Japan: [publisher not identified], [ca. 1890]. 62" x 68" large indigo boro (Japanese fabric) from the early Meiji era. Hand-sewn, hand-woven, and hand-dyed. Sewn in 6 panels; includes multiple layers of overlapped patches and mending with sashiko stitching. Textile is frayed in parts and has unmended tears and breaks. The.....
Japan: [publisher not identified], [ca. 1910]. 51" x 56" indigo boro (Japanese fabric) from the late Meiji era. Hand-sewn, hand-woven, and hand-dyed, this is an indigo textile with one family crest attributed to Maru ni Katabami and a stunning overall floral/vine design applied by Tsutsugaki, a Japanese technique of resist dyeing.....
Japan: [publisher not identified], [ca. 1910]. 52" x 51" indigo boro (Japanese fabric) from the late Meiji era. Hand-sewn, hand-woven, and hand-dyed with 5 loops sewn into the top, potentially adapted to be used as window shade. Includes one family crest attributed to Maru Ni Sagari Fuji, applied by Tsutsugaki, a......
Japan: [publisher not identified], [ca. 1910]. 45" x 44" indigo boro (Japanese fabric) from the late Meiji era. Hand-sewn, hand-woven, and hand-dyed, this is an indigo textile with one family crest attributed to Maru ni Nairobi Takanoha and one Japanese calligraphy mark applied by Tsutsugaki, a Japanese technique of resist.....
![Item #2712 [Anette Busch ephemera, first non-Japanese female sumo wrestler]. Anette Busch](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2712.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779567617)
[Tokyo]: [publisher not identified], [ca. 1917]. 10.5" x 7.5" broadside advertising a circus-like event featuring "strong woman" Anette Busch, promising a series of stunts, celebrities, and "super-human" strength. Broadside is very good to near fine, prominently featuring Busch herself, ready to rumble. A pair of two small staple holes along.....
Tokyo: K.Z Studio, [ca. 1932]. 11.5" x 17" off-white broadside featuring Charlie Chaplin by a street lamp. This is an advertisement for a luxury stationary brand, K.Z Studio out of Tokyo, here selling a "City Lights" inspired paper motif. Broadside shows slight wrinkling and paper folds, light foxing, though overall.....
Tokyo: [Meiji Koten-kai], [1935]. 15" x 21" off-white broadside with black and brown text in the Japanese language. An advertisement for an antiquarian book sale held at the Matsuzakaya Department Store in Ueno, Tokyo. Sale was stated to feature rare Meiji and Trisha era signed books, poetry, first editions, manuscripts, and.....
![Item #2691 Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra [concert ticket]. Sun Ra, First Avenue](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2691.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1778268749)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: First Avenue, 1988. 3.5" x 1.75" concert ticket dated July 13, 1988. Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra performed at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is a general admission ticket and the stub has been removed for entry. Very good condition with glitter printed with the black.....