• [Yakusha-e woodblock] by Producer not identified

  Call Number: Special Collections (Horizontal Shelving) ; NE1318.J3 Y34 1897

  Publication Date: 1897?

  "This finely carved woodblock was used as one part of a triptych print depicting Kabuki actors originally created by Kunisada III. The carved image on the reverse is unrelated, and demonstrates the way in which such boards could be re-used for other compositions." -vendor
• Senkeiban zushiki : Naniwa shomeika shūzu. 占景盤圖式 : 浪速諸名家集圖 / 墨江武禅翁遺意. by Buzen Sumie

  Call Number: Special Collections (Books, Quarto) ; SB447.5 .S955 1826

  Publication Date: not before 1826

  A complete two-volume set of 24 colour woodblock-printed bonkei illustrations published in the late Edo period. Bonkei (also known as senkeiban), miniature landscape- or garden-displays artfully arranged on small trays, evolved in Japan from Chinese penjing during the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Bonkei often feature miniature buildings and figurines, and are closely related to bonsai, bankei, and saikei.
• Hida no Takumi monogatari. 斐陀匠物語. by Masamochi Ishikawa

  Call Number: Carleton Library Special Collections (Books) (PL799.I7 H54 1809)

  Publication Date: 1809

  Edo-period wood engravings. On double leaves; (fukurotoji) pouch binding. 6 volumes.
• Mōshi hinbutsu zukō. 毛詩品物圖攷 / 岡元鳳纂輯. by Genpō Oka

  Call Number: Special Collections (Books, Quarto) ; RS180.C5 O425 1785

  Publication Date: 1785

  Table of Contents: All 7 parts include: pts. 1-2. Plants -- pt. 3. Trees -- pt. 4. Birds -- pt. 5. Animals -- pt. 6. Insects -- pt. 7. Fish.
• [Shokanron], or [The theory of lascivious connoisseurship of women] by Publisher not identified

  Call Number: Special Collections (Books) ; NE1321.85.S58 S46 1765

  Publication Date: between 1764 and 1765?

  "Many fine woodcuts (the first color-printed), of which 29 are double-page & 9 are single-page. 50 folding leaves."
• Kinmō zui. 訓蒙圖彙. by Tekisai Nakamura

  Call Number: Special Collections (Books, Quarto) ; PL676 .N3 1670

  Publication Date: 1670

  A popular illustrated encyclopedia, the first of its kind in Japan.
  [v.1] Preface and table of contents.
  [v.2] pt.1. Astronomy -- pt.2. Geography -- pt.3. Residence -- pt.4. People -- pt.5. Body -- pt.6. Clothes -- pt.7. Treasure goods [Precious objects].
  [v.3] pts. 8-10. Utensils.
  [v.4] pt.11. Utensils -- pt.12. Livestock -- pt.13. Birds -- pt.14. Arowana [freshwater bony fish] -- pt.15. Insects.
  [v.5] pt.16. Rice -- pt.17. Vegetables -- pt.18. Fruits -- pt.19. Trees and bamboo -- pt.20. Flowers.
• Sutra of perfection of wisdom : kasuga-ban. 般若波羅蜜多. by Xuanzang, approximately 596-664, translator.

  Call Number: Special Collections Off Site Display ; BQ1965 S87 1311

  Publication Date: 1311

  Text is volume 498 of the "Sutra of Perfection of Wisdom", or "Mahaprajnaparamita sutra". In Japanese: "Daihannya haramitta kyo"