BOOKS BY JAMES A. MICHENER
THE MODERN JAPANESE PRINT: An Appreciation
THE HOKUSAI SKETCHBOOKS: Selections from the Manga
JAPANESE PRINTS: From the Early Masters to the Modern SAYONARA
THE BRIDGE AT ANDAU with A. Grove Day
RASCALS IN PARADISE
THE FIRES OF SPRING
HAWAII
THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
CARAVANS
THE SOURCE
RETURN TO PARADISE
THE VOICE OF ASIA
THE FLOATING WORLD
1. HARUNOBU: Girl with Cranes. See note, page 264
JAPANESE PRINTS
FROM THE
EARLY MASTERS
TO THE
MODERN
James A. Michener
with Notes on the Prints by
RICHARD LANE
with the cooperation of
THE HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS
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Copyright in Japan, 1959
by James A. Michener
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Library of Congress Catalog
Card No. 59-10410
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0390-0 (ebook) First printing, 1959
Ninth printing, 1979
Book design and typography by Kaoru Ogimi
MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN
LIST OF ARTISTS AND PRINTS
Arranged alphabetically according to the names by which the artists
are generally known. A star indicates mounted color plates
Azechi Umetaro
*247.
Bird in Safe Hands: page 241
Buncho
125. Otani Hiroji III: 111 126. Osen: 112 *127.
Osen: 113
Choki
124. Chushingura Parody: 109 *173. The Courtesan Tsukasa-dayu: 159 174. Girl in Snow: 160 175.
Firefly-catching: 161
Eisen
Bamboos and Moon: 207
Eishi
*182. The Doll Festival: 169 183. Courtesan Preparing for Bed: 170 184.
Courtesan Preparing for Bed: 171
Eisho
185. The Courtesan Shinowara: 172 186.
The Courtesan Someyama: 175
Fujinobu
*98.
Sanokawa Ichimatsu: 88
Gakutei
Squall at Tempozan: 189
Goyo
233. Woman at Toilette: 224 Harunobu *5. Girl with Cranes: 2 *5. Girl with Ox: 17 *100. Girl by Veranda: 93 101. Shoki Carrying Girl: 94 102. Princess Nyosan: 95 *103-4. Two Girls by Stream: 96 105-6. Girl Greeting Lover: 97 107. The Emperors Ladies at Backgammon: 98 108. Lovers Reading Letter: 99 109. Lovers Reading Letter: 99 110. Chinese Scholar and Japanese Geisha: 100 111. Lovers and Plum Tree: 101 113. Lovers in the Snow: 103 116.
Young Man Playing Kick-ball: 107
Harushige
Girls with Snowball: 102
Hashimoto Okiie
Gate and Retainers Hall, Nijo Castle: 233
Hatsuyama Shigeru
*253.
Flowers, Birds: 247
Hiratsuka Unichi
Horyu-ji in Early Autumn: 248
Hiroshige
219. The Salt-beach at Gyotoku: 209-10
220. Cherry Blossoms at Koganei: page 209-10 221. Sudden Shower at Ohashi: 211 222. Mountain Village: 212 223. By Ryogoku Bridge: 213 224. Autumn Moon over the Yoshiwara: 213 *225. Moon through Leaves: 214 *226. Plovers in Flight: 214 227. Wild Geese in Flight: 215 228. Cuckoo in Flight: 213 229.
Evening Bell at Mii Temple: 216
Hokkei
199. Foreign Warship Saluting: 190 200. Ferryboat in Rain: 190 201. Travelers at Fudo Pass: 190 202. Sumiyoshi Shrine: 191 203. Night Festival at the Seashore: 191 204.
Waterfall at Nikko: 191
Hokuju
*197.
Monkey Bridge: 188
Hokusai
6. The Poet Abe no Nakamaro Longing for Home (key-block proof): 19 *188. Bullfinch and Drooping-cherry: 179 189. Fuji from Kajikazawa: 180 190. Fuji from Hodogaya: 181 191. Ryukyu Seascape: 182 192. The Bridge of Boats at Sano: 183 193. Butterfly and Tree-peony: 184 194. Winter Landscape by the Sumida River: 185 *195. The Poet Li Po Admiring a Waterfall: 186 196.
Traveler in the Snow: 187
Kaigetsudo Dohan
7. Courtesan: 21 15.
Courtesan: 33
Kawano Kaoru
Girl in Shell: 231
Kinoshita Tomio
Masks: Design 4: 242
Kiyochika
Pulling the Canal-boat: 221
Kiyohiro
86-88. Couples under Umbrellas: 82 89-91. Young People by the Waterside: 83 96.
Hikosaburo and Kichiji: 86
Kiyomasu I
*16. Nakamura Senya in the Role of Tokonatsu: 35 17. Goto, Shosho, and Asahina: 36 18. Saint Narukami and Princess Taema: 36 19. Agemaki and Sukeroku: 37 20. Fuwa and Okuni: 37 *21. Warriors in Combat: 38 *22. Takie, Shingoro, and Danjuro: 39 23. Heikuro and Takesaburo: 40 25.
Courtesan: 42
Kiyomasu II
*28. The Maiden Tamamushi: page 45 30. Danjuro and Hiroji: 46 32.
Segawa Kikujiro: 47
Kiyomitsu
84. Bando Hikosaburo II: 80 92. Maiden Dreaming: 84 *93-95. Dancers: 85 97.
Ichikawa Ebizo: 87
Kiyonaga
122. Maiden Watching a Young Man: 109 *145-46 Evening Scene at Shinagawa: 132-33 147-48 Snowy Morning in the Yoshiwara: 134 149-50. New Years Scene at Nihombashi: 135 151. River Cool at Dusk: 136 *152. Komazo and Monnosuke: 137 153-55. Sudden Shower at the Mimeguri Shrine: 138-40 156. Iwai Hanshiro IV with Manservant: 141 157.
Matsumoto Koshiro IV with Geisha: 141
Kiyonobu I
2. Seated Courtesan: 10 *24. Fujimura Handayu: 41 29. Kantaro and Takenojo: 46 31.
Ichikawa Kuzo: 47
Kiyonobu II
26. Fujimura Handayu: 43 *27.
Segawa Kikunojo: 44
Kiyoshige
*83. Sanokawa Ichimatsu: 80 85.
Ichikawa Yaozo: 81
Kiyotada
Osome and Hisamatsu: 63
Kiyotomo
Yamamoto Koheiji with Puppet: 62
Koryusai
*99. Young Man with Hawk: 90 *114. The Courtesan Michinoku with Attendants: 105 115. The Courtesan Michiharu with Attendants: 106 *118.
Girl with Mouse: 107
Kunimasa
212. Ichikawa Ebizo: 201 *213. Nakamura Noshio: 202 214.
Ichikawa Danjuro: 203
Kuninobu
*117.
Lovers Walking at Night: 107
Kunisada
Landscape in Mist: 206
Kuniyoshi
215. Kuo Chu Finds the Pot of Gold: 204 216.
Tile-kilns at Imado: 203
Mabuchi Thoru
Afternoon Sun: 232
Maekawa Sempan
Akita Dancer: 229
Mangetsudo
65-67. Yoshiwara Komachi: page 68 68-7
Lovers under Umbrellas: 69
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