Painting Japanese Monkeys - OOP

Size: 22.5cm x 30cm - Pages: 126 - Published: 2003 - Price: $70 - Softcover

This book is awesome!! Step by step visual instructions on painting various simians with special attention to heads, bodies and body positioning, facial expressions and features and hands and feet. . Amazing full color full illustrations in the back of uniquely Japanese renditions of monkeys including monkey samurai warriors, monkeys with Buddhist deities and the beloved Japanese Macaque monkeys.

This book is out of print and stock of mint copies is limited, I do have 2 copies in stock at present. but if this book is out of stock when you I will refund your payment and let you know as soon as more come in.

Size: 6" x 8" - Pages: 73 - Published:2006 - Price: $80 - Softcover

This is one of Trevor Brown's first books - now out of print. Cover to cover Brown girls tressed with clamps, braces, syringes, tubing, bones, splints, eyeballs, blood, bandages, amputations, slings, ball gags, nurses with whips, eye patches, stitches, white cotton panties, black eyes and bow ties. I still can't flick thru a Trevor Brown book without shruddering...but I guess that's the point.

I have a copy in stock now and if I don't have it in I will add you to our list and email you when I get another one in.

Hand Carved Wooden Hyottoko Mask $120

Hand Carved Wooden Hyottoko Mask

* appx. 16cm x 25 cm
* hand carved with beautiful detailing around the eyes and mouth
* excellent condition, no major nicks or scratches
* $120

Horiyoshi III Charity Poster $13 + shipping

* All proceeds go to help the victims of the Tohaku earthquake.
* Posters are limited to 500. Horiyoshi will be doing a series of 5 charity
posters. This is the first.
* Appx. 20" x 24"
* The Kanji up the side says, "North East Japan Charity Poster"

Horimono in Japan - Rare Japanese Tattoo Book circa 1973

This book is cool.

Size: 18.5 ” x 23 ” - Pages: 144 - Published: 1973 - Price: $180 - Softcover


This is an old and super rare book on Japanese tattoos.It's amazing. I have one in my personal collection I found years ago and just picked up this duplicate copy over the weekend. It includes both color and monochrome ukiyo-e with tattoo imagery, some wonderfully dated Japanese people showing off their tattoowork, examples of tattoos in the old samurai movies, photos of tebori being performed, photos of festivals like the sanja matsuri where tattooed men in fundoshi gather to celebrate. There is a photo of a removed tattooed skin as well as photos of Western style tattoos of the time period. This book is a piece of history.


This book is out of print and really hard to find. I do have 1 in stock but if you want it get it now because I cannot guarantee running across another copy.



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Size: 8.5” x 11” - Pages: 176 - Published: 2011 - Price: $52 - Binding: Softcover

This just came out and it is fantastic. Nagasawa Rosetsu was an 18th century (mid-Edo period) painter and his imagery is very compelling. He did some amazing dragons and a peacock that is just gorgeous! His animals are brought to life with subtle yet powerful colors, his sumi illustrations have energy and movement - I am very impressed with his work and am already hunting some alternate publications on his illustrations so stay tuned....



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OOP Kano Hogai Collection

Size: 10" x 12.5" - Pages: 104 - Published: 1979 - Price: $125 - Softcover

This is a must have reference book. Kano Hogai was a 19thC Japanese painter most famous for his dragons, falcon and Kannon images. He painted on silk scrolls, his style amazingly detailed, and his use of color more bold than his forefathers the ukiyo-e masters. This book boasts nice big full page images along with a couple of fold-outs - excellect for examining the intricate details in the illustrations. I have a copy now and if I don't have it in stock I will add you to our list and email you when I get another one in.