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Subject:Unknown japanese print artist and scenes
Posted By: Tom Aspden Sun, Jan 01, 2023 IP: 195.213.108.192

Hello, I received this pair of prints for Christmas, but I don't recognise the artist's signature or the scenes they depict. Any help will be appreciated, and I can try to provide more photos if needed!







Subject:Re: Unknown japanese print artist and scenes
Posted By: Stan Mon, Jan 02, 2023

I found the first print in an online auction at the link below. Using an online translator I got:

This is Sakata Kintoki Ashigara Yamazumi, a series of medium-size works from the Meiji period by Koichi Ogata.

I hope I. Nagy can provide better information.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Sakata Kintoki Ashigara Yamazumi


Subject:Re: Unknown japanese print artist and scenes
Posted By: Tom Aspden Tue, Jan 03, 2023

Thank you for the information! I was able to find more of this series, and I believe the second print is of Saigyo, the poet monk, and Minamoto Yoritomo exchange a silver cat. Consensus seems to be that they were published about 1889!

Subject:Re: Unknown japanese print artist and scenes
Posted By: I.Nagy Wed, Jan 04, 2023

Pic.1,
公時足柄山住 - Kintoki Ashigarayama-zumi - Kintoki of Ashigara Mountains
Pic.2,
頼朝西行へ銀猫を賜ふ圖 - Yoritomo Saigyō e ginneko wo tamawau zu - Picture of Yoritomo giving a silver cat to Saigyō

On both prints the artist`s signature can be found in black on a red background next to the explanatory texts.
尾形耕一 Ogata Kōichi

Both prints are from an "orihon" (accordion type) print book, with 10 sheets (20 pictures).
Title of Orihon;
智勇史略圖解 全 - Chiyū Shiryaku Zukai Zen - A Brief Illustrated History of Inteligence and Courage, In One Volume

It was pubished in Meiji 22 (1889)
by Fukuda Kumajirō (福田熊次郎)

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Unknown japanese print artist and scenes
Posted By: Tom Aspden Fri, Jan 06, 2023

Thanks very much I. Nagy, That's confirmed/ refined some of the information I'd managed to find! It's nice to know the volume they were printed in as well.

Subject:Re: Unknown japanese print artist and scenes
Posted By: David Fri, Jan 13, 2023

it is of interest to note that Ogata Koichi was a pupil of Ogata Gekko, and in the book you reference Ogata Gekko was listed as writing the text of the book


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