Table 1 List of the prints analyzed in this research, complete of dates, authors, and titles
From: Synthetic arsenic sulfides in Japanese prints of the Meiji period
No. | Date | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1864 | Yoshitsuya | No. 35, Nakanuma Chûbei attacks Michihide in the Dark of Night (Nakanuma Chûbei an’ya ni Michihide o tsuku), from the series “Fifty-four Scenes from the Story of Hideyoshi” (Hisago gundan gojûyojô) |
2 | 1865/10 | Kunichika | The actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô, from the series “Shindô Suikoden |
3 | 1867/04 | Kunichika | Death memorial portrait (shini-e) of the actor Kawarazaki Kunitarô, d. 1867-04-21, age 19 |
4 | 1868/11 | Hiroshige III | Daimon Gate at Shiba Zôjôji Temple, from the series Famous Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô meishô zue) |
5 | 1869/01 | Kunichika | The Cleaning-up Job (Ato kara gakari), from the series, Thirty-two Fashionable Physiognomies (Tôsei sanjûnisô) |
6 | 1870/05 | Kunichika | Nakamura Chûzô as Konkara-bô and Sawamura Tosshô as Seikô-bô in the kabuki play “Oni mo jûshichi.” Possibly one panel of triptych |
7 | 1870/11 | Kunichika | Kuruma-ôgi restaurant, Shinmei-mae, with geisha Matsutoku of Shinmei, from the series “Tôkyô sanjûroku kaiseki” (Thirty-six famous restaurants in Tokyo) |
8 | ca. 1872 | Yoshitaki | The three brothers in the kabuki play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami” (Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy): Arashi Rikan as Sakura-maru, Nakamura Fukusuke as Umeo-maru, and Ōtani Tomoemon as Matsu-o-maru. Chûban triptych, Osaka |
9 | 1872 | Shôsai Ikkei | Ikenohata Shinobazu Benten, from the series “Tôkyô meisho sanjûroku gesen” (Thirty-six Comic Views of Tokyo) |
10 | 1872/10 | Yoshitora | Hamamatsu, from the series “Shoga gojûsan eki” (Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô) |
11 | 1873/09 | Kunichika | Kawarazaki Gonnosuke as Nanbei (actually Abe no Munetô) in Adachigahara in Ōshû (Ōshû Adachigahara). Center panel of triptych |
12 | 1874/10 | Adachi Ginkô | Bandô Hikosaburô as Yakko in the kabuki play Kotobuki Utsubozaru. Right sheet of triptych |
13 | 1875/04 | Yoshitoshi | Police raid on unlicensed prostitutes, illustration of news story from No. 425 of Yûbin Hôchi Shinbun |
14 | 1877/04 | Chikanobu | Nos 5-8, in series Lineage of the emperors of Japan (Honchô Kôtôki) |
15 | 1877/02 | Shôzan | News from Kagoshima (Kagoshima Nippô) |
16 | 1877/05 | Yoshitora | The Two Generals Face off at the Battle of Kawanakajima in Shinshû (Shinshû Kawanakajima ryôshô jikisen no zu) |
17 | 1878/01 | Kunichika | Shinagawa-machi Manrin Restaurant from the series Thirty-six Restaurants of Enlightenment (Kaika sanjûroku kaiseki) |
18 | 1878/10 | Hôsai Baidô | Nakamura Sôjûrô as Chichibu Shigetô in kabuki play “Nichô no yumichigusa no Shigetô.” Center panel of a triptych |
19 | ca 1878 | Chikashige | Kyôbashi Brick Buildings (Kyôbashi rengaishi), from the series Beauties in the Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho bijin awase) |
20 | 1879/03 | Kunitoshi | The courtesan Ô-Yodo of Kinkanrô, from the series A Ranking of the Pleasure Quarters (Hana no kuruwa zensei kurabe) |
21 | 1879/07 | Chikanobu | Lively Poetry Gathering (Uta-awase no nigiwai), with Meiji empress in the center |
22 | 1881 | Kunitoshi | Panorama of the Precincts of Sensôji Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa-ku Kinryûzan Sensôji keidai ichiran), from the series Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho no uchi) |
23 | 1881/01 | Kunichika | Enjoying a comparison of the flowers of the four seasons |
24 | 1881/03 | Kunichika | Shin-Yoshiwara Hachimanrô, from the series Embellishments for Thirty-Six Flowers (Junshoku sanjûroku kasen) |
25 | 1882/08 | Hôsai Baidô | Onoe Taganojô as Takao, from the kabuki play Mukashi hinagata date no utsushi-e. Right sheet of a triptych |
26 | 1884/02 | Chikanobu | Counting Song for Enlightened Education (Kaika kyôiku kazoeuta) |
27 | 1885/04 | Kunichika | Ichikawa Danjûrô as Katô Toranosuke (L) and Hashiba Hisayoshi (C), and Ichikawa Sadanji as Hihôden (R), in the kabuki play Hanamidoki Hisago Taikôki |
28 | 1887 | Ikuhide | Cherry Blossoms at Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa Kanzeon no sakura) |
29 | 1893/04 | Hôsai Baidô | From the Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays: Kanjinchô (Kabuki jûhachiban no uchi: Kanjincho). Nakamura Fukusuke as Minamoto Yoshitsune, Ichikawa Danjûrô as Musashibô Benkei, and Ichikawa Sadanji as Togashi Saemon |
30 | 1894 | Kawanabe Gyôsui | Women’s Ceremonies: Poem Contests (Onna reishiki uta-awase) |
31 | 1895 | Chikanobu | Index sheets for the series The Inner Palace of Chiyoda (Chiyoda no Ôoku) |