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Japanese Woodblock Prints and Brush Paintings Collection MSS.2010.07.01 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt296nf002 No online items Japanese Woodblock Prints and Brush Paintings Collection MSS.2010.07.01 Silke Higgins SJSU Special Collections & Archives © 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library San José State University One Washington Square San José, CA 95192-0028 [email protected] URL: http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives Japanese Woodblock Prints and MSS.2010.07.01 1 Brush Paintings Collection MSS.2010.07.01 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: SJSU Special Collections & Archives Title: Japanese Woodblock Prints and Brush Paintings Collection Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2010.07.01 Physical Description: 1 flat file drawers(20 folders)1 flat file drawers with 20 oversized folders. 50 artworks total: 47 prints and 3 brush paintings. Date (inclusive): 1700-1958 Abstract: This collection consists of forty-seven woodblock prints by Japanese artists from the early 1700s to the mid 1900s, and three brush paintings by artist Shuho Kawashima in 1958. Publication Rights Copyright is not assigned to the San José State University Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation Japanese Woodblock Prints and Brush Paintings Collection, MSS-2010-07-01, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. Processing Information Collection processed by Silke Higgins. Finding aid EAD encoded by Silke Higgins. Reviewed by Danelle Moon. Folders relabeled and alphabetized in Spring 2019 by Samira Habibi. Accruals processed, finding aid revised and folders renumbered in January 2020 by Monica Keane. Related Material Esther Shephard Papers, MSS-2009-11-01, San José State University Special Collections & Archives. Humanities Art Collection, MSS-2019-07-08, San José State University Special Collections & Archives. Scope and Content of Collection The Japanese Woodblock Prints and Brush Paintings Collection consists of forty-seven woodblock prints by Japanese artists from the early 1700s to the mid 1900s in the ukiyo-e tradition. Prints in this collection include the works of masters of ukiyo-e, such as Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Toyokuni Utagawa (1769-1825), and Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861). Subjects of these prints include beautiful women, kabuki actors, landscapes, plants and animals, and scenes of everyday life. Included in this collection are three brush paintings created by artist Shuho Kawashima, a student at San Jose State College in 1958. Kawashima painted the three works while a student in Dr. Esther Shephard's Oriental Literature (English 119) class. Arrangement This collection is arranged into two series: Series I. Woodblock Prints; and Series II. Brush Paintings. Subjects and Indexing Terms Art, Japanese Color prints, Japanese Ukiyoe San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives Japanese Woodblock Prints and MSS.2010.07.01 2 Brush Paintings Collection MSS.2010.07.01 Series I. Woodblock Prints 1700-1942 Series I. Woodblock Prints 1700-1942 Series Scope and Content Summary This series is comprised of forty-seven woodblock prints on silk and rice cloth. Of special interest in this series is Hiroshi Yoshida's print Criptomeria Avenue. Yoshida was one of the last artists to work in the traditional shop fashion. Coming from a family of printmakers he initially began his career as a painter, studying in the Japanese city of Kyoto, as well as in Europe. Yoshida is known to have made at least one visit to the United States where he exhibited at the 1915 World Fair in San Francisco, California. The print in this collection is known to be one of the few copies created by Yoshida himself. Arrangement The prints in this series are arranged alphabetically by the family name of the artist. drawer 01-20, Asada Benji 1899-1984 Folder 1 The Pagoda of Ninnaji Temple drawer 01-20, Chobunsai Eishi Folder 6 Geisha Girls drawer 01-20, Kan-Un Folder 7 Geese and Leaves drawer 01-20, Katsushika Hokusai folder 8 Landscapes Physical Description: Envelope containing set of 5 small landscape prints. Includes conservator's note from 1982 about treatments which also references lost slides. House Scene Men (Diptich) Physical Description: 2 prints mounted together on a paper frame. The Great Wave drawer 01-20, Kawanabe Kyosui (Gyosui) 1868-1935 Folder 2 Three Ladies Admiring the Maple Tree in the Garden 1890 drawer 01-20, Kitagawa Utamaro -1806 folder 19 Anxious in Love Beauties Enjoying the Cool Breeze on a Bridge drawer 01-20, Kuniyoshi Yasuo 1893-1953 folder 9 The Little Pond 1942 drawer 01-20, Ogata Korin folder 10 Magnolia Three Cranes Three Turtles drawer 01-20, Shunkosai Hokushu active 1809–1832 Folder 3 Seated Woman with Fan 1830 drawer 01-20, Tomioka Eisen 1864-1905 Folder 4 Sailboats by Sunset drawer 01-20, Torii Kiyonaga 1742-1815 Folder 20 Man With a Tea Housemate Nihonbashi at New Years Japanese Woodblock Prints and MSS.2010.07.01 3 Brush Paintings Collection MSS.2010.07.01 Series I. Woodblock Prints 1700-1942 Theatrical Group Women Going to the City drawer 01-20, Unknown Artists folder 11 Flower Cluster Hillside Villa Japanese Lady with Blossoms Japanese Plants Sacred Mountain and Treasure Stone Shrine Landscape Leafy Plant Mounted and Un-mounted Samurai Battling Crossing a Bridge during a Festival in November Rock and Flowering Branch Mikoshi being Carried during a Festival in June Two Japanese Men drawer 01-20, Urushibara Yoshijiro folder 12 Horse Lobster and Clams drawer 01-20, Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige 1797-1858 Folder 5 Row of Trees drawer 01-20, Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861 folder 13 Actor drawer 01-20, Utagawa Toyokuni 1769-1825 Folder 14 Geisha Girl Rich Man's Servant drawer 01-20, Watanbe Shotei Folder 15 Chrysanthemums drawer 01-20, Yamakawa Shuho 1898-1944 Folder 16 Modern Matsume drawer 01-20, Yoshida Hiroshi 1876-1950 Folder 17 Criptomeria Avenue Evening at Hot Springs On the Lake (Ike-No-Hata) Series II. Brush Paintings 1958 Series Scope and Content Summary This series is comprised of three paintings created by artist Shuho Kawashima as a demonstration of the technique of Japanese brush painting in Dr. Esther Shephard's SJSU class in Oriental Literature (English 119) on May 15, 1958. The paintings are described by the artist as being depictions of "Pine, Bamboo, and Plum Blossom, the 'Three That Do Not Fear The Winter.'" "They are especially honored by the Chinese and the Japanese, the first two because they remain green through the season of 'Great Cold,' the last because it lives to a gnarled old age and each year puts out its blossoms very early in the spring." Arrangement The paintings in this series are in one folder. drawer 01-20, Kawashima Shuho May 5,1958 folder 18 Physical Description: 3 brush paintings. Japanese Woodblock Prints and MSS.2010.07.01 4 Brush Paintings Collection MSS.2010.07.01.
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