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Japanese Woodblock Print Collection http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8qz2j76 No online items Inventory of the Japanese woodblock print collection Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2021 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Inventory of the Japanese woodblock 2019C113 1 print collection Title: Japanese woodblock print collection Date (inclusive): ca. 1894-1932 Collection Number: 2019C113 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: Japanese Physical Description: 2 oversize boxes(2.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: Japanese woodblock prints (nishiki-e) depicting battle and political scenes, primarily from the late 19th century. Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2020. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Japanese Woodblock Print Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives Scope and Content of Collection Japanese woodblock prints (nishiki-e) of battle and political scenes, primarily from the late 19th century. Subjects and Indexing Terms Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 -- Pictorial works Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 -- Pictorial works box 1, folder 1 "大日本海陸軍一覧 Dai Nippon kai rikugun ichiran" (Overview of the Great Japanese Navy and Army) 1878 April 21 Scope and Contents Yamazaki, Tokusaburō, 1857-1886 山崎 徳三郎 (creator) box 1, folder 2 "上野公園地第三回内国博覧会ノ図 Ueno kōen dai 3-kai naikoku hakurankai no zu" (The Third Domestic Exhibition in Ueno Park) 1890 February Scope and Contents 東洲 勝月 Tōshū Shōgetsu (creator) box 1, folder 3 "第一軍奉天進撃ノ図 Dai ichigun Hōten shingeki no zu" (The First Army advancing on Mukden) 1894 Scope and Contents Ogata, Gekkō, 1859-1920 尾形月耕 (creator) box 1, folder 4 "掩撃鏖殺 平壌略取の図 Engeki ōsatsu Heijō ryakushu no zu" (Surprise attack: the capture of Pyongyang) 1894 Scope and Contents 年英 Toshihide (右田年英 Migita Toshihide) (creator) box 1, folder 5 "向處無敵 平壌陥落 Mukau tokoro tekinashi Heijō kanraku" (Invincible: the fall of Pyongyang) 1894 Scope and Contents 年英 Toshihide (右田年英 Migita Toshihide) (creator) Inventory of the Japanese woodblock 2019C113 2 print collection box 1, folder 6 "海洋島附近帝国軍艦発砲ノ図 Kaiyōtō fukin teikoku gunkan happō no zu" (Imperial battleship firing near Haiyang Island) 1894 September Scope and Contents Mizuno, Toshikata, 1866-1908 水野年方 (creator) box 1, folder 7 "春木座新狂言 日本大勝利 安城川の場 Haruki za shinkyōgen Nippon daishōri Anjōgawa no ba" (A new play at the Haruki Theater: Japan's great victory at Anseongcheon) 1894 September Scope and Contents 香朝楼 Kōchōrō (Utagawa, Kunimasa III, 1848-1920 三代目 歌川 國政) (creator) box 1, folder 8 "平壌奮戦野津将軍大勝利図 Heijō funsen Nozu shōgun daishōri zu" (General Nozu's great victory after the fierce battle at Pyongyang) 1894 September Scope and Contents 豊洲 Toyosu (creator) box 1, folder 9 "牙山凱旋歓迎之図 Gazan gaisen kangei no zu" (Welcoming the army's triumphal return from Asan) 1894 September Scope and Contents Adachi, Ginkō, active 1870-1900 安達吟光 (creator) box 1, folder 10 "平壌ノ戦ニ於テ敵数百人生捕我軍大勝利ノ図 Heijō no sen ni oite teki sūhyakunin ikedori wagagun daishōri no zu" (Great victory for our army, hundreds of captives taken at the battle of Pyongyang) 1894 October Scope and Contents 梅栄 Baiei (creator) box 1, folder 11 "日清戦争記 Nisshin sensōki" (Account of the First Sino-Japanese War) 1894 October Scope and Contents 国輝 Kuniteru (三代目歌川 国輝 Utagawa Kuniteru III) (creator) box 1, folder 12 "大日本帝国陸軍九連城大勝利ノ図 Dai Nippon teikoku rikugun Kurenjō daishōri no zu" (Great victory of the Japanese Imperial Army at Jiuliancheng) 1894 October Scope and Contents 歌川國虎 Utagawa Kunitora (二代目 歌川國虎 Utagawa Kunitora II) (creator) box 1, folder 13 "海洋島近海我海軍大勝利ノ図 Kaiyōtō kinkai waga kaigun daishōri no zu" (Great victory for our navy near Haiyang Island) 1894 October Scope and Contents 歌川國虎 Utagawa Kunitora (creator) box 1, folder 14 "斎藤少佐之恩愛ニ促テ捕虜軍内之実ヲ吐ク Saitō shōsa no on'ai ni unagasarete horyo gun'nai no jitsu o haku" (Prisoner of war encouraged by Major Saitō's kindness spills his army's military secrets) circa 1894 December Scope and Contents 田口米作 Taguchi Beisaku (creator) box 1, folder 15 "野津大将雪晴ニ遼陽進望図 Nozu taishō yukibare ni Ryōyō shinbō zu" (In clear weather after snow, General Nozu's advance on Liaoyang) 1895 Scope and Contents Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915 小林清親 (creator) Inventory of the Japanese woodblock 2019C113 3 print collection box 1, folder 16 "勇卒白神氏之美談 Yūsotsu Shirakami shi no bidan" (The beautiful tale of the heroic soldier Shirakami) 1895 Scope and Contents 年英 Toshihide (右田年英 Migita Toshihide) (creator) box 1, folder 17 "樋口大尉 "Higuchi tai'i" (Captain Higuchi) 1895 April Scope and Contents Mizuno, Toshikata, 1866-1908 水野年方 (creator) box 1, folder 18 "大元師陛下凱旋皇居御入場之図 Daigensui-heika gaisen kōkyo go-nyūjō no zu" (His Majesty the Commander in Chief's triumphal return to the palace [Diet Building]) 1895 June box 1, folder 19 "日本万歳百撰百笑 清代限り Nippon banzai hyakusen hyakushō shindai kagiri" (Banzai Japan—one hundred selections, one hundred laughs: going bankrupt) 1894 December Scope and Contents 真生 Shinsei (Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915 小林清親) (creator) box 1, folder 20 "日露交戦画 四 鴨緑江付近ニ敵兵ヲ攻撃ス Nichi-Ro kōsenga yon Ōryokkō fukin ni tekihei o kōgekisu" (Russo-Japanese War battle scene 4: attacking the enemy near the Yalu River) 1904 February Scope and Contents 静斎 Seisai (creator) box 1, folder 21 "日本万歳百撰百笑 強兵ノ戦任力 Nippon banzai hyakusen hyakushō Kyōhei no sen'ninriki" (Banzai Japan—one hundred selections, one hundred laughs: the battle capabilities of a powerful army) 1904 May 9 Scope and Contents 真生 Shinsei (Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915 小林清親) (creator) box 1, folder 22 "日本万歳百撰百笑 九連嬢の兵気 Nippon banzai hyakusen hyakushō Kurenjō no heiki" (Banzai Japan—one hundred selections, one hundred laughs: Miss Jiuliancheng's fighting spirit) 1904 June 20 Scope and Contents 真生 Shinsei (Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915 小林清親) (creator) box 1, folder 23 "日本万歳百撰百笑 三国拳 Nippon banzai hyakusen hyakushō sangokuken" (Banzai Japan—one hundred selections, one hundred laughs: rock, paper, scissors among 3 countries) 1904 August 1 Scope and Contents 真生 Shinsei (Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915 小林清親) (creator) box 1, folder 24 "爆弾三勇士 Bakudan san'yūshi" (The three brave human bombers) 1932 April Scope and Contents 小信 三世 Konobu III (Hasegawa, Sadanobu, 1848-1940 長谷川貞信) (creator) box 2, folder 1 "清国鳳凰城日本大勝利 Shinkoku Hōōjō Nihon daishōri" (Japan's great victory at Fenghuangcheng in China) 1894 Scope and Contents Gotō Yoshikage (1858-1926) (creator) box 2, folder 2 "教導立志基田中鶴吉 Kyōdō risshiki Tanaka Tsurukichi" (Instructive models of lofty ambition: Tanaka Tsurukichi) 1889 February 1 Scope and Contents 探景 Tankei (Inoue, Yasuji, 1864-1889) (creator) Inventory of the Japanese woodblock 2019C113 4 print collection box 2, folder 3 " 皇后陛下東京陸軍予備病院行啓の図 Kōgō heika Tōkyō yobi byōin gyōkei no zu" (The Empress visiting the Tokyo Army Reserve Hospital) 1895 Scope and Contents 梅朝齋 小国政 Baichōsai Kokunimasa (creator) box 2, folder 4 "明治三十七年二月二十四日夜 第一回旅順港口閉塞 Meiji 37-nen 2-gatsu 24-ka yoru, dai 1-kai Ryojunkō heisa" (The first blockade of Port Arthur, the night of February 24, 1904) 1904 Scope and Contents Tsukioka, Kōgyo, 1869-1927 (creator) box 2, folder 5 "我軍渡鴨緑江上ノ架橋ヲ渡リ 敵兵ヲ撃退シ九連城ヲ竟ニ占領ス Waga gun Ōryokkō-jō no kakyō o watari tekihei o gekitai shi Kurenjō o kyō ni senryō su" (Our army crosses the Yalu River on the pontoon bridge and drives back the enemy forces to finally occupy Jiuliancheng) 1904 Scope and Contents 月三 Gessan (creator) box 2, folder 6 "川上演劇 日清戦争 Kawakami engeki, Nisshin sensō" (Kawakami theater, Sino-Japanese War) 1894 September Scope and Contents 香朝楼 Kōchōrō (Utagawa, Kunimasa VI, 1848-1920 四代目 歌川 國政) (creator) box 2, folder 7 "平譲大捷清将生捕之図 Heijō taishō Shinshō ikedoru no zu" (The capture of Chinese generals and victory in Pyongyang) 1894 October Scope and Contents 右田年英 Migita Toshihide (creator) box 2, folder 8 "我軍平壌ニテ大勝利之図 陸軍少将大島義昌君 Waga gun Heijō nite daishōri no zu rikugun shōshō Ōshima Yoshimasa-kun" (Our army's great victory in Pyongyang: Major-General Yoshimasa Oshima) 1894 October Scope and Contents 直貞 Naosada (歌川直貞 Utagawa Naosada) (creator) box 2, folder 9 "旅順開城須将軍乃木将軍ニ會見ス Ryojun kaijō Su shōgun Nogi shōgun ni kaiken su" (The Surrender of Port Arthur, General Stessel meets with General Nogi ) 1905 Scope and Contents 月三 Gessan (creator) box 2, folder 10 "旅順降伏 乃木将軍トステッセル将軍ノ会見並ニ捕虜検閲之図 Ryojun kōfuku: Nogi shōgun to Sutesseru shōgun no kaiken narabini horyo ken'etsu no zu" (The surrender of Port Arthur: General Nogi and General Stessel's meeting and inspection of prisoners of war) 1905 Scope and Contents 歌川 小国政 Utagawa Kokunimasa (creator) box 2, folder 11 "朝鮮暴徒防禦図 Chōsen bōto bōgyo-zu" (The defense against Korean mobs) 1882 August 20 Scope and Contents 一応斎 Ichiōsai (Utagawa, Kunimatsu, 1855-1944) (creator) box 2, folder 12 "朝鮮事件記 Chōsen jikenki" (Record of the Korean Incident) 1882 August 10 Scope and Contents 揚洲周延 Yōshū Chikanobu (Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912) (creator) Inventory of the Japanese woodblock 2019C113 5 print collection box 2, folder 13 "上野公園地第三回内国勧業博覧会之図 Ueno kōen dai 3-kai naikoku kangyō hakurankai no zu" (The Third Domestic Industrial Exhibition at Ueno Park) 1889 December Scope
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