PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK
Copyright 1905
by Paul Elder and Company
REVISED EDITION
The Tomoye Press
TO
MY BROTHER AND BEST FRIEND
CHARLES WATSON JACKSON
Contents.
| Page | |
| The Rise of Ukiyo-ye (The Floating World) | [1] |
| Genroku (The Golden Era of Romance and Art) | [13] |
| The School of Torii (The Printers’ Branch of Ukiyo-ye) | [25] |
| Utamaro (Le Fondateur de L’École de la Vie) | [35] |
| The Romance of Hokusai (Master of Ukiyo-ye) | [47] |
| Hiroshige (Landscape Painter and Apostle of Impressionism) | [57] |
| Analytical Comparisons between the Masters of Ukiyo-ye | [69] |
| Hints to Collectors of Ukiyo-ye Gems | [77] |
| Bibliography, for Use of Students | [78] |
| Fac-similes of the Most Famous Signatures of the Ukiyo-ye Artists | [80] |
| Index | [83] |
Illustrations.
| Hiroshige I—Biwa, the Beautiful Lake, named after the four-stringed Lute | [Frontispiece] |
| [Suzuki Harunobu]—An Illustration from the “Occupations of Women” | Opposite Page 22 |
| [Kiyonaga—Under the Cherry Blooms] | 30 |
| [Toyokuni—The Actor Kikugoro] | 34 |
| [A][Utamaro—While Mother Sleeps] | 40 |
| [Hokusai—Two Ladies] | 48 |
| [Hok’kei—A River Scene] | 52 |
| [Hiroshige—Wistaria Viewing at Kameido] | 58 |
| [Yeishi—Two Ladies] | 70 |
| [Shunko—An actor in the Miyako Dance] | 72 |
| [Kitugawa Yeizan—The Snowstorm] | 74 |
| [Hokusai—One of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji] | 76 |
| [Hokusai—Surimono: A Crow Stealing a Sword] | First Fly-leaf |
| [Yanagawa Shigenobu—The Ride of the Warrior Miura Kenisuke] | Last Fly-leaf |
[A] From the Happer Collection.
IMPRESSIONS OF UKIYO-YE