FOR USE ONLY I THE LIBRARY preliminary catalogue of the Japanese prints and othe illustrations in the Library of the School of Oriental & African Studies By s. Matsudaira The Library 1972 {_ '("' ( '2. -.3r - ,., ,. ... - ,.,. \ r-.1' ')\ SI c -,:-,..:_1) /' J J L INDEX OF JAPliliESE PRINTS & OTHER ITEMS KEY 1. Artist's name 2. Size (in centinetres) and shape of print 3. Description 4. Title (series and individual) 5. Publisher 6. Censor seal, kiwame seal, year-date seal 7. Signature 8. Date 9. References, etc. ( .... /{,_ 8/ y --7 I ') - (1 4t '1. ANONYMOUS '1 - '1 '1 • (Anonymous) 2. Oban. 23.6 x 35.8 3. At the gate of a red-light district ( it might be Shinagawa), two maidservants guiding a customer; another two are waiting for the arrival of their customer. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. ea ,'1820 9. '1 - 2 - 3 1. Anonymous) 2. Oban. 37.0 x 25.2. 2ptych. (A set from, a series?) 3. Singing instructor's room. People learning short songs - "Dodoitsu". 4. Title: TOsei misuji no tanoshimi (Enjoyment a la mode with a three-stringed instrument). 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. ea 1850 9. 1 - 4 1. (Anonymous) 2. Oban. 38.0 x 25.8 3. Minamoto Yoshiie, in 1063, releasing 1000 cranes with golden tags tied to their legs at the top of Mt. Kamakura so that the Genji family might prosper for a long time. 4. None 5. Nishimura Yohachi 6. Kiwame seal 7. None 8. ea '1840 9. 1 - 5 1. (Anonymous) 2. 21.2 x 25.7.. Fan-shaped picture; a draft for print (?). 3. A noble lady musician with a hand drum sitting in a boat. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. Tsutsumi Torin (?) 8. ea 1850 9. Bears seal of collector Kyosai. 1 '1 - 6 '1. Anonymous) 2. Oban. 28.8 x 39.7. Keyblock print. 3. The warrior and his horse are struggling o free themselves from the mud. It seems to show the last moment of Kiso Yoshinaka. · 4. None 5. None 6 . None 7. None 8. C19 reprint of C18 print 9. '1 - 7 1. (Anonymous) 2. Oban. 37.0 x 24.7. (Right hand sheet of 3ptych?) 3. The opening ceremony of the Second Industrial Exhibition of '188'1 at Ueno Park. 4. Title: Hakuran kai kaijo-shiki no zu. (Scene of the opening ceremony of the Exhibition..) 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. 1881 9. '1 - 8 - 9 1. (Anonymous) 2. Oban. 37.5 x 25.8 3. Moralizing texts with illustrations of a monkey trainer, a drummer and a blind man. In the back• ground is a ghost. 4. None 5. None 6 . None 7. None 8. ea '1850 9. '1 - '10 - 11 - 12 1. (Anonymous) 2. Oban. 3 sheets from 4ptych (?) 38.0 x 25.5 (each). 3. A party of Kabuki actors leaving Edo for Osaka. 4. None 5. Yamamoto Kuhei 6. Kiwame seal and year date seal (faded) 7. None · · · 8. Ca 1810 9. 2 1 - 13 1• CAnonymous) 1 - 14 2. Oban. Block-copy. 3. A young craftsman, mouth, standing by woodblock. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. ea 1850 9. holding a kitchen knife in his a lantern. A design for a 39.3 X 24.5 1. (Anonymous) 2. ehuban. - 22.9 x14.2 (trimmed) 3. Two courtesans followed by an attendant leaving their house to go on board. 4. - Series title: Ukiyo nana komachi (Seven gay quarters). - Individual title: Sekidera 5. None 6. None 7 . None 8. ea 1785 9. 1 - 15 1. (Anonymous) 2. 195 x 14.1 (right), 19.5 x 13.8 (left) 3. (Right): First page (cover) of the book. Stencil coloured. The man is carrying persimmons and chestnuts. (Left): A page of the same book. Three men drinking sake from a huge wine cup. 4. Title: Ehon konomi no utaawase (Picture book illustrating poems mentioning fruits). 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. ea 1780 9. 1 - 16 1. (Anonymous) 2. 18.4 X 28.0 3. Two pa es book illustrations. · (Right)A couple in the boat watching a spider hanging from its 1.veb. (Left) A monkey standing by the carriage looking up at persimmons. 4. Title of the book: Ehon konomi no utaawase (Picture book illustrating poems mentioning fruits). 5. None · 6. None 7. None 8. ea 1780 9. 3 1 - 13 1 - 17 1• (Anonymous) 2. 20.0 X 31.0- 3. · Calligraph.ic drawings· of a courtesan and a puppeteer taken from a picture book. 4. None 5. None 6 . None 7 . None 8. Mid C19 9. 1 - 18 1. (Anonymous) 2. 19.5 x 29.2. (2 pages.) Stencil coloured. 3. Illustrations of a book. (Right) a scouring rush and a hare (Left) a paulownia and a Chinese phoenix 4. Book title: Ehon tsui-gasane (Picture book showing objects, animals etc. linked by association). 5. None · 6 . None 7. None 8. ea 1780 9. 1 - 19 1• (Anonymous) 2. (Right) 18.7 X 14.1 ) . (Left) 18•4 x 13.8) Stencll coloured. 3. (Right) Two women· choosing a comb "(Left) Tvvo gods of good luck making rice cakes 4. Book title: (Right) Jochu .- kesho sugata (Women's :rriake-up posture) (Left)Ehon sato mochi (Picture book; sugar rice cakes) 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. ea 1790 9. 1 - 20 1. (Anonymous) 2. 18.7 x 28.6. Stencil coloured. Book illustration_ 3. (Right)First page (cover) of this book.· T\vo girls playing New Ye-ar's Games. (Left)A ' scene of a street on the first day of spring.. 4. Bootitle: Ehon harU: no nagame. (Picture book: Spring scenes.) 5. None 6. None 7 . None 8. 1790 9. K.S. Vol. 1, p. 500. 4 1 - 21 1. (Anonymous) 2: 20.3 x 27.4. Book illustration. 3. Asahina Saburo smoking. The pigmies bn his pipe form a fire brigade. The picture is a parody of the famous poem by Henjo-sojo. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. ea 1750 9. 1 - 22 to 1 - 32 1. (Anonymous) 2. 11 sheets. 20.8 x 26.7. Fan-shaped paintings. 3. Stage scene of kyogen (No farce.) 4. Titles are: (1) Kawakami (6) Hagi Daimyo (?) · (2) Asaina (7) Chigiriki (3) Iori no Ume (8) Hikuzu (?) (4) Yoneichi (9) Shinbai (5) Igui (10)Mikazuki (11) (Not identified.) 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Early 17th century 9. 1 - 33 1. (Anonymous) 2. Painting on silk. 21.8 x 28.5 3. The big cedar in Kai province, called Yatate no 4. Title: Kai, Yatate no sugi (A cedar at Yatate in Kai). 5. None 6. None . 7. Hiroshigega (fake . signature and seal) 8. None 9. 1 - 34 1• (Anonymous) s 2. 1 volume (incomplete) orihon. 22.5 x 15.2 3. Haiga album by an amateur artist 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late 019 9. 5 1 - 35 - 36 u 1. (Anonymous) 2. 2 volumes sketchbooks; orihon. 22.8 x 15.2 U.R.. 3. Sketch albums illustrating Japanese flowe.rs, {'.. animals· , bl.rds and landscapes. _I,. I\-.)\-- .. 4. None . 5. None C. &M..... 6. None 7. None 8. Late C19 9. 1 - 37 / ; 1. (Anonymous) 2. 1 volume orihon sketchbook. 22.7 x 16.4 .et 3. A sketchbook of various styles with copies of j[J C t paintings by well-known artists. 4. None C \NE.,.\ 5. · None 6. None 7. None 8. · Late C19 9. 1 - 38 .!./ .) f, 1. (Anonymous) 2. 1 volume, sketchbook. 27.9 x 18.7 (I _..,[. 3. An album illustrating Japanese occupations and customs. (Possibly after wirgman) T 4. None I 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late C19 9. 1 - 39 J 1. (Anonymous) r 2. Album. 38.7 x 27.4· _./ l) 3. Complete copies of a series of prints . by Kogakudo. 4. Original series title: Ikiutsushi . 48 taka (Sketches I of 48 birds) · 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late C19 9. .. 1 - 40. ·Jr.- ·, 41 tl..t-CC 1. (Anonymous) 2. Two sketchbooks. 27.5 x 38.4 3. Botanical Diagrams. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late C19 1 - 21 9. 6 1 '1 - 42 ./ OtJ )'- '1. (Anonymou·s) . 2. Sketchbook. 28.5 x 4'1.5 3. A student sketch book in style of Shijo School. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None · 8. '1860/70 9. 1 - 43 \....--/ '1 • (Anonymous) 2. 3. Sketches of various styles including copies from paintings by well-known artists. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late C'19 9. 1-44 \../ 1. (Anonymous) 2. 3. Sketches of various styles including copies from paintings by well-known artists. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late C'19 9. '1 - 45 "- 1. (Anonymous) 2. 3. 18 book wrappings for picture books of small size. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late C19 9. 1 - 46 / 1.. (Anonymous) 2. 3. 14 book wrappings for picture books of middle size. 4. None 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. Late C'19 9. 7 2. BillTCHO 2 - 1 / 1. Ippitsusai Bunch5 2. Hosoban. 27.2 x 12.2. 3.. Nakamura Utaemon I as a samurai supporting himself on his sword in front of sh6ji in which the figures of a number of men are silhouetted. 4. None 5. Eijudo 6. None 7. Ippitsusai Bunch6 ga; Seal: Moriuji 8. Ca 1770 9. 3. CHIKASHIGE 3 1 v. 2 .... 3 , 1• Miyagawa Chikashige r 2.