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[TSUKIOKA, Settei]. ONNA DAI RAKU TAKARA BAKO: GREAT PLEASURE FOR LADIES ON OPENING THE TREASURE-BOX.
A 1770'S ILLUSTRATED TREATISE ON LOVE-MAKING AND SEXOLOGY This is an early erotic illustrated book, with color woodblock printing on the frontis page, the balance of the work is in Sumi [black India ink & white] entirely hand printed on hand-made Washi paper, contained in a new indigo Chitsu [folding case] with new title labels, two bone clips. The fascinating point of this unusual work is that women of all classes of Japanese society are illustrated and discussed as all have the same basic instincts, erotic nature, erotic zones and erotic pleasures. The work was designed and illustrated to be an erotic training book for women and girls. * This book illustrates various classes of Japanese society, farmers life, showing the threshing of and planting of paddy rice by both men and women, most of whom are engaged in love making while performing their tasks. The book then continues into Japanese court life taken from the Tale of Genji, with nobles fully engaged in love-making throughout. This set of illustrations are done in the old Momoyama style, where the viewer is somewhere in the clouds, looking down upon the earthlings as they engaged in their daily life and love. The next section begins the instructional text and illustrations of ONNA DAI RAKU TAKARA BAKO, wherein we see a mother presenting her daughter with a lacquered tray containing two dildos, one white, the other black. Its time for the young lady to learn the pleasures of self stimulation & enjoyment. * The next shows a man and his lover sitting at the Kotatsu [table over a Hibachi-like warmer with quilt cover], while the girl looks at an erotic book, the man uses his toes to stimulate her clitoris. Next shows a father teaching his daughter calligraphy, while he makes love to a very ecstatic mother. Followed by a several views of couples fully engaged in love making. One shows lovers exchanging tongue kisses & making love while a maid voyeurs. Then a group of superb illustrations showing couples making love while engaged in daily chores, such as spinning thread, washing Kimono, weaving, embroidery, knotting silk cord, papermaking [this is illustrated in Hillier as #108, see notes below], dyeing thread and others. * Next shows a very unusual & highly imaginative illustration of a woman under a horse who penetrates her open vulva with huge penis that has a silk cord tied around it. Others show couples engaged in love-making: tea-leaf pickers, fishermen & fisher women, pleasure boat passengers, Shamisen players, and a host of others enjoying a passionate moment. * Following is a fascinating physiognomic illustration in the central part of the book, revealing a graphic display of superior feminine sexual markers. A nude woman is depicted showing her places of superior sexual value and locations of excitement. These are individually marked with a tremendous amount of black dots, with a descriptive paragraph of explanation. Jumping to the last page, it continues in this vein, but with focus strictly on the vulva: the various shapes and types, markers of the labia, clitoris and showing the various "types," that is, those with and without pubic hair and the value and comparisons. This section begins with a group of illustrations of erotic implements that will enhance the male organ: ointments, powders, silk threads to tie up the penis to keep it erect, "challase" or rings worn and held in place by erection, penis extenders and others that were known to bring joy and pleasure to women. See the William Lessa citation below for more details on the study of physiognomy. * Back to the center of the book, where it continues, with an unusual essay on homosexuality. This essay is on the thirty- two erotic styles of love-making and erotic behavior of men who cross dress and wear women's clothing, and hair styles, who are homosexuals or transvestites. There are 15 illustrations showing the type of young men or boys, who take on the feminine role and submit to being penetrated from the rear and ravaged by their lover men. Illustrations of their faces and physical attributes, reveal the nature of homosexuals and their physiognomy. Openly illustrated, showing the men engaged in love making, with good view of the sexual organs of both men and young boys. * The following section returns to women, with 6 pages showing women in Kimono and what they look like in the nude, with comments on the various "types" of faces, bodies and sexual and physiognomic markers. Followed by a section on the vocabulary, glossary of love words, expressions and love letters. Among the following illustrations is a very RARE view of a Nagasaki Dutchman and his Japanese courtesan or whore and her pleasures of the large foreign penis. In this section are also illustrations of various sex toys, penis extenders, rings, balls, lacquer penis tips & for the less than virile male, followed by several pages of sex education texts. * For more on physiognomy see William Lessa: CHINESE BODY DIVINATIONS: Its Forms, Affinities, and Functions. This outlines the physical body features that have special meanings in physiognomy, neomancy, metoposcopy et al. Again, the Japanese have used Chinese physiognomy for centuries as part of their medical pantheon to explain how physical features represent a systematic description of sexual prowess and attributes, as well as personality and health indicators. * THE ARTIST/AUTHOR Tsukioka Settei was also known by his studio names as Masa- nobu & Rojinsai among others [1710-1786] was a famous Kami- gata painting master [Kyoto-Osaka area artist & style], and was a pupil of the celebrated Sesshu school painter Keiho, and later followed the Kano style. He eventually created his own famous Ukiyo-e, painting style Tsukioka Settei School," which was one of the main branches of Kamigata Ukiyo-e and painting school. He produced over 30 superbly illustrated books during his tenure at the pinnacle of his career ca. [1753-71], including notable Shunga books, and ranked among the best artists of the day, [paraphrased from R. Lane, page 320-321]. His pupils were his sons Sessai, Sekkei; Munenobu [Soushin], Kangetsu, Buzen and Gyokuzan. Per Roberts p.144: [paraphrased] "...Settei used a combination of Moronobu and Sukenobu styles, with traces of aristocratic refinement... especially well known for graceful and elegant erotica, his paintings generally date after 1771 and are quite unlike those of his orthodox Ukiyo-e contemporaries..." * This book title was pun, a parody based on the famous work by Kaibara Ekiken [1630-1714]: ONNA DAI GAKU TAKARA BAKO: A TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE FOR FEMALES, a serious Confucian moral treatise. Our title ONNA DAI RAKU TAKARA BAKO is essentially a knock-off of the Ekiken's famous title, with one character and one sound different, replacing "Kaku" [study, learning] for "Raku" [pleasure, enjoyment, with a sexual connotation and pun]. Basically Settei felt that women should also have proper access to equally valuable and important sexual lessons juxtaposition to Ekiken's work, in order to have a rounded education in all of the "arts." See Hillier [below] for excellent follow-up text on this book, its dual-meaning title, signify cancer and teachings. * All things considered, this is a very good copy of a very obscure and rare book. Profusely illustrated in a charming and elegant manner by an exponent of the early Kayo-e period. This title is seldom found on the market for sale. * BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. Hillier: THE ART OF THE JAPANESE BOOK, vol. 1, pp.289-290 & plate 206; vol. 2. p.1118 index. Hillier also describes & illustrates other erotic titles by Settee on pages 284-296. * L. Roberts: DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.144. * R. Lane: IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD, pp.320-321, under Settee. * H. Kremlin lists another title by him. * Kiyoshi Shibui: UKIYO-E NAISI: Old Documents Concerning Human Life Instincts and Emotions as Interpreted by Japanese Artists in the 18th and Earlier part of the 19th Centuries, Tokyo 1932. See volume 1, p.16, item #15 and the two illustrations on p.10 of the plates for this work, Shibui lists under an alternate title: ONNA DAI RAKU HOKUKAI. * Color scans can be sent by email. 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Japan n.d. ca 1770. New green silk cloth-covered boards, 113 double-folded leaves, woodblock printed by hand on hand-made paper, first few pages later amateur color, thumbed, else as issued, illustrated on nearly every page, 18 x 25 cm. RARE !

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KAEMPFER, Englebert.. 1906. THE HISTORY OF JAPAN TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF SIAM 1690-92..
THE TRUE & EARLY ACCOUNT OF 18TH CENTURY JAPAN BY A DOCTOR A reduced size, but complete reprint of the First edition was published in 1727 by J.G. Scheuchzer. The 2nd. edition in 1778 was improved containing a second index, & a 75-page appendix on the Natural History of the Japanese tea, with accurate description of that plant, its culture, growth, preparation and uses. Also of the paper manufacture of the Japanese. Of the Cure of the Cholick [sic] by the acupuncture, or needle-pricking as it is used by the Japanese. An account of Moxa, an excellent caustic of the Chinese and Japanese, showing how & where to insert the needles & where to burn. In all, the original had 45 finely engraved copper plates and maps, with early illustrations on Japanese tea plants, herb logy & acupuncture adorn this work. * SUBTITLE: Giving an Account of the Ancient and Present State of government of that Empire, of its Temples, Palaces...of the chronology & Succession of the Emperors...Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam...Kaempfer [1651-1716] was a German doctor with a passion for traveling. He went to Nagasaki in 1690-91. His work covers Japanese history & a very reliable & lucid description of the political, social & physical state of the country in the 17th century. * For upwards of 100 years this work remained the chief source of reliable and primary information for the rest of the world. Kaempfer was essentially stationed in Nagasaki harbor on the prison-like island of Dejima, the entrance of which was controlled by the Japanese. There he performed his medical duties as Dutch East India Company physician. Once a year, a representative of the Company was allowed to go to Edo under very strict military guard, to be observed by the Shogun. The entourage went by way of Nagasaki to Kokura, Osaka, Miaco [Kyoto], Fammamatz [Hamamatsu], to Edo, basically up the Tokaido highway. Kaempfer was sent to the Shogun's palace in Edo he was ordered to dance, sing & eat while being scrutinized by the Shogun who shielded himself behind a Sudare or bamboo curtain. The Shogun secretly watched the Oranda-jin [a Dutchman]. Kaempfer was a very open & free-thinking educated man, who was also an intellectual. The Shogun took to him & granted the favor of free travel throughout Japan, unheard of during this period of Japan's & fear of Westerners and isolation to the rest of the world. The Dutch were allowed just so many vessels to visit annually & trade with their "window to the world" at Dejima. Nagasaki became a gathering place for curious Japanese, as well as would-be Ran-gaku-sha [Japanese Scholars of Dutch Learning] who studied science, medicine, astronomy, geography, cartography and the Western art of copper plate printing. From this very tiny island "window" Japan's curious intellectuals made a school & began to teach Western style knowledge to an elite Japanese intelligentsia. * Kaempfer was one of the scant few who gave favor to the rise of such Japanese and taught them what he could. This most famous primary resource has been celebrated since its publication as THE single most important book on Japan in the 18th century. Over the past two centuries & a half, this work has maintained its position as one of the three most important books on Japan done in English in the West. Highly collectable and coveted by connoisseurs, historians & librarians renders this a magnificent primary resource with fabulous etchings. The addition of the appendices in 1728 on the Tea Camellia is the first appearance of this in English. Also the first discussion of acupuncture & the use of Moxa [Mogusa] as a medical remedy. The West is still learning about effectiveness of these two medical treatments to this day. Kaempfer's influence on the Japanese is difficult to assess, except that some of Japan's most intellectual scientists, physicians, reformers and scholars got their Rangaku from Deshima after Kaempfer arrived. Shiba Kokan the "Da Vinci of Japan", Matsukawa Hanzan and a host of others led Japan through the halls of innovation for the next two hundred and fifty years. Even today, medicine is still considered as "Rangaku" in Japan. The roots of Japan becoming a modern, well educated nation emanates from its first introduction of European learning via Deshima. This book documents the beginning of that era. In just two years' stay in Japan, Dr. Kaempfer began Japan's long voyage of equality with the West. RARE in either edition. Kaempfer [1740-1812] was the director of the Deshima factory in 1779-1780 and 1781-1784 in Nagasaki. * BIBLIOGRAPHY: * E. Cox: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF TRAVEL, p.332 * M. Takahashi: CATALOGUE OF SPECIAL BOOKS ON CHRISTIAN MISSIONS, Tenri 1932, vol.1, p.198, no. 4-8. * R A R E. A complete reprint of the original London 1727 edition, with all illustrations. * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

Glasgow 1906, MacLehose. Red cloth, 336+398+386p., 3 volume set, many fold out plates, index, superbly bright, fine copy a reprint copy of London 1727 edition, tops gilt,15 x 23 cm. IN COLLECTOR'S FINE CONDITION

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ROSHOLT, Malcolm.. DAYS OF THE CHING PAO: A Photographic Record of the Flying Tigers 14th Air Force.
A SUPERB GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE "FLYING TIGERS" IN CHINA DAYS OF THE CHING PAO translated from Mandarin into English mean "DAYS OF AIR RAIDS." It is actually the story of the Japanese air raids on 14th Air Force air bases throughout China and the "FLYING TIGER'S" response. * This book is the story of the only American Air Force unit to originate from outside the U.S. and explains why the Americans were ready to fight the Japanese before they had entered the War. * American experience in China in World War II beginning with the American Volunteer Group, better known today as the "FLYING TIGERS," to the China Air Task Force, an offshoot of the "TIGERS" and continuing with the 14th Air Force, which grew out of both organizations and in which some of the original A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group] served thought the war. Photographic illustrations of squadrons, airfield construction, decorations, damage assessments, and assorted documents and pictures. * THE AUTHOR MALCOLM ROSHOLT: In 1931, as a young journalist, he went to Shanghai, as a reporter for the China Free Press. But different from so many other news people, he assimilated with the country. He became a part of their culture. He learned to read, write and speak Chinese with fluency. He traveled far and wide across the great stretches of China and the Gobi Desert by horse and camel, always curious, always searching for greater knowledge. And well into his nineties he was still writing. * In WW II, when Japan wrecked its havoc on the world, Malcolm became an intelligence officer for the Flying Tigers, the American flying unit, engaged in the protecting China against the war of aggression by Japan. * I have known Malcolm, and proud to be his friend, for some sixty years. I did not know Malcolm personally in China, but all airmen knew about him. He operated a mobile radio station deep in enemy territory. Because of his knowledge of Chinese, he could work closely with Chinese ground forces. His role was to report to United States 14th Air Force headquarters in China the movement of enemy troops and particularly aerial attacks. His secondary role, and more important to those of us who flew combat, was to rescue those unfortunate enough to be shot down. And he rescued many from the very grasp of the enemy. He lived a hazardous life, moving constantly to avoid the enemy, and living with the Chinese as one of them. * In his advance position, he reported the tactics and strategy of the enemy that forewarned our Air Force to meet the challenge. He was the eyes and ears of the Flying Tigers that made their accomplishments so successful. Through almost four years of service in the air force in China, he served with distinction and honor. * General Claire Chennault, the Commander of the "FLYING TIGERS" wrote in his autobiography, WAY OF A FIGHTER: "Rosholt covered China for American newspapers before the war...and then served for long months of combat with the Chinese armies under the most primitive conditions." * For his service, he was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star by the American government for exceptional heroism and gallantry and the Order of the White Cloud, the Honorary Ancestral Medal, and the China War Medal, the highest honors bestowed on any foreigner by the Chinese government. * His behind the lines radio station was called Dog Sugar 8. He wrote a semi-autobiographical story of those adventures in a book by that name. His Days of the Ching Pao, which literally translated means "days of the air raids", is a graphic depiction of the Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force role in the victory against Japan. His Flight in the China Air Space is a classic in the history of development of aviation in China. Most of you, of course, know of his many writings on the history of Wisconsin, particularly in the logging industry. As we remember Malcolm, he would also want us to keep in our memories his loving companion of a lifetime, Marge, who shared the triumphs and tragedies with him, and for her literary accomplishments. * Malcolm's autobiography, Rainbow Around the Moon, written and published in his 96th year, is the delightful story of an immigrant's family of struggle in the wilderness to success with his personal experience as a news reporter in China and his military experiences. As set forth in the cover page, "It is a testimonial to them and all others that came to this country and made it great." Malcolm had that rare experience of seeing a "Rainbow Around the Moon" as he crossed the equator on his trip to China, a dramatic view of a full moon encircled by a rainbow, a view that few seldom see. The title that he chose for is autobiography Rainbow Around the Moon is so fitting for the life of this great adventurer and historian. * C.L. Chennault: WAY OF A FIGHTER, p.207 * Malcolm Rosholt: DOG SUGAR EIGHT: A Novel of the 14th Air Force Flying Tigers in World War II. * Malcolm Rosholt. ed. LETTERS HOME FROM SHANGHAI. Written By Margaret Rosholt [his wife]. * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

Appleton 1986 Palmer Rosholt House. Red boards, very clean, pictorial dj.in mylar protector, 192p., profuse b.w. vintage photos, large size 23 x 31 cm. AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY 4TH REVISED & BEST EDITION

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ROSHOLT, Malcolm.. DAYS OF THE CHING PAO: A Photographic Record of the Flying Tigers 14th Air Force.
A SUPERB GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE "FLYING TIGERS" IN CHINA DAYS OF THE CHING PAO translated from Mandarin into English mean "DAYS OF AIR RAIDS." It is actually the story of the Japanese air raids on 14th Air Force air bases throughout China and the "FLYING TIGER'S" response. * This book is the story of the only American Air Force unit to originate from outside the U.S. and explains why the Americans were ready to fight the Japanese before they had entered the War. * American experience in China in World War II beginning with the American Volunteer Group, better known today as the "FLYING TIGERS," to the China Air Task Force, an offshoot of the "TIGERS" and continuing with the 14th Air Force, which grew out of both organizations and in which some of the original A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group] served thought the war. Photographic illustrations of squadrons, airfield construction, decorations, damage assessments, and assorted documents and pictures. * THE AUTHOR MALCOLM ROSHOLT: In 1931, as a young journalist, he went to Shanghai, as a reporter for the China Free Press. But different from so many other news people, he assimilated with the country. He became a part of their culture. He learned to read, write and speak Chinese with fluency. He traveled far and wide across the great stretches of China and the Gobi Desert by horse and camel, always curious, always searching for greater knowledge. And well into his nineties he was still writing. * In WW II, when Japan wrecked its havoc on the world, Malcolm became an intelligence officer for the Flying Tigers, the American flying unit, engaged in the protecting China against the war of aggression by Japan. * I have known Malcolm, and proud to be his friend, for some sixty years. I did not know Malcolm personally in China, but all airmen knew about him. He operated a mobile radio station deep in enemy territory. Because of his knowledge of Chinese, he could work closely with Chinese ground forces. His role was to report to United States 14th Air Force headquarters in China the movement of enemy troops and particularly aerial attacks. His secondary role, and more important to those of us who flew combat, was to rescue those unfortunate enough to be shot down. And he rescued many from the very grasp of the enemy. He lived a hazardous life, moving constantly to avoid the enemy, and living with the Chinese as one of them. * In his advance position, he reported the tactics and strategy of the enemy that forewarned our Air Force to meet the challenge. He was the eyes and ears of the Flying Tigers that made their accomplishments so successful. Through almost four years of service in the air force in China, he served with distinction and honor. * General Claire Chennault, the Commander of the "FLYING TIGERS" wrote in his autobiography, WAY OF A FIGHTER: "Rosholt covered China for American newspapers before the war...and then served for long months of combat with the Chinese armies under the most primitive conditions." * For his service, he was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star by the American government for exceptional heroism and gallantry and the Order of the White Cloud, the Honorary Ancestral Medal, and the China War Medal, the highest honors bestowed on any foreigner by the Chinese government. * His behind the lines radio station was called Dog Sugar 8. He wrote a semi-autobiographical story of those adventures in a book by that name. His Days of the Ching Pao, which literally translated means "days of the air raids", is a graphic depiction of the Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force role in the victory against Japan. His Flight in the China Air Space is a classic in the history of development of aviation in China. Most of you, of course, know of his many writings on the history of Wisconsin, particularly in the logging industry. As we remember Malcolm, he would also want us to keep in our memories his loving companion of a lifetime, Marge, who shared the triumphs and tragedies with him, and for her literary accomplishments. * Malcolm's autobiography, Rainbow Around the Moon, written and published in his 96th year, is the delightful story of an immigrant's family of struggle in the wilderness to success with his personal experience as a news reporter in China and his military experiences. As set forth in the cover page, "It is a testimonial to them and all others that came to this country and made it great." Malcolm had that rare experience of seeing a "Rainbow Around the Moon" as he crossed the equator on his trip to China, a dramatic view of a full moon encircled by a rainbow, a view that few seldom see. The title that he chose for is autobiography Rainbow Around the Moon is so fitting for the life of this great adventurer and historian. * C.L. Chennault: WAY OF A FIGHTER, p.207 * Malcolm Rosholt: DOG SUGAR EIGHT: A Novel of the 14th Air Force Flying Tigers in World War II. * Malcolm Rosholt. ed. LETTERS HOME FROM SHANGHAI. Written By Margaret Rosholt [his wife]. * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

Appleton 1978 Palmer Rosholt House. Red boards, very clean, 192p., profuse b. w. vintage photos, 23 x 78 cm. large size dj. in mylar protector, end paper map. AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY FIRST EDITION

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