East Asian Special Collections

• Prints

  Tomoe Gozen with an Attendant Blowing a Conch, mid-18th to early 19th century, woodblock print.

  Torii Kiyotsune 鳥居清経, Actors Bandō Sanpachi I & Sawamura Sōjūrō II  坂東三八, 沢村宗十郎, c. 1769, woodblock print in colour.

  Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Umegawa and Chūbei 梅川忠兵衛 from the series Manipulations of Love with Musical Accompaniment 音曲恋の操 (Ongyoku koi-no-ayatsura), 1801–02, woodblock print in colour.

  Utagawa Kunisada 歌川國貞, The Second Month 如月 from the series Annual Events for the Young Lady Murasaki 若紫年中行事の内 (Wakamurasaki nenchū gyōji no uchi) , c. 1849-1850, woodblock print in colour.

  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, View of Kasumigaseki 霞ヶ関眺望 from the series Famous Places of Edo 江戸名所 (Edo Meisho), 1853, woodblock print in colour.

  Utagawa Kunisada 歌川國貞, The Paulownia Pot 桐壺 (Kiritsubo) from the series The Colour Print Contest of a Modern Genji 今源氏錦絵合 (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase) 1853, woodblock print in colour.

  Utagawa Kunisada 歌川國貞, The Bandit Hitomaru Oroku 女盗賊人丸お六 from the series The Crossroads at Kusatsu [River], Fifty-three Stations [of the Tōkaidō], 五十三次之内草津追分 (Gojū-san tsugi no uchi Kusatsu Oiwake), 1854, woodblock print in colour.

  Utagawa Kunisada 歌川國貞, Modorikago sanshini  戻駕篭櫓三真意, 1859 , woodblock print in colour.

  Utagawa Hiroshige II  二代目歌川広重, Mount Atago 愛宕山 (Atagoyama) from the series Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital 東都三十六景 (Tôto sanjûrokkei), 1862, woodblock print in colour.

  Utagawa Kunisada III 三代目歌川国貞, Nakamura Ganjirō I as Takechi Jūjirō and Nakamura Masajirō II as Hatsugiku 中村次朗　武智十次朗 – 中村鴈次郎, 初ぎく – 中村政次郎 (市川) from the series Ehon Taikoki: Amagasaki Kankyo 歌舞伎座新狂言 太閤記尼ヶ崎之場, 1890, woodblock print in colour.

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• Reproductions and Illustrated Rare Books

  China

  
  Reproductions
  Wang Xizhi 王羲之, Three Pieces of Calligraphy  平安何如奉橘三貼 (“Ping’an”, “Heru”, “Fengju”, san tie), 4th century (Jin Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1979, ink on paper.

  Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之, Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies 女史箴圖 (Nüshi zhen tu), 4th-5th century (Jin Dynasty), reproduced by the British Museum in 1966, ink and colour on paper.

  Sun Guoting 孫過庭, Treatise on Calligraphy 書譜 (Shu pu), 7th-8th century (Tang Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1979, ink on paper.

  A Palace Concert 宮樂圖 (Gongyue tu), 7th-10th century (Tang Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1980, ink and colour on paper.

  Huai Su 懷素, Autobiography 自敘貼 (Zixu tie), 8th century (Tang Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1980, ink on paper.

  Herd of Deer in a Maple Grove 丹楓呦鹿圖 (Danfeng youlu tu), 10th century (Five Dynasties), reproduced by Nigensha in 1981, ink and colour on paper.

  Ju Ran 巨然, Storied Mountains and Dense Forests 層巖叢樹圖 (Cengyan congshu tu), 10th century (Five Dynasties), reproduced by Nigensha in 1985, ink on paper.

  Fan Kuan 范寬, Travellers among Mountains and Streams 谿山行旅圖 (Xishan xinglü tu), 10th-11th century (Song Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1980, ink on paper.

  Guo Xi 郭熙, Early Spring 早春圖 (Zaochun tu), 11th century (Song Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1980, ink on paper.

  Cui Bai 崔白, Magpies and Hare 雙喜圖 (Shuangxi tu), 11th century (Song Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1981, ink and colour on paper.

  Su Shi 蘇軾, Poems for the Qingming Festival in Huangzhou 黃州寒食詩 (Huangzhou hanshi shi), 11th-12th century (Song Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1979, ink on paper.

  Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅, Poems of Han Shan and Pang Yun 書寒山子龐居士詩 (Shu Hanshanzi Pangjushi shi), 11th-12th century (Song Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1983, ink on paper.

  Zhang Zeduan 張擇端, Along the River during the Qingming Festival 清明上河圖 (Qingming shang he tu), 12th century (Song Dynasty), reproduced by Tianjin renmin meishu chubanshe in 1996, ink on paper.

  Ni Zan 倪瓚, Rongxi Studio 容膝齋圖 (Rongxi zhai tu), 14th century (Yuan Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1980, ink on paper.

  Bian Wenjin 邊文進, Three Friends and a Hundred Birds 三友百禽圖 (Sanyou baiqin tu), 14th-15th century (Ming Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1986, ink and colour on paper.

  Shen Zhou 沈周, Lofty Mount Lu 廬山高圖 (Lushan gao tu), 15th-16th century (Ming Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1981, ink and colour on paper.

  Qiu Ying 仇英, Pavilions in the Mountains of Immortals 仙山樓閣圖 (Xianshan louge tu), 15th-16th century (Ming Dynasty), reproduced by Nigensha in 1980, ink and colour on paper.

  Qian Gong 錢貢, Huang Yingzu 黃應祖, Illustration of the Garden of the Hall Encircled by Jade 環翠堂園景圖 (Huancui tang yuanjing tu), 16th-17th century (Ming Dynasty), reproduced by Jiangsu meishu chubanshe in 1994, wood engraving.

  Tang Dai 唐岱 et al., Forty Views of the Yuanmingyuan Garden 圓明園四十景圖 (Yuanmingyuan sishijing tu), c.1744 (Qing Dynasty), reproduced by National Museum of China in 2004, ink and colour on silk.

  Ding Guanpeng 丁觀鵬, Tracing Source of the Buddhist World 法界源流圖 (Fajie yuanliu tu), 18th century (Qing Dynasty), reproduced by Commercial Press Hong Kong in 1992, ink on paper.

  Zheng Xie 鄭燮, Biography of Tian Youyan in Running Script 行書“太白山隱者傳”之田遊嚴傳 (Xingshu Taibaishan yinzhezhuan zhi Tian Youyan zhuan), 1693-1765 (Qing Dynasty), rubbing.

  Fang Guancheng 方觀承, Illustration of the Cotton Industry 御題棉華圖 (Yuti mianhua tu), c. 1765 (Qing Dynasty), rubbing.

  Luo Pin 羅聘, Portraits of Hanshan & Shide 寒山拾得像 (Hanshan Shide xiang), 1799 (Qing Dynasty), rubbing.

  Illustration of Mount Tai 泰山全圖 (Taishan quan tu), Qing Dynasty, rubbing.

  Illustration of the Graveyard of Confucius 至聖先師孔子林圖 (Zhi sheng xianshi Kongzi lin tu), Qing Dynasty, rubbing.

  Illustration of the Confucius Temple in Qu Fu 至聖先師孔子廟圖 (Zhi sheng xianshi Kongzi miao tu), Qing Dynasty, rubbing.

  Portrait of Confucius 先師孔子行教像 (Xianshi Kongzi xingjiao xiang), Qing Dynasty, rubbing.

  Eighty Seven Immortals 八十七神仙卷 (Bashiqi shenxian juan), date to be confirmed, reproduced by Rongbaozhai in 1990s, ink on paper.

  Cao Renrong 曹仁容, Panoramic View of the Suzhou City 蘇州水城全景圖 (Suzhou shuicheng quanjing tu), 2006, reproduced by Gu Wu Xuan in 2011, ink and colour on paper.

  
  Books

  Song, Minqiu 宋敏求, Record of Chang’an 长安志 (Chang’an zhi), Shanghai: Datong shu ju, 1887.

  Li, Jie 李誡, Tao, Xiang 陶湘 ed., Building Standards 營造法式 (Yingzao fashi), Tianjin: Chuanjing shu she, 1925. 
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  Xu, Jing 徐競, Illustrated Account of the Embassy to Koryŏ in the Xuanhe reign 宣和奉使高麗圖經 (Xuanhe fengshi Gaoli tu jing), Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1937.

  Collection of Song Paintings in Tianlai Studio 天籟閣藏宋人畫冊 (Tianlaige cang songren huace), Changsha: Commercial Press, 1938.

  Du, Jin 杜堇, Illustrations of the Heroes of the Water Margin 水滸人物全圖 (Shuihu renwu quan tu), Shanghai: Duoyunxuan, 1959.

  Liu, Yuan 劉源, Woodcut of the Statesmen in the Lingyan Pavilion 凌煙閣功臣圖 (Lingyange gongchen tu), Beijing: Zhonghua shu ju, 1960.

  Xiao, Yuncong 蕭雲從, Illustrations for the Lament Poem by Qu Yuan 離騷圖 (Li sao tu), Beijing: Zhonghua shu ju, 1961.

  Zhao, Ji 趙佶, Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Objects Compiled in Xuanhe Era 宣和博古圖 (Xuanhe bogu tu), Taipei: Xinxing shu ju, 1969.

  Castiglione, Giuseppe 郎世寧, Palais, Pavillons et Jardins Construits par Giuseppe Castiglione: dans le domaine impérial du Yuan Ming Yuan au Palais d’Eté de Pékin, Paris: Jardin de Flore, 1977.

  Zheng, Zhenduo 鄭振鐸, Illustrated Catalogue of Burial Objects and Figurines of China 中國古明器陶俑圖錄 (Zhongguo gu mingqi taoyong tu lu), Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 1986.

  Xu, Pingfang 徐蘋芳, Map of the Beijing City in Ming and Qing Dynasties 明清北京城圖 (Ming Qing Beijing cheng tu), Beijing: Ditu chubanshe, 1986.

Japan


Reproductions

Scroll of Frolicking Animals and Humans 鳥獸戲画卷 (Chōjū gigakan), 12th century (Heian Period), reproduced by Kōdansha in 1968, ink on paper.

The Legends of Shigisan 信貴山縁起絵巻 (Shigisan engi emaki), 12th century (Heian Period), reproduced by Yamatoe Dōkōkai in 1930, ink and colour on paper.

The Tale of Genji 源氏物語絵卷 (Genji monogatari emaki), 12th century (Heian Period), reproduced by Kōdansha in 1967, ink and colour on paper.

Scroll of the Hungry Ghosts 餓鬼草紙 (Gaki zōshi), 12th century (Heian Period), reproduced by Yamatoe Dōkōkai in 1919, ink on paper.

Scroll of Diseases and Deformities 病草紙 (Yamai no sōshi), 12th century (Heian Period), reproduced by Daijūshichikai Nihon Igakkai Sōkai in 1967, ink on paper.

The Tale of the Great Minister Ban 伴大納言繪詞 (Ban Dainagon ekotoba), 12th century (Heian Period), reproduced by Tōyō Bijutsu Fukuseikai in 1950, ink and colour on paper.

Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部, The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部日記絵卷 (Murasaki Shikibu nikki emaki), 13th century (Kamakura period), reproduction, ink on paper.

Sesshū 雪舟, Broken Ink Landscape 破墨山水図 (Haboku sansui-zu), 15th-16th century (Muromachi Period), reproduced by Teishitsu Hakubutsukan in 1938, ink on paper.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Process of Woodcut Printing: Shōno Station from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road 木版画順序摺：東海道五十三次 · 庄野 (Mokuhanga junjosuri), 1910-1919, woodblock print on paper.
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Books

Katsukawa, Shunchō 勝川春潮, Picture Book of Sakaegusa 繪本榮家種 (Ehon sakaegusa), Edo: Izumiya Ichibē, 1790.

Matsudaira, Harusato 松平治鄉, Famous Products of Ancient Times and Present 古今名物類聚 (Kokon meibutsu ruijū), Edo: Suharaya Ichibei, 1791.

Tankoshitsu, Bokukai 探古室墨海, Famous Places of Awa 阿波名所圖會 (Awa meisho zue), Naniwa: Kōchiya Tasuke, 1814.

Utagawa, Sadahide 歌川貞秀, Sketches of Myriad Images: First Volume 萬象寫真圖譜 初篇 (Banshō shashin zufu Shohen), Tokyo: Hōzandō, 19th century.

Gotō, Shichirōemon 後藤七郎右衛門, Illustration of the Countries in the World, Meiji New Edition  明治新撰萬國精圖 完 (Meiji shinsen bankoku seizu Kan), Kyoto: Nakamura Asakichi, 1886.

Kanō, Tanʼyū 狩野探幽, Illustrations of Rare Curios 探幽縮図 : 聚珍画譜 (Tanʼyū shukuzu : shūchin gafu), Tokyo: Hakubutsukan, 1894.

Tanikami, Kōnan 谷上廣南, Illustrations of Western Plants 西洋花草圖譜 (Seiyō kusabana zufu), Kyoto-shi: Unsōdō, 1917.

Ōhara, Tōya 大原東野, Illustrations of Products from the Five Regions in the Capital Environs 五畿內産物圖會 (Gokinai sanbutsu zue), Ōsaka: Darumaya Shoten, 1921.

Muramatsu, Teijiro 村松貞次郎, A Hundred Pictures of Daiku at Work 絵図大工百態 (Ezu daiku hyakutai), Tokyo: Shin Kenchikusha, 1914.

Hiller, Jack, Twelve Wood-block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro, Illustrating the Process of Silk Culture, San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1965.

Tsuruya, Kōkei 弦屋光溪, Kabuki Actor Prints : the 100th Anniversary of the Kabuki-za Theatre 弦屋光溪役者絵木版画 : 歌舞伎座百年記念 (Tsuruya Kōkei yakushae mokuhanga : Kabukiza hyakunen kinen), Tokyo: Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, 1988.

Maruo, Suehiro 丸尾末廣, Ochiai, Yoshiiku 落合芳幾, Taiso, Yoshitoshi 大蘇芳年, Bloody Ukiyo-e in 1866 & 1988 江戶昭和競作無慘絵 : 英名二十八衆句 (Edo Shōwa kyōsaku muzan’e : Eimei nijūhasshūku), Tokyo: Riburopōto, 1988.

Shiryōkan 国立史料館 edit., Meiji Japan Through Woodblock Prints 明治開化期の錦絵 (Meiji kaikaki no nishikie), Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1989.

Suzuki, Harunobu 鈴木春信,  Eight Fashionable Views of Interiors 風流座敷八景 (Fūryū zashiki hakkei), Tokyo: Gakushū Kenkyūsha, 1994.

Kawamura, Hirotada 川村博忠, Provincial Maps of All of Japan 日本六十余州図: 寬永十年巡見使国絵図 (Nihon rokujūyoshūzu: Kanʼei jūnen junkenshi kuniezu), Tokyo: Kashiwa Shobō, 2002.

Carpenter, John T. et al., Kitagawa Utamaro: Studies from Nature 画本蟲撰 (Ehon mushi erami), London: The Folio Society Ltd., 2019.

Korea


Illustrations of Ancient Sites in Korea 朝鮮古蹟圖譜 (Chosŏn kojŏk tobo), Busan reprint in1993, originally published by Seoul: Chōsen Sōtokufu, 1910-1925.

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• Early Scholarship on East Asian Art

  Gonse, Louis, L’art japonais, Paris: A. Quantin, 1883.

  Goncourt, Edmond de, Collections des Goncourt: Arts de l’Extrême-Orient, Paris: Motteroz, 1897.

  Strange, Edward Fairbrother, Japanese Illustration: A History of the Arts of Woodcutting and Colour Printing in Japan, London: George Bell, 1904.

  Chavannes, Edouard, La Peinture Choisie au Musée Cernuschi, avril-juin 1912, Bruxelles: G. Van Oest, 1914.

  Sekino, Tadashi 關野貞, Decorations of the Han Tombs Discovered in Shandong, China 支那山東省ニ於ケル漢代墳墓ノ表飾 (Shina Santōshō ni okeru kandai funbo no hyōshoku), Tokyo: Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku, 1916.

  Segalen, Victor, Mission archéologique en Chine (1914), Paris: P. Geuthner, 1923-1935.

  Bushell, Stephen W., Dai Yue 戴嶽 trans., Chinese Art 中國美術 (Zhongguo meishu), Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1924.

  Cranmer-Byng, Launcelot, The Vision of Asia: an Interpretation of Chinese Art and Culture, London: John Murray, 1934.

  Sekino, Tadashi & Takeshima Takuichi 關野貞, 竹島卓一, Architecture and Buddhist Sculptures of Liao and Jin Period 遼金時代の建築と其佛像 (Ryō, Kin jidai no kenchiku to sono butsuzō), Tokyo: Tōhō Bunka Gakuin Tokyo Kenkyūjo, 1934-1944.

  Volbehr, Theodor, Qian Daosun 錢稻孫 trans., Die bildende kunst 造型美術 (Zaoxing meishu), Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1934.

  Ashton, Leigh & Basil Gray, Chinese Art, London: Faber and Faber, 1935.

  Liu, Dunzhen 劉敦楨, Survey of Ancient Architecture in Suzhou 蘇州古建築調查記 (Suzhou gu jianzhu diaocha ji), Beiping: Zhongguo yingzao xueshe, 1936.

  A Guide to Japanese Studies: Orientation in the Study of Japanese History, Buddhism, Shintoism, Art, Classic Literature, Modern Literature, Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai, 1937.

  Sekino, Tadashi 關野貞, Chinese Architecture and Art 支那の建築と藝術 (Shina no kenchiku to geijutsu), Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1938.

  Ferguson, John Calvin, Survey of Chinese Art, Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1939.

  Kushi, Takushin 久志卓真, Illustrated History of Korean Art  圖說朝鮮美術史 (Zusetsu Chōsen bijutsu shi), Tokyo: Tokyo Bunmei Shoten, 1941.

  Harada, Yoshito 原田淑人, Kokuhô: National Treasures of Japan, Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers, 1963-1967.

  Kidder, J. Edward, Japanese Temples: Sculpture, Paintings, Gardens and Architecture, London: Thames and Hudson, 1964.

  Swann, Peter C., Die Kunst des fernen Ostens : China, Korea, Japan, München/Zürich : Droemer Knaur, 1966.

  Loehr, Max, Chinese Landscape Woodcuts: from an Imperial Commentary to the Tenth-century Printed Edition of the Buddhist Canon, Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968

  Overview of the Six Temples in Nara 奈良六大寺大観 (Nara rokudaiji taikan), Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1968-1973.

  Stein, Aurel, The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China, Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co., 1978.

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