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VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
DEPARTMENT OF ENGRAVING, ILLUSTRATION AND
DESIGN
FEB ^5 1933
JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS
BY UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I
PRICE ONE SHILLING.
EXCHAWGS
The First Dream in tlie New Year of an l'kiyo\i' painter. The Ship
of Good Fortune. (Perhaps a portrait of tlie artist.) !•:. 49()3-'86.
Frontispiece.]
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
DEPARTMENT OF ENGRAVING, ILLUSTRATION AND
DESIGN
JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS
BY UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I
LONDON : PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY
OF HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE: 1920
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Publication No. 80 E I.D
First printed . . 1908
Reprinted . . 1913
Reprinted . . 1920
Crown Copyright Reserved.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Page
First Dream in the New Year of an Ukiyoye painter.
The Ship of Good Fortune with the Seven Gods.
(E. 4903-'86.) Frontispiece
Publisher Daishu. Perhaps a portrait of the artist.
I . IWAi KuMESABURO in the part of the murderess Koume,
wife of Ume-no-Yoshibei (E. 4834- '86) 4
II. Matsumoto Koshiro in the part of Totoki Denshichi,
fighting with his father's murderer, Sachihoko Tenzo, a
Corean interpreter (E. 4840-'86) 6
III. Onoye MATSUSUKE.as a porter (21360) 8
Pubhsher Serrichi.
IV. Watching the Fireworks from Ryogoku Bridge on a
Summer evening (E. 4900-'86) . . . . . . . . 10
Publisher Yamamoto Kiubei, at Yoshicho, Yedo. 1 sheet of a
6-sheet print.
V, A Noble Youth, with female attendants, visiting a
temple (E. 4222-'97) 12
1 sheet of a 3-sheet print.
VI. Picnic of Women on the banks of the Sumida river, in
the time of cherry-blossom (21356) . . . . . . . . 14
Publisher Yeijudo. 1 sheet of a 3-sheet print.
VII. A Young Lady binding her poem to the branch of a
cherry-tree (E. 1431 -'98) 16
Publisher Idzuichi, Yedo.
(2848 Wt.24352/779 3/20 1m D.St.
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NOTE
This Catalogue ivas compiled hy Mr. Edward F. Strange, C.B.E.,
formerly of the Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design.
CECIL H. SMITH.
CATALOGUE OF COLOUR PRINTS
By UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I
I. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
UTAGAWA ICHIYOSAI TOYOKUNI was one of the most
skilful and best known of the Japanese makers of colour
prints ; and his work possesses an individuality which
especially entitles it to a degree of separate consideration.
He was born in the year 1769; his father, Gorobei Kurahashi,
being a carver of wooden images, Buddhistic and theatrical, of some
local reputation. His artistic style was founded, in the first instance,
on that of the painter Hanabusa Ichio ; but he afterwards studied
under Toyoharu (from whom he received the name Toyokuni), Gyokuzan
Ishida and Shunyei ; and it is from these latter artists that he derived
some noticeable characteristics of the style which he himself developed.
The whole of his life was passed at Yedo (the modern Tokyo) ; where
he died on the seventh day of the first month of the year Bunsei 8
(a.d. 1825), in his fifty-seventh year, and was buried in the grounds of
the Shrine of Myoken, Yanagashima, where a memorial was erected
to him three years afterwards, by pupils and admirers, and several
hundreds of his drawings or brushes (as in another account) buried.
Toyokuni 's earlier prints are often in the manners popularised by
Utamaro, Shuncho and Yeishi. These he was able easily to rival,
and, as a matter of fact, is known to have imitated. But his special
distinction lies, not in his prints of beautiful women, but in that
magnificent series of portraits of actors in character, of which the
Museum is fortunate enough to possess an unusually complete and
representative collection. In this class of work he was strongly
influenced by Shunsho and probably by Sharaku. He was also an
able and popular book illustrator ; his first work of this kind having
been produced in 1786, in his 18th year. And he had a great reputation
as a designer of fan-prints.
The circumstances which gave rise to the production of these, and
similar prints by other artists, are of peculiar interest. The lower
classes of the Japanese had a passion for the drama ; and the leading
actors, as such, were idolized to an extraordinary extent. A great and
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constant demand existed for their portraits, and for representations of
Scenes from the plays in which they appeared. This was met by such
work as is herein catalogued — prints of the highest technical and artistic
merit, but produced and sold at a trivial price to gratify the ever-
changing desires of the multitude. In spite of their public popularity,
the actors were socially despised. They ranked even below the colour
print artists ; who, themselves, were accounted inferior to most other
classes of skilled artizans ; and no member of the aristocratic, or of
the military order, would ever have allowed himself to associate in
private life wth either.
In studying these prints of actors, it must be remembered that the
representation of the faces conforms to a severe and limited convention ;
there is little attempt at portrayal of the actual physiognomy of persons
represented in character. But nothing (allowing for the limitations
imposed by the technical process used) could be more realistic than the
way in which Toyokuni sets forth the attitudes, the grouping, the
make-up, and especially the dramatic spirit of the actors he was
employed to paint. Another point to be allowed for is that female
parts were invariably played by men. Among the prints in this
collection will be found some depicting actors who had a special
reputation for this faculty.
Care must be taken by students to distinguish between the work
of Toyokuni I. and that of two men who succeeded to his name. One
of these was Naogiro, an adopted son, whose earlier prints are signed
Toyoshige. On the death of his master he married the widow of the
latter, and henceforward used his name, generally with the addition
Gosotei. He died in 1835. Another and better known pupil, Kunisada,
took the name of Toyokuni in 1844, and often described himself as
" the second Toyokuni " ; though, in point of date, he was the third
artist to use the name. He died in 1864 at the age of 79. Examples
have been noted by yet another and later artist, describing himself
as " Toyokuni of the third generation " ; but his prints are of no
importance.
The stories on which the plays were based have, nearly all, been
related by Professor Anderson, in his catalogue of the Chinese and
Japanese Paintings at the British Museum ; in the works of the late
Lafcadio Hearn, or those of Lord Redesdale (Mr. A. B. Mitford),
Messrs. Tomita and Lee, and Mr. H. Joly. An excellent illustrated
description of the technique of colour-printing, by Mr. R. Tokuno, is
published in the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, United States
National Museum, for 1892 (page 221) ; a descriptive catalogue of an
exhibition of tools and materials used in this process has also been
prepared for this Museum ; and the Museum Handbook on Japanese
Colour Prints contains a full account (so far as at present known) of
the School of Japanese artists to which Toyokuni belonged, and of his
pupils and followers.
The prints referred to can be seen on application in the Students'
Room (entrance in Room 71) of the Department of Engraving,
Illustration and Design, at any time when the Museum is open,
except on Sundays.
E. F. S.
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II. CATALOGUE
FAMOUS ACTORS IN CHARACTER
The actor Bando Mitsugoro.
(15i X lOi) E. 4804-'86.
Publisher Mura.
Bando Mitsugoro in the part of Watanabe no Tsuna, a hero of the
10th century, going to set up a placard on a lonely spot before the
gate of Rashomon, which place is visited every night by a demon.
(14i X 9J) E. 4805-'8G.
Bando Mitsugoro in the part of Gofukuya (clothes- vendor) Jubei.
(14f X 9f) E. 4806-'86.
Bands Mitsugoro in the part of Fujiya Izayemon (a gallant).
(14|: X 9|) E. 4807-'86.
Bando Mitsugoro as the wrestler Akitsushima.
(141 X 9|) 21367.
Publisher Yamahei.
Bando Mitsugoro and Iwai Kiimesaburo in the parts of Kichi and his
mistress Oshichi.
(12 X 91) E. 4808-'86.
The latter burnt her own house in order to have an opportunity of retiring
to a monastery, where she had once enjoyed, under the same circumstances,
a meeting with the former. She was burnt at the stake. A 17th century story.
Bands Mitsugoro and another actor in the parts of Sasaki Tatewaki
and his servant Yosuke.
(14| X 9f) E. 4809-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
The actor Bands HikosaburS as Yuranosuke.
(141 y 9£) E. 4810-'86.
Publisher Kawagen.
Bands HikosaburS as KwanshSjS.
(14^ X 9f) 21363.
Publisher Sudzu-i.
The actor Ichikawa DanjiurS as Yokko Sodesuke.
(14i X 9J) E. 4811-'86.
Compare 21348 (/)fl5<? 9)
Theatrical parts lately played by tlie actor Ichikawa DanzS.
(14J X 9|) ■ E. 4812-'86.
Plate I.
IWAI KuMESABUKo ill the part of the murdL'iess Kuume, wife of
Ume-no-Yoshibei. E. 4834-'86.
Ichikawa Danzo in the part of Banzui Chobei and Iwai Hansbiro in
that of his wife Asoki.
(l-lf X 9f) , E. 4813-'86-
Publisher Yeiju.
Ichikawa Danzo in the part of Taira no Tomonori and Onoyi Matsusuke
(right) in that of Musashibo Benkei.
(14f X 9f) E. 4814-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Ichikawa Danz5 in the part of Banzui Chobei and Iwai Hansbiro in
that of Otoki, his wife.
(14| X 9|) E. 4815-'86
Ichikawa Danzo and Matsumoto Kogo in the parts of Jiroyemon
(right) and Takeichi Buyemoni (left).
(14| X 9f) E. 4816-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Ichikawa Danzo and Matsumoto Kogo in the scene of Kagekiyo
being discovered in his attempt to assassinate Yoritomo.
(14| X 9f) E. 4817-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Ichikawa Danzo and another actor in the parts of Oye Masahira and
Otsuyu, a ferry-woman.
(14| X 9|) E. 4818-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
The actor Ichikawa Komazo.
(14| X 9|) E. 4819-'86.
Publisher Tsutaya.
Ichikawa Komazo and another actor in the parts of Tanuya Gempachi,
being beaten with his sandal by his friend Horiguchi Gentazayemon.
(14| X 9|) E. 4820-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Ichikawa Komazo in the part of Ukiyo Tohei and Bando Mitsugoro
in that of Ashikaga Yorikane.
(14| X 9|) E. 4821-'86.
Publisher Uyemura.
Ichikawa Komazo and Bando Mitsugoro in the parts of Ashikaga
Yorikane with the ghost of the courtesan Takao whom he had
murdered.
(14J X 9f) E. 4822-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Ichikawa Komazo and Bando Mitsugoro in the parts of Shume no
Kokiugo, a knight, and Igami-no Gonta, a loafer.
(14fx9f) E. 4823-'86.
Publisher Yeiju do.
Ichikawa Komazo and Bando Mitsugoro in the parts of Oda Harunaga
(Oda Nobunaga) beating his vassal Takechi (Akechi) Mitsuhide,
who afterwards killed him. (1582 a.d.)
(14f X 9f) E. 4824-'86.
Ichikawa Komazo and Iwai Kumesaburo in the parts of Kameo and
his wife.
(Hi X 9f) E. 4825-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Ichikawa Komazo and Iwai Kumesaburo in the parts of Hambei
and his wife Ochiyo, characters in a tragedy.
(14| X 9|) E. 4826-'86.
Ichikawa Komazo and Nakayama Tomisaburo in the parts of the
lovers Shira Gompachi and Komurasaki.
(14f X 9f) E. 4827-'86.
Ichikawa Komazo as Hanshichi and Nakayama Tomisaburo as the
Geisha Sankatsu.
Working proof, parts having been touched with red by the artist. At the
side, his note : " Please gradate the colour like this."
(ISJX lOf) E. 3870-1911.
Ichikawa Komazo and Segawa Ronosuke in the parts of Torafuya
Shobei and his wife.
(14f X 9f) E. 4828-'86.
Printer Uyemura.
The actor Ichikawa Omezo reciting his " Tsurane " (opening address)
on the occasion of the new opening of Kawasaki Theatre in 1810.
(15i X m) E. 4829-'86.
Ichikawa Omezo and Nakayama Tomisaburo in the parts of Asagao
and Yuri-no-pachiro.
(14f X 91) E. 4830-'86.
Publisher Idzuichi.
The actor Iwai Hanshiro in the part of Osaka, wife of Kizaemon.
(14| X 9|) E. 4831-'86.
Iwai Hanshiro as Koman.
(14 J X 9f) E. 4832-'86.
Publisher Yamacho.
Iwai Hanshiro as Osaku.
(13| X 9f) E. 4916-'86.
Publisher Yamacho.
Iwai Hanshiro as Goro-Tokimune.
(14J X 9f 21366.
Plate II.
Theatrical Scene. Totoki Denshichi, fighting witli liis Father's
Murderer. E. 4840-'86.
Ivvai Hanshiro as Agemaki, and Ichikawa Danjiuro as Sukeroku.
(14i X 9|) 21346.
Iwai Hanshiro, an actor, and Kiiriu Saycmon represented by Ichikawa
Danjiuro. 2-sheet.
(14f X 10) 21352.
Publisher Tsuruya.
Iwai Hanshiro, Iwai Kumesaburo, Ichikawa Dan-no-suke, in female
parts. 3-sheet.
(14i X 10) • E. 4833-'86.
Iwai Kumesaburo in the part of the murderess Ko-ume, wife of Ume-
no-Yoshibei. Plate I.
(14i X 9^) E. 4834-'86.
Publisher Kawaju.
Iwai Kumesaburo in the part of Sogano-ni-nomiya, making violent
love to Idzu-no-Jiro (played by Ichikawa Natsuro).
(14f X 9f) E. 4835-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Iwai Kumesaburo and Nakamura Noshiho (right) in female parts.
(14 J X 9f) E. 4836-'86.
The actors Matsumoto Kogo (right) and Segawa Roko (left).
(14J X 9f) E. 4837-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Matsumoto Koshiro in the part of Kabutoya Bungoro.
(14J X 9f) E. 4838-'86.
Shiratayu (right) represented by Matsumoto Koshiro, and his master
Kwan Shojo riding on a bull, by Sawamura Gennosuke.
(14| X 9f) E. 4839-'86.
Pubhsher Tsutaya.
Actors representing Totoki Denshichi (with the sword) fighting with
his father's murderer, Sachihoko Tenzo, a Corean interpreter,
played by Matsumoto Koshiro. Plate II.
(15^ X lOi) E. 4840-'86 .
Printer Yeiju.
The actor Nakamura Utayemon as the Poetess Komachi. 1 of a
set of 8.
(14J X lOi) E. 4841-'86.
The actors Nakamura Utayemon and Nakamura Akashi in the
Sambaso dance.
(9| X 14i) E. 4842-'86.
Dated Bunkwa 9th, 9th month (a.d. 1812).
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Nakamura Utayemon in the part of Saito Sancmori.
(15J X 10^) E. 4843-'86-
Publisher Yamakiu.
Nakayama Bunshichi in the part of Onio Shinzayemon.
(14J X 9|) E. 4844-'86.
Nakayama Bunshichi and Iwai Hanshiro in the parts of Yoshizane.
a county-governor in Awa province, with Yukihirahime.
(14| X 9f) E. 4845-'86.
Publisher Hacho.
Nakayama Tomisaburo and another actor in the parts of Shidsuka
(right) and Tadanobu.
(14| X 9f) E. 4846-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
The actor Onoye Matsusuke as a porter. Plate III.
(14i X 9|) 21360.
Pubhsher Sen-ichi.
Onoye Matsusuke as Sakuramaro.
(14i X 9J) 21364.
Publisher Yamacho.
Onoye Matsusuke in the character of the drama Doguya Yokei.
(14i X 9f) E. 4847-'86.
Onoye Matsusuke and Bando Mitsugoro in the parts of Kudo Sayemon
Suketsune and Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), whose father was
killed by Kudo. 13th century.
(14f X 9i) E. 4848-'86-
Publisher Yeiju.
Onoye Matsusuke and Sawamura Tanosuke as Sano Jirozayemon and
Skinzo Funabashi.
(14J X 9|) E. 4849-'86.
Publisher Yamacho.
Onoye Matsusuke as a girl, and Sawamura Tanosuke as a man on
horseback. 2-sheet.
{14J X 9J) 21341 .
Onoye Matsusuke and Sawamura Tanosuke as Iwafuji and Onoye.
(14| X 9|) E. 5549-'86.
Publisher Yamacho.
Onoye Matsusuke in the part of Kaji no Ocho, and Nakayama
Tomisaburo in that of Oyaye, wife of Dembei.
(14f X 91) E. 4850-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Plate III.
OxoYE Matsusuke as a porter. 21360.
The actor Onoye Yeizaburo in the part of Sashichi, a toilet-dealer.
(14f X 9f) E. 485I-'86.
Publisher Kawaju.
Onoye Yeizaburo and Bando Mitsugoro in the parts of Asahina (on
the left) and Soga-no-Juro.
(14 X 9i) ■ E. 4852-'86.
The actor Sawamura Gennosukc in the part of Kabutoya Hanjiro.
(14f X 9f) E. 4853-'86.
Sawamura Gennosuke as Kwanjiro.
(14J X 9a) 21365.
Sawamura Gennosuke as Rokusaburo.
(14i X 9J) 21348.
Compare E. 4811- '86 {page 4).
Sawamura Gennosuke as Kakuju.
(14J X 9|) E. 4854-'86.
Publisher Kawagen.
Sawamura Gennosuke as Tsukushi-no-Gonroku.
(14i X 9f) E. 4855-'86.
Publisher Yamahei.
Portraits of the actors Sawamura Sojiuro and Matsumoto Koshiro.
2 of a set.
(14 X 9f) E. 4856, 4857-'86.
The actors Sawamura Tanosuke and Sawamura Gennosuke in a dance
of courtiers.
2-sheet.
(13f X 9f) 21342.
Publisher Yamafuji.
Sawamura Tanosuke as Orihime.
(14i X 9f) 21359.
Sawamura Tanosuke in a female part.
(14i X 9f) 21358.
Publisher Yamacho.
The actors Sawamura Gennojo and Sawamura Tanosuke as Hisatsugu
and his maid-servant Takikawa.
2-sheet.
(14i X 9J) E, 4858-'86.
Segawa Kikunojo and another actor in the parts of Umeyoshibei and
his vidfe.
(14| X 9f) E. 4859-'86.
Printer Uyemura.
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Segawa Kikunojo and another actor in the parts of Takao, and the
wrestler, Sazanami Katsunosuke.
(14i X 9i) E. 4860- '86.
Publisher Yeiju.
An actor of female parts. From the verses accompanying, perhaps
Segawa Kikunojo.
(14| X 9f) E. 4861-'86.
Publisher Tsutaya.
Scene from the " ChGshingura.' Segawa and Kikunosuke and Ichi-
kawa Danzo in the parts of Oboshi Yura-no-suke and Okaru, the
wife of Kampei, in the tea-house.
(14| X 9f) E. 4862-'86.
The actors Segawa Kikunosuke and Onoye Yeizaburo.
(12i X 9)
The actor Segawa Ronosuke in the part of Izayoi.
(i5i X m)
The actor Segawa Senjio in a female part.
(Hi X 9f)
Segawa Senjio in the part of Shirotaye.
(I5i X 10)
The actor Segawa Roko as Hangira Otsu-ru.
(14i X 9i)
Publisher Yamafuji.
Segawa Roko as the Geisha, Kosan.
(14i X 9|)
Publisher Yeiju.
Segawa Roko in the part of a tea-house girl, Osaka.
(14| X 9|)
E. 4230-'97.
E. 4863-'86.
21362.
E. 4864-'86.
21361.
21349.
E. 4865-'86
Segawa Roko in the part of a blind man dancing, with a " biwa "
on his back.
(14| X 9f) E. 4866-'86.
Segawa Roko in the part of a hero, and Matsumoto Koshiro in that of
a woman.
(14J X 9|) E. 4867-'86.
Publisher Tsutaya.
Segawa Roko in the part of Oyasu, wife of Kameo.
(14f X 9 J)
Publisher Tsutaya.
E. 4868- '86
Plate IV.
Watching the Imrevvokks tioni Ryogokn Hridge. E. 490()-'86.
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The actors Segawa Roko and Sawamura Gennosukc as Kosan and
Kanaya Kingoro. 2-sheet.
(141 X 9J) 21340.
Publisher Manki. The difference in the two signatures of the artist is
interesting.
The actors Segawa Rosaburo (right) and Sawamura Gennosuke (left).
(14| X 9|) E. 4869-'86.
Publisher Idzuichi.
THEATRICAL SCENES, ETC.
Yedzu Yakusha Sangaikyo. Three stories of the pleasant Theatre.
By Shikitei Sanba. Illustrated by Utagawa Toyokuni (I.). Title-page
and 22 colour prints. 2 vols. (9 X 6) Yedo, Kwansei 13, 1st month
(A.D. 1800). E. 3530-'97.
Lit. " three storied recreation," a punning allusion to the three-storied
theatrical building, and the Three Realms of Existence of the Buddhists
viz. : Past, Present, and Future. Publishers Yorodzuya and Nishinomiya
— Another copy (imperfect) . 1 colour prints in album .
(7| X llj) Yedo. n.d. E. 4304-4313-'97.
Yakusha-no-fuzoku. Illustrations of theatrical life. A set of 19 prints,
in album.
(8 X IH) E. 1469-1487-1900.
In the album containing the above are inserted two specimens of fine
calligraphy, poems in the hand-writing of Takatsukasa Kanehiro, and
HiGASHizoNO Motokadzu, Court nobles of c. 1704 a.d.
Interior of a Theatre during the representation of the play " Soga
monogatari." Yoritomo above, Kajiwara next him, Three daimyo.
Kudo on a seat, the Soga brothers to the left, and Asahina to the
further left. 3-sheet.
(15i X 10^) E. 365-'90.
Publisher Yexju.
Interior of a Tlieatre during the performance of a play. 3-sheet
(1 missing).
(15 X 10) E. 4870-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Theatre programme.
(14| X 10) E. 4871-'86.
Theatre programme of Matsumura Shikayemon.
(14| X 9J) E. 4872-'86.
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A Scene from each of the 12 acts of the Drama " Chushingura " (the
Story of the 47 Ronin) 6 sheets (2 scenes on each).
(13J X 8J) E. 4873-4878-'86.
Act I. Morono giving a love-letter to Kaoyo, wife of Enya.
Act II. Honzo cutting off a branch of a pine-tree while inciting his master
Wakasanosuke to quarrel with Morono. E. 4873-'86.
Act III. Sagisaka Bannei mocking at Kampci and Okaru.
Act IV. Oboshi Yuranosuke holding the dirk with which Enya has killed
himself and Rikiya his son. E. 4874-'86.
Act V. Ono Sadakuro kiUing Yochibei, whom he had robbed.
Act VI. Okaru, who has sold herself to a house of pleasure in Kyoto, in order
to procure money for Kampci's outfit, parting from her mother. E. 4875-'86.
Act VII. The discovery of the spy, Kudayu, beneath the floor of the Ichiriki
tea-house.
Act VIII. Honzo on his journey. . E. 4876-'86.
Act IX. (Lower portion) Honzo revcahng himself to Oboshi and Tonase.
Act X. Yabui Yochiku, a quack doctor, threatening to have his sister, the
wife of Amakawa Gehei, divorced from the latter. E. 4877-'86.
Act XI. The discovery and death of Morono in the coal-cellar.
Act XII. Kobayashi Heihachi fighting with one of the Ronin. E. 4878-'86.
Scenes from the Drama " Chushingura." 3-sheet.
(141 V 9|) 21355.
The Drama " Chushingura " ; the actors Ichikawa Omezo and Kosa-
gawa Tsuneyo as Amagawaya Gihei and his wife Osono in the 10th
scene.
(13i X 5f) E. 4879-'86.
Danzo in the part of Sadakuro in the Drama " Chushingura."
(14f X 9f) E. 4880-'86.
Publisher Uyemura.
Actors representing Shidzuka (on the left) and Tadanobu, a fox-
wizard, with (?) Benkei watching them.
(151 X lOi) E. 4881-'86.
Actors representing Masaoka (left) and Yashio (right), who had killed
her son.
(143 X 9J) E. 4882-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Kawagoye Tarp Shigeyori and Kyo-no-Kimi in a scene from the Hfe of
Yoshitsune.
(14| X 9|) E. 4883-'86.
Publi-shcr Yeiju.
Actors representing Hanegawa Takakage standing over the knave
Yatahei.
(14J X 9J) E. 4884-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
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E. 4222-'97.
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Actors representing Yayegaki and his betrothed Katsuyori. A 16th
century Story.
(14J X 9|) 1-:. 4885-'86.
Publisher Yeiju.
Actors representing Ono-no-Otsu and Samanosuke Mitsutoshi (vvitli
the Koto).
(14J X 9|) E. 4886-'86.
Actors representing Ohatsu and Tokubei, her paramour.
(14| X 9J) E. 4887-'86.
Actors representing Akushichi-byoye Kagekiyo (right) lighting with
Mio-no-yashiro Kumitoshi. 2-sheet.
(14J X 10) E. 4888-'86.
In the battle of Yashima (2nd month, 1 185 a.d.), Kagekiyo pursued Kumitoshi
and caught him by the back part of his helmet, which was torn.
Actors representing Tsurifune no Sabu fighting with Danshichi
Kurobei. 2-sheet.
(14i >: 10|:) . E. 4889-'86.
Publisher Tsuruya.
Actor in the part of a woman with a pipe.
(I5i X 10^) E. 4890-'86.
Publisher Idzuichi.
Head of an actor in the character of Soga no Goro.
(14f X 9f) E. 994-1914.
Yakusha Butai no Sugataye. Portraits of actors from Ufe. Omiya.
(15J V lOJ) E. 4891-'86.
Printer Idzuichi.
Portraits of actors from Ufe. Hamamuraya.
(15 X 10) E. 4892- 86.
Portraits of actors from hfe. Takinoya.
(14| X 9J) E. 4893-'86.
Printer Idzuichi. Paper faced with mica.
Two actors.
(14f X 9J) E. 4894-'86.
Publisher Tsutaya.
Two actors.
(14| X 9t) E. 4895-'86
Publisher Tsutaya.
Portraits of actors in character. 2 of a set.
a If X 8) E. 4896, 4897-'86.
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Scenes 1 and 3 in the Drama " Chiushingura," the Story of the
47 Ronin. 2 of a set.
(9 X 12i) ^ E. 4917, 4918-"86.
Publisher Yenomoto Kichibei. These prints are described as Ukiye,
" perspective pictures."
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS
A Dance, with scenery of the Tamagawa river.
(12i X 8i) E. 4898-'86.
The Ryogoku bridge at Yedo, in the cool of the evening. 5-sheet.
(15i X 10^) E. 4899-'86-
Publisher Yamamoto Kiubei, at Yoshicho, Yedo.
Watching the fireworks from RyogSku bridge on a summer evening.
6-sheet. Plate IV.
(14J X 9i) E. 4900-'86.
Publisher Yamakiu (i.e., Yamamoto Kiubei).
Rokugo Watashi-bune. Ferry on the river Rokugo. 3-sheet.
(14J X lOJr) E. 4901-'86-
Women walking by the banks of a river.
(Hi X 10) E. 4902-'86.
Publisher Senichi. 1 of 3 or 5 sheets.
First dream in the New Year of an Ukiyoye painter. The Ship of
Good Fortune with the Seven Gods. Frontispiece.
(14| X 10) E. 4903-'86.
Publisher Daishu. Perhaps intended for a portrait of the artist.
Interior of a house ; New Year's Day scene. 2-sheet.
(14| X n) E. 4229-'97.
Publisher Yeiju.
Kameido Temple.
{9i X 14) E. 4904-'86.
Publisher Idzumiya Ichibei.
A noble youth, with female attendants, visiting a temple. Plate V.
(15i X lOJ) E. 4222-'97.
Publisher Yeiju. 1 of 3 sheets.
Scenes of the Twelve Months. Third Month. — Women of the
Shinagawa shore watching the gathering of shell-fishes on the third
day, when the great ebb-tide occurs. 1 of a set of 12.
(13| X 9J) E. 4231-'97.
PubUsher Yeiju.
Pl.ATi: VI.
Picnic of Women on the Banks f)f tlu' Sumida River. '2135(S.
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Procession of a noble represented by women ; in the distance is Mount
Fuji. 5-sheet.
(14^ X 10) E. 2125-'99.
Publisher Hishiwaka.
Natsuno Fuji Bijin Awase (The beauties of untimely season). 1 of a
series.
(14| X 9J) E. 4905-'86.
Publisher Shikabun.
Fujm Sawakagami. Occupations of women. Practising music and
winding silk.
(14i X 9^) E. 4906-'86.
The signature Utamaro on this print is a forged addition.
Two women bleaching cloth in the river Tamagawa ; with the flowers
Nuphar and Sagittaria in bloom.
(14^ X 9f) E. 1430-'98.
Women washing garments at a stream. 3-sheet (1 missing).
(14^ X 10) E. 4907-'86.
Publisher Sen Ichi.
Women in snow. 3-sheet (? 2 missing).
(11 1 X 8) E. 4908-'86.
Yoshiwara woman with attendants at the time of full moon.
(15 X 10) E. 4909-'86.
Two women catching fire-flies near the Sumida river.
(15i X 9|) E. 1429-'98.
Picnic of women on the banks of the Sumida river in the time of cherry-
blossom. 3-sheet. Plate VI.
(15f X lOi) 21356-
Pubhsher Yeijudo.
A young lady standing on a wine-cask in order to bind her poem to
the branch of a cherry-tree. Plate VII.
(14| X 9|) E. 1431-'98.
Publisher Idzuichi, Yedo.
Shin Yoshiwara sakura-no-Keishoku. Viewing the cherry-blossoms
in the Shin Yoshiwara. 5-sheet.
(14i X 9J) E. 4228-'97.
Publisher Yamamoto at Yedo.
Yoshitsune sembon sakura. The Story of Yoshitsune and the 1 ,000
cherry-blossoms. 3-sheet.
(14| X 9f) E. 4910-'86.
Scene in the Story of Yoshitsune and Benkci. 3-sheet.
(141 X 10) E. 49ll-'86.
Sukeroku : a knight in the Yoshiwara.
(143 X 10) . E. 4912-'86.
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Genji Konodzu. An illustration to the Story of Prince Genji.
(10 X 7i) E. 4913-'86.
Tomoye fighting with Wadai Yoshimori. 3-sheet.
(14| X 10) E. 4914-'86.
Yehon Imayo Sugata. Illustrations of Modern Society. 24 colour
prints in album.
(8 X 11). Kiowa 2 (a.d. 1802). E. 4314-4337-'97.
1. A lady of the Imperial Court in a garden.
2. The Shogun's consort and her servants engaged in various occupations.
3. A " Chiiro " (a favourite of the Shogun), privately entertaining herself
with a dance by a little girl.
4. Servants at Bakufu (the Shogun's Court) in a private apartment.
5. Peasant woman resting.
6. A young noble lady passing the front of a tooth-pick shop.
7. A place for hght archery (" Yukyo "), kept by girls.
8. Interior of a rich merchant's house. A woman toilet-vendor showing
combs to ladies.
9. A lady with her baby visiting her mother-in-law.
10. Scene in servants' quarters.
11. Scene in servants' quarters.
12. Two women (Geisha ?) coming out of a public bath, looking at an employ-
ment agency office, where the old woman (agent) is engaging a woman
as a servant.
13. Scene in Yoshiwara ; a woman going to meet a guest.
14. Scene in Yoshiwara ; private apartments of women.
15. Scene in Yoshiwara ; Niwaka (comic play) by a group of Geisha, dressed
in male costumes.
16. Scene in Yoshiwara ; the mistress of the house in her chamber.
17. Courtesans in show-room trying a divination. The old woman is hawking
through the streets, toilet articles (paper, powder, hairbinder, joss-stick
and tooth dyer).
18. Geisha walking with Yoshiwara women.
19. Women at their meals.
20. A group of women looking through holes on shoji (which they made
with tongue and fingers) at Geisha's play.
21. Women in their private room. One of them showing to the other a tattoo
mark of her lover's name on her arm.
22. Women at their toilets.
23. Women walking in the streets.
24. Women in a boat.
Toshidama-fude. Sketches, in the style of Hokusai's Mangwa.
Cuts. col. (9 X 6) Nagoya. E. 11796- '86.
— Another edition, in black only.
(9 X 6) Nagoya. E. 11797- '86.
Ippai Kigen. Comical Stories of a Drunkard. By Shikitei Sanba.
Illustrated by Utagawa Toyokuni. Cuts. 2 vols.
(7 X 5). 1883. E. 11798, 11799- '86.
Plate VII.
A Young Lady binding her poem to the branch of a cherry-tree.
E. 1431 -'98.
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FAN DESIGNS
Men and women travelling in a State barge.
Colour print. (8^x10^) E. 2422-1912.
Two women seated, feeding silkworms.
Drawing ift colours. (5J X 17|) E. 1168-1912.
SURIMONO
Gaku. Ichikawa Danjiuro acting.
(8i X 11) E. 163-'98.
Gaku were votive offerings to a temple.
Kane of Omi, a heroine of the 13th century, stopping a runaway horse.
(7J X 6|) E. 4915-'86.
A^Or^:.— Unmounted prints by Toyokuni I. (Nos. E. 4919-4961 -'86)
can also be referred to. They are chiefly of Theatrical subjects and
in poor condition. Others, also unimportant, are in the Albums in
the collection, each of which is preceded by an index to the names of
artists represented therein.
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BOOKS OF REFERENCE
THE following books may usefully be referred to for fuller information
on the subject.
Anderson, William. •
— The Pictorial Arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of
the associated arts, and some remarks upon the Pictorial Art of
the Chinese and Koreans. Plates and illustrations in the text.
(16 X 12) London, 1886.
— Japanese Wood Engravings ; their history, technique and
characteristics. 80 pp. 6 chromo-xylogr. and 38 photo-zincotypes.
(Portfolio Monographs. XVII.) (11 X 7) London, 1895.
Artistic Japan.
— Artistic Japan ; a monthly illustrated journal of Arts and
Industries, compiled by S. Bing, and edited by Marcus B. Huish.
Plates {many col.), and illustrations in the text. 6 vols. (14 X 10)
London, 1888-91.
BiNYON, Robert Laurence.
— Painting in the Far East ; an Introduction to the History of
Pictorial Art in Asia, especially China and Japan. 31 illus.
(10 X 8) London, 1908.
London : British Museum [Prints and Drawings].
— BiNYON, Robert Laurence. A catalogue of Japanese and
Chinese woodcuts preserved in the sub-department of Oriental
Prints and Drawings [p. 243, Utagawa Toyokuni ; p. 275,
Toyokuni and pupils, Toyokuni and Kunimitsu ; p. 600,
signatures]. 2 process illustrations, and facsimiles of signatures
(10 X 7) London, 1917.
Brinkley, F., Capt.
—The Art of Japan, 2 vols. (16 X 12) Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
(1901).
I. Pictorial Art. 50 pp. 5 plates, 27 illus. in the text, and
facsimiles of marks.
II. Applied Art. 64 pp. 7 plates, 28 illus. in the text, and
facsimiles of marks.
Chamberlain, Basil Hall.
— Things Japanese ; being notes on various subjects connected with
Japan. 3rd ed. (8 X 5) Tokyo, 1898.
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco.
— The Masters of Ukioye. A complete historical descripiton of
Japanese Paintings and colour prints of the Genre School.
(10 X 7) Now York, 1896.
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GoNSE, Louis.
— L'Art Japonais. Plates [some col.), and illustrations in the text.
2 vols. (15 X 11) Paris, 1883.
Morrison, Arthur.
— The Painters of Japan. 48 illus. (The Monthly Review,
1902-1903.)
— ^The Painters of Japan. 122 plates. 2 vols. (15x11) London,
1911.
Seidlitz, Woldemar von.
— A history of Japanese colour prints. Ilhts. (10 X 7) London,
1910. (1st ed., in German, 1897.)
Strange, Edward Fairbrother.
— Japanese colour prints. 84 process illus., and facsimiles of artists'
signatures. (9 X 5) London, 1913.
One of the Victoria and Albert Museum handbooks.
— Japanese Illustration. A history of the arts of wood-cutting and
colour-printing in Japan. 8 chromo-lithogr . and 80 photo-zincotypes.
(9 X 6) London, 1896. 2nd ed. 1904.
— The colour prints of Japan : an appreciation and history. Process
illus. (2 col.) (7 X 5) London, 1904.
, One of the Langham Series of Art Monographs.
— Toyokuni I. and his Theatrical colour prints. 20 pp. 6 illus.
(Transactions of the Japan Society, London, 1907.)
— Tools and Materials illustrating the Japanese method of colour-
printing. A descriptive catalogue of a collection exhibited in the
Victoria and Albert Museum. 3 illus. (10 x 6) London, 1913.
Succo, Friedrich.
— Utagawa Toyokuni und seine Zeit. Illus. 2 vols. (11 X 8)
Miinchen, 1913.
Tajima, Shiohi.
— Masterpieces selected from the Ukiyoye School. (Toyokuni I.,
Vol. IV., p. 141.) Illus. (19x13) Tokyo, 1908.
Woodcut Printing.
— Woodcut Printing in water colours after the Japanese manner.
Including interviews with S. Eida and J. D. Batten, an account
of the process by R. Tokuno. 12 pp. 8 photo-zincotypes. (The
Studio, III., 110, 144.) (12 x 9) London, 1894.
Process of Wood-Cut Printing. A volume illustrating in
detail the process of printing a Japanese colour i)rint from 91
blocks ; giving an impression from each block and then the
result of its combination with the previous printings — 182 impres-
sions in all. (19 X 13) (E. 1862-2043—1910.)
NOTICE
THIS Catalogue may be obtained either direct from the Director
and Secretary, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, S.W. 7, or
through any bookseller, price Is. (By post Is. lid-) Orders
should be accompanied by a remittance.
Other publications of the Department of Engraving, Illustration
and Design are shown below.
Catalogue.
Publication No.
81 E.i.D. Japanese Method of Colour Printing, Tools and
Materials illustrating, pp. 22 ; 3 plates, 6 figs. Roy. 8vo.
1913. 2d. (By post 3hd.)
Guide.
88 E.I.D. Japanese Colour Prints, lent by R. Leicester Harms-
worth, Esq., M.P. November 1913 to March 1914.
pp. 44 ; 24 plates. Roy. 8vo. 6d. (By post 8|i.)
Handbook.
89 E.I.D. Japanese Colour Prints. By Edward F. Strange.
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