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薄紫兎道曙 / 柳下亭種員種員作 ; 香蝶楼豊國画.
Usumurasaki Uji no akebono / Ryūkatei Tanekazu saku ; Kōchōrō Toyokune ga.
1849-1856
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The Art of Japanese Publishing
These beautifully illustrated and commercially published books (and subsequent single-sheet prints) not only impacted the Japanese art tradition but, in the 19th century, inspired the Western art movements of Impressionism, Japonisme, and Art Nouveau. The publishing of illustrated books was then revolutionized in the 20th century with the introduction of photography, new printing processes, and artists taking complete control of their work for the first time.
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- Publisher
- Tōto [Edo] : Eikyūdō Yamamoto Heikichi, [1850?-1856?]
- 東都 [江戶] : 榮久堂・山本平吉, [1850?-1856?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864
- 歌川豊國, 1786-1864
- Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880
- 歌川國貞, 1823-1880
- Ryūtei, Senka, 1806-1868
- 柳亭仙果, 1806-1868
- Language
- Japanese
- Notes
- Title from v. 1, p. [2] of original cover (mikaeshi)
- Pages with full illustration have ornamental frames (14.9 x 10.0 cm.); pages with text, within single border (15.5 x 10.5 cm.).
- On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji).
- "種員作 ; 豊國画" (初-5編), "種員作 ; 國貞画" (6編); "仙果作 ; 國貞画" (7-8編).
- Prefaces v. 1-6 by the author 柳下亭種員, dated 嘉永庚戌 -嘉永癸丑 [1849-1853]; v. 7-8 by 笠亭仙果, dated 安政二年-辰 [1855-1856].
- "榮久堂梓": Vol. 1-2, 6-8, p. [2] of cover.
- "榮久文庫"--Vol. 3-4, pt. 1, p. [2] of cover.
- "山本平吉板"--Vol. 5, pt. 1, p. [2] of cover.
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