Lot contains: 1. Henry P. Bowie - On the Laws of Japanese Painting; An introduction to the Study of the Art of Japan, with prefatory remarks by Iwaya Sazanami and Hirai Kinza [Illustrated] - This edition is a complete reissue of the original book anno 1911, San Francisco - New York, Dover Publications Inc., 1952 - 1st edition in this format - frontispiece +XV+117p.+LXVI hors-texte plates - Softcover: plasticized, polychrome paper binding with straight spine - 15.50x23.50cm - Very good copy: minimal signs of use and wear. * Henry Pike Bowie (c. 1848–1920) was an American lawyer, artist, author, Japanologist, and diplomat. (Source: Wikipedia) * Iwaya Sazanami (1870-1933) was a Japanese novelist and children's author. (Source: National Diet Library, Japan) * Hirai Kinza (1859-1916) was a scholar of English, a Zen Buddhist, a Unitarian, a psychical researcher, and a liberal religious thinker of the Meiji era. (Source: Kakenhi Project) 2. J. R. Hillier (text) - Japanese Drawings: From the 17th through the 19th Century - Edition in the series 'Drawings of the Masters' - New York, Shorewood Publishers Inc., 1965 - 1st edition - 139p. - Hardcover: linen binding with black printed front cover and spine, with illustrated slipcase (pasted drawing) - 22.70x24.20cm (book) - Very good copy: original slipcase damaged at the edges and with signs of use, book completely intact. * Jack Ronald Hillier (1912–1995) was a British scholar of Japanese art. 3. Itsuji Yoshikawa - Major Themes in Japanese Art - Edition no. 1 in the series 'The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art' - Translation: Armins Nikovskis - New York/Tokyo, Weatherhill/Heilbonsha, 1976 - 1st English edition - 166+1p.( pub.) - Hardcover: decorative linen binding with straight spine, with original, polychrome dust jacket, with gold-colored endpapers - 18.60x23.70cm - As good as new copy: minimal signs of use. * Itsuji Yoshikawa (1908-2002) was a Japanese Art Historian, being a disciple of Yukio Yashiro and of Henri Focillon. He was Professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and the University of Tokyo. (Source: President and Fellows of Harvard College) * Heibonsha (平凡社) is a Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, which publishes encyclopedias, dictionaries and books in the fields of science and philosophy. Since 1945 it has also published books on art and literature. (Source: Wikipedia) 4. Hirosho Kanazawa - Japanese Ink Painting: Early Zen Masterpieces - Edition No. 8 in the 'Japanese Arts Library' series - Translation: Barbara Ford - Tokyo/New York/San Francisco, Kodansha International Ltd. and Shibundo, 1979 - 1st English edition - 210p. - Hardcover: two-tone cardboard binding with straight spine, with original dust jacket - 18.90 x 26.30 cm - Very good copy: light impact to the bottom right corner of the front cover, minimal signs of wear and use, bookstore label on the back endpaper. * Hirosho Kanazawa (°1935) is an art historian and during his career curator at the Kyoto National Museum. Shipping: well packaged/insured.