Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks, 1680–1900

863 Pages·2012·53.6 MB·English

by  Andreas Marks

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.
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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