Japanese Ephemera

JPC 489

Original Japanese woodblock print Train Map of Osaka, BANKOKU JOKI SEN, issued by a rice seller, KOME YA ZEN EMON as an advertisement for tourists visiting the city, c1880. Map measures 10 1/4 X 15 inches (open) and closes to 5 X 7 1/2 inches and includes the train station, train lines, shops, a church, etc. M

Price: $650.00

JPC 488

1933 Imperial Japan National Defense Map. Size 54x78cm. By the Osaka Mainichi Newspaper. M

Price: $550.00

JPC 484

Japanese map The Armament of East Asia. Size 27x39cm. Unknown publisher. M

Price: $390.00

JPC 476

Recruiting postcard for the “wild eagles” (airforce). M

Price: $90.00

JPC 475

World War 1 victory postcard. M

Price: $70.00

JPC 465

Peace restoration postcard, November 1918. M

Price: $80.00

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1933 Japanese Sugoroku game Expedition Treasure Castle, by Kodansha Ltd. Size 78x54cm. M

Price: $300.00

JPC 458

1932 map the Newest World Transportation by Jijishinpo-sha newspaper. Shows regular transport routes and highlights some of the more famous famous flights. Size 78x108cm. M

Price: $450.00

JPC 452

This sugoroku describes Japanese history from the Perry Expedition to the London Naval Treaty. Produced in 1928 by Shogakukan, it is 79 x 54cm. Condition is good. Some of the figures include:

6. Lieutenant Colonel Tachibana. Tachibana Shuta (3 November 1865 – 31 August 1904) was a soldier in the early Imperial Japanese Army, noted for his heroic death in combat during the Russo-Japanese War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachibana_Shūta

7. Oda Nobunaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga

8. Saigo Takamori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigo_Takamori

14. Meeting of Generl Nogi and Russian Generl Stessel

16. Lieutenant colonel Hirose. Takeo Hirose (May 27, 1868 – March 27, 1904) was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. His selfless sacrifice during the Russo-Japanese War elevated him to the status of a deified national hero. Rare. M

Price: $600.00

JPC 450

This is an older sugoroku, dated 1918. The title is “Fly Bomb Sugoruku”. The size is 74.5 x 54cm and the publisher is Hakubunkan. Some repairs on back. Rare. M

Price: $590.00

JPC 449