1st Edition
Estampes japonaises, tirées de diverses collections et exposées au Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris 1909-1914, Collection des Catalogues (3-vol. ES set) Western Sources of Japanese Art and Japonism, Series 10
This collection is a three-volume facsimile edition in large folio format of the complete catalogues of the series of 6 major exhibitions of Ukiyoe Hanga, Japanese woodblock prints, held in Paris over the period 1909 to 1914. Organized chronologically from the early Ukiyoe period of 17th century through to the 19th century, the exhibitions featured more than 2,300 works by around 130 Japanese artists. They were selected from 66 collections of reputed art critics, such as R. Kœchlin, artists, including H. Rivière and R. Collin, art dealers and many connoisseurs of Japanese art as well as Musée du Louvre and Musée des Arts Décoratifs which widely covered the prints by minor but important artists as well as famous names like Sharaku, Hokusai, Utamaro, Hiroshige. No such exhibitions in the subject both in scale and in comprehensiveness have ever been repeated.
The catalogues, reprinted here complete for the first time, include around 1060 black and white plates and 60 in colour. They were originally published each year of the exhibition in limited numbers, 100-130 copies only, and are not easily accessible in libraries, both in Japan and in the West. Ukiyoe is a key aspect of Japonism, and the reception of Japanese arts in the Western culture is now studied extensively. These catalogues will provide an extensive source for scholars and researchers of the history of Japanese art, the history of modern art, impressionism and the history of print.
Volume I
Part 1: Catalogue of Exhibition in February 1909
Estampes japonaises primitives, exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en Février 1909
Introduction by Raymond Kœchlin
Catalogue of 328 items with 170 plates in b&w, 64 pp.
Estampes boudiques & Prints by Chincho, Fusanobu, Katsunobu, Kiyohiro, Kiyomasu, Kiyominé I, Kiyomitsu, Kiyonobu I, Kiyonobu II, Kiyoshige, Kiyotada, Kiyotsuné, Kwaigetsudo, Masanobu, Morofusa, Moronobu, Morotané, Sadaharu, Sadatoshi, Shighenaga, Shighenobu, Toshinobu, Toyonobu, Yoshinobu
Part 2: Catalogue of Exhibition in January 1910
Harunobu, Koriusaï, Shunsho : estampes japonaises, exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en Janvier 1910
Introduction by Raymond Kœchlin
Catalogue of 328 items with 90 plates in b&w and 5 in colour, 67 pp.
Prints by Bunsho, Giho, Goro, Goso Koréki, Harunobu, Harushigé, Jitokuso, Kiosen, Kogan, Komatsu, Koriusai, Kosen, Kwakushi, Masunobu, Mei Kodo Sakei, Minko, Nenro, Ran U, Risen, Rokio, Shibo, Shigémasa (Kitao), Shizen, Shunjo, Shunko, Shunri, Shunsen, Shunsho, Shuntei, Shuntoku, Shunzen, Toyokuni, Yoshinobu (Komai)
Volume II
Part 3: Catalogue of Exhibition in January 1911
Kiyonaga, Buncho, Sharaku : estampes japonaises, exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en Janvier 1911
Introduction by Raymond Kœchlin
Catalogue of 335 items with 189 plates in b&w and 11 in colour, 102 pp.
Prints by Ippitsusaï Buncho, Katsukawa Shuncho, Kitao Keisaï Masayoshi, Kitao Masanobu, Kitao Shighémasa, Torii IV Kiyonaga, Toshusaï Sharaku, Utagawa Toyoharu
Part 4: Catalogue of Exhibition in January 1912
Utamaro : estampes japonaises, exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en Janvier 1912
Introduction by Raymond Kœchlin
Catalogue of 335 items with 207 plates in b&w and 18 in colour, 114 pp.
Prints by Utamaro, Bunro, Hidémaro, Kikumaro, Minémaro, Sékiho, Shikimaro, Takémaro, Tsukimaro, Yukimaro
Volume III
Part 5: Catalogue of Exhibition in January 1913
Yeishi, Choki, Hokusaï : estampes japonaises, exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en Janvier 1913
Introduction by Raymond Kœchlin
Catalogue of 405 items with 249 plates in b&w and 11 in colour, 143 pp.
Prints by Choki, Gangakusai, Gakutei, Hokkei, Hokuba, Hokuga, Hokuju, Hokusai, Hokutei, Keiri, Rekisentei (Yeiri III), Ryusai, Shighénobu, Shinsai, Shumman, Shunzan, Taigaku, Yeicho, Yeiri I, Yeiri II, Yeishi, Yeishin, Yeisho, Yeisui
Part 6: Catalogue of Exhibition in January 1914
Toyokuni, Hiroshigé : estampes japonaises, exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en Janvier 1914
Introduction by Raymond Kœchlin & Charles Vignier
Catalogue of 404 items with 151 plates in b&w and 14 in colour, 100 pp.
Prints by Utagawa Toyokuni, Utagawa Toyohiro, Utagawa Kunimasa, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Kikugawa Yeizan, Keisai Yeisen, Kunihisa, Kuninaga, Ichiryusai Kunikazu, Kingaku, Cho-o, Hokkyo Gyokusan, Kyuzan, Fuminobu, Soshin, Fusatané, Utashigé, Rissai, Ichiyusai Hiroshigé, Hiroshigé II, Shojo Kyosai, Zeshin, Koho, Gekko, Tsukiyoka Yonejiro
Biography
Akiko Mabuchi, Director General, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
