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.
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.
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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. Ukiyoe. 4. Publishers and publishing--Japan. I. Title.
NE1321.8.M355 2010
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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, fig. 110.
contents
| Foreword by Stephen Addiss | 09 |
| Introduction | 10 |
| Note to Readers | 22 |
| Artists | 24 |
| Kiyonobu | 26 |
| Kiyonobu II | 29 |
| Masanobu | 32 |
| Toshinobu | 36 |
| Shigenaga | 38 |
| Kiyomasu | 40 |
| Kiyomasu II | 42 |
| Kiyomitsu | 44 |
| Bunchō | 48 |
| Shunshō | 52 |
| Harunobu | 56 |
| Koryūsai | 60 |
| Shunkō | 64 |
| Shigemasa | 66 |
| Toyoharu | 68 |
| Kiyonaga | 72 |
| Utamaro | 76 |
| Chōki | 82 |
| Shunman | 84 |
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