Oliver Statler - Japanese Inn

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JAPANESE INN

BY

Oliver Statler

Contents

REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER

To

James A. Michener

Yui. Satta Peak. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), published 1832-1834

Fording a river. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, Shimada, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Marusei series), early 1840s

Takeda Shingen. Woodblock print by an unknown artist, from Illustrated Lives of the Hundred Generals of Our Country, 1656

Salt-makers. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, Iwami, from Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, about 1865

Calligraphy master. Woodblock print by Jichosai, from The Double Laughters in Haikai (haikai = 17-syllable verse); date of publication not given but late eighteenth or very early nineteenth century

Travelers. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, Mishima, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), 1832-1834

Oda Nobunaga. Woodblock print by an unknown artist, from Illustrated Lives of the Hundred Generals of Our Country, 1656

Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Woodblock print by an unknown artist, from Illustrated Lives of the Hundred Generals of Our Country, 1656

Seikenji. Woodblock print by Hiratsuka Unichi, 1941

Fishermen. Woodblock print by Kyuran, from The Ariwara Library, published in five volumes, 1802-1810

Changing horses and bearers. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, Fujieda, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), 1832-1834

Falconer. Woodblock print by Jichosai, from The Double Laughters in Haikai, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century

Korean procession. Woodblock print attributed to Moronobu, one of a set of five showing the procession; about 1682

Tokugawa Ieyasu. By an unknown artist, from The Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, by Walter Dening

Kusunoki Masashige. Woodblock print by an unknown artist, from Illustrated Lives of the Hundred Generals of Our Country, 1656

Courier. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, Akasalca, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho series), about 1841

Go players. Woodblock print by Jichosai, from The Double Laughters in Haikai, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century

Okitsu salt beach. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, from Mixed Prints of Views in the Provinces,

Inn waitresses and travelers. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, Goyu, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), 1832-1834

Okitsu. Okitsu River. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), 1832-1834

Kago-bearers. Woodblock print by Nangaku, from The Paired Pictures of the Highway by Nangaku and Bunpo, 1811

River coolies. Woodblock print by Jichosai, from The Double Laughters in Haikai, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century

Ink peddler. Woodblock print by Jichosai, from The Double Laughters in Haikai, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century

Mountain priest. Woodblock print by Hakuyu, from The Ariwara Library, 1802-1810

Daimyo entering a honjin . Woodblock print by Hiroshige, Seki, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka series), about 1840

Foreigners at dinner. Woodblock print by Kawakami Sumio, about 1950

Departure from a honjin . Woodblock print by Hiroshige, Seki, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), 1832-1834

Massage. Woodblock print by Bunpo, from The Paired Pictures of the Highway by Nangaku and Bunpo, 1811

Courtesan. Woodblock print probably by Minwa, from The Ariwara Library, 1802-1810

Court noble. Woodblock print probably by Ariwara, from The Ariwara Library, 1802-1810

Tokaido inn. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, Ishibe, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Marusei series), early 1840s.

Tokaido inn. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, Akasaka, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), 1832-1834

Basho. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, from Mixed Prints of Views in the Provinces, 1852

Sodomite and attendant. Woodblock print by Jichosai, from The Double Laughters in Haikai, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century

Ise dance. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, from Mixed Prints of Views in the Provinces, 1852

Ise. Woodblock print by Kangetsu, from Pictorial Descriptions of Famous Places on the Way to the Shrine of Ise, 1797

Pilgrims. Detail from a woodblock print by Hiroshige, Shiba, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1858

Oishi Kuranosuke. Woodblock print by Kuniyoshi, from Portraits of Truly Loyal and Faithful Samurai, 1852

Night attack. Woodblock print by Kuniyoshi, 1826

Halfway house at Yui. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, Yui, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Marusei series), early 1840s.

Daimyos passage. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, Fujikawa, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (first series), 1832-1834

Hiroshige. Woodblock print by Kunisada, 1858

Okitsu. Sketch by Hiroshige from an 1837 sketchbook

Farmers festival dance. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, Yui, from Mixed Prints of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, 1856

Okitsu from Miho. Woodblock print by Hiroshige, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Marusei series), early 1840s

Men bailing rice. Woodblock print by Hokusai, from Volume III of Sketches from Life; Volume III published 1815

Sumo wrestlers. Woodblock print by Hokusai, from Volume XI of Sketches from Life Volume XI published about 1834

Shinto priest. Detail from a woodblock print by Jichosai, from The Double Laughters in Haikai, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century

Suruga Bay from Seikenji. Woodblock print by Hiratsuka Unichi, 1941

Bon festival dancing. Woodblock print by Maekawa Sempan, 1955