Japanese prints collection - Boston College

Japanese Prints Collectioncirca 1765-1964 (bulk 1780-1860)MS.2013.043http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3820

Archives and Manuscripts Department

John J. Burns LibraryBoston College140 Commonwealth AvenueChestnut Hill 02467library.bc.edu/burns/contactURL: http://www.bc.edu/burns

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Table of Contents

Summary Information .................................................................................................................... 3Administrative Information ............................................................................................................. 5Historical note - Ukiyo-e prints ...................................................................................................... 6Biographical note - Morrissey family ............................................................................................. 7Biographical note - Laforet family ................................................................................................. 8Scope and Contents ...................................................................................................................... 9Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 9Collection Inventory ..................................................................................................................... 10

I: Morrissey collection ............................................................................................................... 10II: Laforet collection ................................................................................................................... 20

Japanese Prints Collection MS.2013.043

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Summary Information

Creator - art: Suzuki, Harunobu, 1725?-1770

Creator - art: Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815

Creator - art: Isoda, Koryūsai, active 1735-1790

Creator - art: Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812

Creator - art: Takahashi, Shōtei, 1871-1945

Creator - art: Tomikawa Fusanobu

Creator - art: Ishiwata, Kōitsu, 1897-1987

Creator - art: Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Creator - art: Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849

Creator - art: Saito, Kiyoshi, 1907-1997

Creator - art: Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806

Creator - art: Shumman, Kubo, 1757-1820

Creator - art: Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825

Creator - art: Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861

Creator - art: Ikeda, Eisen, 1790-1848

Creator - art: Hosoda, Eishi, 1756-1829

Creator - art: Kikukawa, Eizan, 1787-1867

Title: Japanese prints collection

CollectionIdentifier:

MS.2013.043

Date [inclusive]: circa 1765-1964 (bulk 1780-1860)

Date [bulk]: 1780-1860

PhysicalDescription

26.25 Linear Feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 3 framed items)

Language of theMaterial:

Japanese

Abstract: This collection consists primarily of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Italso includes a few examples of the mingei (folk art) and sosakuhanga ("creative prints") movements of the early 20th century.The bulk of the ukiyo-e prints are by Ando Hiroshige; other


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notable artists include Katsushika Hokusai, Katsukawa Shunko,Kitagawa Utamaro, and Isoda Koryusai.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Japanese Prints Collection,MS.2013.043, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.


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Administrative Information

Publication InformationProcessed by Erin Furlong in April 2014. This finding aid was produced usingArchivesSpace.

Restrictions on accessCollection is open for research.

Restrictions on useThese materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuantto U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials,including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproducedmaterials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully creditedwith the source. The original artists may retain copyright to the materials.

ProvenanceGifts (1949-1971) from Arthur M. Morrissey in honor of James W. Morrissey, and gifts(1994-1995) from Eugene and Mitsuko LaForet in honor of Dr. Shiro Tashahiro.


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Historical note - Ukiyo-e prints

The term ukiyo was originally used in Buddhist practices to refer to "the condition ofimpermanence created by daily life and its desires." At the start of the Tokugawa era(1603-1868), the term began to shift in meaning and use to convey the idea of a "floatingworld" that was applied to the emerging culture of pleasure, parties, and a preoccupationwith the present moment. Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") rose to prominence in theseventeenth century as increases in agricultural production drove economic development,creating a literate, wealthy, urban merchant class interested in art that represented their ownlifestyles. Ukiyo-e included paintings, screens, and illustrated books, but the focus of themovement was on woodblock prints. Popular ukiyo-e subjects were famous kabuki actors,courtesans, and sumo wrestlers. Other frequently used themes were famous teahouses,city quarters, historical heroes, ghosts, erotic books, and most aspects of ordinary life, withlandscape prints beginning to appear in the 1830s.

The ukiyo-e woodblock prints were traditionally carved on cherry-wood blocks using a negativecopy of an original sketch by an artist. Prints were usually created in orders of 400 to coverinitial expenses and then reprinted if the image proved successful. A traditional ukiyo-e printwould be the product of the work of four to five different people, with the artist having no hand inthe physical production of the print. The design would be created by the artist with consultationfrom the publisher, and would then be given to skilled craftsmen who carved the design andsent the woodblock to another group of specialized workers who would print the actual image.Ukiyo-e prints were initially created entirely in black ink, while hand applied colors began tobe used in 1688 with limited options of tan-e ("orange-red pigment pictures") or beni-e ("rosecolored pictures") used until the development of full color woodblock printing in 1765.

While the strong push for modernization during the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926)eras left the traditional practice of ukiyo-e in decline, the prints continued to be produced withthe traditional themes of kabuki actors and beautiful women, as well as more Western andmodernized images. Scenes focusing on Western clothing and inventions and battle scenesdepicting the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars became popular in the middle of theMeiji period. In the 1910s, Watanabe Shozaburo sought to revitalize the traditional ukiyo-efocus on kabuki actors and native landscapes, forming the shin-hanga ("new print") movement,which emphasized the original collaborative process of different craftsmen and artists creatingeach part of the print. This contrasted with the competing concurrent art movement of sosaku-hanga ("creative prints"), which focused on the creation of woodblock prints made entirely byone artist, for the sake of art.

Sources

Kobayashi, Tadashi. Ukiyo-e: An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints. Tokyo: KodanshaInternational, 1992.

Calza, Gian Carlo. Ukiyo-e. London: Phaidon, 2005.


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Berglund, Lars. "The Art of Ukiyo-e – A Short Historical Survey." In Impressions: JapanesePrints and Paintings In the Utagawa Tradition, edited by The Utagawa Society of Japan.Nagano: Soei Publishing, 1994.

Jenkins, Donald. "A Mirror on the Floating World." In Designed for Pleasure: The World of EdoJapan in Prints and Paintings, 1680 – 1860, edited by Julia Meech and Jane Oliver, 15-32.Singapore: Asia Society and Japanese Art Society of America, in association with the Universityof Washington Press, 2008.

Smith, Lawrence. "Japanese Prints 1868-2008." In Since Meiji: Perspectives on the JapaneseVisual Arts, 1868 – 2000, edited by J. Thomas Rimer, 361-407. Honolulu: University of Hawai'iPress, 2012.

Biographical note - Morrissey family

James W. Morrissey (1897-1949) graduated from Boston College (1920), as did all four of hisbrothers: Francis Morrissey (1921); Dr. Leonard Morrissey (1923); William Morrissey (1925);and Dr. Arthur M. Morrissey (1929). He then worked for the McDonald Steel Company in SouthBoston before serving in in Venezuela during World War II, and postwar became the presidentof Morrissey Brothers Tractor Company in Watertown, Massachusetts. Long interested inJapanese culture, James W. Morrissey collected woodblock prints as well as books related toJapanese art. This collection passed to his brother Arthur at his death.

Dr. Arthur M. Morrissey (1906-2004) was an ophthalmologist and a veteran of World War II.Morrissey donated his brother's collection of Japanese prints to Boston College in December1949 as a memorial to his brother, and continued to add to the Library's collection for manyyears. Dr. Morrissey also later donated his own collection of Haitian paintings from his work asa volunteer with Catholic Charities in the late 1960s.

Sources

Connolly, Terence, S.J., letter to Arthur Morrissey, December 20, 1949, Archives and LibraryRecords, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Delaney, Patricia. "Haiti Before the Quake: Exhibit at Burns Library." February 9, 2010. http://www.bc.edu/offices/pubaf/archive/news/haitian_paintings_exhibit2010_0209.html

"Dr. Arthur M. Morrissey," The Boston Globe, October 2004.

"James W. Morrissey," Medford Mercury, July 14, 1949.

Morrissey, Arthur M., letter to Terence Connolly, S.J., September 25, 1949, Archives and LibraryRecords, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.


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Morrissey, Arthur M., letter to Terence Connolly S.J., March 26, 1953, Archives and LibraryRecords, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current. Ancestry.com. Accessed January 31, 2014.

Biographical note - Laforet family

The Laforet collection was donated to the John J. Burns Library by Dr. Eugene Laforet and hiswife, Mitsuko Tashiro Laforet, in honor of her father, Dr. Shiro Tashiro.

Dr. Shiro Tashiro (1883-1963) was born in Kagoshima prefecture and immigrated to the UnitedStates in 1901. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1912 and then taughtthere in the department of physiological chemistry until 1918, when he accepted a position atthe University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine as the associate professor of biochemistry.Tashiro was well known for his publication A Chemical Sign of Life, which studied the ability tomeasure carbon dioxide levels in organisms as a sign of life. Tashiro married Shizuka Kawasakiin 1915 and had two sons, Kazuo and Kiyoshi, and one daughter, Mitsuko.

Dr. Mitsuko Tashiro Laforet (1920-2006) received her bachelor's degree from Goucher College(1942), her master's in physiology from Vassar College, and her medical degree from theUniversity of Cincinnati. After marrying Dr. Eugene Laforet, she moved to Chestnut Hill,Massachusetts where she worked as a hematologist at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital andChildren's Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Eugene Laforet (1924-2002) was a graduate of Boston College (1944) and Tufts MedicalSchool (1947). Laforet was a retired captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps and aKorean War Veteran. He practiced medicine in Boston until his retirement in 1985 and taught amedical ethics course at Boston College with T. P. O'Malley, S.J.

Sources

Day, Stacey. "Tashiro, Shiro." In Encyclopedia.com. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830904255.html

Eugene G. Laforet Biomedical Ethics Collection, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

"Eugene Laforet." Boston Globe, June 2002.

Laforet, Eugene. "Commitment to Life." The Heights, September 15, 1975.

"Mitsuko Laforet." Boston Globe. December 2006.

"Mitsuko Tashiro Joins Physiologists." Vassar Miscellany News, October 3, 1942.


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O'Neill, Robert K., letter to Eugene G. Laforet, February 11, 1994, Archives and LibraryRecords, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Tashiro, Shiro. A Chemical Sign of Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1917.

U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current. Ancestry.com. Accessed January 31, 2014.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains Japanese artwork dating from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentiethcenturies. While the majority of this collection consists of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, there arealso a number of examples of the mingei (folk art) movement and the sosaku hanga ("creativeprints") movement of the early 20th century, including pieces by Sadao Watanabe, KiyoshiSaito, and Unichi Hiratsuka.

The bulk of the ukiyo-e prints are by Ando Hiroshige; other notable artists include KatsushikaHokusai, Katsukawa Shunko, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Isoda Koryusai. The collection contains46 prints from Hiroshige's famous series "The Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido Road," aswell as several images from other series including "The Sixty-nine Stations of the KisokaidoRoad" and "Chushingura" (sometimes translated as "The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers," "TheRevenge of the Loyal Retainers," or "The Tale of the 47 Ronin"). Overall the collection containsexcellent examples of traditional ukiyo-e styles and themes, including bijin-ga ("beautifulwomen"), azuri-e ("blue print"), kabuki actors, folk tales, and landscape scenes.

Several of the items in this collection are not original woodblock prints, but reproductions fromthe series Nihon Mokuhangasui, published in the 1920s by Nihon Shosui-sha. The originalsleeves are stored with these reproductions in Box 7. The collection also includes one painting.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series reflecting original provenance: I. Morrissey collection; II.Laforet collection. Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically by artist's name.

In the Laforet collection, the 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road are arranged in the order originallyissued.


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Collection Inventory

Series I: Morrissey collection, circa 1766 - 1964Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Act Eleven: Part 1 from theseries Chūshingura, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref15

box 1 folder 3

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Act Eleven: Part 6 from theseries Chūshingura, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref26

box 1 folder 4

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Act Nine from the seriesChūshingura, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref13

box 1 folder 2

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Act One from the seriesChūshingura, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref10

box 1 folder 1

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Aoi Slope, Outside ToranomonGate from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref105

box 2 folder 14

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Autumn Moon at IshiyamaTemple from the series Eight Views of Ômi, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref20

box 1 folder 6

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Bamboo Yards, KyôbashiBridge from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref140

box 3 folder 7

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Echizen Province: Tsuruga,Kehi Pine Grove from the series Famous Places in theSixty-odd Provinces, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref161

box 3 folder 13

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Eight Views of Kanazawa atNight, woodblock print, ink and color on paper

box 8 folder 10


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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Fireworks at Ryôgoku from theseries One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref97

box 2 folder 12

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Fuchû: The Abe River from theseries Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref254

box 5 folder 9

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Fukagawa Lumberyards fromthe series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref102

box 2 folder 13

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Gion Shrine in the Snow fromthe series Famous Views of Kyoto, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref40

box 1 folder 10

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bayfrom the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref34

box 1 folder 8

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kinuta Jewel River in SettsuProvince from the series Six Jewel Rivers, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref236

box 5 folder 1

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Komachi Praying for Rain fromthe series Nana Komachi, fan print, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref43

box 1 folder 11

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Misty Moonlight on the Seaat Tsukuda Island from the series Famous Places in theEastern Capital, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref251

box 5 folder 8

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Mitsuke: Tenryû RiverView from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô,woodblock print, ink and color on paper

box 2 folder 16


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Link to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref111

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Mount Kaso in KazusaProvince from the series Wrestling Matches betweenMountains and Seas, woodblock print, ink and color onpaperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref224

box 4 folder 3

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Night Rain at Karasaki fromthe series Eight Views of Ômi, woodblock print, ink and coloron paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref18

box 1 folder 5

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Night View of Matsuchiyamaand the San'ya Canal from the series One Hundred FamousViews of Edo, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref137

box 3 folder 6

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. No 17, Yui, from the seriesFamous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref113

box 2 folder 17

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. No 39, Agematsu, from theseries The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref122

box 3 folder 1

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Ochanomizu from the seriesFamous Places in Edo, woodblock print, ink and color onpaperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref37

box 1 folder 9

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Ômi Province: Lake Biwa,Ishiyama Temple from the series Famous Places in theSixty-odd Provinces, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref31

box 1 folder 7

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Parody of the Akashi Chapter:Evening Moon at Takanawa, woodblock print, ink and coloron paper

box 3 folder 5


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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Rain at Onmayagashi from theseries Famous Places in Edo, fan print, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref45

box 1 folder 12

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Shôno: Driving Rain from theseries Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref260

box 5 folder 11

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Sudden Shower over ÔhashiBridge and Atake from the series One Hundred FamousViews of Edo, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref173

box 3 folder 18

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Suijin Shrine and Massaki onthe Sumida River from the series One Hundred FamousViews of Edo, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref170

box 3 folder 16

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Tomigaoka Hachiman Shrineat Fukagawa from the series Famous Places in Edo,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref257

box 5 folder 10

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Totsuka: Motomachi Forkfrom the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref108

box 2 folder 15

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Tsushima Province: A FineEvening on the Coast from the series Famous Places in theSixty-odd Provinces, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref116

box 2 folder 18

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Viewing Cherry Blossoms fromthe Kiyomizu Hall at Tôeizan Temple in Ueno from the seriesFamous Views of the Eastern Capital, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref233

box 5 folder 7

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. View of the Naruto Rapids,Province of Awa, woodblock print, ink and color on paper

box 8 folder 11


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Arashino, Kotaro. Mask of Noh-play, Maihime, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref213

box 8 folder 6

Eishosai, Choki. Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref275

box 6 folder 2

Hanabusa, Itcho. Fete Day Dance, reproduction, print, inkand color on paper

box 7 folder 9

Hashimoto, Okiie. Gate of Hikone Castle, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

box 8 folder 9

Hiratsuka, Un'ichi. Shrine Garden, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref287

box 7 folder 6

Hiratsuka, Un'ichi. Temple Gate, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paper

box 8 folder 7

Hosoda, Eishi, 1756-1829. Segawa of the Matsubaya,Kamuro Sasano and Takeno, woodblock print, ink and coloron paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref79

box 2 folder 5

Ikeda, Eisen, 1790-1848. No 15, Itahana, from the seriesThe Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref125

box 3 folder 2

Ishikawa, Toyomasa. Chanting Farmers Praying for Rainfrom a series of the Four Social Classes, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref189

box 8 folder 4

Ishiwata, Kōitsu, 1897-1987. Twilight in Imamiya Street,Choshi, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref167

box 3 folder 15

Isoda, Koryūsai, active 1735-1790. Evening Bell of theClock from the series Fashionable Eight Views of the Parlor,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref72

box 2 folder 3

Isoda, Koryūsai, active 1735-1790. Evening Snow atYamashita, woodblock print, ink and color on paper

box 2 folder 4


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Isoda, Koryūsai, active 1735-1790. Falcon on a Perch,woodblock print, ink and color on paper

box 8 folder 1

Isoda, Koryūsai, active 1735-1790. Grasses of Shinda at theFirst Frost, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref248

box 5 folder 2

Isoda, Koryūsai, active 1735-1790. Toyoharu of the Chôjiya,Kamuro Tasoya and Takino from the series Models forFashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref196

box 8 folder 3

Kasamatsu, Shiro. Sangatsudo Temple, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref227

box 4 folder 4

Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812. Kataoka Nizaemon,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref146

box 3 folder 9

Katsukawa, Shunsen. Women and Actor at Takanawa,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref239

box 5 folder 4

Katsukawa, Shunsho. Actor in Tragic Role, reproduction,print, ink and color on paper

box 7 folder 8

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Dawn at Isawa in KaiProvince from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref52

box 1 folder 14

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Enoshima in SagamiProvince from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref55

box 1 folder 15

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Sakai Cho (TheaterStreet), woodblock print, ink and color on paper

box 4 folder 1


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Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Sazai Hall of the Templeof the Five Hundred Arhats from the series Thirty-six Viewsof Mount Fuji, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref58

box 1 folder 16

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Snowy Morning atKoishikawa from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref47

box 1 folder 13

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. A Wayside Meal,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref221

box 4 folder 2

Kawase, Hasui. Irrigation, As Seen in Sado from the seriesSouvenirs of Travel II, woodblock print, ink and color onpaperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref314

box 7 folder 4

Kawase, Hasui. Part of the Byôdô-in Temple at Uji from theseries Souvenirs of Travel II, woodblock print, ink and coloron paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref281

box 7 folder 3

Kikukawa, Eizan, 1787-1867. Cherry Blossom Viewing,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref94

box 2 folder 10

Kikukawa, Eizan, 1787-1867. Three Fashionable BeautiesCooling Off in the Evening, woodblock print, ink and color onpaperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref91

box 2 folder 9

Kitagawa, Tsukimaro. Courtesans of the Ogiya, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref278

box 6 folder 1

Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806. Hanamurasaki of theTamaya with Attendants Shirabe and Teriha, woodblockprint, ink and color on paper

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Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806. Parody of the Seven Godsof Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref240

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Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806. Portrait Head of anUnknown Courtesan from the series of Eight Trigrams,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref152

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Kozan, Matsumoto, 1784-1866 and Ooka, Unpo,1765-1848. Goose and Swallows, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref85

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Shumman, Kubo, 1757-1820. Votive Picture Hall atMukojima, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref128

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Shumman, Kubo, 1757-1820. Votive Picture Hall atMukojima, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref131

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Ohara, Koson. Geese in Snow Falling Sky, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref230

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Okumura, Masanobu. Moving, reproduction, print, ink andcolor on paper

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Saito, Kiyoshi, 1907-1997. Sakurada-Mon, Tokyo,woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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Saito, Kiyoshi, 1907-1997. Winter in Aizu (3), woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref284

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Sasajima, Kihei. A Hill in Early Spring, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Suzuki, Harunobu, 1725?-1770. Faith from the series TheFive Virtues, woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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Suzuki, Harunobu, 1725?-1770. Poem by Shiseki fromthe series Fashionable Versions of Ink in Five Colors,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref70

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Takahashi, Shōtei, 1871-1945. Mount Fuji from Mizukubo,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref164

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Tekiho, Imoto. Bamboo, Apricot and a Fisherman,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref293

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Tekiho, Imoto. Bamboo Grove, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref290

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Tomikawa Fusanobu. Under the Willow Tree, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref82

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Tomikawa Fusanobu. Under the Willow Tree, photographicreproduction

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Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815. Arrival at the Baths in Yumotofrom the series Seven Hot Springs in Hakone, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref67

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Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815. Two Women and a Maid,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref64

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Tosa, Mitsuoki. Mat Maker, reproduction, print, ink and coloron paper

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Utagawa, Hiroshige. Mount Kusuri on the Road to Zenkô-jiin Shinano Province from the series One Hundred FamousViews in the Various Provinces, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref199

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Utagawa, Kuninao. View of Asakusa, reproduction, print, inkand color on paper

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Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861. Monkey: Sun Wugongfrom the series Heroes Representing the Twelve Animals ofthe Zodiac, woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref263

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Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861. Nichiren Praying for Rainat Ryôzengasaki in Kamakura in 1271 from the seriesSketches of the Life of the Great Priest, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref143

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Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825. Actor Bando Mitsugoro asSamurai Kumagai Jiro on his Horse, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref272

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Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825. Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref269

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Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825. Courtesan and Attendantson a Veranda Overlooking a Garden, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref88

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Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825. Ichikawa Yaozo as Umeno Yoshibei and Segawa Kikunojo as his wife Koume,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref155

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Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825. Somamura Gennosuke asUme no Yoshibei and Segawa Roko as his wife Koume,woodblock print, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref266

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Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825. Sukeroku: Flower of Edo, ina scene from a kabuki theater production, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref158

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Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865. Mount Atago in Shiba fromthe series One Hundred Beautiful Women at Famous Placesin Edo, woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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Watanabe, Sadao. Biblical Theme: Christmas, woodblockprint, paint on momigami paper

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Unidentified artist. Under the Wave off Kanagawa from theseries Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref6

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Unidentified artist. Man with Staff, painting, ink on paper box 4 folder 5

Unidentified artist. Nightingale on Bamboo Branch,screenprint and painting on silk

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Unidentified artist. Two women and a child, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Series II: Laforet collection

53 Stations of the Tokaido Road, circa 1837-1842General

This collection of the prints from the series "53 Stations of the Tokaido Road" by Ando Hiroshige is theKyoka Edition. This edition was produced circa the late 1830s to early 1840s and is characterized by acomic poem written on each of the prints.

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Nihonbashi, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Shinagawa, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kawasaki, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kanagawa, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Hodogaya, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref343

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Fujisawa, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Oiso, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Odawara, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Hakone, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref356

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Mishima,woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref359

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Numazu, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Hara, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Yoshiwara, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kanbara, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref363

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Yui, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref364

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Okitsu, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Ejiri, woodblock print, ink andcolor on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Fuchu, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref367

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Okabe, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref368

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Fujieda, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Shimada, woodblock print,ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref370

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kanaya, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Nissaka, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kakegawa, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Mitsuke, woodblock print, inkand color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref375

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Hamamatsu, woodblockprint, ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Maisaka, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Shirasuka, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Futagawa, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Yoshida, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Goyu, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Akasaka, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Fujikawa, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Okazaki, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Chiriu, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kuwana, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Yokkaichi, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Ishiyakushi, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Shono, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kameyama, woodblock print,ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Seki, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Tsuchiyama, woodblockprint, ink and color on paperLink to digital version: http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2013_043_ref426

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kusatsu, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Otsu, woodblock print, inkand color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kyoto: The Great Bridge atSanjo, woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Kyoto: The Imperial Palace,woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806. Set of eight unidentifiedprints

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Documents

Japanese prints collection - Boston College