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Title: 15 Japanese cruise ship menus, most with color woodblock cover art Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1916-1937 Description: Approximately 5 x 7.5" folded, except as noted. With the exception of vessels used for prisoner exchanges or as hospital ships, most of these Japanese luxury liners of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line, requisitioned for wartime military use, were sunk by mines or torpedoes during World War II Floral cover, 4 x 6”, S.S.Tenyo Maru, May 1916 Floral cover, S.S.Arizona Maru, Aug. 1930 Birds and blossoms, artist’s signature in Japanese, single page seating chart, undated, ca. 1930, 5 x 7”, English handwriting on verso Yeisho, “Wife of a Samurai”, M.S. Terukuni Maru, Aug. 1935 Two women under cherry blossoms, Kyoto, M.S. Terukuni Maru, Aug. 1935, unused mailing format Itsuryo Shiozaki, “Hizakari”, S.S. Yasukuni Maru, Sept.1935 “Kasuga Shrine, Nara”; “Tosogu Shrine, Nikko”; and “Itsukushima Shrine”, S.S.Taiyo Maru, three menus with art and printing on single sheets, 7.5 x 10.25”, July 1934-May 1935; versos in mailing format, two unused, one with handwritten note mailed to Los Angeles “Arashiyama, Kyoto”, M.S. Terukuni Maru, Aug. 1935 “Kegon Fall”, M.S. Terukuni Maru, Feb. 1936 Fantasy sailing ship, M.S.Hikawa Maru, Feb. 1937 Imperial Palace, Tokyo, M.S.Heian Maru, Feb. 1937 Soho Kasai, “Cranes”, 2 copies, M.S.Asamu Maru, May 1937 Soyu Imanaka, “Pheasant” (exhibited at Imperial Art Exhibition, Tokyo, 1934) M.S.Heian Maru, Dec. 1937 Lot Amendments Condition: Very good Item number: 247843