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25.01.2022 This 19th Century Unequal Treaty with Japan (includes a Dutch volume) is a complete five volume set of the Ansei Five-Power Treaties in Japanese translation. After Japan was forced to open in 1853 with the arrival of Commodore Perry, Western powers were eager to trade with Japan. Townsend Harris, the first American Consul-General, negotiated with the Japanese Shogunate and exchanged a trade and taxation treaty betwen the United States and Japan in July 1858. Treaty signings w...ith other four countries, Russia, France, Britain and Holland, followed in the same year. The treaties were very unequal terms. Terrible from the Japanese point of view with extraterritoriality for foreign residents and no autonomy in taxation, and they are often referred as the "Unequal Treaties of Ansei". The Emperor did not approve the treaties with foreign powers. Consequently, domestic conflicts between Shogunate and other samurais who opposed to opening the country erupted. These unequal treaties were to stay in place until 1899 causing many significant issues for Japan throughout most of the Meiji period. These Japanese translations were printed in 1859 and distributed widely so that the treaty contents could be understood by the Japanese people. At the back of the Dutch volume, names of those who were involved in the publication are listed. . Complete set of 5 volumes. Volume 1: [Treaty with Russia and Taxation Rules], 25 leaves. Volume 2: [Treaty with Britain and Taxation Rules], 28 leaves. Volume 3: [Treaty with France and Taxation Rules], 27 leaves. Volume 4: [Treaty with America and Taxation Rules], 28 leaves. Volume 5: [Treaty with Holland and Taxation Rules], woodblock printed on 28 folded Japanase paper/washi leaves. Stock ID: 171073 . . . . . . . . . . . #AmsterdamBookFair #AmsterdamBookFair2020 #virtualbookfair #virtualbookfair2020 #rarebooks #rarebooksforsale #NVvA #koninklijkevhok #manuscripts #maps #prints #vintagephotographs #vintage #atlases #VirtualAmsterdamBookFair #bibliophile #bookcollecting #bookcollector ##bookloversofinstagram #booklovers #books #bookstagram #bookcommunity #rarebookcoll

25.01.2022 Link to our Atlas Des Missions de la Société des Missions Étrangères by Adrien Launay is in our bio Adrien Launay (1853 - 1927) a Catholic priest in the Société des Missions Étrangères was the author of many books on the Society's history and that of many of the individual missions. The text in this atlas provides details of the history and geography of the region on the map opposite. 27 colour full page maps with accompanying text on opposite page, thumb index, origin...al paper covered boards. Paper on upper cover a little abraded in places and chipped with a little loss in two small places, browned, edges and corners worn. Thumb index and endpapers soiled, some light even browning but overall very good. The maps in particular are very good and clean. A handsome scarce atlas. Société de Saint Augustin. Lille. 1890. Stock ID: 159810 . . . . . . . . . . . #AmsterdamBookFair #AmsterdamBookFair2020 #virtualbookfair #virtualbookfair2020 #rarebooks #rarebooksforsale #NVvA #koninklijkevhok #manuscripts #maps #prints #vintagephotographs #vintage #atlases #VirtualAmsterdamBookFair #bibliophile #bookcollecting #bookcollector ##bookloversofinstagram #booklovers #books #bookstagram #bookcommunity #rarebookcollector #rarebookcommunity #antiquebooks #antiquebooksforsale #rarebooksofinstagram

23.01.2022 Complete Map of China. Japanese Meiji period handcoloured folding map of Qing Dynasty China. This very detailed map features China during the Qing Dynasty with its neighbouring countries (Korea, Japan, South Sakhalin, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, India and parts of Russia). Six inset maps along edges. Interested in maps? View more here: https://www.asiabookroom.com/

23.01.2022 Fifty Three Stages of the Tokaido (Past and Present). The juxtaposition of the "modern" and the old scenes create this rather thought provoking edition of the Hoeid edition of Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road. For more striking material visit: https://www.asiabookroom.com/

22.01.2022 1940S PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF A JAPANESE WOMEN'S DEFENCE ASSOCIATION BRANCH IN TOKYO This is a fascinating photographic album showing the branch activities of the Greater Japanese Women's Defence Association in Nishi-Sugamo in Tokyo around 1942. The association was founded in 1932 and absorbed into a bigger women's association in 1942. Its members consisted of housewives. The women adopted white aprons with sashes across the shoulder as their uniform and they mainly provided ...community support in farewelling departing soldiers to the battle fields. Their organisation structure resembled the military where high ranking generals' wives were appointed to the main honorary commanding roles. In the community, the association members carried out their patriotic duties in their white aprons with enthusiasm. The album starts with the Empress' poem and the six point declaration of Japanese women follows. There, the members make pledge to carry out their duties to maintain moral, bring up healthy children, keep household in order, and take care of injured soldiers and bereaved families. The photographs cover their activities in the community and at ceremonies. Stock ID: 170406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #rarebooks #bookstagram #books #oldbooks #bibliophile #book #antiquarianbooks #bookcollector #vintagebooks #antiquebooks #art #bookshop #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookseller #firstedition #bookstore #bookbinding #bookworm #library #literature #booksofinstagram #instabooks #vintage #antiquarian #rarebook #s #booksforsale #bookshelf #bhfyp @ Aranda

21.01.2022 We have just released our latest catalogue for the Asian Studies Conference in Boston! Click here to view our catalogue through AsiaBookroom.com: https://www.asiabookroom.com/catalogues.php

20.01.2022 This beautiful album is over 100 years old and shows charming scenes that are still evoked in Modern-day Japan. Swipe to see the gorgeous patterned silk boards! 50 hand coloured full page collotypes printed on thick paper showing beautiful Japanese sights, scenery and people involved in activities, each plate captioned in English, all edges gilt, padded patterned silk over boards with tassle ties presented in a wrap around cloth covered case with toggle ties.... Inscribed to the President Messrs John Edmondson & Co Pty. Ltd. With the Compliments of the Goshi Kaisha Mato Denki Shokai, Kobe Japan. John Edmondson & Co were suppliers of beaver and moleskin to the Victorian Government in the 1920s and it seems likely from this inscription were doing business with Japan during this period. Stock ID: 164917 @ Asia Bookroom

20.01.2022 Popular English Conversation Textbook. Text book for English conversation. In this book simple sentences are collected under the titles, "Meeting", "Parting", "Asking and Thanking", "Confirming and Denying", "Expression of Surprise", "Probability", "Sorrow", "Shame", "Anger", "Joy", and "Consulting". Each sentence has close pronunciation in katakana above it and Japanese translation below it. To see more like this go to: https://www.asiabookroom.com/

20.01.2022 The Regional Geography of Malaya (Translation) The book describes administrative districts, topographical features, and climate of Malaya in the first chapter, and deals with each district and its industry in the following chapters. The publisher, Ta Kenkysho [East Asia Research Centre], was established in 1938 as an research organisation to contribute to the forming of national policy of the Imperial Japan. See more at: https://www.asiabookroom.com/

19.01.2022 This is the 8th year Asia Bookroom has collected donations to support Teacher Llami Sherpa (middle of the second photo) teaching at Shree Sagarmatha School in Bung, in the Solukhumbu region of Nepal. The teacher we are sponsoring, Llami Sherpa, is in her 30s. Apart from being their teacher Llami is also an excellent role model for the young girls in school. Unfortunately Nepalese girls often do not finish their schooling because of family demands to help out in the home and ...sometimes these girls have to marry, even at this very young age. If you were able to help by making a donation it would really make a difference to Llami and her students. As in previous years each donation will be represented on our Christmas tree by a decoration representing different amounts - see below for some suggested donations. With your help we hope to have a brightly coloured, fully decorated Christmas tree by December 25th, symbolising another year of funding for "our" teacher Llami Sherpa. This is how our Christmas tree "works": A donation of $10 will pay Llami's wages for approximately half a day and a silver coloured Christmas decoration will be placed on our Christmas tree to symbolise your donation A red decoration represents $20 and pays her wages for approximately 1 day A blue decoration represents $50 and pays her wages for approximately 2.5 days A green decoration represents $100 and pays her wages for approximately 5 days A gold decoration represents $200 and pays her wages for approximately 10 days Or you may give another amount - every donation is appreciated - great or small. For example $5 still makes a big difference As your contribution goes directly to Classrooms in the Clouds, please: Bring cash into Asia Bookroom, or a cheque or money order made payable to Classrooms in the Clouds. Donate by credit card or from a Paypal account by using this link https://paypal.me/CITCNepal If you use this link, you will see the default amount comes up in pounds sterling (Classrooms in the Clouds is registered in the UK), however just click the little arrow beneath "GBP" and you can select Australian dollars. Please contact us at [email protected] for info

19.01.2022 A Guide to the City and Suburbs of Canton Large folding map of Canton and suburbs. 1889. Dr Kerr’s A Guide to the City and Suburbs of Canton was the most successful tourist guide for Canton/Guangzhou in the late nineteenth century, being reprinted from the 1870s into the first decade of the twentieth century. In this edition many of the streets of the Western Suburbs, the Old and New Cities, Eastern Suburbs and Honam are listed and brief details about what might be found ...on the street are given. Suggested itineraries and excursions are listed and a large folding map of the city by American missionary Reverend D. Vrooman is included with place names in Chinese and English. The author, John Glasgow Kerr (1824-1901), was a physician and medical missionary to China with the American Presbyterian Mission. He arrived in Canton in 1854 and took over the Ophthalmic Hospital at the Guangzhou Boji Hospital (The Canton Hospital), where he worked for 47 years. Dr Kerr pioneered mental health care in China, and in 1887 became the first president of the Medical Missionary Association of China. He translated thirty-four volumes of Materia Medica into Chinese as well as other medical books. He was respected and appreciated by the Cantonese for his humanitarian efforts, and a favourite tour guide for visitors into the 1870s. He died in 1901 and was buried in the Protestant cemetery outside Canton. (Wikipedia). Stock ID: 171509 . . . . . . . . . . . #rarebooks #bookstagram #asiabookroom #books #oldbooks #bibliophile #book #antiquarianbooks #bookcollector #vintagebooks #antiquebooks #art #bookshop #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookseller #firstedition #bookstore #bookbinding #bookworm #library #literature #booksofinstagram #instabooks #vintage #antiquarian #rarebook #s #booksforsale #bookshelf

19.01.2022 Did you know Japan has a long tradition of creating elaborate prints to be swapped and traded for decorating shrines? This Printer’s Sample Album has 135 colour woodcuts. The works collected in this printer's sample book consist of prints mostly made in the mid to late 1920s. In addition to the shrine and temple votive slips, the contents include a decorated card celebrating the enthronement of Emperor Hirohito in 1926, New Year’s cards for 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930, and a nu...mber of cards advertising the Umesono Teahouse in Asakusa - a teahouse in the grounds of the Umesono Temple which was founded in 1854 and still exists today. Many are colourful, and some of the votive slips are delightfully decorated with coloured images of comical faces. Includes votive slips from temples and shrines (Senjafuda and Nosatsu), New Year's cards and advertising cards for companies. Senjafuda and Nosatsu have had a long tradition but in the last hundred years or so they evolved into elaborate prints made more to be swapped and traded than pasted on shrines. The vibrancy of the colours, the humour portrayed in many of the images, as well as the quality of the examples, conjures up another era. Stock ID: 169480 . . . . . . . . #design #art #canberra #australia #visitcanberra #antique #old #vintagestyle #handmade #vintageshop #rare #prints #maps #bookstore #books #bookstagram #book #reading #booklover #bookworm #bookstagrammer #read @ Asia Bookroom

18.01.2022 Asia Bookroom has just completed a short catalogue on a small selection of items of Cultural Revolution interest in stock. Link below! https://www.asiabookroom.com/catalogues.php

17.01.2022 This Complete Map of The World is a very attractive brightly coloured woodblock world map, folds into paper covered card covers with handwritten title on upper cover, housed in a modern box with toggles, legend and an illustration of the Earth lower section. Explantory notes in Japanese around the map, publication details on left edge with chops. Occasional tiny holes in the map itself and a few places of worming on the margins, paper on covers a little insect dama...ged in places, generally very good. 37 x 65.5cm. . .[Edo]. 6 [ 1853]. Described as being based on a Dutch map, this map gives a rather sketchy and fanciful vision of the world divided into six continents, each given a different colour: Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Rimia (?= Africa), Mekaranika (the Antarctic, including Australia), and the Cold Region of Night Countries (Arctic). The general outlines and depiction of the six continents is quite similar to that of 18th century maps by the famous Japanese mapmaker Nagakubo Sekisui, although Nagakubo's maps are more accurate in their depiction of the outline of Japan and other regions. On this map Central Asia is marked as the "Country of Women", northern Europe as "Country of Small People", and South America as the "Country of Tall People". One group of islands to the south of Japan is labelled "Robbers" (The mapping of Europe is also quite sketchy, although, perhaps predictably, "Holland" is clearly marked, as is Jagatara (Jakarta) in Asia. Antactica is still marked with the inscription "Chinese people have not been to this area, so the landscape and people are unknown" (an inscription which also appears on 18th century maps by Nagakubo Sekisui). On the other hand, the depiction of North America includes "Virginia" and "Republic Politics () Washington". The seas of the world are labeled "Great East Sea (which is the western Atlantic), Little East Sea (the Pacific), Little West Sea (the Indian Ocean) and "Great East Sea" (the western Atlantic). The depiction of Japan itself is quite sketchy, with very small dots for Ezo (Hokkaido).

17.01.2022 We are live at the Virtual Amsterdam Book Fair which will be open until October 4! We will be releasing some of the treasures we are unveiling at the fair on Instagram today so stay tuned. Visit and browse our virtual stand from the comfort of your home. Our link is in our bio . .... . . . . . . . . . . #AmsterdamBookFair #AmsterdamBookFair2020 #virtualbookfair #virtualbookfair2020 #rarebooks #rarebooksforsale #NVvA #koninklijkevhok #manuscripts #maps #prints #vintagephotographs #vintage #VirtualAmsterdamBookFair #bibliophile #bookcollecting #bookcollector ##bookloversofinstagram #booklovers #books #bookstagram #bookcommunity #rarebookcollector #rarebookcommunity #antiquebooks #antiquebooksforsale #rarebooksofinstagram #Amsterdam #bibliomania See more

17.01.2022 COLORADO FAMILY ALBUM FEATURING A TRIP TO MANCHURIA AND JAPAN IN THE 1920S A delightful family photo album containing photos mostly taken in the early 1920s although some, which appear to have been taken in Colorado, appear to be earlier. Nearly half of the photos were taken in Japan and Manchuria, others were taken in Colorado, in Hawaii and on board ship during crossings of the Pacific on the "Siberia Maru" and "Korea Maru". These latter include lively shots of plays, gam...es and pillow fights as the passengers while away the time on the long voyage. It is likely that the owner of the album had a connection to the mining industry, as there are images of mines in Leadsville, Colorado, and a large group photo labelled "Burma Mines Ltd, Namtu Detachment C. Co, 34th UB Btln, IDF, Nov. 3rd 1918". The photographs of Manchuria are particularly interesting. Many were taken in Shenyang (then known as Mukden), and as well as images of famous landmarks like the Peiling Tombs, there are numerous street scenes of markets, spirit money sellers etc. There are also photos of rural Manchuria showing horse teams, a blacksmith at work, and ancient stupas, as well as a rather disconcerting photo of a smiling western man holding a skull in each hand - perhaps excavated from some sort of archaeological dig. The family also travelled to Japan, visiting Nagasaki and Nikko, of which several photos are included in the album. There are also a group of 4 postcards showing scenes in Nagasaki. They seem to have been keen sportspeople - there are photos of tennis and golf playing and ice-hockey, and of surfing off Honolulu's Waikiki Beach. Over half of the photographs are family pictures or were taken in Colorado showing mountain scenes, log cabins etc. Over 400 black and white photographs held in place with photo corners or tipped in with paper hinges, a few loose presented in a photograph album with black card leaves. Modern gilt fasterners and cord ties. Some occasional silvering at edges, a small number have creases at lower corner or are chipped at the lower corner but overall both the album and photographs are in very good condition. No date. (circa 1920). Stock ID: 171089

17.01.2022 San Francisco Virtual Map Fair is live! Today we feature one of our highlights available through the link in our bio until October 25th [1937 Map of Japanese Controlled Manchuria]. ... . [Manshukoku Ryakuzu]. [Outline Map of Manchukuo]. Colour folding printed map, 39.5 x 34.5cm, pencilled date at lower margin, a little light even browning on the reverse. Very good copy. No details of publisher. Tokyo. 12 [ 1937] Map of Manchukuo as of January 1, 1937. Legends include country and district borders, major cities, South Manchuria Railway lines, planned railway routes and vehicle roads. [When referring to this item please use our stock number 171111]

15.01.2022 Album of Chinese Political Newspaper Clippings titled Eternal Glory to the Great Leader and Mentor Chairman Mao Zedong! This fascinating scrap book documents the major personal and political achievements of Chairman Mao. The first 10 leaves of this album give a photographic chronology of Mao Zedong dated from 1919 to 1973. It is also includes two government announcements jointly issued by four top political and military organisations informing the public that Chairman Mao ...died at 0:10 am in Beijing on 9th September 1976 and giving details of the state funeral and memorial service. A long list of the members of the Chairman Mao Zedong Funeral Committee is also reported along the announcement. The committee was led by [Hua Guofeng], [Wang Hongwen], [Ye Jianying] and [Zhang Chunqiao]. It reports that, even within seven days of Mao's death more than 300,000 people demonstrated their sorrow by visiting the Great Hall of the People or gathering within Tiananmen Square. This scrapbook also includes six leaves of newspaper clippings published in the period between the 9th and 10th of September 1976 giving the reactions of various provincial communist committees and military committees (circa 1976). Stock ID: 171427

15.01.2022 Illustrated Guide Book for Travellers Round the World. This volume gives the 19th century Japanese reader an overview of the Arctic, Iceland, Russia, Turkey, Italy and Switzerland. Although the text is in Japanese there are English titles throughout, some with rather charming translations such as "Inclined Tower of Pisa" and "The Store House Underground in which Bishop Bone are Buried" over the top of an image of the Roman catacombs. For more wonderful items go to: https://www.asiabookroom.com/

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14.01.2022 A peek at one of our items featured in the #bostonbookfair Tuberculosis Prevention Poster Circa 1925 This very striking Japanese government poster was published to raise awareness for the prevention of tuberculosis. It bears the campaign slogan "Train your body!" in Japanese. The artists style is strong and dynamic as the young men wrestle like sumo wrestlers while in the background an industrial area with smoking chimneys can be seen. The poster was produced by the Japan...ese Department of Public Health of the Social Welfare Agency in Ministry of Interior in the 1920s. Tuberculosis was a serious disease in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s continuing to plague the country through until the end of the Pacific War. Its impact was such that it became known as the "nation ruining disease". Infection was severe particularly among the factory workers where conditions were poor and they worked and slept in crowded conditions. During the 1930s, the patient numbers increased to 1.3 million (2% of the population) and over 130,000 people died. To try to combat this the government carried out numerous public health campaigns for disease prevention of which this poster is an example. This dramatic poster is aimed at young men working in factories hoping to inspire them to remain healthy and keep fit. The artist signed as Kitajima on the poster unfortunately we have not been able to locate any information about him. Scarce, we could find no libraries which hold this. Stock ID: 170403

13.01.2022 Japanese Travel Guide for the United States. Detailed travel guide for first time Japanese travellers on the United States rail system. The booklet discusses the necessity of making an itinerary; facilities of the trains; how to purchase a train ticket; luggage; railway routes in the US; fares; and so on. For more interesting ephemera go to: https://www.asiabookroom.com/

13.01.2022 Up first on our #AmsterdamBookFair2020 Showcase REFERENCE SKETCHES FROM JAPANESE ARTIST'S COLLECTION. SKETCHES OF A DUTCH SEA CAPTAIN, A CHINESE MERCHANT AND HIS WIFE. .... This Collection of five funpon () or artists' sketches by Kitajima Ten in ink on Japanese paper are by Kitajima Ten. Funpon or artists' sketches were used by Japanese artists as references for future works. As Japanese artists rarely worked from life, artists would collect as many funpon as possible so when called upon to paint a picture of a particular subject they would have images from which to work from, in a manner similar to building a reference library. We have not found a reference to the artist who made these sketches, Kitajima Ten but it seems likely he was a minor artist in Nagasaki who had observed the Dutch and Chinese merchants and would likely have received commissions to paint scenes depicting foreigners. These sketches were almost certainly based on earlier Japanese paintings showing Chinese and Dutch merchants. The sketches in this group depict a Dutch Sea Captain and Chinese merchants reflecting the situation in Japan at the time. In the Edo period, only the Dutch and Chinese were allowed to trade with Japan in Nagasaki. The Chinese merchants lived in the Chinese quarter in Nagasaki and had relative freedom to go around the town, whereas the Dutch merchants were confined on a small artificial island called Deshima or Dejima. Due to Japan's isolation from the world at that time Japanese people were especially fascinated by the exotic appearance and culture of foreign people. Pictures of foreigners were always in good demand, and in the late Edo period, especially after Japan opened up to the West in 1858, a lot of prints and paintings depicting foreigners were produced by ukiyo-e artists and traditional painters. No doubt these sketches would have been used as the basis of many. Stock ID: 157329

13.01.2022 Combined edition of Chinese language newspaper reporting 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games (25 July to 9 August 1992) organised by Xinhua News Agency and published by Olympic Express Agency. It covers the period from July 4th to August 12th 1992 issued daily. This collection has a total of 39 issues bound together but lacks the first issue (July 4th) and the upper wrapper, paper spine is damaged with loss, pictorial lower wrapper present. Each issue runs for 8 pages pr...inted on double sided. Binding very poor but the issues themselves are in good condition. Text in Chinese. 38 x 26.1cm. Working copy only. 1992 Summer Olympic was the third Olympic Games China participated after a long absence (1956- 1980). China won 16 golds, 22 silvers and 22 bronzes and ranked 4th at that game. Many history first records achieved for the Chinese team. A big break through for Chinese swimming team, especially the women's team, winning 4 golds and 5 silvers. World famous table-tennis player Deng Yaping went home with both single and double golds and was honourably presented the gold medals by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163625). . . . . . . . . #newspaper #news #AsiaBookroom #media #india #photography #historicNewspapers #newspapers #instagood #journalism #Olympics #OlympicGames #China #Spain #Vintage #vintagebooks #bookstagram #vintage #books #booklover #bibliophile #booksforsale #bookcollector #oldbooks #vintagebooksforsale #bookstore #rarebooks #antiquebooks #booknerd #Olympians See more

10.01.2022 Map of Asia from 1569 by Sebastian Munster New India, with many adjoining countries, beautiful Scythia, Parchia, Arabia, Persia etc. An early black & white woodcut map decorated with a large fish and a mermaid written in old German with the place names in Latin.... The map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, published in 1569 by Sebastian-Heinrich Petri in Basel. Munster is best known for his Cosmographia Universalis, first published in 1544 and released in at least 35 editions by 1628. It was the first German-language description of the world and contained 471 woodcuts and 26 maps over six volumes. The Cosmographia was widely used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The text, woodcuts, and maps all influenced geographical thought for generations. Münster's general map of Asia, based on the reports of the Portuguese, Arabs, and Marco Polo, including Cathay, Quinzay and the famous 7448 islands which are supposed to represent the present-day Philippines (Palawan). From the 1569 German edition of Munster's Cosmographia, one of the most important works of the 16th Century. The rear of the map has a title cartouche : India new wie zu unsern zeiten erfaren und beschriben ist zu lanndt und zu wasser, mit onsaeligen insslen gross und klein.(New India with the latest description of land and water, with numerous islands large and small.) rriuj. Book V - Asia Minor, Cyprus, Armenia, Palestine, Arabia, Persia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Scythia, Tartary, India, Ceylon, Burma, China, East Indies, Madagascar, Zanzibar, published 1544-1598 Sebastian-Heinrich Petri. Basel. 1569 Stock ID: 155772 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #rarebooks #bookstagram #books #oldbooks #bibliophile #book #antiquarianbooks #bookcollector #vintagebooks #antiquebooks #art #bookshop #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookseller #firstedition #bookstore #bookbinding #bookworm #library #literature #booksofinstagram #instabooks #vintage #antiquarian #rarebook #s #booksforsale #bookshelf #bhfyp @ Asia Bookroom

10.01.2022 Today’s Spotlight An Asahi Shinbun titled ENTIRE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE SECURED. February 17,1942. Folded broadsheet newspaper, black and white photographic and line illustrations, 4pp. Light even browning, small chip outer margin, very good. Main headline: "Entire island of Singapore Secured; Navy and Entire Naval Harbor Taken" with an article describing the Fall of Singapore. A related article is headlined "Peace and Order in City Being Maintained", while another ...article reports the sinking of British vessels escaping from the port of Singapore. Other front page headlines are "Our Submarine Force Actively Engaged in Indian Ocean" (reporting on the way that the capture of Singapore has opened up the Indian Ocean to Japanese submarines) and "'We Have Our Hands Full with Defence of Homeland' Says Tearful Churchill" (suggesting that fall of Singapore has undermined British confidence and belief in Churchill's leadership). The main front page photo shows the port of Senlantar burning after bombing raid, and there is also a small photo of US Admiral Thomas C. Hart, who is described as having been killed in battle whereas Hart actually lived until 1971. Inside pages report the fighting in China and include a list of soldiers awarded medals for actions in China. An article headlined "Japanese Rescued by Journalists: 29 Imprisoned in Changi" reports how two Japanese war journalists who discovered that Japanese were being held in Changi Prison, Singapore, on suspicion of spying etc., and rescued them from the prison. Photographs on the inside pages show Tojo and others celebrating the capture of Singapore, and trophy items salvaged from the wreck of the British warship "Prince of Wales". Stories on the back page include an account of the "southward advance of woven textiles", describing how Japanese textiles are expanding into Southeast Asian markets. Text in Japanese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159894). See more

10.01.2022 Girl's Sports Sugoroku [. 1926.] Features 15 photos of sportswomen and two photos of groups of women's teams is printed in blue ink. A colourful sugoroku featuring women playing a range of sports, including tennis, netball, athletics, swimming, volleyball and ping-pong. The surrounding text provides information on how to play the game, while the central image shows a victorious sports woman receiving her trophy. The images are delightful and ...quintessentially 1920s illustrations of the more liberated "new women" of Taisho Era Japan. The reverse side shows photos of leading women sports champions of the day, and tables of Japanese women's sports records in swimming and athletics. The text discusses the problem of identifying the greatest Japanese women sports players, and notes that whereas official records exist in sports such as track and field, there are no records in sports like tennis. It also states that, although there are rankings in men's tennis, there are no official rankings in women's tennis. The women champions featured (with photos) include Irie Hiroko and Nagai Hanako in swimming, Terao Fumiko in 100 metres sprint, and Fukusawa Tokiko in high jump. Published by the sports section of the Osaka Shinbun newspaper. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164505). . . . . . . . #japan #tokyo #japanese #art #manga #love #travel #kawaii #vintageposter #poster #vintage #vintageposters #posterdesign #posterart #originalposter #interiordesign #art #graphicdesign #affiche #vintagemovieposter #decor #vintagedecor #postercollection #homedecor #retro #artposter #asiabookroom See more

09.01.2022 Still wondering what to make for lunch today? Here is something to inspire the Chef in us all... Three Luncheon and One Dinner Menu from the S.S. Hakone Maru The choice of food available is fascinating: Good Fellow Grate Abalone Chowder, Individual Pork Rabbit Pie and Gruyere Cheese on Toast with Welsh Bacon just to name a few. A delightful collection.... Four menus, 19 x 13.3cm with striking Japanese woodblock style illustrated covers. One image is duplicated but has different contents. Dated 14th July 1941, 3rd August 1941, 9th August 1941 and 18th September 1941. The Hkoku Maru-class ocean liner (, Hkoku Maru-gata Kakyakusen) was a Japanese ocean liner, serving during 1940 and World War II. (Wikipedia). Stock ID: 165277 . . . . . . #recipes #Foodies #VintageRecipes #recipeshare #Menu #rarebooks #bookstagram #historicnewspaper #oldbooks #bibliophile #newspapers #antiquarianbooks #bookcollector #vintagebooks #antiquebooks #art #bookshop #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookseller #firstedition #bookstore #library #literature #booksofinstagram #instabooks #vintage #antiquarian#bookshop #AsiaBookroom See more

09.01.2022 As we adapt to a COVID-19 world, we have been enjoying finding new ways to connect with you. Today at 2-11PM GMT (Friday 5 June 2020) @abararebooks invites you to partake in Firsts Online a digital rare book fair! Asia Bookroom will be participating alongside 120 Exhibitors from 15 countries offering rare and beautiful works including books, maps, manuscripts and ephemera. Highlights? Biased as we are, we think all the items are very interesting and unusual! If forced to make... some choices: *The huge very scarce brightly coloured decorative map published by the Japanese navy in 1940 to celebrate their 2600th anniversary [Commemorating the 2600th Year. Pictorial Story of Japan as the Sea Nation]. *The beautiful copy of The European in India; From a Collection of Drawings, By Charles Doyley with its stunning full page colour plates *The wickedly salicious novel by de Martel and de Hoyer Silhouettes of Peking *The fascinating unauthorised Japanese news sheet or kawaraban the title of which translated to Illustrated Interpretations of 70 Types of Small Civil Crimes. It is amazing how many ways there were to fall foul of the authorities in 1876! We are very lucky to have this kind of fair it’s not elitist, it’s not specialist, you don’t have to be a scholar, you just have to be someone with an immense thirst for the glory of books. Stephen Fry, actor, writer and book collector @ Asia Bookroom

07.01.2022 1925 Tokyo Round Trip Board Game (). Delightful coloured folding sugoroku or Japanese game, a little stained along two folds, some childish drawing on reverse but still a pleasing copy. 54.5 x 78.7 This sugoroku takes you on a journey around Tokyo, from Tokyo Station, the players visit Hibiya Park, Sengakuji Temple, Meguro Racecourse, Meiji Shrine, Kaminarimon(Asakusa area), Ueno Park, Kabukiza etc. and finally returning to Tokyo Station. Mt. Fuji is in the middle of Sugoroku with a crane are drawn on the left. Stock ID: 16343 @ Asia Bookroom

06.01.2022 Please join me in signing this petition to stop the NLA from irrevocably changing the important Asian Collections they offer to the world. The National Library of Australia has one of the finest Asia related collections in the world. Scholars from across the world visit the National Library both in person and via the Internet to use this important and significant resource. Built up by knowledgeable and devoted librarians since the 1950s this collection is a significant factor in making the National Library of Australia relevant to the broad population of today's Australia. We are no longer a white Anglo run nation and need to reflect this.

03.01.2022 Interested in Japan? Be sure to take a look at our latest catalogue, '"Tweets" from 19th Century Japan'. https://www.asiabookroom.com/catalogues.php

03.01.2022 Coloured Chinese propaganda poster. This poster shows a happy productive scene at a harvest market. Four women in the foreground happily enjoy viewing new fabric swatches and rolls. In the background some peasants are busy offloading grain while on the right hand side a female worker in white apron explains the content on the posters on the wall to a group of people. Stock ID: 158278... . . . . . . . . #design #art #canberra #australia #visitcanberra #antique #old #vintagestyle #handmade #vintageshop #rare #prints #maps #bookstore #books #bookstagram #book #reading #booklover #bookworm #bookstagrammer #read

01.01.2022 Asia Bookroom has just issued a catalogue for the New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2019 on our website. Check it out here: https://www.asiabookroom.com/catalogues.php