Japanese Coins

JACOBS, Norman. et al.. JAPANESE COINAGE. A MONETARY HISTORY OF JAPAN. CATALOGUE OF THE COINS OF JAPAN, .
Covering coins from 1591 to 1945. A solid reference with a profusion of b.w. photos, inscriptions, translations & read- ings to assist the collector to know what coin he has. Use- ful reference loaded with facts, valuable information and a key to values. Monetary history and catalogue of coinage of Japan, modern Korea & Manchukuo. Scholarly & comprehensive. With identification table of coin dates from A.D. 1870-1945. Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

New York [1972], Numismatic Review. White boards, very good, co-author Cornelius C. Vermeule III, with additional tipped- in pamphlet "PRICE LIST JAPANESE COINAGE," 151p.,early coins through 1945, bright, clean copy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION

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KAWABE, Souyoushi.. SHINSEN DAI NIPPON ETAI SETSUYO MUJINGURA: NEW SELECTION OF THE GREAT PERPETUAL .
A MOST LOVELY COLOR ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE WORK A terrific and copious resource on Japan. Essentially comp- iled into encyclopedia form, this reference work covers much of Japan was in the mid-18th century. First published in 1750, it begins with the Zodiac & the twelve animals and the auspicious days noted, along with excellent pictures of the associated animals. A pair of hemispheric color maps of the world, with names of nations, distances and meridians noted. Also a full map of Japan with provinces, cities listed in different colors. A marvelous double-page view of Mt. Fuji with all of the stations shown. Then it continues with some views of famous places in the provinces. Stories and fables about Buddhism, loyalty, Confucianism, sincerity, responsib- ility, duty, and the attributes of a good citizen, Samurai & warrior. Military history, famous warriors and Samurai, of courage, swordsmanship & related. Guide to Kyoto the ancient capital, the Emperor's palace and compound, Royal Court, castle and list of his retainers showing their Mon or family crests. The Hundred Famous Shrines of Japan, full list, the celebrated Tokaido Road, map of the stations and the sights along the way. Maps of Kyoto, the Heian castle town the old capital and of Osaka. Honcho Sanju Busen: The tale of the 36 Bushi [Samurai] with illustrations and brief biography of each. Illustrations of ancient coins & dates. The 36 Chinese Gods with illustrations of each and notes. Falconry, with a lovely two page article on Falcons illustrated. Arrival of Perry to Uraga in 852, on two illustrated pages. Great list of the Hatamoto, showing their costume, Mon & flags.Official court dress & costume,Hakama jewelry, helmets, armour, flags banners, swords, drums, Naginada [long spears], bow & arrow, Tanigashima [rifle], military horse-related gear, and other decorations, head gear &c. Classic tales.The Zen arts:flower arrangement, tea ceremony and its utensils, bonsai, how to display fish & fowl. How to fold and display Japanese cloth- ing: Hakama, Kimono, scrolls & fans. New Years preparations & the making of decorations. How to play "Go" the Japanese checker game. Theatrical plays: Noh dance and drama with 4 pages of masks. How to use the Soroban [Japanese adding mac- hine]. A lovely group of traditional & classic ancient illu- strated stories & tragic plays. Scenery of Japan, the famous places. A dictionary of subjects for most all things Japan- ese arranged by subjects. List of the constellations. A maj- or illustrated chronology of Japanese history from the begi- nning of the origin myths down to the date of publication. Buddhist writings and history, ancient ways of writing Kanji [characters borrowed from China], seal characters, Buddhist and Sanscrit characters converted to Kanji, ancient Chinese dieties, list of Chinese Emperors. The art and science of divination by physoignomy or the art of reading lines on faces, palmistry. With a list of the Hangul or Korean sound characters and associated Japanese sounds, calendars, essays on the activities of merchants & farmers and so much more ! The work was illustrated by the celebrated and most disting- uished book illustrator and artist, Matsukawa Hanzan who fl- ourished 1850-82. See L. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.39 for other details. Contained in a new indigo- blue Chitsu folding case with clasps. Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

Edo 1864, Suhara-ya. Yellow stiff stitched wrs., 2 vol. set, ca. 18.5 x 26 cm., 10 double page color illustrations, 5 color maps, color title page, 433 double-folded leaves, pro- fusely illustrated, Japanese text, woodblock-printed. SCARCE

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TAKAHASHI, Kenji.. KO FUN TO JODAI BUN KA: ANCIENT GRAVES AND PROTO-HISTORIC CULTURE..
A holographic manuscript text, for a book, yet unpublished as far as we can research. Per the preface, this was origin- ally written as one of Bunka Series [Culture Series]. This is a very fascinating text. From the contents page, we note that the author did research on ancient Japanese tombs from the Kofun period and Jodai cultures. His excavation of bur- ial mounds are to classify, describe the kinds and methods of stones used. The stone vaults and lateral graves, inside valuts, clay & other materials. Stone & clay coffins, relics found in the tombs, "exotic culture," establishment of Yama- to court. Proto-historic custom based on clay images. Import of Chinese culture: coins, copper spear-heads &c. The text shows various types of bronze Dotaku bells, stone weapons. Together with a six page essay by V.C.C. Collum: PROFESSOR KENJI TAKAHASHI'S RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO JAPANESE PRE-HIST- PREHISTORY. With a three page letter in pen by J. Nakajima, to Ms. Collum who was likely instrumental in assisting Naka- jima in the English tranlation of the whole manuscript. It is likely that Ms. Collum's role was to polish Nakajima's English translation. Both Collum & Nakajima were in located in Great Britain. Dr. Takahashi the author was the Chief of the Historical Section of the Imperial Household Museum in Tokyo. The essay covers bronze culture of ancient Nippon, stone copies of implements from ancient burials, Haniwa and related objects from the tombs. A very unique set of primary research papers, complete information for a monograph on the subject. Unusual illustrated referernce source. Color scans can be sent by email. * * * BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE ! * * * !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

[Japan 1924]. Red cloth spine over boards, cites 195p., with text illustrations, 20 x 32 cm., a manuscript for a book, with index of place names on a separate lined notebook, sep- arate typed EXPLANATION OF FIGURES, matching the text.RARE !

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UTAGAWA, Yoshitsuna aka [Ittosai].. INSHOKU YOJYO KAGAMI & BOJI YOJYO KAGAMI: A MODEL OF MEN'S &WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE .
SUPERB ANATOMICAL WOODCUTS SHOWING THE FUNCTION OF ORGANS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN CA. 1848: The general understanding of "medicine" in the daily lives of the common Japanese was exceptionally limited. They truly lived on superstitious beliefs, or some believed in some primitive Chinese-related traditional and ancient medical practices, most of which were anecdotal. Japanese of this period had little factual knowledge, and lacked reliable, "medical" knowledge of how their bodies actually functioned. The name of and workings of various organs were not well understood. * With the appearance of this set of large sized color charts showing the bodily functions and names had a great impact and value on to a society of rather ignorant people. Hitherto these people only had rudimentary concepts on the workings of their own bodies. This print gave graphic insights to the workings and functions in laymen terms. * An unique look at how ingenious Japanese physicians conceived of and applied known native concepts of "medical technology" and expanded on that to give ordinary Japanese a better insight to actual bodily functions. These physicians utilized every-day products to explained and relate the complex functions of the human organism. A graphic look at the workings of human anatomy expanded the horizons of most Japanese. This set of prints accomplished the goals of the physicians achieving superb results. * THE WORKING OF THE ORGANS: Collecting teams of miniature male or female workers, the bodily functions were reduced to common, familiar & daily activities of rural Japanese in terms of farming, metallurgy, grain production. Also the common practice of making of essential oils, all graphically shown in easy terms of contemporary technological images and supported with easy text and vocabulary, to facilitate understanding. Most every one in Japan during this time understood and had observed these methods of production, so it was natural to assume that the body worked along similar lines. Using examples from daily life helped to insure good understanding of the body. * DESCRIPTION OF THE PAIR OF PRINTS: This superb and most rare example consists of the complete set of two color woodcut prints; "INSHOKU YOJYO KAGAMI" [the male print] & "BOJI YOJYO KAGAMI" [the female print]. Each print shows the complete body with the organ functions, and the resulting bi-products. Biological function is enhanced by emotional motives and other characteristics are portrayed in a similar manner. * The pair of prints clearly shows the major differences between the male and female, their emotions, psychological factors influencing bodily functions, beautifully illustrated with much detail. * "INSHOKU YOJYO KAGAMI" [reflections on the male]: This shows an ordinary Edo period Japanese man drinking a cup of hot Sake [wine], with a tray of celebratory food before him on a tray, perhaps it was New Years ? The tray holds a red snapper with ginger. He is seated and as he drinks, all internal organs are identified from the top: lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, stomach, the large & small intestines. There is a profusion of descriptive text surrounding the illustration, with red lines to indicate the function of each organ, which is described in much detail. The prints are like a road map to the body and its complex components. * THE MALE ORGANS: * The heart shows GREED; showing people bringing gold to the owner, while he pours over his account book. The lungs are shown as a team of men with giant fans making the exchange of air possible, resulting in breathing. Other workers in the stomach show a team of labors with bamboo poles or yokes on their shoulder with wooden buckets suspended at each end carrying food being moved about, as others shovel and hoe food around. Another worker climbs up a ladder to the heart to dump food there ! The process of cleansing [creation & movement of urine] is shown as a group of men pouring buckets of liquid in a press to filter and extract. As the food goes through the digestion process the last stop is the "Mon" or "gates," controlled by two "gate keepers" who allow the flow and refuse to depart. * BOJI YOJYO KAGAMI: [reflections on the female]: This superb and most RARE example, shows a Japanese Oiran or prostitute at leisure. She has the typical elaborate hair pins and stunning silk Kimono, she also displays another sign of her profession: upper lip in red, lower lip in green. She is sitting beside her black and gold lacquered smoking box, and she is smoking a "Kiseru" pipe. Draped over the handle of the smoking box is a large group of Chirishi [toilet paper] used to wipe up after love-making. The whole print was done like a pictorial map of bodily functions, with a large crew of tiny women workers who labor to make the body perform digestion and all related functions. At the top, as the woman inhales the smoke, there are two tiny women who operate the mechanical bellows [often used in metal & Japanese sword production] by pushing & pulling to 'pump' & fan lung activity. One just rests while the woman is at ease. Another pair of female workers have hand held fans as an auxiliary to lung pumping. The heart is surrounded by flames, indicating this is the source of passion and emotions: greed is displayed by a woman who is the bookkeeper, who counts the money, another is in charge of actual money or gold "Ryo" coins. These two areas are in her breast, and the breasts are shown, the right side shows a mother scolding a child for taunting cats. The process of digestion begins just under this area with a team of women who haul buckets of food. Another pair of female workers tend the "Kama" or rice cooker made of metal held over a fire with another worker who blows through a bamboo tube to force the fire to surge, which in turn "fires" the emotions of the heart. Others female workers haul rice, tea & other things to eat on a small pathway leading towards a stone grain [grist] grinder attended by two other workers who turn the grist mill while the other rakes the grain. Other organs are represented by a woman who fans the hot food to cool it before it proceeds along the digestive path. The results of the grist mill is poured into what appears as circular intestines dividing the results into liquid and solid. The solid is raked into fields [typical use by farmers in Japan], the liquid goes down to be discharged. Adjacent to the uterus are the fallopian tubes, which shows an elder women in a fine Kimono holding fans; one shows a very old woman with a cane being tended by a younger woman. * The internal organs are identified from the top: lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, stomach, small & large intestines. There is a profusion of text surrounding and within the illustration, with oval paragraph markers. Each paragraph explains the function of an organ. In the heart, GREED is the subject of the illustrated, as a woman bring Gold down a ladder from above the throat. This was a superb example created for the common woman to understand the complex process with a visual aid, and written in simple Japanese. It is interesting to note, that the female subject of this print is not an ordinary woman, but rather one who was a prostitute, the clear message was that it would have been improper to expose the internal and sex organs of anyone other than a prostitute. * THE EDUCATIONAL USE AND APPLICATION OF THESE MEDICAL PRINTS: The Japanese understanding of their own bodily functions in the mid-19th. century was very limited and basic. This set of prints were used as educational tools by physicians and medical doctors to explain medical problems and causes of illness to the lay public. They were also used by medical teachers to give students a graphic insight to the bodily functions. In essence, these superb examples were created for the common man and woman to understand the complex process put into simple Japanese terms. * VARIANTS: Male There are three variants to the male pr...

[Japan c.1848, n.p.]. A matching pair, large broadsides,very good, vegetal colored woodblock prints, hand-printed on hand made Kawaraban large Washi paper, size ca: 36.5 x 50 cm., with title cartouche and adjacent texts. A RARE SET COMPLETE

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