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Furuya Kōrin's design series
[Furuya Kōrin's design series]
Furuya, Kōrin [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Unsōdō, Meiji 38-39 [1905-6].
A set of four books of woodblock-printed designs by the acclaimed Kyoto-based artist Furuya Kōrin (1875–1910). The set includes Date moyō hanazukushi ("Compilation of flamboyant flower patterns", 25 pages of designs), Matsuzukushi ("Compilati ...
Shin zuan (New designs)
Shin zuan ["New designs"]
Kamisaka, Sekka, Kaigai, Tennen ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
Kyōto: Gonikai Kyōto Zuan-bu, Meiji 30 [1897].
Issue One of the magazine Shin zuan, featuring ten full-page colour woodblock-printed patterns of plants, flowers, and landscapes. The magazine was published by the Gonikai, a group of Kyoto-based design enthusiasts. ...
Shin zuan (New designs)
Shin zuan ["New designs"]
Kamisaka, Sekka, Kaigai, Tennen ... [et al.] [illustrated by]; Nakayasu, Shinzaburō [edited by].
Kyōto: Fujī Magobē, Meiji 25 [1892].
Issue Nine of Shin zuan, featuring twelve full-page colour woodblock-printed patterns, mainly of plants and flowers. Each artist's name is recorded on each print's verso. Artists ...
Kyōto zuan (Kyoto designs)
Kyōto zuan ["Kyoto designs"]
Okada, Shikō, Shimomura, Gyokukō [edited by];
Kyōto: Kyōto Zuan Zasshi Hakkō-bu, Meiji 43 [1910].
Issues 60, 62, and 63 of series 5 of the magazine Kyōto Zuan. Each issue features colourful patterns (some lithographic), monochrome collotype illustrations, and articles on design by contributors.
& ...
Kanamegusa (Vital grasses)
Kanamegusa ["Vital grasses"]
Harada, Fumito [created by].
Tōkyō: Kumagai Daijirō, Meiji 19 [1896].
The only known issue of Kanamegusa, a little-known magazine featuring beautiful colour woodblock-printed illustrations in a Nihonga style of birds, fish, flowers, plants, people, and landscapes. The preface suggests that the illustrations, which are spread ov ...
Orimono shō-e (Textile designs)
Orimono shō-e ["Textile designs"]
[Illustrator unidentified].
[Japan, ca. late Meiji period (1900-10s)]. In manuscript.
An album of over 400 tipped-in textile designs by an unidentified artist. The designs feature flowers, plants, people, landscapes, animals, fans, butterflies, ships, and a variety of other objects. Several feature images of sol ...
Tōkaidō gojūsan-tsugi (The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō)
Tōkaidō gojūsan-tsugi ["The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō"]
Ichiryūsai [Utagawa], Hiroshige [illustrated by].
[Japan, ca. late Taishō to early Shōwa period (1920-30s)?].
A set of colour woodblock-printed pochi-bukuro (mini-envelopes) featuring adaptations of Utagawa Hiroshige's Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō series of ukiyo-e p ...
An album of match labels
[An album of match labels]
Oda, Shūichi ... [et al] [commissioned by].
[Japan: privately published, ca. Shōwa 2-10 (1927-35)].
An album of tipped-in match labels produced in the 1920s and '30s when Japan's match label-collecting fad was at its peak. Most of the labels are woodblock-printed and have been produced in themed sets showcasing foreign t ...
Shoshoku jinbutsu gafu (Album of people of various professions)
Shoshoku jinbutsu gafu ["Album of people of various professions"]
[Ichijusai, Kishun (edited and partially illustrated by); Kawamura, Bunpō, Kitao, Masayoshi [Kuwagata, Keisai] (illustrated by)].
Nagoya: Kajita Gensuke, [ca. early Taishō period (1914?)].
A Taishō period printing of an Ansei era work that compiles simple illustrations of birds, flowers, chi ...
Bunsen gafu (Bunsen's painting manual)
Bunsen gafu ["Bunsen's painting manual"]
Seki, Bunsen [illustrated by].
[Ōsaka]: Kawachiya Kihē, Ansei 2 [1855].
The nihen (second selection) of Seki Bunsen's painting manual, featuring illustrations of landscapes, people, mythological figures, birds and flowers. This copy has been woodblock-printed in more subdued tones than other Meiji ...
(Shinpan) Kannin goryō kogane no kotonoha ((Newly published) Profit from perseverance: golden phrases)
(Shinpan) Kannin goryō kogane no kotonoha ["(Newly published) Profit from perseverance: golden phrases"]
[Kyokutei, Bakin (text by); Kitao, Shigemasa (illustrated by)].
[Edo (Tokyo): Tsuruya Kiemon, Kansei 8 (1796)].
The second volume of a comical work about a young man (Zenjirō) and woman (Osechi) who, taking to heart their parents' teachings about pe ...
Makuragoto yume no kayoiji (Bedside koto: the passage of dreams)
Makuragoto yume no kayoiji ["Bedside koto: the passage of dreams"]
Ryūtei, Senka [text by]; Ryūtei, Tanehiko [proofread by]; Utagawa, Sadahide [illustrated by].
Edo [Tokyo]: Tsuruya Kiemon, Tenpo 6 [1835].
The first volume of a "moral story whose plot is taken from the traditions of China and Japan" (S. Yoshitake, "Notes on Japanese Literature", Bu ...
Asakusa Kinryuzan Kaminarimon (Kaminarimon at Kinryūsan Temple, Asakusa)
Asakusa Kinryuzan Kaminarimon [Kaminarimon at Kinryūsan Temple, Asakusa]
[Hasegawa], Konobu [illustrated by].
Ōsaka: Tanaka Yasu [Yasujirō], [ca. Meiji 10 (1878)].
Determined temple-goers hold their umbrellas aloft as they fight their way through the crowded Kaminarimon in Asakusa on a rainy night. Senshafuda (votive slips) have been paste ...
Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku (The cultivation of brocade prints, a famous product of Edo)
Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku ["The cultivation of brocade prints, a famous product of Edo"]
[Kitagawa], Utamarō [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early to mid Shōwa period (1930-60s)?].
A woodblock-printed reproduction of the central print from Utamarō's Edo meibutsu: nishikie kōsaku triptych. The triptych was originally published ...
Monyo shōhin (Small patterns)
Monyo shōhin ["Small patterns"]
[Tsuda, Seifū (illustrated by)]; Honda, Ichijirō [edited by].
Kyōto: Honda Unkindō, Meiji 33-[35] [1900-(1902)].
A two-volume compendium of woodblock-printed designs and patterns illustrated by the acclaimed graphic designer Tsuda Seifū (1880–1978) and produced by the famous design book publisher Unkindō.& ...
Dōhan gashū (Album of copperplate prints)
Dōhan gashū ["Album of copperplate prints"]
[Illustrator unidentified].
[Japan: Naitō Den'uemon, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1870-80s)].
An album of 94 tipped-in copperplate prints from Uchida Masao's 13-volume geography textbook Yochi shiryaku ("A Compilation of Geographical Knowledge"). The prints, which were based on images found in Western ...
Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan
[Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan]
[Shuntōsai (Okada Suigetsudō)] ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Japan: various publishers, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-60s)?].
A set of five maps of locations in Japan, copperplate-printed in the late Edo period to early Meiji period. The set includes one map of the city of Kyoto, one of the ci ...
Six printed items relating to Japan
[Six printed items relating to Japan]
[Various illustrators].
[Japan and Germany: various publishers, mid-Edo period to early Meiji period (1669-1840s?)].
Six printed items available as a set, including four Japanese copperplate-printed leaves (including three mounted on card), one copperplate-printed leaf from Montanus (showing Hirado), and one pocket-siz ...
Emigration at first sight: a play in one act
Emigration at first sight: a play in one act
Douglas, Ian [text by].
London and Glasgow: Gowans & Gray; Boston: The Baker International Play Bureau, 1930.
A charming play about a young Scottish man and woman who meet in an emigration office, the man looking to emigrate to Toronto, the woman to Auckland. Due to a lack of communication with the off ...
Two untitled photographs
[Two untitled photographs]
[Photographers unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Meiji era (1880-1900s)?].
A set of two photographs of Japanese photography studios located in Nagasaki and Kobe. One of the photos shows the Nagasaki main street shopfronts of "Tamemasa, Dealer in Photographs", "S. Shinowara, Photographer", "Sato, General ... [illegible] Curio Dealer..., ...
Kachi-Kachi Mountain
Kachi-Kachi Mountain
Hiro, Kodō [Japanese indirectly translated by]; Thompson, David [English translation by].
Tōkyō: Hiro Kodō, Hasegawa Takejirō, Meiji 20 [1887].
A supplement to issue 1,219 of Eiri Jiyū Shinbun featuring the translation of Kachi-Kachi Yama originally used in one of Hasegawa Takejirō's famous chirimenbon (crepe-paper books). The tex ...
Moyō gajō (Album of patterns)
Moyō gajō ["Album of patterns"]
[Artist unidentified].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early Shōwa period (1920-40s)?].
An album of fourteen colour woodblock-printed patterns. Six of the patterns feature multiple colours; the remaining eight are single-colour prints. It is possible the prints were removed from a larger volume and bound in handmad ...
Zhu shi jiao zheng Hua Ying si shu (The Four Books in Chinese and English, annotated and corrected)
Zhu shi jiao zheng Hua Ying si shu ["The Four Books in Chinese and English, annotated and corrected"]
Legge, [James] [translated by].
[Shanghai?]: Shang wu yin shu guan, [ca. early 20th century?].
An English translation by the Scottish missionary James Legge (1815-1897) of the 'Four Books' (Confucian analects, The great learning, The doctrine ...
Hanging scroll by Tsuda Seifū
[Hanging scroll by Tsuda Seifū]
Tsuda, Seifū [painted by].
[Japan], Shōwa 47 [1972]. In manuscript.
A hanging scroll featuring a self-portrait painted by the highly acclaimed artist and graphic designer Tsuda Seifū (1880-1978) when he was 93. The calligraphy (also by Seifū) includes references to tanroku-bon, the shinnai jōruri song Ranchō, and the Car ...
Homage to Ono Otsū's moji-e
[Homage to Ono Otsū's moji-e]
Ono-shi, Tsūjo [original illustration by]; [hand-copier unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Edo period (18th to early 19th century?)]. In manuscript.
A hand-painted copy by an unknown admirer of an illustration of the waka poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (sometimes known as Hitomaru, c. 653–655–c. 707– ...
Hanging scroll depicting Jurōjin
[Hanging scroll depicting Jurōjin]
[Artist unidentified].
[Japan, ca. Edo period (late 18th to early 19th century?)]. In manuscript.
A hanging scroll depicting Jurōjin, the god of longevity and one of the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Fortune). Some of the lines that make up the illustration are thought to be hiragana characters spelling out the god's n ...
Hanging scroll of two rabbits
[Hanging scroll of two rabbits]
[Kitazawa], Rakuten [painted by].
[Japan, ca. late Meiji to Taishō period (1900-20s)?]. In manuscript.
A hanging scroll painted by the manga artist Kitazawa Rakuten (1876-1955), featuring two rabbits in snow, an arrow, and the Japanese proverb "He who chases two hares catches neither". Rakuten was an influential cartoonist a ...
Zuanchō (Album of designs)
Zuanchō ["Album of designs"]
[Takada, Kakushū (illustrated by)?].
Kyōto: Misona, [ca. late Meiji to early Taishō period (1900-10s)?]. In manuscript.
A concertina-folding album of 97 hand-painted designs tipped-in to card leaves. The work is identified as the "ninth collection" on the outer title panel, indicating that the company that produced the d ...
Untitled surimono
Kotō Hachiman saigi no zu ["Illustration of the Kotō Hachiman ceremony"]
[Harada], Keigaku [sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Kinoetatsu [1844].
An illustration by Harada Keigaku (1803-1885) of the lively Kotō Hachiman festival adorns this striking surimono. Keigaku studied painting under Shijō School artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) in Kyoto, the ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
[Harada], Keigaku [sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Kinotomi [1845].
A dancer dressed as an ogre-like creature encounters a snake in this surimono by Harada Keigaku (1803-1885). This scene appears in the bugaku (music and dance) composition Genjōraku in which the dancer celebrates the discovery of a snake, an important medicinal ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
Harada, Keigaku [signed and sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Tatsu [1844].
Mt. Fuji and the scenic Miho no Matsubara area are depicted in this New Year surimono by Harada Keigaku (1803-1885). Keigaku studied painting under Shijō School artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) in Kyoto, then later under Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844) in Edo ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
Harada, Keigaku [signed and sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Mizunotou [1843].
Plum branches blossom in this elegant New Year surimono by Harada Keigaku (1803-1885). Keigaku studied painting under Shijō School artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) in Kyoto, then later under Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844) in Edo (Tokyo).
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
Harada, Keigaku [signed and sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō), ca. late Edo period (1840-50s)].
A seasonal surimono produced for autumn, featuring a river, red leaves (momiji), and moss-covered rocks. The artist, Harada Keigaku (1803-1885), studied painting under Shijō School artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) in Kyoto, then later ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
[Sōen], Kabocha [signed and sealed by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Tenpo Mizunoetatsu [1832].
Courtiers, two of whom are pictured holding a tray of mochi balls, gather around a fire on a chilly night. Harvested rice is pictured in the background. The artist, Kabocha (1777-1846), is also known as Sōen.
One ōbōsho s ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
Kishū [signed and sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Ansei Kinotou [1855].
In this surimono illustrated by "Kishū", a woman crouches over a mortar, attentively grinding something (possibly persimmon leaves, judging from the branch of persimmons across from her) into a powder or fine tea.
One ōb ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
Gashun [signed and sealed by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Kaei 2 [1849].
A surimono featuring an illustration of a young girl playing a board game, by the Maruyama-Shijō School painter Gashun (active c. 1847-1859). Metallic pigments have been used in sections of the illustration.
One ōbōsho surimono, complete. Folds, br ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
Shōji [signed and sealed by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Kinotou [1855].
A mother and child prepare to arrange flowers in this surimono illustrated by "Shōji".
One ōbōsho surimono, complete. Folds, browning, light stains, and marks. Full-leaf washi mounting to verso. 33.9 x 52.1 cm.
...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
Ka'an [Kita], Busei [signed and sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō), ca. late Edo period (1840-50s)].
A flower emerges from a hanging ceramic vase laid on the ground. Ka'an (Kita) Busei (1776-1857) was a nanga painter born in Edo. He studied under Tani Bunchō and was a friend of Watanabe Kazan, Kyokutei Bakin, Kuwagata Keisai ...
Untitled surimono
[Untitled surimono]
[Deguchi], Sansetsu [signed and sealed in the block by].
[Edo (Tōkyō)], Hinoetatsu [1856].
A surimono featuring poems and an illustration of a man offering a drink to a turtle by Deguchi Sansetsu (active late 1840s–early 1850s), an Edo-based painter. Several elements of the illustration (the fisherman, turtle, and black box) are p ...
Untitled sanjūrokkasen album
[Untitled sanjūrokkasen album]
[Shōkadō, Shōjo (original illustrations by)?].
[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early to mid-Shōwa period (1930-50s)?].
An album of illustrations of the sanjūrokkasen ("Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry") and calligraphic renderings of poems by the poets - probably a high quality reproduction of an album hand-paint ...
Embroidered purse from the Edo period
[Embroidered purse]
[Creator unidentified].
[Japan, ca. mid to late Edo period (1800-1850s?)].
An ornate purse from the Edo period, hand-embroidered with purple and white irises. The string and small fabric bauble attached to the purse are more recent, possibly from the mid to late twentieth century.
One fabric purs ...
A Meiji era photograph of Japanese police graduating from an English language class
[A Meiji era photograph of Japanese police graduating from an English language class]
[Photographer unidentified].
[Japan: studio unidentified], 1906.
A photograph produced during the Meiji era. The handwritten caption reads (in English) "June 28, 1906. Graduating ceremony of English student [sic] of police". Two foreign women and one foreign man are pictu ...
Shin'an Nankyoku tanken hikōki sugoroku (Antarctic expedition by plane: a newly devised game-sheet)
Shin'an Nankyoku tanken hikōki sugoroku ["Antarctic expedition by plane: a newly devised game-sheet"]
Akashi, Akako [illustrated by].
Tōkyō: Jitsugyō no Nihonsha, Meiji 44 [1911].
A game-sheet published during the golden era of Antarctic exploration. In the game, four players race to the South Pole, travelling through various countries including ...
Dodoitsu zue (Illustrated love poems)
Dodoitsu zue ["Illustrated love poems"]
Kōseisha, Sakumaru [selections by]; Ikkōsai [Utagawa], Yoshimori [illustrated by].
[Japan: publisher/s unidentified, preface dated Man'en gannen (1860)].
Five volumes of dodoitsu (poems that are often humorous and typically about love) illustrated by Yoshimori (1830–1884), bound in one. It may be the case that Kōseisha Sak ...
Seru shiori (Guidebook to seru fabric)
Seru shiori ["Guidebook to seru fabric"]
[Ichida, Yaichirō].
Tokyo: Y. Ichida & Co., [ca. early Taishō period (1910-20s)?].
This 'guidebook' produced by Y. Ichida & Co. introduces the firm's factory in monochrome photographic illustrations, the majority of which show the machinery used to manufacture seru. The word seru derives fro ...
A story of the Otokodate of Yedo = Banzuiin Chōbē
A story of the Otokodate of Yedo = Banzuiin Chōbē
[Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (original text by)]; White, J.L. [corrected by].
Tokyo: Shoeido, Meiji 35 [1902]. Sixth edition.
A translation of the work Banzuiin Chōbē by the British diplomat and Japanologist Algernon Bertram Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1837 - 1916). The text recounts the s ...
Zenyo ichimishū (Collection of one group's Zen satiation)
Zenyo ichimishū ["Collection of one group's Zen satiation"]
Taki, Katei, Ō, Kinko, Kimura, Shōsen ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Japan, ca. 1850-60s]. In manuscript.
An album of one single-page and seven double-page spreads of handwritten calligraphy and twelve double-page spreads of hand-painted illustrations (often together with shorter calligraphic passages). T ...
Ishō Sekai (World of designs)
Ishō Sekai ["World of designs"]
Yokota, Hankichi [proofread by]; Sawa, Kyūkō ... [et al.] [illustrated by].
[Tōkyō]: Seibikai, [Meiji 34 (1901)].
Issue two of the magazine Ishō Sekai, published by the Seibikai ("The Exquisite Beauty Association"). The thirteen textile designs (over fifteen pages) included were provided by members of the Seibikai. The use ...
Hand-painted fan design
[Hand-painted fan design]
Inouye, Toshio [produced and/or hand-painted by].
Kyōto: Toshio Inouye, [ca. late Meiji to early Shōwa period (1900-20s)?].
A hand-painted draft of an elegant fan design produced by "Toshio Inouye" of Kyoto (probably a fan shop or design studio). The design has been painted on fabric and shows strong Art Nouveau influences; ...
Hand-painted fan design
[Hand-painted fan design]
Inouye, Toshio [produced and/or hand-painted by].
Kyōto: Toshio Inouye, [ca. late Meiji to early Shōwa period (1900-20s)?].
A hand-painted draft of an elegant fan design produced by "Toshio Inouye" of Kyoto (probably a fan shop or design studio). The design has been painted on fabric and shows strong Art Nouveau influences; ...
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Australia New Zealand Antarctica Japan Korea China Other
Edo Period [1603-1853] Bakumatsu Period [1853-1868] Meiji Period [1868-1912] Taishō Period [1912-1926] Shōwa Period [1926-1989]
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