1818. "Noguchi was probably a samurai or armorer in the Tachibana Clan one of the feudal warlord clans that established itself around 1330. About 1600 after various feudal wars, they were forced to move to the far north west near Honshu." Read More about Noguchi Tachibana "Description of Samurai Armor," 1818

[Tokyo: Hasegawa, 1896]. First. English take on a Japanese book in the late 19th century. An unusual English book, printed on crepe, mimicking traditional Japanese illustrated books. This book was written and printed at a time when the English-speaking world was particularly mesmerized by Japan. Many of Britain's citizens had..... Read More about Japanese Topsyturvydom

np: c. 1902. This account consists of pages five to sixty-seven of what appears to be a diary, or copied letters of an unnamed soldier in the 21st United States Infantry. The author, who may have been a corporal, remains unidentified by name. The account begins in August 1898 at..... Read More about Memoir of a soldier engaged in guerilla warfare in the Philippines

[July, 1932. Revised edition. Read More about The Present Condition of China with reference to circumstances affecting International Relations...

[Nara: c. 1800]. Woodcut book of the samurai armor at the Kasaga Shrine, Nara Prefecture, "A fine illustrated text on an important collection of ancient samurai armor. The Kasaga shrine in Nara, was the shrine of the Fujiwara family, first built in 768 and rebuilt several times over the centuries..... Read More about Kasaga Shrine Samurai Armor collection

[Edo? circa 1820.]. Japanese woodcut book on the crests and symbols of the Samurai families. WITH: A series of 99 small manuscript information cards on for ceremonial use for Samurai families, denoting their crests and banners, pen, ink and colors. [First half of 19th century], each card 70 x 55..... Read More about "Book of Samurai Family Crests."

Newtown, Pennsylvania: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. First edition, number 152 of 500 copies. Sir Harry Parks was sent to Japan by W.E. Gladstone, the English Prime Minister, to gather information on Japanese papermaking. His report, along with a large selection of handmade paper was sent to England in 1871..... Read More about Mr Gladstone's Washi. A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan. The Parkes Report...

[Japan: 1927]. Inscribed on the upper wrapper "To Mr. Louis L. Ledoux with the compliments of Henry M. Wolf Chicago 1 June 1934." Wolf, a friend of ambassador Edgar Bancroft, was involved in the planning of this memorial and is mentioned in the preface. A lovely copy of this work..... Read More about The Record of Townsend Harris of Japan

Tokyo: Seibunsha, 1939. Illustrations made from the front of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Read More about Seisen Bizoku. Koa no Hikari] [Enlightened Crusaders. Light of East Asia

vp: 1957-94. The letters, including 56 Autograph Letters, and 9 Typed Letters, mostly on personal subjects but many with literary content, a few illustrated with sketches. Each with the original envelope or address panel. The typescripts, including a two-stanza poem Signed entitled "To a Japanese Friend Translating My English," a...... Read More about Archive of 68 ALSs and TLSs addressed to his translator Shozo Tokunaga

New York: April, 1892. Wikipedia: "The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that fought on the Union side during the American Civil War. Sent to the Pacific Ocean to search for the CSS Alabama, Wyoming eventually came upon the shores of Japan and..... Read More about Pen and Ink "The Wyoming in the Straits of Shimonoséki" drawn from a photograph for ...

New York: Privately Printed, 1932. First edition. Father of the Japanese Telephone. Contains a bibliography of his works at the back. Carty was the Chief Engineer of American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1907 to 1919, he invented numerous pieces important to telephony and he was one of the major..... Read More about John J. Carty. An Appreciation

New York: B. Westermann, [1931]. First American edition. Read More about Japan Korea and Formosa. The Landscape/Architecture/Life of the People