Japanese Ephemera
National history illustrated story sugoroku. Size: 80X56cm. Produced in 1936 by Shogakukan Empress Jingu punitive expedition to three Han (Korea). 2. Emperor Jinmu (first emperor), 9. Perry Expedition, 10. Capital transferred to Tokyo, 11. Battle of Tsushima, 12. Gravestone of ultra-heroic deed of three soldier. M
Price: $700.00
Sugoroku titled Imperial Japanese Army Banzai. Size 78x54cm. Published in 1940 by Kodansha Limited. Inserts titled (1) Senninbari, (3) pray for your good fortune in battle, (5) air defense training, (8) comfort bag, (13) let's buy government bonds, (20) consolation for families of soldiers at the front, (21) be careful about spies, (23) saying goodbye to soldiers going to the front. M
Price: $700.00
Japanese Banzai Sugoroku. Size 54×79 cm. Published in 1933 by Koudan-sha. Translated frames are (10) Promulgation of constitution, 11. Peace Conference for First Sino-Japanese War (Treaty of Shimonoseki), (12) Lieutenant colonel Hirose, (13) Lieutenant Colonel Tachibana. Russo-Japnese War: (14) General Nogi, (15) Entry of Mukden, (16) Battle of Tsushima. Sino-Japanese war (WWII): (17). Three suicide bombers (They engaged in a suicide attack to the19th Route Army at Baoshan, Shanghai in 1932, (18) Aerial war at Shanghai. Some tear marks and repairs on reverse. M
Price: $700.00
Japanese sugoroku tiled Light of the Morning Sun. It is about the Russo-Japanese war and dated 1905. Published by the Osaka Assahi Newspaper Company. Size 73x51cm. The frames are as follows: (Start). Break of entente, 1. Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 15. Sinking Rurik, 19. Occupied Liaoyang, 6. Special ambassador (Special ambassador Ito (1st Prime Minister of Japan) visits Korean Emperor), 7. Makarov dead, 21. Fall of Port arthur, 8. Occupied Jiuliancheng, 9. Landing of Liaodong, 10. Attack of Namsan. M
Price: $700.00
1943 kamishibai titled CHIKAI NO TSUBASA. It is the story of a young man whose father had been a pilot but died at the beginning of the war. The son decides to train to become a pilot as well so he can fly for the spirit of his father. 20 cards complete with each card 10 X 15 inches. M
Price: $700.00
Japanese sugoroku titled Hard fighting of Hero and Mighty man. Produced in 1929 and illustrated by Ioe Saito. Shows amongst other things the Battle of Pyongyang in the first Sino-Japanese War. Also shows Russo-Japanese War.Published by Hakubunkan. Size 79x55cm. M
Price: $600.00
JPC 730Note: Ioe Saito Illustrator. Born in Chiba Prefecture. Graduate in Western Painting Department at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, the present Tokyo University of the Arts. The cover of the first issue of Shonen kurabu [Boys' club] magazine was drawn by Saito in 1914, and since then, he subsequently created covers, frontispieces and illustrations for the magazine. He established reputation as an illustrator with solid design skills. He also provided illustrations for Koroku Sato’s A gyokuhai ni hana ukete [Ah! Flowers in a jade cup] and Shonen sanka [Anthem of youth], Jiro Osaragi’s Sangakuto kidan [The strange story of the Montagnards] and Hanamaru Kotorimaru [Hanamaru and Kotorimaru], and Eiji Yoshikawa’s Shinshu tenmakyo [Heavenly horse in the divine land].
