11.10.2025

Miniature Book: “All’s Well on the Lap”

A miniature book with a colorful striped Chiyogami paper cover, wrapped with a wide band featuring a Japanese woodblock print of cats playing "shamisen" as a band. A matchstick is placed below the book for scale.

『めでたし膝の上（All's Well on the Lap）』
4.5cm x 4.3cm, Accordion book, 20pp

Inside pages of the miniature book. The open accordion-style book displays colorful images of cats from the board game.

画像は「膝の上の猫の双六」歌川芳藤、都立図書館アーカイブ（LINK）
Images are from a woodblock print of a cat-themed board game (sugoroku) from the Edo era by Yoshifuji Utagawa.


Inside pages of the miniature book. The open accordion-style book displays colorful images of cats from the board game.

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11.03.2025

Miniature Book: "St. Labre"

 

A miniature book with a cream-colored paper cover featuring a botanical pattern, wrapped in glassine paper. At the bottom corner, a small figure is visible. Below the book, there is a small metal hand figurine and a matchstick for scale.
"St. Labre"
5.0cm x 3.3cm, Sofcover, 14pp

Images are from the woodblock prints of "Vie de Benoît Joseph Labre, mort à Rome" by by Pierre-Fiacre Perdoux, published in 1784 (more information about the print found here).

Inside pages of the miniature book. Images from the colorful woodblock prints depicting scenes from the life of Benoît Joseph Labre (St. Benedict Joseph Labre).

Inside pages of the miniature book. Images from the colorful woodblock prints depicting scenes from the life of Benoît Joseph Labre (St. Benedict Joseph Labre).

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10.21.2025

A vintage souvenir postcard collage

Collage of a Swiss mountain souvenir postcard with an illustration of a bear and a boy from a vintage picture book — a bear chases a boy whose head is replaced by a purple viola. Edelweiss and other flowers are also arranged around them.

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A series of vintage souvenir postcard collages


 

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10.14.2025

A vintage souvenir postcard collage

A souvenir postcard collage featuring the Colosseum. A huge, vivid pink dahlia bursts out from the structure, and a big orange flower melts into the ground. The sky is bright blue.

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A series of vintage souvenir postcard collages


 

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10.12.2025

A vintage souvenir postcard collage

From a Pompeii souvenir postcard, a collage of sunflowers blooming atop ancient columns; in the foreground, a black-and-white woman whose face is half erased.

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A series of vintage souvenir postcard collages


 

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10.10.2025

A vintage souvenir postcard collage

A souvenir postcard collage featuring an old building (maybe a palace) in the background. A gigantic angel emerges, blessing two cyclists whose faces are replaced with anemone flowers.

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A series of vintage souvenir postcard collages


 

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10.09.2025

A vintage souvenir postcard collage

A collage of vintage souvenir postcards featuring various landscapes — mountains, roads, old towns, and forests. At the center is hands holding an open book with vivid orange rose flowers.

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A series of vintage souvenir postcard collages

 

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10.07.2025

A vintage souvenir postcard collage

A collage of vintage souvenir postcards featuring various landscapes — mountains, castles, villages, and a river with several bridges. At the center is the upper torso of a woman, her head replaced by a vivid pink and white dahlia bloom.

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A series of vintage souvenir postcard collages


 

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A vintage souvenir postcard collage

A collage of vintage souvenir postcards featuring various landscapes — mountains, castles, villages, and a lake with boats. At the center is the upper torso of a woman, her head replaced by a vivid orange dahlia bloom.

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A series of vintage souvenir postcard collages

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9.21.2025

Miniture Box: Welcome Home

A matchbox holding a miniature scene. It contains a tiny house and an illustration of a hand, with red threads extending from the hand into the house’s open entrance.
"Welcome Home 1"

A matchbox holding a miniature scene. It shows a small building and a hand, with blue threads flowing out of the building’s entrance and being drawn into the bottom of a flask.
"Welcome Home 2"



 

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Miniture Box: Bananarose

A matchbox containing a collage: an illustrated hand wearing pearl bracelets holds a red plastic rose. The exterior of the box is orange with the word "Eintrittskarte" visible. The vivid green background, printed a natural history illustration of a banana bunch, comes from a chocolate package.
"Bananarose"

 

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