Japanese Woodblock Prints - Andreas Marks

340 Pages·2010·60.57 MB·English

by  Andreas Marks

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Japanese
woodblock prints

Japanese
woodblock prints
ARTISTS, PUBLISHERS AND MASTERWORKS
1680  1900
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Andreas Marks Foreword by Stephen Addiss
Tuttle Publishing
Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus
Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offi ces at 364 Innovation
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Copyright © 2010 Andreas Marks
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Marks, Andreas.
Japanese woodblock prints : artists, publishers, and
masterworks, 1680-1900 / by Andreas Marks ; foreword by
Stephen Addiss.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0599-7 (ebook)
1. Color prints, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868. 2.
Color prints, Japanese--Meiji period, 1868-1912. 3. Uki-
yoe. 4. Publishers and publishing--Japan. I. Title.
NE1321.8.M355 2010
769.952--dc22
2009046049
ISBN 978-4-8053-1055-7
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Three pages previous 1854 Kunimitsu II. “Dawn of spring
snow” (Haru no yuki yukari no akatsuki). Center panel of an
ōban triptych. Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei. Asian Art Museum,
National Museums in Berlin.
Two pages previous 1857 Kunisada. “Merchants” (Shōnin),
from the series “Stylish imaginary four classes” (Imayō
mitate shi-nō-kō-shō). Center panel of an ōban triptych.
Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi. Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, Matsumoto.
Imaginary view of beautiful women selling and buying prints
and illustrated books.
Right 1920s Kiyochika. “Murasaki Shikibu;” later edition,
from the series “Ancient Patterns” (Kodai moyō). Center and
right panels of an ōban triptych. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1986.31.85a-c, Gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Roland A. Way. Smith 1988, fi g. 110.

contents
Foreword by Stephen Addiss 09 Artists 24 Publishers 180
Introduction 10 Kiyonobu 26 Urokogataya Magobei 182
Note to Readers 22 Kiyonobu II 29 Igaya Kan’emon 184
Masanobu 32 Emiya Kichiemon 186
Toshinobu 36 Murataya Jirōbei 188
Shigenaga 38 Tsuruya Kiemon 190
Kiyomasu 40 Nishimuraya Yohachi 194
Kiyomasu II 42 Maruya Jinpachi 198
Kiyomitsu 44 Iwatoya Kisaburō 202
Bunchō 48 Tsutaya Jūzaburō 204
Shunshō 52 Izumiya Ichibei 208
Harunobu 56 Ezakiya Kichibei 212
Koryūsai 60 Yamaguchiya Chūsuke 214
Shunkō 64 Maruya Bun’emon 216
Shigemasa 66 Matsumura Tatsuemon 218
Toyoharu 68 Iseya Magobei 220
Kiyonaga 72 Wakasaya Yoichi 222
Utamaro 76 Moriya Jihei 226
Chōki 82 Tsuruya Kinsuke 230
Shunman 84 Iseya Rihei 234
Eishi 86 Maruya Seijirō 238
Eishō 88 Kawachiya Genshichi 242
Hokusai 90 Sanoya Kihei 244
Toyokuni 96 Yamaguchiya Tōbei 248
Shun’ei 100 Kawaguchiya Uhei 252
Shuntei 102 Ōmiya Heihachi 254
Sharaku 106 Jōshūya Jūzō/Jūbei 256
Kunimasa 108 Yamamotoya Heikichi 258
Toyohiro 110 Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 262
Tsukimaro 112 Kagaya Kichibei 264
Hokkei 114 Ibaya Senzaburō 266
Eizan 116 Tsutaya Kichizō 268
Toyokuni II 118 Daikokuya Heikichi 272
Kunisada 120 Takenouchi Magohachi 276
Kuniyasu 128 Ebiya Rinnosuke 280
Eisen 130 Fujiokaya Keijirō 284
Hiroshige 132 Hayashiya Shōgorō 288
Kuniyoshi 140 Ebisuya Shōshichi 290
Sadahide 144 Ōtaya Takichi 292
Yoshitora 146 Iseya Kanekichi 294
Kunisada II 150 Maruya Tetsujirō 298
Hiroshige II 154 Yamadaya Shōjirō 300
Kyōsai 156 Sakanaya Eikichi 302
Yoshiiku 158 Sawamuraya Seikichi 306
Kunichika 160 Hiranoya Shinzō 308
Chikanobu 162 Morimoto Junzaburō 310
Yoshitoshi 166 Yorozuya Magobei 312
Kiyochika 168 Tsujiokaya Kamekichi 314
Gekkō 172 Fukuda Kumajirō 316
Ginkō 174 Akiyama Buemon 320
Kokunimasa 176
Bibliography 324
Index 326