Bijutsu Sekai (19 results)

Maps, tipped in colour plates, many black and white plates, 216pp, very good copy, quarto. Original card slipcase. Volume 7 of 24. This volume is a survey of Indian art. Text in Japanese.

Volume 11 of 24 volumes, tipped in colour plates, profuse black and white photographic illustrations of various aspects of Japanese art, high quality art book with dustjacket and original card slipcase. Very good copy. Text in Japanese.

Paperback Bunko. Condition: Brand New. Japanese language. 5.91x4.25x1.18 inches. In Stock.

tankobon_hardcover. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . Small 4to, hardcover. No dj, light grey cloth. Vg+ condition. Slipcased: slipcase slightly rubbed, fully intact. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. Appx 150 pp., color illus. Text in Japanese. Features the work of 11 modern Japanese artists. 20th, Art, Century, History, Modern.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . Small 4to, hardcover. No dj, light grey cloth. Vg+ condition. Slipcased: slipcase slightly rubbed, fully intact. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. Appx 150 pp., color illus. Text in Japanese. Features the work of 11 modern Japanese artists. 20th, Art, Century, History, Modern.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . Small 4to, hardcover. No dj, light grey cloth. Vg+ condition. Slipcased: slipcase slightly rubbed, fully intact. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. Appx 150 pp., color illus. Text in Japanese. Features the work of 11 modern Japanese artists. 20th, Art, Century, History, Modern.…

Paper. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 79 pp. 54 colour and 12 b/w plates. // Interesting catalogue of an exhibition that focuses on the role of animal sculpture in Japanese religious art. Shows haniwa dogs, Shinto deer, animal masks etc. Text in Japanese only.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. World Art History, 200-700 AD, Volume 6, Japanese encyclopaedia of art, Sekai bijutsu zenshu. Bekkan 6. Published by Heibonsha, Tokyo, 1928. Printing date: 5 June 1928, Published: 10 June 1928. Marked "Not for Sale" in Japanese, so presumably ex reference library. Brown cloth cover with gold design and lettering. Cover firmly bound. Has bumping to extremities and general scuffing/wear marks. Colour printed endpapers. Text very good overall. Japanese text pages printed on cream stock with some age discoloration. Pages of plates are on glossy white stock. Text unpaginated, plates numbered to 138. 1st 10 plates are in colour, the remainder in black and white. 1st plate tissue guarded. Some minor page nicks, not affecting text on the last 2 leaves and rear mounted endpaper. Last text leave has tipped in Chinese printing label including stamp. No writing or hand markings. Covering: First: Early Christian art. Second: India, Third: central Asia, Fourth: Northern Qi and Sui, Fifth: Three Kingdoms period; and Six: Asuka period. Dimensions: 26.6cm high x 20cm wide x 2.3cm deep.…

JP Oversized. Condition: Brand New. Japanese language. 10.59x9.21x0.67 inches. In Stock.

This book, "Exploring Japanese and Asian Art," by Shinichi Nagai, is a supplemental volume (11) in the Sekai Bijutsu Sosho (World Art Series). Published by Toshindo, it likely delves into various aspects of Japanese and Asian art, providing insights and analysis. Art enthusiasts and researchers will find this volume a valuable resource. Note: The text is entirely in Japanese. Brand New Japanese Edition. Ships worldwide from Japan via Japan Post. Expedited shipping via FedEx available.…

Hardcover. Condition: g- to near fine. First edition. Large folios. 14.5 x11". Illustrated slipcases, with black lettering on the spines. 9 of the 16 volumes still have their original obis (belly bands). Ilustrated dust jackets. Grey buckram over red textured paper boards with gilt illustrations, and ruling. Spines with black and red lettering, and volume numbers in gilt. Textured blue endpapers. Published from 1968-1974 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publisher Shogakukan, this beautifully-produced series visually documents many of the most significant museums from around the world, and their holdings, including many of the greatest works of art in history. Each issue focuses on a group of museums of a certain country or sub-region, and is profusely illustrated throughout with countless stunning full page reproductions of artwork in high quality color offset, and b/w photogravure ("heliogravure"). Among the members of the supervising editorial committee for the series are artists, critics, historians, archaeologists and writers. Volumes include: Vol.1: France (Musee Du Louvre) Vol.2: France #2 (Le Galerie du Jeu de Paume, Le Galerie de L'orangerie, Le Musee Rodin, Le Musee Bourdelle, Le Musee de Cluny, Le Musee du Petit Plais, Le Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Le Musee Guimet, Le Musee National D'Art Moderne) Vol.3: Italy (Galleria Degli Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo Nazionale, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Gelleria Di Brera, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Galleria Sabauda, Galleria Dell'accademia Carrara, Galleria Dell'accademia) Vol.4: Italy #2 (Musei Vaticani, Museo Nazionale Romano, Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Museo di Palazzo dei Consevatori, Museo Capitolino, Museo Nazionale di Napoli) Vol.5: Spain & Portugal (Museo Del Prado, Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Biblioteca Nacional, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Museo de Ceramica, Museo Arqueologico Artistico Episcopal de Vich, Nacional de Arte Antiga) Vol.6: West Germany & Austria (Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammilungen, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum) Vol.7: Belgium & The Netherlands (Musses Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Musee Royal des Beaux-Arts D'anvers Musee de L'hopital St. Jean, Musees Royaux D'art Et D'histoire, Musee communal des Beaux-Arts, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Musee Mayer Van Den Bergh, Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Gemeentelijk Centraal Museum, Mauritshuis, Gemeentemuseum, Stedelijk Museum "Het Prinsenhof") Vol.8: England (The British Museum) Vol.9: England #2 (National Gallery, Tate Gallery, Wallace Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum) Vol. 10: Soviet Union (The State Hermitage Museum and others) Vol.11: Greece (Acropolis Museum, National Archaeological Museum, Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Archaeological Museum of Harakleion) Vol.12: Egypt (Egyptian Museum, Coptic Museum, Museum of Islamic Art) Vol.13: India & Western Asia (National Museum of New Delhi, Indian Museum of Calcutta, Archaeological Museum of Maathura, Archaeological Museum of Sarnath, Patna Museum, Government Museum, Iran: Archaeological Museum of Teheran, Iraq: Iraq Museum, Turkey: Archaeological Museum) Vol.14: America (National Gallery of Art (Washington), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art) Vol.15: China Vol.16: Mexico & Peru (Mexico: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Museo Regional de Oaxaca, Museo de Tabasco, Museo "La Venta Parque", Museo de Arte Moderno, Peru: Museo Nacional de Antorpologia y Arqueologia) Text In Japanese, with occasional English. Slipcases with some water stains, scratches, smudging and other markings. Two of the cases with large holes at the tails of the spine. Some belly bands with some chipping and tears. Dust jackets with some light smudges along the spines and some other sporadic bumping to extremities of some. Bindings with some minor to light rubbing and/or bumping to extremities and along edges. Interiors with some light sporadic foxing to a few pages. Slipcases in good- to very good, dust jackets in very good, bindings in good+ to near fine, and interiors in very good- to near fine condition overall. …

Quarto. Together 70pp. of text, and 456 black & white and color plates each with a printed description page. Text in Japanese. Good set. All the plates are accounted for and in FIne condition. A collection and history of the nude in art. V.1: Ancient and Middle Age; v.2: Renaissance; v.3: 17th and 18th Centuries; v.4: Supplement to Modern Age; v.5: 19th Century; V.6: Present. Please note: Oversized volumes: this book will require additional shipping for destinations outside the US; we will ship at cost. Original blue cloth over boards, with gilt stamped lettering on spines, and a silver stamped decorative device on the front covers. Top edges gilt. Spines evenly faded, hinges cracked; volumes 3 and 5 boards are detached from the text block; covers have some moderate wear, else a Good to Very Good set.…

8vo. 18 woodblock prints (10 double-page); ink and color on mica-coated paper. Volume 10 of "Bijutsu sekai" ("The World of Art"), the famous journal of woodblock prints edited by Watanabe Seitei (Shotei). The illustrations are derived from old and new paintings. Similar copies are held by the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum. - Slight edge defects to wrappers, otherwise fine. - OCLC 37898366. Meiji shinbun zasshi bunko shozo zasshi mokuji soran 65.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Tokyo: SÅbunsha, 1985. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. ISBN 4-88582-821-X; 231, (2) pages illustrated throughout in color and b/w reproductions. Includes an 8-page folding insert. Text (of both) in Japanese. Very good overall condition; no ownership marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cw).…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Japanese language text. Minor shelf wear. Minor dust wear to jacket. Pages/boards clean.

Condition: Very Good. 4to. 25 by 16 cm. 34 pages, 26 of which have fine woodblock prints, a few in brilliant color, most in a more muted color or partially colored. A highlight might be regarded as the print of a Kabuki actor by Kunichika, in part because of its vivid coloring. Otherwise, prints are various, including as subjects cats and dogs, chickens, other birds, monkey, genre human scenes, etc. Soiling on cover. Newer thread used to bind. Moderate soiling and wear within.…

Tokyo 1892, Shunyodo. Vol.17 from the series, complete, with 2 double-page color pages + 15 single-page color, woodblock plates of Japanese classic beauties, varities of women, 16 x 24 cm, printed on double folded leaves. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . BIJUTSU SEKAI: WORLD OF FINE ARTS . . . A JAPANESE COLOR WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL . . . ISSUED FROM MEIJI 23-27 [1890-1895] . . . COMPILED/EDITED BY THE EMINENT MEIJI PERIOD ARTIST . . . WATANABE SEITEI . * This journal was compiled by the eminent woodblock print & book artist Watanabe Shotei, with his Go [studio names]: Seitei & Sei, using superb examples drawn by him, together with art work by Kawasaki Chitora et al. . *** THE PHOTOS POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE: NOTE: please see photos posted to our website: images: illus01.jpg ~ illuso5.jpg are from volume 17; Images illus06.jpg ~ illuls15.jpg from volume 19. Title.jpg the title page from volume 19; volume 17 title page is clean, no issues. . *** THE SUBJECT: This series contained a large number of superb color woodblock art work, including birds, flowers, animals, Japanese style paintings, traditional subjects, tiger, cat, fan maker, Samurai, Dharma, landscapes & scenery. . *** THE CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS: . WATANABE Seitei [aka. studio name: Shohtei] [1851-1918]: . Was a Japanese style painter, adopted by the Watanabe family of painters. Pupil of Kikuchi Yoosai. He traveled to Europe & America, in 1878 was awarded a silver medal for painting shown at the Paris Exposition. He wrote several books on painting and was editor of BIJUTSU SEKAI the item we offer now. He also edited KACHO GAFU: BIRD & FLOWER PAINTINGS, a famous 3 volume set. . In 1878 he travelled in the United States and Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition. He remained in Paris for three years, becoming the first Nihon-ga artist to live in Europe with the aim of studying Western painting. . Above all he was a world-renounced KACHO painter [Flower & Bird], for which he was quite famous. He is well collected by world museums & libraries. See Roberts below for more biography. . Please inquire at our website for more items by/about Seitei. . * KAWASAKI Senko: aka. Chitora [1835-1902]: . He was a Japanese style painter, and used the Go [studio names] of Chitora, Genroku, Tomotaro and others. Son of a Nagoya Samurai, studied under the Shijo-school painter Numata Gessai. Later studied in Kyoto under Tosa Mitsubumi, painting some screens in the Sentoh Palace as his master's assistant. Later became principal of Arita Arts & Crafts school, also taught at Tokyo School of Fine Arts, member of the Nihon Bijutsu-in of the commission. See Roberts below for more biography. . * THE TITLE: The title BIJUTSU SEKAI: WORLD OF FINE ARTS journal was serially issued and is complete in 24 volumes. . We are selling single volumes from the set. . *** THE ILLUSTRATIONS: Note, volume 17 is illustrated on our website from illus01.jpg-illus05.jpg. . Volume 19 are illus06-illus15.jpg. The last illustration on the right half is by Kuniyoshi Ichiryusai. The title.jpg is also from this volume, with mild stains. . *** Color scans are posted to our website. . *** SPECIFIC COPY NOTES: . Copy 3: Volume 17. Bound in later buff brocade silk covered stiff wrappers, very clean throughout, no issues. Firmly bound and solid with very bright, clean covers, no title slips. * Copy 4: Volume 19. Bound in later buff brocade silk covered stiff wrappers, a touch of light 'tea' colored stain to inside front cover title page, first page and a bit of the same for page 2-3 near the upper margin, little affect to the full page. Else firmly bound and solid with very bright, clean covers, no title slips. . *** REFERENCES: . ROBERTS, Laurance P.: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS: PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, PRINTS, LACQUER, p.194: Shotei; Kawasaki p.73 * Cited in WorldCat: worldcat-org/title/bijutsu-sekai/oclc/37898366&re ferer=brief_results . *. …

[Tokyo 1892, Shunyodo.] Vol.19 from the series, complete, 10 double-page color pages+6 single-page color woodblock plates of insects, dancers, old sages, flowers, landscape, crane, women, bird & Goddess, silk cloth covers, 16 x 24 cm.1st Ed. . *** **** *** . . BIJUTSU SEKAI: WORLD OF FINE ARTS . . . A JAPANESE COLOR WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL . . . ISSUED FROM MEIJI 23-27 [1890-1895] . . . COMPILED/EDITED BY THE EMINENT MEIJI PERIOD ARTIST . . . WATANABE SEITEI . * This journal was compiled by the eminent woodblock print & book artist Watanabe Shotei, with his Go [studio names]: Seitei & Sei, using superb examples drawn by him, together with art work by Kawasaki Chitora et al. . *** THE PHOTOS POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE: NOTE: please see photos posted to our website: images: illus01.jpg ~ illuso5.jpg are from volume 17; Images illus06.jpg ~ illuls15.jpg from volume 19. Title.jpg the title page from volume 19; volume 17 title page is clean, no issues. . *** THE SUBJECT: This series contained a large number of superb color woodblock art work, including birds, flowers, animals, Japanese style paintings, traditional subjects, tiger, cat, fan maker, Samurai, Dharma, landscapes & scenery. . *** THE CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS: . WATANABE Seitei [aka. studio name: Shohtei] [1851-1918]: . Was a Japanese style painter, adopted by the Watanabe family of painters. Pupil of Kikuchi Yoosai. He traveled to Europe & America, in 1878 was awarded a silver medal for painting shown at the Paris Exposition. He wrote several books on painting and was editor of BIJUTSU SEKAI the item we offer now. He also edited KACHO GAFU: BIRD & FLOWER PAINTINGS, a famous 3 volume set. . In 1878 he travelled in the United States and Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition. He remained in Paris for three years, becoming the first Nihon-ga artist to live in Europe with the aim of studying Western painting. . Above all he was a world-renounced KACHO painter [Flower & Bird], for which he was quite famous. He is well collected by world museums & libraries. See Roberts below for more biography. . Please inquire at our website for more items by/about Seitei. . * KAWASAKI Senko: aka. Chitora [1835-1902]: . He was a Japanese style painter, and used the Go [studio names] of Chitora, Genroku, Tomotaro and others. Son of a Nagoya Samurai, studied under the Shijo-school painter Numata Gessai. Later studied in Kyoto under Tosa Mitsubumi, painting some screens in the Sentoh Palace as his master's assistant. Later became principal of Arita Arts & Crafts school, also taught at Tokyo School of Fine Arts, member of the Nihon Bijutsu-in of the commission. See Roberts below for more biography. . * THE TITLE: The title BIJUTSU SEKAI: WORLD OF FINE ARTS journal was serially issued and is complete in 24 volumes. . We are selling single volumes from the set. . *** THE ILLUSTRATIONS: Note, volume 17 is illustrated on our website from illus01.jpg-illus05.jpg. . Volume 19 are illus06-illus15.jpg. The last illustration on the right half is by Kuniyoshi Ichiryusai. The title.jpg is also from this volume, with mild stains. . *** Color scans are posted to our website. . *** SPECIFIC COPY NOTES: . Copy 3: Volume 17. Bound in later buff brocade silk covered stiff wrappers, very clean throughout, no issues. Firmly bound and solid with very bright, clean covers, no title slips. * Copy 4: Volume 19. Bound in later buff brocade silk covered stiff wrappers, a touch of light 'tea' colored stain to inside front cover title page, first page and a bit of the same for page 2-3 near the upper margin, little affect to the full page. Else firmly bound and solid with very bright, clean covers, no title slips. . *** REFERENCES: . ROBERTS, Laurance P.: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS: PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, PRINTS, LACQUER, p.194: Shotei; Kawasaki p.73 * Cited in WorldCat: worldcat-org/title/bijutsu-sekai/oclc/37898366&re ferer=brief_results . *. …