[Rarebooks] FS: 1905 Catalog of Japanese Arms & Armor

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

"Catalogue of Arms and Armor of Old Japan. Examples of the Famous
Miyochin's, and others Celebrated for Their Work in Metals. Also Sword
Guards, Knife Handles, Pewter, Carvings, Brocades and other Objects on
Interest to Amateurs and Connoisseurs gathered on a Recent Visit to Japan
by Bunkio Matsuki"

New York; American Art Association: February 10-11, 1905.

An auction sale at Thomas Kirby's American Art Association, featuring
material gathered by Bunkio Matsuki, the Japanese monk/dealer who, working
with Edward Morse, helped popularize Japanese arts in America in the last
decades of the 19th century. This catalog includes material he claimed to
have purchased from some of Japan's leading daimyo families, as well as
blades and other objects purchased with the help of Choga Imamura,
director of the military museum at Tokyo.

Softcover. 6.25"x8.5", about 80 pages, 502 lots, 16 b/w plates; pictorial
covers; light soil, slight spotting to some of the plates, a little
overall wear, but a very nice copy.  [30587]  $150.00

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