Japanese Woodblock Prints. 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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      Copyright © 2010 Andreas Marks

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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

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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
Eishi	86
Eishō	88
Hokusai	90
Toyokuni	96
Shun'ei	100
Shuntei	102
Sharaku	106
Kunimasa	108