richly illustrated [57]. Text in English and Dutch. As new. ISBN: 90-71588-11-4.

Japanse Kunstschatten van de Bauer Collectie, Catalogue Europalia 1989, 86pp, 21x20cm, color ill. Inro, Netsuke, Swordfittings, Cloisonné, Porcelain etc. Nedrlandstalig (zie ook 5979)

uitg. Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 1989, 24pp, tekst nederlands.

Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1964, in french, Edith Combe, 26x36cm, 7 p. + 206 p. with 182 photo's in b/w, dj slightly worn, hardbound, book in very good condition.

Publisher: PAPERBACK CHRONICLE BOOKS 1991;  Like so many other forms of art in old Japan, store signage was an intricate, imaginative blend of graphic depiction and cultural symbolism, mostly of painted and engraved wood. Over 100 examples from American & Japanese collections. Color/b&w illus. 168p. 21x30cm good condition

KARAKURI NINGYO. AN EXHIBITION OF ANCIENT FESTIVAL ROBOTS FROM JAPAN  Paperback exhibition catalogue. Organised by the Japan Foundation and Barbican Art Gallery. Exhibition held 1985-1986. 21x30 cm, 63pp. In good condition.

Kunstambachten uit Ishikawa. Gent, Sint-Pietersabdij, 19/10 - 17/12/1989  Japan in Belgium In-4, 55 pp., talrijke kleuren- en zw/w ills. + foto's ing enaaid, stijve papieromslag, vooraan geïllustreerd Nagenoeg als nieuw.

Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt & Co 1919, 200pp, 15x23cm, Incl. Index + 16 ads. Ilustrated, spine bit loose, smudged cover, otherwise fine.

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1968. Original limp pict. col. wraps., 96pp., 58 ills. on 24 plates o.o.t. [Bulletin, 3e serie, no 17/18]. Exhibition catalogue japanese ceramics & other arts from the legacy 'Westendorp' to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vereeniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst. With contrib. by M. Draak, J. Fontein, K.W. Lim. Fine copy.

First Edition.1999,  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 103 pages, numerous colour and b/w illustrations. This volume takes a closer look at the source of inro designs drawn from Japanese woodblock prints and ehon picture books. Using the Leiden style album (orihon) now belonging to the National Museum of Ethnology and formerly to a famous Dutch collector Ferdinandus Lieftinck, here we can see the artist's original source of design and its matching final products, as well as the artistic and design analysis.