SELECTED BOOKS

Aikawa Minwa, Kōrin gashiki 光琳画式 1818

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...

Kamisaka Sekka 神坂 雪佳, Chō senshu 蝶千種 1904

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...

Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳, Kanga shinan nihen 漢画指南二編, 1811

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,...

Kawarasaki Kodo, Origami moyō, 1935

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...

Ōtsuki Gentaku 大槻玄沢, Kankai ibun 環海異聞, 1807

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

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...

Suzuki Rinshō 鈴木隣松, Itchō gafu 一蝶画譜, 1770

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

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...

Tani Bunchō 谷文晁, Meizan zue 名山圖會, 1812

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...

Tosa School, Bunshō ぶんせう, 17th century

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...

Utagawa Kunisada, Yakusha kijinden 役者畸人伝 , 1833

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...

Zuan Study

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...