Aikawa Minwa, Kōrin gashiki 光琳画式 1818
Kōrin gashiki is a book of Ogata Kōrin designs as drawn by Aikawa Minwa. Though there is little biographical information available about Minwa, he is well regarded for his book, Manga hyaku-jo (Sketchbook of One Hundred Women, 1814).[1] [2] His work also appears in an...
Amano Genkai 天野元海 and Kaseya Sojun 嘉瀬谷素順, Fuyō Kikan 芙蓉奇観 1828
Artist: Amano Genkai and Kaseya Sojun Date: 1828 Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; paper covers Publisher: Unspecified Gift of Arthur Tress, Tress Box 1, item 6, https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977502582903681 See digital images...
![Anonymous, Woodblock for Shaka hassō monogatari 釈迦八相物語, [1666]](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/tressjapanese/files/2022/08/022-Tress_woodblock_1_body0000ref_whitebkgrd-400x250.png)
Anonymous, Woodblock for Shaka hassō monogatari 釈迦八相物語, [1666]
Anonymous Woodblock for Shaka hassō monogatari 釈迦八相物語 Edo period (1603-1868), [1666] Woodblock 22.3 x 35.1 cm Anonymous Shaka hassō monogatari 釈迦八相物語 Volume 4 (of 8) Edo period (1603-1868), [1666] Woodblock printed book; ink on paper 25.5 x 18.2 cm The ability to...
Asai Chū 浅井忠, Tōsei fūzoku gojūban uta awase 当世風俗五十番歌合, 1907
Artist: Asai Chū 浅井忠 (Japanese,1856 – 1907) Author: Ikebe Tōen 池邊 籐園 (Japanese, 1861? – 1923) Title: Tōsei fūzoku gojūban uta awase shita 当世風俗五十番歌合 下 Medium: Full color woodblock book print; ink and color on paper Publisher: Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi...
Bunsai Madaki 文齋万陀伎, Nagasaki miyage 長崎土産 1847
Artist: Bunsai Madaki Title: Nagasaki miyage 長崎土産 (Souvenirs of Nagasaki) Date: ca. 1847 Medium: woodblock printed Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections – Arthur Tress Collection. Box 52, Item 11. See link. See digital images here. Publisher: Yamatoya...
Furuya Kōrin 古谷紅麟, Kōrin moyō 光琳模様, 1907
Furuya Kōrin 古谷紅麟 (1875-1910) Kōrin moyō 光琳模様 Volume 2 (of 2) Publisher: Unsōdō, Kyoto Meiji period (1868-1912), 1907 Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper 25 x 18 cm Kōrin moyō is another example of a pattern book produced in the late Meiji...
Haruna Shigeharu 春名繁春, Fugaku shinkei 富嶽真景 1894
Artist: Haruna Shigeharu 春名繁春 (1847-1913) Title: Fugaku shinkei 富嶽真景 Date of Publication: 1894, Publisher: Gunshojō, Shimomura Shotaro Medium: Woodblock printed, ink and color on paper. Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.1 x 0.8 cm (Pulverer) Gift of: Tress, Arthur (donor) (Tress...
Hasegawa Keika 長谷川契華, Kyōka zuan 京華図案, 1905
Hasegawa Keika 長谷川契華 (act. 1892-1905) Kyōka zuan 京華図案 Volumes 1-2 Publisher: Unsōdō, Kyoto Meiji period (1868-1912), 1905 Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper 24.4 x 16.5 cm Kyōka zuan belongs to a category of pattern books that was published in the Meiji...
Hasegawa Myōtei 長谷川妙貞, Nyohitsu Kasugano 女筆嘉須賀濃 1730
Calligrapher: Hasegawa Myōtei 長谷川妙貞 (Japanese, year unknown) Illustration calligrapher: Nakamura Sankinshi 中村 三近子 (Japanese, 1671 – 1741), Illustrator: Sōsekishi 漱石子 (Japanese, year unknown) Title: Nyohitsu kasugano shita (女筆嘉須賀濃 下) Date: 1730 (享保15年) Medium: Black...
Hatta Koshū 八田古秀, Koshū gafu 古秀画譜 1824
Artist: Hatta Koshū 八田古秀 (Japanese, 1770-1822) Title: Koshū gafu 古秀画譜 Date: 1824 (Bunsei 7) Medium: Woodblock print, 25.65 x 17.9cm Publisher: Kyoto: Yoshida Shinbē Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books, Box 8, Item 16 Koshū...
Hon’ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 (calligraphy), Tosa Mitsushige 土佐光重 (illustration), Sanjū rokkasen 三十六歌仙 ca.1610
“Hon’ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 (calligraphy), Tosa Mitsushige 土佐光重 (illustration), Sanjū rokkasen 三十六歌仙, c.1610” Calligrapher: Hon’ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637) Original design: attributed to Tosa Mitsushige 土佐光重 (fl. 1390 – 1394) Title: Sanjū rokkasen (三十六歌仙)...
Kamisaka Sekka 神坂 雪佳, Chō senshu 蝶千種 1904
Artist: Kamisaka Sekka Title: Chō senshu, “One Thousand Butterflies” Date: 1904 Publisher: Unsōdo Description: 1 of 2 volumes Medium: Woodblock printed, multiple colors on paper Format: hanshibon; gajōsō binding; printed on one side, accordion fold Dimensions: 25 x...
Katsuma Ryūsui 勝間竜水, Umi no sachi 海幸, 1762
Artist: Katsuma Ryūsui 勝間竜水 (1711-1796) Title: Umi no sachi 海幸 Date: 1762 Medium: Woodblock printed, ink and color on paper Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books, Ryūsui 1 Umi no sachi, or Treasures of the Sea, is an extraordinary...
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Fugaku Hyakkei 富嶽百景, 1834-1849
“Fuji with Seven Bridges in One View” (vol. 2, no. 13) Artist: Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849) Title: One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, vol. 1-2 (lacking vol.3) Date: Woodblock of vol. 1 carved in 1834 (Tenpō 5); vol. 2 in 1835 (Tenpō 6); vol. 3 in the...
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Kyōka kunizukushi 狂歌国尽, ca. 1810
Artists: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849), Katsushika Ōi (ca. 1800-ca.1870) and others Editor: Hasendō Yoboke 巴扇堂暮気 (?-1820) Title: Kyōka kunizukushi 狂歌国尽 ‘Mad Verse’ of Selected Provinces Date: ca. 1810 Medium: Woodblock printed, ink on paper Gift of Arthur Tress,...
Katsukawa Shun’ei 勝川春英 , Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Shibai kinmō zui 戯場訓蒙図彙, 1803
Katsukawa Shun’ei 勝川春英 (1762-1819), Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825) Shikitei Sanba 式亭 三馬 (1776-1822), author Shibai kinmō zui 戯場訓蒙図彙 Volumes 5-6 (of 8), 2 volumes bound as one Edo period (1603-1868), 1803 Woodblock printed book; ink on paper 23.9 x 16.1 cm A...
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Ryakuga hayaoshie 略画早指南, 1812-1814
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) Title: Ryakuga hayaoshie 略画早指南 Date of Publication: 1812 for volume 1, 1814 for volume 2. Publisher: Unspecified. Medium: Woodblock printed, ink on paper Dimensions: Chūbon: 18.6 x 13.1 x 0.7 cm Gift of Arthur Tress Kislak...
Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳, Bunpō sansui gafu文鳳山水画譜 1824
Artist: Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳 (1779 – 1821) Title: 文鳳山水画譜 (Bunpō’s album of landscape paintings) Date: Bunsei 7 (1824) Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; paper cover. Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection Box 55, Item...
Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳, Kanga shinan nihen 漢画指南二編, 1811
Artist: Kawamura Bunpō (河村文鳳, 1779-1821) Title: Kanga shinan nihen 漢画指南二編 (Instruction in Chinese Painting, Part Two) Publishers: Yamatoya Kanbē 大和屋勘兵衛, Fushimiya Tōemon 伏見屋藤右衛門, Hishiya Magobē 菱屋孫兵衛 Block Carver: Inoue Jihē 井上治兵衛 Date: 1811 Medium: Woodblock printed,...
Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳 , Kinpaen gafu 金波園画譜 1820
Artist: Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳 (1779 – 1821) Title: Kinpaen gafu 金波園画譜; Picture Album by Kimpaen Date: 1820 Medium: Woodblock printed; ink and color illustrations on paper; paper covers Publisher: Hishiya Magobē 菱屋孫兵衛 Gift of: Arthur Tress Collection. Box 8, Item 5;...
Kawamura Kihō 河村琦鳳, Kihō gafu 琦鳳画譜, 1826-1827
Impression 8. 15, No. 19 (Figure 1) Artist: Kawamura Kihō 河村琦鳳 (1778-1852) Title: Kihō’s Picture Album Date: after 1826 (Bunsei 9) Medium: Woodblock printed; ink and color on paper Dimension: 25.9 x 17.8 x 1.1 cm Publisher: Yoshida Shinbē 吉田新兵衛 (Bunchōdō 文徴堂) Arthur...
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 Kyōsai gadan 暁斎画談, 1887
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-1889) Kyōsai gadan 暁斎画談 Volume 1, 2, 4 (of 4) Publisher: Iwamoto Shun, Tokyo Meiji period (1868-1912), 1887 Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper 25.5 x 17.6 cm In Kyōsai gadan, painter Kawanabe Kyōsai presents the history of...
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, Kyōsai hyakki gadan 暁斎百鬼画談 1889
Artist: Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-1889) Title: Kyōsai hyakki gadan 暁斎百鬼画談 Date of Publication: 1889, Publisher: Inokuchi Matsunosuke 井口松之助 Medium: Woodblock printed, gajōsō accordion-style, ink on paper. Dimensions: 21.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 cm Gift of: Tress, Arthur...
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, Nōga zushiki 能画図式, 1867
Artist: 河鍋暁斎 Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889) Title: Nōga zushiki 能画図式 Date: 1867 (Keiō 3) Medium: Full-color book print; ink and color on paper Publisher: Kobayashi Bunshichi Gift of Arthur Tress. Box 16, Item 16....
Kawarasaki Kodo, Origami moyō, 1935
Artist: Kawarasaki Kōdō Title: Origami moyō 折紙模様 Date: 1935 (Shōwa 10) Medium: color woodblock-printed illustrated book, 2 volumes Measurements: vol. I: 25.4 x 37.3 cm; vol. II 25.3 cm x 37.5 cm Publisher: Unsōdō, Kyoto Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated...
Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美, Hyakunin isshu / 百人一首
Poem on right, as translated by the University of Virginia: Lady Ise Even for a time Short as a piece of the reeds In Naniwa’s marsh,We must never meet again: Is this what you are asking me? Artist: Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1764–1824) (later adopted the name...
Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺, Bairei kiku hyakushu 梅嶺菊百種 ca. 1891-96
Artist: Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺 (1841 – 1895) Title: Bairei kiku hyakushu 梅嶺菊百種 Date: Vol. 1: 1891 (Meiji 24); Vol. 2: 1892 (Meiji 25); Vol.3: 1896 (Meiji 29) Medium: Woodblock printed; ink and color on paper Publisher: Ōkura Magobē 大倉孫兵衛 (1843 – 1921) Donor: Presented by...
Mishima Yonosuke and Arai Shujiro, Japanische Dichtungen, Weissaster, 1894
Artists: Mishima Yonosuke, Arai Shujiro Title: Japanische Dichtungen, Weissaster: Ein romantisches Epos nebst anderen Gedichten Date: 1894 Medium: Woodblock print on crepe paper Publisher: Takejiro Hasegawa Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection Box 39 Item 6...
Mori Tetsuzan 森徹山 et al., Kagetsujō 華月帖, 1836
Artist: Mori Tetsuzan 森徹山 (Japanese, 1775-1841) et al. Author: Kagetsukanō Kirei Date: 1836 Medium: Woodblock print, 27.7 cm x 15.8 cm Publisher: Unknown Gift of Arthur Tress, Box 17, Item 9 Kagetsujō, which literally translates to “Album of Flowers and Moon,”...
Nakajima Tanjirō 中嶋丹次郎, Hīnagata Amanohashidate 雛形天の橋立
Artist: Nakajima Tanjirō 中嶋丹次郎 Title: Hīnagata Amanohashidate 雛形天の橋立 (Pattern Book: Amanohashidate) Date: 1730 Medium: Woodblock print, black ink on paper. Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection Box 55 Item 9...
![Nakamura Tekisai 中村 惕斎 and Shimokōbe Shūsui 下河辺 拾水, Kashiragaki zōho kinmō zui 頭書増補訓蒙図彙 [1789]](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/tressjapanese/files/2020/07/085-shusui_2_v4_body0028-400x250.png)
Nakamura Tekisai 中村 惕斎 and Shimokōbe Shūsui 下河辺 拾水, Kashiragaki zōho kinmō zui 頭書増補訓蒙図彙 [1789]
Author: Nakamura Tekisai 中村 惕斎 (Japanese, 1629-1702) Illustrator: Shimokōbe Shūsui 下河辺 拾水 (Japanese, ?- 1798) Date: [1789] Medium: Black-white woodblock printed book; ink on paper Description: volume 4; 23 cm; fukurotoji (pouch binding) Publisher: [Kyōto皇都(京都):...
Niwa Tōkei 丹羽桃渓 Meika gafu 名家画譜, ca. 1814
Title: Meika gafu 名家画譜 Date: 1814 (Bunka 11) Medium: Woodblock printed; ink and colour on paper. Publisher: Nagoya : Eirakuya Tōshirō, 永楽屋東四郎. Donor: Presented by Arthur Tress. Arthur Tress Collection, Box 1, Item...
Ōnishi Chinnen 大西椿年, Sonan gafu楚南画譜, 1834
Artist: Ōnishi Chinnen 大西椿年 Date: 1834 Medium: fukurotoji (pouch binding), woodblock printed; ink and color on paper; paper covers Publisher: Ōsakaya Genbei, Kobayashi Shinbei Gift of Arthur Tress, Tress Box 8, Item...
Ōnishi Chinnen 大西椿年, Taihei uzō 太平有象 1829
Artist: Ōnishi Chinnen 大西椿年 Date: 1819 Medium: fukurotoji (pouch binding), woodblock printed; ink and color on paper; paper covers Publisher: Osakaya Genbei, Kobayashi Shinbei Gift of Arthur Tress, Tress Box 22, Item...
Ōtsuki Gentaku 大槻玄沢, Kankai ibun 環海異聞, 1807
Artist: Ōtsuki Gentaku 大槻玄沢, Banzui, Shigetada. Title: Kankai Ibun 環海異聞 Date: ca. 1807 Medium: Handwritten manuscript with hand-painted illustrations; Chinese ink and watercolor paint. Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections – Arthur Tress Collection. Box 8,...
Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一, Ōson gafu 鶯邨画譜, 1817
Artist: Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一(1761–1828) Title: Ōson gafu 鶯邨画譜 (Ōson Painting Album) Alternative Title: Hōitsu jōnin gafu抱一上人画譜, Hōitsu jōnin Ōson gafu抱一上人鶯邨画譜 Date: Second month, 1817 Description: 1 volume Medium: Woodblock printed; ink and color on paper; paper cover...
Shōkōsai Hanbē 松好斎半兵衛, Kensarae sumai zue 拳会角力図会, 1809
Artist: Shōkōsai Hanbē 松好斎半兵衛 (active 1795-1807) Authors: Girō 義浪 and Gojaku 吾雀 Title: Kensarae sumai zue 拳会角力図会 (Pictures of Sumo Hand Competitions) Publisher: Kawachiya Tasuke 河内屋太助, Ōsaka Date: 1809 Medium: Woodblock printed, ink on paper Gift of Arthur Tress,...
Suzuki Rinshō 鈴木隣松, Itchō gafu 一蝶画譜, 1770
青楼其二(Brothel, no. 2). Volume 1 Artist: Suzuki Rinshō 鈴木隣松 (-1803) after Hanabusa Itchō 英一蝶 (1652-1724) Title: Itchō gafu 一蝶画譜 (Itchō Painting Album) Alternative Title: Hanabusa Itchō gafu 英一蝶画譜 (Hanabusa Itchō Painting Album) Date: First month, 1770 Description: 3...
Takadachi 高館, 1625
Artist: unknown Title: Takadachi 高館 Date: 1625 Medium: Monochrome moveable type and woodblock printing; ink and color on paper Publisher: unknown Gift of: Arthur Tress Collection. Box 69, Item 13, https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977502838303681...
Takashima Chiharu 高島千春 and Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Tokiwa no taki 得吉方廼滝, 1833
Artist: Takashima Chiharu 高島千春 and Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Title: Tokiwa no taki 得吉方廼滝 Date: 1833 (Tenpō 4) Medium: Woodblock printed ōbon Measurements: 17.4 x 25.2 cm Publisher: not specified Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books. Box 17, Item 4:...
Tani Bunchō 谷文晁, Meizan zue 名山圖會, 1812
Artist: Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 (1763-1840) Title: Meizan zue 名山圖會 (Pictorial album of famous mountains) Date: 1812 Publisher: Akitaya Taemon Medium: Woodblock printed book, ink on paper Tani Bunchō is perhaps the most famous Japanese literati painter represented in the Tress...
Tani Bunchō 谷文晁, Shazanrō gahon 写山楼画本, 1816
Artist: Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 (1763-1840) Title: Shazanrō gahon 写山楼画本 (Picture-book of the mountain-reflecting pavilion) Date: 1816 Publisher: Izumiya Shōjirō Medium: Woodblock-printed book, ink and color on paper Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection Box 10, Item...
Toji-awase Oden no kanabumi 綴合於伝仮名書 ca.1879
Artist: Unknown Title: Toji-awase Oden no kanabumi (The Binding of Oden’s Letters) Date: ca. 1879 Medium: Woodblock-printed broadside, ink and color on paper This broadsheet refers to the kabuki play The Binding of Oden’s Letters (Toji-awase Oden no Kanabumi),...
Torii Kiyomitsu 鳥居清満, Maihime nidai hachinoki 娜二代鉢木, 1774
Maihime nidai hachinoki, fascicle 1 cover (left) and bound fascicles 3-5 (right). Artist: Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735-1785) Title: Maihime nidai hachinoki (Second Generation Hachinoki) Date: n.d. [1774] Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei Descripton: woodblock...
Tosa School, Bunshō ぶんせう, 17th century
Artist: Tosa School, style of Title: Bunshō ぶんせう (Bunsho) Date: 17th century Medium: Manuscript: ink, color, and gold on paper Size: 23.8 x 17.6 cm Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books Tosa School 1, Kislak Center for Special...
Tosa School, Tsuru no sōshi 鶴のさうし, 17th century
Artist: Tosa School Title: Tsuru no sōshi 鶴のさうし (The Tale of the Crane) Date: 17th century Medium: Manuscript, ink, color, and gold on paper You will not be surprised to learn that a crane features prominently in The Tale of the Crane, but here’s the part you...
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Sansai tsuki hyakushu 三才月百首, 1829
Artist: Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850) Author: Asakusaan Itchibito (aka Asakusa no Ichibito; Sensoan Ichindo) Title: Sansai tsuki hyakushu “Three Aspects of the Moon: Collection of One Hundred Verses” Date: 1826 Publisher: Shun’yūtei Description: 1 volume with pouch...
![Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 Azuma Genji 吾妻源氏, [ca. 1830]](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/tressjapanese/files/2022/08/097-kunisada_1_v1_body0016-400x250.png)
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 Azuma Genji 吾妻源氏, [ca. 1830]
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865) Hana Sanjin 鼻山人 (1790-1858), author Azuma Genji 吾妻源氏 Volumes 1, 3 (of 3) Edo period (1603-1868), [ca. 1830] Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and metallics on paper 26.3 x 19.4 cm Azuma Genji (Eastern Genji) Azuma...
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Nise Murasaki inaka Genji 偐紫田舎源氏, 1829-1842
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865) Ryūtei Tanehiko 柳亭種彦 (1783-1842), author Nise Murasaki inaka Genji 偐紫田舎源氏 Volumes 1-38 Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon, Edo Edo period (1603-1868), 1829-1842 Woodblock printed book; ink on paper 17.4 x 11.9 cm Making an impression...
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Natsu no Fuji 夏の富士, 1827
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865), and Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 (1780-1850) Santō Kyōzan 山東京山 (1769-1858), author Natsu no Fuji 夏の富士 Volumes 1-2 Publishers: Tsuruya Kiemon, Yamamoto Heikichi, Nishimuraya Yohachi, Izumiya Ichibē and Moriya Jihē, Edo Edo period (1603-1868),...
![Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Fujimi hyakuzu 無題 [富士見百図], 1859](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/tressjapanese/files/2020/07/067-hiroshige_2_body0009-400x250.png)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Fujimi hyakuzu 無題 [富士見百図], 1859
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858) Title: Fujimi hyakuzu 無題 [富士見百図] Date of Publication: 1859 (Ansei 6). Publisher: Nagoya: Eirakuya Tōshirō Medium: Woodblock printed, ink and color on paper. Dimensions: Hanshibon: 21.7 × 15.5 cm Gift of Arthur Tress Kislak...
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 Kyōka shiki jinbutsu 狂歌四季人物 ca. 1855
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797 – 1859) Period: Edo (1615 – 1868) Editor: Tenmei Rōjin Publisher: Unknown Date: 1855 (Ansei 2) Medium: Full color, woodblock Illustrated by Utagawa Hiroshige, Kyōka shiki jinbutsu is an exercise in seasonality. Focusing on the...
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Enshoku shinasadame 艶色品定女, ca. 1850s
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Japanese, 1786 – 1864) Author: Unknown Title: Enshoku shinasadame (艶色品定女) Date: Unknown, ca.1850s Medium: Full color woodblock book print; ink and color on paper Publisher: No publisher identified Gift of Arthur Tress. Box 34, Item 19....
![Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, [Kyōka surimonojō 狂歌摺物帖], ca. 1829-30](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/tressjapanese/files/2019/10/IMG_8155-1.jpg)
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, [Kyōka surimonojō 狂歌摺物帖], ca. 1829-30
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (signed Kochoro Kunisada ga with double toshidama artist’s seal) Title: [Ichikawa Sanshō kyōka] Date: ca. 1829-30 Medium: color woodblock-printed illustrated book; folding album (orihon) Measurements: 14 cm x 21.1 cm Publisher: private...
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Nihon kijinden 日本奇人伝, 1849
Figure 1 Page 28 Figure 2 Page 26-27 Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861) Author: Hanagasa Bunkyō 花笠文京 (1785-1860) Title: Biographies of Extraordinary People of Japan, vol.2 Date: 1849 Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.8 x...
Utagawa Kunisada, Yakusha kijinden 役者畸人伝 , 1833
Utagawa Kunisada, Yakusha kijinden, 1833 Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865) Author: Utei Enba II 烏亭焉馬 (1743-1822) Title: Yakusha Kijinden 役者畸人伝 Date: 1833 Medium: Woodblock printed; ink on paper. Publisher: Edo: Yamaguchiya Tōbē 山口屋藤兵衛, Nishimuraya Yohachi...
Utagawa Sadahide 歌川貞秀, Yokohama kaikō kenmonshi 横濱開港見聞誌 1862-1865
Artist: Utagawa Sadahide 歌川貞秀(Japanese, 1807-1879?) Date: 1862-1865 Medium: Black-white woodblock printed book; ink on paper Description: 6 volumes; 24.5cm; fukurotoji (pouch binding) Publisher: Unknown Call Numbers: Arthur Tress Collection. Box 2, Item 19....
Utagawa school 歌川派, wrappers (fukuro) for inu no sо̄shi 犬の双紙
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858), Utagawa Kunimasa II 歌川国政二代目 (1792-1857), Ryūtei Senka 笠亭仙果 (1804-1868) Author: Ryûtei Tanehiko II 柳亭種彦 (1804-1868) Title: Assorted wrappers (fukuro) from Inu no sо̄shi (The Storybook of dogs) 犬の双紙 Date: 1848-1881 Medium:...
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Yakusha konotegashiwa 役者此手嘉志和, 1803
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni歌川豊国 Title: Yakusha konote gashiwa 役者此手嘉志和 Date: ca. 1803 (享和3) Medium: Woodblock printed; ink and color on paper; paper covers Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (丸屋甚八)(Marujin, Enjudō) Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections – Arthur Tress...
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Yakusha meisho zue 戯子名所図会, 1800
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825) Author: Takizawa Bakin 滝沢馬琴 (1767-1848) Title: Yakusha meisho zue 戯子名所図会 (Pictorial Album of Famous Places with Actors) Date: 1800 Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon Medium: Woodblock printed book, ink on paper Gift of Arthur Tress,...
Uta no shiori teikoku ryūkō kashū 歌のしおり帝国流行歌集, 1944
Artist: Unknown Title: 歌のしおり帝国流行歌集 (Collection of songs popular in the Empire) Date: 1944 Medium: Mimeograph, ink on paper Gift of Arthur Tress, Arthur Tress Collection. Box 45, Item 12 (https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977502355903681) This...
Yamada Isai 山田意斎 and Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Shaka go-ishidaiki zue 釈迦御一代記図絵, 1845
Title: Shaka go-ichidaiki zue 釈迦御一代記図絵 (Illustrated Record of the Life of Śākyamuni), six volumes Date: 1845, fourth month Medium: woodblock print, ink on paper Dimensions: 24.9×17.8cm Compiler: Yamada Isai 山田意斎 (1788–1846) Illustrator: Katsushika Hokusai...
Yamaguchi Soken, 倭人物画譜, En’o Gafu 圓翁画譜, ca. 1837
Title: En’o gafu 圓翁画譜 Artist: Yamaguchi Soken Medium: Woodblock printed; ink and color on paper. Tress Collection, Box 28, Item 17 Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795) was highly celebrated for his naturalistic renderings of flowers, birds, and animals. Widely admired for...
Yamaguchi Soken 山口素絢 Soken gafu sōka no bu 素絢画譜草花之部, 1806
Yamaguchi Soken 山口素絢 (1759-1818) Soken gafu sōka no bu 素絢画譜草花之部 Volumes 1-3 Publisher: Hishiya Magobē and Noda Kasuke, Kyoto Edo period (1603-1686), 1806 Woodblock printed book; ink on paper 26.9 x 18.6 cm In Soken gafu sōka no bu, Yamaguchi Soken illustrates...
Yamaguchi Soken 山口素絢, Yamato jinbutsu gafu kōhen 倭人物画譜後編, 1804
Otsu-e, volume 1 Artist: Yamaguchi Soken 山口素絢 (1759 – 1818) Title: Yamato jinbutsu gafu kōhen 倭人物画譜後編 (Album of Japanese People in Painting, 2nd Part ) Date: 11th month, 1804 (Bunka 1) Description: 3 volumes Medium: Woodblock printed; ink on paper; paper cover...
Zuan Study
A study of selected periodicals and books of zuan from the Arthur Tress Collection: Senshoku zuan by Tsuda Seifū (1904) Box 67, Item 6 Shin bijutsukai edited by Furuya Kōrin (1898 / 1902) Box 67, Item 1 Shiki nishiki by Tamamura Shimohiro (1903) Box 77, Item 6 Chigusa...