Japanese Woodblock Prints in Miniature: The Genre of Surimon. Kurt Meissner

      

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      Japanese

       Woodblock Prints

       in Miniature

      Japanese Woodblock Prints

       in Miniature: The Genre of

       SURIMONO

      by Kurt Meissner

      CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY

       Rutland • Vermont : Tokyo • Japan

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      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

      with editorial offices at

      Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      © 1970, by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

      All rights reserved

      Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 78-94024

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1255-1 (ebook)

      First printing, 1970

       Second printing, 1971

      Book design & typography by F. Sakade

       Layout of plates by S. Katakura

      PRINTED IN JAPAN

      Table of Contents

       list of illustrations

       acknowledgments

       introduction

      One: History of Surimono

      Historical Background • Woodblock Prints Older than Surimono • Distribution of Surimono and Influence of Art Clubs

      Two: Description of the Genre

      The Subjects of Surimono Designs • The Woodblock Printing Technique • Painting and Poetry • Poems on Surimono • Calendar Prints • Signs and Seals

      Three: The Artists

      The Life of a Japanese Artist • The “Golden Age" • The "Decadent Age" • The Meiji Period

      Four: Collections

      Collecting Surimono • Notes on Museums and Collections

      Five: The Surimono (Plates 1-33)

       appendices:

      1. Era Names and Dates

      2. Chinese-Japanese 12-Animal Cycle

      3. Alphabetical List of Artists

      4. Paper Sizes of Woodblock Prints

       glossary

       annotated bibliography

       index

      List of Illustrations

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1.	A courtesan of the highest rank, Hokusai 61
2.	Official calendar for the year Bunka 7 63
3.	Calendar print with picture 65
4.	Calendar print for the year Bunsei 5, Eizan 65
5.	Calendar print for the year Bunka 7, Shumman 67
6.	Twelve fans with actor's portraits, Shunshō 69
7.	Four New Year amusements, Toyo-haru 71
8.	Shrine beneath an old pine tree, Shumman 73
9.	Wrestling animals, Keisai (Eisen) 75
10.	Landscape and still life, Keisai (Eisen) 77
11.	Tiger and knight, Toyokuni 79
12.	Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, Toyokuni 81
13.	Design for the New Year Bunka 7, Toyohiro 83
14.	Young girl stepping from palanquin, Toyohiro 85
15.	Landscape, Toyohiro 87
16.	Kabuki villain, Kunisada 89
17.	Ichikawa Danjūrō V, Kunisada 91
18.	Warrior with halbert, Kuniyoshi 93
19.	Lady and kakemono, Kuniyoshi 95
20.	Courtesan writing letter, Sadakage 97
21.	Three courtesans, Hokuma 99
22.	Mother and son with servant, Hokusai 101
23.	Peacock and hen, Hokkei 103
24.	Climbing a waterfall, Hokkei 105
25.	The giant Rochishin uprooting a tree, Go Hokkei 107
26.	Benten and dragon, Gakutei 109
27.	Girl showing kakemono, Gakutei 111
28.	Still life, Gakutei 113
29.	Still life of textile fabrics, Shinsai 115
30.	Courtesan before dressing table, Shinsai 117