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V-ka8678, c.1821
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The Work:
V-ka8678: lefthand triptych: actors in freetime from left Otani Baju, Segawa Kikunojo V,
Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Onoe Kumesaburo II, Onoe Densaburo, Onoe Matsusuke III, Onoe Kikugoro III,
Ogino Isaburo II, publisher: Maruya Bun'emon (fl. c.1793-1834); dated: c.1821.
The Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (b. Tsunoda Kunisada, 1786-1864) became a
pupil of Toyokuni at age fifteen. With Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige, Kunisada was
the leading Ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo period. He is said to have produced
a larger number of works than any other Ukiyo-e artist. In 1844 he assumed the
name Toyokuni III and afterwards led an atelier of some twenty-eight pupils in producing
ever-larger series of actor portraits and prints of beauties, of increasingly technical
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IV-ka6505, c.1830
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V-ka8865, c.1830 | VIII-ka15360, c.1830 |
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The Work:
II-ka2331: kabuki diptych, no data; dated: c.1825; signature:
Gototei Kunisada ga. 2 The Work: III-ka4970: Sho - The merchant, Harashobo, surimono, set of four prints; dated: c.1825; signature: Tojuen Kunisada ga. 3 The Work: IV-ka6505: part of a kabuki multi-sheet composition, Nakamura Shikan II, role unknown; publisher: unknown; dated: c.1830; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. 4 The Work: V-ka8865: Ano 11 (standing woman): one sheet of a kabuki multisheet composition (other images not available) showing the actor Iwai Hanshiro V as Awazure Oroku; publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (fl. c.1751-1860); dated: designed around 1830; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. 5 The Work: VIII-ka15360: part of a multi-sheet composition, it shows actors out-of-role, one actor is holding up the bonsai; publisher: unreadable, dated: c.1830; signature: Kochoro Kunisada ga. 6 |
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VII-ka15000, c.1825
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VI-ka9346, 7/1827 |
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The Work:
VII-ka15000: actor portrait from the Actors compared to the
seven Komachi series, actor unidentified watering a flowering tree; no publisher seal;
dated: c.1825; attributed to Kunisada. 7 The Work: VI-ka9346: from an untitled set of actors in the play Kanadehon Chushingura, Bando Mitsugoro III as Kakogawa Honzo, to the left of him and his upraised arm holding a closed fan is a pine in a deep bowl; publisher: Ōtaya Sakichi; dated: 7/1827; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. 8 |
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V-ka8760-ac, c.1835
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III-ka6018, 3/1840
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V-ka8723, 3/1840 |
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The Work:
V-ka8760: kabuki triptych, Nakamura Utaemon IV, Bando Hikosaburo IV,
Ichimura Kakitsu III as unread, gofukuya Shinbei, Omatsu; play: unknown; publisher: Edoya
Matsugoro; dated: c.1835; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. 9 The Work: III-ka6018: Shimomi Month in the The Twelve Months series, Nakamura Kanjiuku I as Shirotae in the play Hana kyodai nenjugyoji; publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō (fl. c.1820-90); dated: 3/1840; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. 10 The Work: V-ka8723: kabuki scene, The Twelve Months series, actors Nakamura Kanjiuku I and Ichimura Uzaemon XII in the roles of Shirotae and Tokiyori in the play Hana kyodai nenjugyoji; publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (fl. c.1812-86); dated: 3/1840; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. 11 |
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V-ka8727, 3/1840
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II-ka1456-c, c.1840 |
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The Work:
V-ka8727: kabuki scene, The Twelve Months series, Ichimura
Uzaemon XII, Nakamura Utaemon IV as unread, Takeshi no Sakuraga, same data (the "bonsai"
is most probably a rikka). 12 The Work: II-ka1456: bijin print, no title; publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi; dated: c.1840; signature: Kochoro Kunisada ga. 13 |
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VI-ka112451, 3/1840
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The Work:
VI-ka11245: kabuki diptych, actors Nakamura Kanjiuku I
(= Utaemon IV) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII in the roles of Shirotae and Tokiyori in the
play Shimekazari otakara Soga; the snow-covered cherry and plum trees on the
left-hand side, in similar deep pots with drip-glaze (along with the pine shown below);
publisher: Moriya Jihei (fl. c.1797-1886); dated: 3/1840; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga.
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VI-ka11245r, 3/1840
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III-ka4865a, c.1845
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IV-ka6150a, c.1845 |
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The Work:
VI-ka11245: kabuki diptych, actors Nakamura Kanjiuku I (= Utaemon
IV) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII in the roles of Shirotae and Tokiyori in the play
Shimekazari otakara Soga; a snow-covered pine on the right-hand side (along with
the cherry and plum shown above), all in similar deep pots with drip-glaze; publisher:
Moriya Jihei; dated: 3/1840; signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. 15 The Work: III-ka4865: Poet no. 87 in the One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets series; bijin print; publisher: Sanoya Kihei (fl. c.1717-1875); dated: c.1845; signature: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga. 16 The Work: IV-ki6150: Ornamental Papers patterned after Poet no. 2 in the One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets; Shirotae and Tokiyori; publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (fl. c.1815-69); dated: c.1845; signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (attention: this print is by Kuniyoshi), National Diet Library. 17 |
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ka-5337, c.1847
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The Work:
ka-5337: the right sheet of a bijin triptych; publisher: Hayashiya
Shogōrō (fl. c.1845-63); dated: c.1847; signature: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga. 18 |
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I-ka1171, c.1847
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II-ka2317b, c.1847
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I-ka787-4, c.1850
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VI-ka10903, c.1850 |
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The Work:
VIII-ka15353: Invaluable Haruna Comfort [?!] series, the
actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as a street vendor; publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi; dated:
c.1847; signature: shimoto no oju Toyokuni ga. Reference: Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
19 The Work: I-ka1171: Act 2 in the Story of Loyal, Prominent and Faithful Samurai series; publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi; dated: c.1847; signature: Kokuteisha Toyokuni ga. 20 The Work: II-ka2317: bijin print, Mutsukitsuki matsukazari - Pine-decoration for New Year in January in the Different Periods in the Calender Year series, a parody of The Twelve Months of the Ise Calendar; publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (fl. c.1846-83); dated: c.1847; signature: Kochoro Kunisada ga. 21 The Work: I-ka787: Akashi furo - Bath House at Akashi; publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō (fl. 1774-1852); triptych; censors: Mera and Murata; dated: c.1850; signature: Kochoro/Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga. 22 The Work: VI-ka1093: kabuki print, actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Bando Shuka I, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, roles Jusaku oto Yakichi, Okiku imoto Omine, uekiya Jusaku; play: unknown; in the rear leftside is a two-shelved unit with a pine bonsai on the upper shelf, possibly another to the left of it along the left edge; two other plants are on the front shelf; publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (fl. c.1814-96); censors: Kinugasa, Watanabe and shita-uri seal; dated: c.1850; signature: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga. 23 |
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The Work:
III-ka2923: kabuki triptych, actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII, Ichikawa
Kodanji IV, Bando Shuka I, and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the roles Funakoshi Juemon, Obou
Rokusa, Kewaizaka no Kashiku, and Onio kozo Shichinosuke; play: unknown; publisher:
Yamamotoya Heikichi; censors: Muramatsu, Yoshimura; dated: 1/1848;
signature: shimoto no oju Toyokuni ga. 24 |
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II-ka2642b, c.1850
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The Work:
II-ka2642: Hachi-no-ki Uri - a dealer for potted plants in
the Six Examples of the Street Merchants in the Summer Evenings series; the actor is
Nakamura Utaemon IV; publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō; dated: c.1850; signature: Utagawa
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VII-ka118331, c.1850
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VII-ka11911, c.1850 |
VII-ka11909, c.1850
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I-ka11112, c.1851
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IV-ka6492, 11/1852 |
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The Work:
VII-ka11833: actor triptych; actors from left Bando Hikosaburo IV,
Bando Shuka I, Bando Takesaburo I, Iwai Kumesaburo III, Ichikawa Ebizo V, Onoe Baiko IV,
Ichikawa Saruzo, Sawamura Chojuro V, Arashi Kichisaburo III, Ichikawa Kodanji IV;
publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi; censors Kinugasa, Murata and shita uri seal; dated:
c.1850; signature on left sheet: Kochoro Toyokuni ga. 26 The Work: VII-ka11911: kabuki print; Bando Shuka I, Ichimura Uzaemon XII, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Oiso Tora gozen, Juro Sukenari, Goro Tokimune; play: unknown; in lower righthand corner is a 3 upright-style tree arrangement in a ?handled? container; publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi; censors: Kinugasa, Murata and shita-uri seal; dated: c.1850; signature: Toyokuni ga. 27 The Work: VII-ka11909: kabuki print; Onoe Kikugoro IV, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, and Bando Hikosaburo IV in the roles Yamatoya no Oyama and two unknown others; play: unknown; the righthand character is holding a pot with a blooming or fruiting tree (plum?) in it; publisher: Kobayashiya Taijiro; censors: Hama, Magome; dated: c.1850; signature: Toyokuni ga. 28 The Work: I-ka1112: Chapter 14, Miozukushi, in the Faithful Depictions of the Figure of the Shining Prince series; publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (fl. c.1686-1886); censors: Mera and Murata; dated: c.1851; signature: Kokuteisha Toyokuni ga. 29 The Work: IV-ka6492. Part of a kabuki multisheet composition; publisher: Sanoya Kihei; dated: 11/1852; signature: Toyokuni ga. 30 |
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VII-ka11955, 3/1853
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I-ka560-c, 6/1853 |
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The Work:
VII-ka11955: kabuki triptych; Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Seki Sanjuro
III, Onoe Baiko IV, ?? no Yosa (Yosaburo), Izumiya Tazaemon, Kakoi onna Yokogushi Otomi;
play Yowa nasake ukina no yokoguchi; right hand panel, behind the female character
on a ledge/counter are three potted plants, the rightmost one is a white flowering (leaved?)
tree; publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (fl. 1764-1931); censors: Mera, Watanabe; dated: 3/1853; signature:
Toyokuni ga. 31 The Work: I-ka560: Aki - Autumn in the Shikika kurabe no uchi - A contest of Shikkia series; actors out of role from left: Bando Shuka I, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Iwai Kumesaburo III; publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei; censors: Fuku and Muramatsu; dated: 6/1853; signature: Toyokuni ga. 32 |
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IV-ka7162, 6/1853
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III-ka4777, c.1860
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The Work:
IV-ka7162: bijin triptych; title unread; publisher:
Fujiya Tosuke; dated: 6/1853; signature: Toyokuni ga. 33 The Work: III-ka4777: bijin print; title: unknown, in theFamous Geisha Compared to the 36 Poets series; publisher: unknown; dated: c.1860; signature: oju Toyokuni ga. 34 |
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VII-ka11547, 11/1855
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III-ka5229a, c.1856 |
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The Work:
VI-ka10019: genji print; Voice of [title of print]
series, title unread; publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (fl. late 1840s-c.1875); dated: 9/1854; signature:
Toyokuni ga. 35 The Work: VI-ka9972: bijin triptych; title: unread; along the left edge is a tokonoma with a flowering tree, to the right of it possible an antique bronze. A woman is lying on the floor in front of this, looking back at her two companions to the center and right of the tryptch; publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo; dated 10/1855; signature: Toyokuni ga. 36 The Work: VII-ka11547: final sheet from a 10-sheet actor composition; actors Kataoka Gato II, Ichikawa Komazo VI, and Onoe Kikugoro IV; the leftmost is a carrier of pots and is discussing with the middle and righthand characters; publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi; dated: 11/1855; signature: Toyokuni ga. 37 The Work: III-ka5229: one sheet of a Genji scene; title: unread; publisher: Iseya Kanekichi; dated: ?/1856; signature: Toyokuni ga. 38 |
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The Work:
Dai yon maki: Suetsumu Hana (Chapter Four: Suetsumu Hana) from the series Genji
goshū yojō (Lasting Impressions of the Late Genji Collection), an ōban diptych whose left panel includes
this unique landscape: perhaps the equivalent of 6" high at the most and a foot wide, a two-part somewhat scalloped-edge
dark dish resting on the ground.
In the front 40% is a water feature crossed by a bridge; the rear 60% has a mossy stretch with a tiny building, crane and sign post.
It would be over a century before these type of trays -- although shallower -- would be commercially available for enthusiasts.
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I-ka1389a, 6/1856
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I-ka578, 11/1857
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IV-ka6489-l, 5/1858 | t011210_6, 9/1858 |
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The Work:
I-ka1389 Yuki Hachi No Ki (The story of the potted trees)
, [a kabuki play] in the The Seven Variations of Iroha Alphabet
series, actors: Onoe Kikugoro IV, Bando Kamezo I, roles Shiratae, Tokiyori; publisher:
unknown; dated: 6/1856; signature: Toyokuni ga. An oban from a series of 47 prints
which portray the various syllables of the katakana "alphabet." The character "yu"
is here shown as a variation on our
old Noh theatre friends, now as a Kabuki theatre topic. The three lightly snow-covered trees
are in the lower right corner of the scroll and are all in deep pots with wide openings.
The bare cherry is just right of center in a container whose outside is white with dark-blue or
black flower and vine designs; to the right of this is the heavily pink-blossomed plum in a
container dark blue with a white and medium-blue wavy bottom; to the right of this at the
picture's right edge is the evergreen pine in a medium-blue container with dark blue and
white designs, possibly a representation of a snowy flat-topped Mt. Fuji.
40 The Work: I-ka578: Kayabacho in the Famous Places of Edo Compared with One Hundred Wonderful Women series; publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (fl. c.1843-1923); dated: 11/1857; signature: Toyokuni ga. 41 The Work: IV-ka6489: kabuki diptych; Nakamura Fukusuke I and Onoe Kikugoro IV as Hayano Kanpei and unread character in the play Hanaayame iroha jikki; publisher: Ōtaya Takichi (fl. c.1849-1867); dated: 5/1858; signature: Toyokuni ga. 42 The Work: t011210_6: kabuki diptych; Hachi No Ki with the the tree about to be severed; publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi; dated: 9/1858; signature: Toyokuni ga. 43 |
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I-ka284-l, 5/1859
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I-ka1363-br, 5/1859 |
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The Work:
I-ka284: kabuki triptych; actors from left: Nakamura Fukusuke I,
Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Onoe Kikugoro IV in the roles from left of Hayano Kanpei,
Genta otto musume Okumi, and unread character in the play Hanaayame iroha jikki;
publisher: Iseya Chubei; dated: 5/1859; signature: Toyokuni ga.
44 The Work: I-ka1363: kabuki diptych; actors Nakamura Fukusuke I and Onoe Kikugoro IV in the roles of Hayano Kanpei and Kahoyo gozen in the play: Hanaayame iroha jikki; publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke; dated: 5/1859; signature: Toyokuni ga. 45 |
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II-ka2238-1, 5/1859
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II-ka1722-r, 12/1859
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III-ka5815, 12/1859 |
VII-ka11973, 12/1859
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The Work:
II-ka2238: kabuki diptych; actors Sawamura Tanosuke III and
Nakamura Fukusuke I in the roles of Genta otto musume Okumi and Hayano Kanpei in the play
Hanaayame iroha jikki; publisher: Kiya Sojiro; dated: 5/1859; signature:
Toyokuni ga. 46 The Work: II-ka1722: kabuki triptych; actors from left: Nakamura Fukusuke I, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII, Onoe Kikugoro IV, and Sawamura Tanosuke III in the roles from left of yakko Takehei jitsuha Takejiro Takematsu, xxxx jitsuha Keijuro, Shihoya no naishi jitsuha Oren, and jijo Kotokatsura in the play Kinpeibai Soga no tamamono; publisher: Iseya Chubei; dated: 12/1859; signature: Toyokuni ga. 47 The Work: III-ka5815: bijin print; title unread in the Contemporary Little Songs series; publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei; dated: 12/1859; signature: Toyokuni ga. 48 The Work: VII-ka11973: kabuki triptych; Onoe Kikugoro IV, Nakamura Fukusuke I, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII, Nishikido mekake xxx nochi ni Taketaro tsuma Ohasu, Takejiro Takematsu, and Nishikadoya Keijuro in the play Kinpeibai Soga no tamamono; publisher: Kagaya Kichibei (fl. c.1851-1902); dated: 12/1859; signature: Toyokuni ga. 49 |
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IV-ka6297a, 8/1863
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I-ka1415a, 11/1863
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IV-ka7198a, 12/1868 |
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The Work:
IV-ka6297: The Ten Calendrical Signs Signified by the Roles
that the Great Actors Play series; the actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Hayano Kanpei;
publisher: Koshika; dated: 8/1863; signature: nanajuhachi sai Toyokuni ga.
50 The Work: I-ka1415: 24 Aspects of Beautiful Women series; publisher: unknown; dated: 11/1863; signature: oju rojin Toyokuni ga. 51 The Work: IV-ka7198: actor print; Ichimura Uzaemon XIII; publisher: unknown; dated: 12/1868; signature: xxx Toyokuni ga - this print has also the signature from Gengyo Miyagi just top right form Kunisada's signature, it's not clear whether Gengyo designed the bonsai or the border on top the print. 52 |
An analysis of these 52 prints results in the following:
7 or 8 have portrayals [similar to that] of the story of Hachi-No-Ki ("The Potted Plants");
7 portrayals include at least one pot having a drip glaze down from the outside rim;
6 portrayals include at least one container made of wood in the "cloud-handle style";
5 portrayals of nurseries (or private display areas) with multiple dwarf potted trees;
6 portrayals of potted tree peddlers;
15 portrayals with plum trees; and
23 portrayals with pines.
Additional observations will be noted later.
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NOTES 1. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006. Source is given as "complete triptych is from an Japanese exhibition catalog (Hiraki Ukiyo-e Museum), center and right sheets are from Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University."; Killam, Walt "Bonsai in Ukiyo-e," Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, January/February 1979, b&w photo on pg. 24, with close-up on pg. 25; From Takagi Bonsai Museum Japanese/English guide booklet, c.2002. Left and middle panels of a trypych.; Smith, Lawrence, Victor Harris and Timothy Clark Japanese Art: Masterpieces in the British Museum (New York: Oxford University Press; 1990), pg. 28; Clark, Timothy Ukiyo-e Paintings in the British Museum (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992), pg. 203; Index of Japanese Painters, compiled by the Society of Friends of Eastern Art (Toyo Bijutsu Kokusai Kenkyukai) (Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company; 1940. First Tuttle edition published 1958), pg. 71; Marks, Andreas Japanese woodblock prints -- Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 (Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing; 2010), pg. 216. 2. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 28 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Asian Collection Japanese Print Auction." 3. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 29 Jul 2006. Source is given as "." 4. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 30 Jul 2006. Source is given as "from a private collection." 5. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 31 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University."; From http://www.bonsaimuseum.org/e/tenji_t.html, accessed 01/07/02. Special exhibition: Bonsai in Ukiyo-e Autumn-Winter Exhibition at the Takagi Bonsai Museum.; A small color version of the entire print was collected by RJB from the site on 08/26/2004, with the label "t011210_1.jpg" and the caption "A jade Oroku by Kunisada." The publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi is among the most important publishers in the history of prints -- all important and popular artists worked for him -- and may be the publisher with the biggest output over time. Marks, pp. 194-196 lists some 106 works/series by at least 32 artists. 6. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 26 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Boston Museum of Fine Arts." 7. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 2 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Boston Museum of Fine Arts." 8. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 1 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 9. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 31 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 10. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 29 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." Marks, pg. 268. 11. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 31 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." Marks, pg. 258. 12. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 31 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 13. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 28 Jul 2006. Source is given as "reference: Präfektur Yamaguchi." 14. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 1 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Tokyo Metropolitan Museum." Marks, pg. 226. 15. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 1 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Tokyo Metropolitan Museum." 16. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 29 Jul 2006. Source is given as "National Diet Library." Marks, pg. 244. 17. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 30 Jul 2006. Source is given as "." Marks, pg. 266. 18. Identification and new image from Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 24 Jul 2006, based on an image formerly on JapanIncomplete.html. That image was from Prescott, David and Colin Lewis The Bonsai Handbook, 2001, p. 10, "left panel of a tryptych." Per Graebner, that image was actually a reversal of the original -- thus the panel shown here above is the correct right-hand panel of the tryptych. Marks, pg. 288. 19. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 26 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Boston Museum of Fine Arts." 20. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Asian Collection Japanese Print Auction." 21. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 28 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Östereichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst." Marks, pg. 290. 22. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Artelino." Marks, pg. 204. 23. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 1 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." Marks, pg. 262. 24. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 2 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 25. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 29 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 26. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 28 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 27. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 2 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 28. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 2 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University."
29.
From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006.
Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." With several hundred
prints, Izumiya Ichibei is among the most successful and productive publishers in the history
of Japanese woodblock prints. His first prints date from around 1776, ninety years after
he started in the business. Marks, pg. 208.
We are using a better copy from "Katsura Forest" by Daniel Dolan, as http://www.katsuraforest.com/print09.htm. 30. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 30 Jul 2006. Source is given as "from a private collection." 31. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 2 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." Marks, pg. 272. 32. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006. Source is given as "National Diet Library." 33. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 30 Jul 2006. Source is given as "book: Utagawa Kunisada, Ozaki Kyuka (an exhibition catalog from Japan)." 34. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 29 Jul 2006. Source is given as "National Diet Library." 35. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 1 Aug 2006. Source is given as "National Diet Library." Marks, pg. 294. 36. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 1 Aug 2006. Source is given as "National Diet Library." 37. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 2 Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 38. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 29 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Arts and Designs of Japan." 39. Marks, pp. 304-305.
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From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006.
Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.";
http://www.kunisada.de/kunisada-1856/Iroha-letter/iroha-letter-1.htm#yu,
per personal e-mail from Gunter Lind to RJB, 1 Feb 2006;
Also from "Katsura Forest" by Daniel Dolan, as http://www.katsuraforest.com/print14.htm. 41. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006. Source is given as "ref.: ?." Publisher Fujiokaya Keijirō's business was destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake of Sept. 1, 1923. Marks, pg. 284. 42. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 30 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." Ōtaya Takichi was originally a carver for Kuniyoshi, but then began to publish Kuniyoshi's actor prints by himself. Marks, pg. 292. 43. Identification from Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 24 Jul 2006, based on an image formerly on JapanIncomplete.html. Image from http://www.bonsaimuseum.org/e/tenji_t.html, accessed 01/07/02. Special exhibition: Bonsai in Ukiyo-e Autumn-Winter Exhibition at the Takagi Bonsai Museum.; This color version is from the site, collected by RJB on 08/26/2004, with the label "t011210_6.jpg". 44. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Ju 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University."
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From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006.
Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University";
Also from "Katsura Forest" by Daniel Dolan, as http://www.katsuraforest.com/print07.htm. 46. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 28 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 47. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 28 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." 48. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 29 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Arts and Designs of Japan." 49. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, Aug 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." Marks, pg. 264. 50. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 30 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Auction Ukiyo-e." 51. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 27 Jul 2006. Source is given as "National Diet Library." 52. From Horst Graebner to RJB in personal e-mail, 30 Jul 2006. Source is given as "Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." |