Publisher Seals, Marks and Names Appearing on Prints
in The Lavenberg Collection
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Notes:
1. The definitive resource for publisher seals is Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Compendium, Andreas Marks, Hotei Publishing, 2011. References to Marks below contain both his 5 digit (xx-xxx) serial-list-ID identifying the particular seal and his 3 digit publisher ID.
2. The collection catalog number (IHL Cat. #xxx) appearing under each seal links with a print bearing that seal.
3. Publisher seals sometimes included the artist's real or birth name, rather than art name, as can be seen in several of the below seals.
3. Commonly used characters in publisher seals:
版元 hanmoto - publisher
板 or 版 han
出板 shuppan - publisher
出版人 shuppanjin - publisher
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3. Publisher seals sometimes included the artist's real or birth name, rather than art name, as can be seen in several of the below seals.
3. Commonly used characters in publisher seals:
版元 hanmoto - publisher
板 or 版 han
出板 shuppan - publisher
出版人 shuppanjin - publisher
印刷 insatsu - printing
画工 gakō - artist (appears when artist's birth name is included)
Edo and Meiji Era Publishers
Edo and Meiji Era Publishers
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 Akiyama Buemon秋山武右衛門 [Marks: pub. ref. 005; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #389 |  Akiyama Buemon秋山武右衛門 [Marks: pub. ref. 005; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #751 |  荒川藤兵衛 (firm name Yamaguchiya Tobei) [Marks: pub. ref. 005; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #432 |  浅野栄蔵 seal reading: right side: 出版人 浅野栄蔵 publisher Asano Eizō, preceded by address left side: 画工 橋本直義 gakō Hashimoto Naoyoshi (Chikanobu's family name), preceded by address [Marks: pub. ref. 020; similar to seal ref. 26-059.] IHL Cat. #105 |
Ayabe HanjirōD
 Daikokuya Kinzaburō 大黒屋金三郎 (family name: Yamamura Kinzaburō 山村金三郎) seal reading: 大 dai [Marks: pub. ref. 034; seal ref. 08-102] |  Daikokuya Kinnosuke大黒屋金之助 seal reading: ツキヂ 大金 Tsukiji Daikin [Marks: seal ref. 24-002; pub. ref. 033] IHL Cat. #212 |
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 Ebiya Rinnosuke海老屋林之助 seal reading: 海老林 Ebirin [Marks: pub. ref. 040; seal ref. 21-018] IHL Cat. #648, #750 |  Ebiya Rinnosuke海老屋林之助 seal reading: right half: 植木 林之助 Ueki Rinnosuke (family name) preceded by address left half: 荒川八十八画 Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by the artist's address (small rectangle: shows price of print as 2 sen 二㦮.) [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 040] IHL Cat. #649, #650 |  Ebiya Rinnosuke海老屋林之助 板人 植木 林之助 Ueki Rinnosuke (family name) preceded by address [Marks: pub. ref. 040; seal similar to 26-011] IHL Cat. #652 |
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 Fujiya Masashichi 富士屋政七 seal reading: 富士政板 Fujimasa han [Marks pub. ref. 065; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1742 |  Fukase Kamejirō深瀬亀次郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 068; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #643 |  Fukuda Hatsujirō福田初二郎 (also 福田初次郎) seal reading (left two columns): 日本橋区艮谷川町十九番地 福田初二郎 Fukuda Hatsujirō located at Tokyo Nihonbashi Hasegawachō 19-banchi [Marks: pub. ref. 070; seal 30-062] IHL Cat. #102 Marks note: continued Fukuda Kumajirō from XI/1898 |  Fukuda Hatsujirō福田初二郎 seal reading (left two columns): 日本橋区艮谷川町十九番地 福田初次郎 Fukuda Hatsujirō located at Tokyo Nihonbashi Hasegawachō 19-banchi The characters 電浪 二九四 appearing below the seal may be the publisher's phone number, although "telephone" is normally seen as 電話 ("denro") instead of 電浪 ("denwa") as written here. [Marks: seal 30-062; pub. ref. 070] IHL Cat. #665 |
 Fukuda Hatsujirō福田初次郎 seal reading (left two columns): 日本橋区艮谷川町十九番チ 福田初次郎 Fukuda Hatsujirō located at Tokyo Nihonbashi Hasegawachō 19-banchi [Marks: pub. ref. 070; similar to seal ref. 30-062] IHL Cat. #1173 |  Fukuda Hatsujirō福田初二郎 Publisher's telephone number is shown in the red rectangular cartouche. [Marks: similar to seal 30-062; pub. ref. 070] IHL Cat. #1040 |  Fukuda Hatsujirō福田初二郎 seal reading (left two columns): 日本橋区艮谷川町十九番チ 福田初次郎 Fukuda Hatsujirō located at Tokyo Nihonbashi Hasegawachō 19-banchi [Marks: pub. ref. 070; similar to seal 30-062] IHL Cat. #404 |  Fukuda Hatsujirō 福田初二郎 seal reading (left two columns): 日本橋区艮谷川町十九番チ 福田初次郎 Fukuda Hatsujirō located at Tokyo Nihonbashi Hasegawachō 19-banchi [Marks: seal 30-062; pub. ref. 070] |
 Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎 (also 福田熊次良 and 福田熊治良) seal reading: 福田熊次郎 人形丁 具足屋 板 Fukuda Kumajirō Ningyōchō Gusokuya, han [Marks: pub. ref. 071; seal ref. 26-075] Marks note: Previously Gusokuy Kahei. Became Fukuda Hatsujirō. |  Fukuda Kumajirō福田熊次郎 [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 071] IHL Cat. #683, #701 |  福田熊次郎 [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 071] IHL Cat. #485 |  Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎 (also 福田熊次良 and 福田熊治良) seal reading (top): 長谷川丁十九バンチ 出版人 福田熊治良 publsiher Fukuda Kumajirō Hasegawachō 19-banchi seal reading (bottom): 米沢...バンチ 画工 小林清親 Kobayashi Kiyochika Yonezawa...banchi [Marks: pub. ref. 071; seal not shown] |
 Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎 seal reading (left column): 福田熊治郎 [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 071] |  Fukuda Kumajirō福田熊次郎 [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 071] IHL Cat. #1690 |  Fukuda Kumajirō福田熊次郎 seal reading (left two columns): Fukuda Kumajirō Address Nihobahsi-ku Hasegawachō 19-banchi [Marks: seal 30-046; pub. ref. 071] IHL Cat. #592 |  Fukuda Kumajirō福田熊次郎 seal reading (left half): Fukuda Kumajirō Address Nihobahsi-ku Hasegawachō 19-banchi [Marks: seal 30-046; pub. ref. 071] IHL Cat. #705 |
 Fukuda Kumajirō福田熊次郎 seal reading (right half:) 画工 橋本直義 artist Hashimoto Naoyoshi (artists real name) left half: 出版人 福田熊次郎 publisher Fukuda Kumajirō [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 071]IHL Cat. #450 |  FurushimaTakejirō 古島竹次郎 seal reading: 印刷兼發行人 大阪... 編輯兼彫刻者 池田直治郎 printing and publishing, Osaka..., editing/compiling and engraving, Ikeda Naojirō [Marks: publisher not listed] IHL Cat. #1946 |
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  Gusokuya Kahei 具足屋嘉兵衛 seals reading: 人形町 具足屋 Ningyōchō Gusokuya Kahei [Marks: pub. ref. 085; seal 24-031] IHL Cat. #401, #402, #408, #420, #421, #458, #606, #835,#1042 |
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 Hasegawa Sakujirō 長谷川作治郎 seal reading (left): 版元 通新石町十二番地福田熊治郎 publisher Hasegawa Sakujirō preceded by address seal reading (right): 画工 通新石町二十四番地 竹内栄久 Takenōchi Hidehisa [artist's birth name] preceded by address [Marks: publisher not shown]IHL Cat. #2272 |  Hasegawa Sonokichi長谷川其吉 seal reading (left side): 出版人 長谷川其吉 小傳馬町三丁目 十六バンチpublisher Hasegawa Sonokichi preceded by address Kotenmachō Sanchōme 16-banchi seal reading (right side): date of delivery [Marks: pub. ref. 101; similar to seal 27-024] IHL Cat. #1072 |  Hasegawa Sonokichi長谷川其吉 seal reading: 印刷兼発行者 日本橋区 小傳馬町三丁 目 十七バンチ 長谷川園吉 printer and publisher Nihonbashi-ku Kotenmachō Sanchōme 17-banchi Hasegawa Sonokichi [Marks: pub. ref. 101; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1978 |  Hasegawa Sonokichi長谷川其吉 [Marks: pub. ref. 101; seal ref. 30-048] IHL Cat. #300 |
 Hasegawa Sumi長谷川寿美 (長谷川スミ) [Marks: pub. ref. 102; seal 25-405] IHL Cat. #673 |  Hasegawa Sumi 長谷川寿美 embossed seal reading: 浅草今戸町五十九番地 長谷川板 Asakusa imadochō 59-banchi Hasegawa han [Marks: pub. ref. 102; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1308 |  Hasegawa Tsunejirō 長谷川常治郎 (also 長谷川常二郎) [Marks: pub. ref. 469; seal not shown] |  Hasegawa Tsunejirō 長谷川常治郎 長谷川常二郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 469; seal not shown] |
 Hatano Tsunesada 波多野常定 seal reding (left half): 出版人 波多野 常定 publisher Hatano Tsunesada, preceded by publisher's address seal reading (right half:) 画工 橋本直義 gakō Hashimoto Naoyoshi (Chikanobu's birth name), preceded by artist's address. [Marks: pub. ref. 104; seal not shown] |  Higuchi Shintarō 樋口振太郎 (or, possibly, 樋口銀太郎) Note: Marks states that the publisher's name is sometimes incorrectly read as "Gintarō." It is the third character in the publisher's name that is problematical. Is its modern form "振" [shin] or "銀" [gin]? [Marks: pub. ref. 108; similar to seal 27-038] |  Hirano Matsunosuke 平野松之助 seal reading (left column): 東京芝官本町一番地 画工出版兼 平野松之助 artist and publisher Hirano Matsunosuke Tokyo shibamiya honmachi 1 banchi [Marks: no reference] |  Hirose Kōtarō 廣瀬光太郎 seal reading (left half): 出板 廣瀬 光太郎publisher Hirose Kōtarō precededby publisher's address seal reading (right half): 画工 荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (birthname of Toyohara Kunichika) followed by his address [Marks: no reference] |
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 Inoue Kichijirō 井上吉次郎 seal reading (top to bottom): 明治廿七年 十月 日 印刷 (date of printing)明治廿七年 十月 日 発行 (date of publishing) 臨写 risha (copying) 印刷者 insatsusha (printer) 発行者 hakkousha (publisher) 日本橋區本町二丁目十地 (address of publisher Nihonbashi Honmachi Nichōme 10-banchi) 井上 吉次郎 (publisher's name) [Marks: pub. ref. 159; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #845 |  Inoue Mohei井上茂兵衛 [Marks: pub. ref. 140; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2285 |  Inoue Mohei井上茂兵衛 井上茂兵ヱ [Marks: pub. ref. 140; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2287 |  Iseya Kanekichi 伊勢屋兼吉 seal reading: 吉 伊勢屋兼 kichi Isekane [Marks: pub. ref. 145; seal ref. 21-059] IHL Cat. #954 |
 Iseya Kanekichi伊勢屋兼吉 seal reading: 板元 伊勢屋兼吉 hanmoto Iseya Kanekichi [Marks: pub. ref. 145; seal not shown]IHL Cat. #342 |  Iseya Kanekichi 伊勢屋兼吉 seal reading:南槙町 伊勢兼 Minamimakichō, Isekane [Marks: pub ref. 145; seal ref. 26-121] IHL Cat. #1170 |  Iseya Kisaburō伊勢屋喜三郎 (family name: 荒井 喜三郎 Arai Kisaburō) seal reading (left half): 南?馬町二丁目二バンチ 出板人 荒井 喜三郎 Nantenmachō Nichōme 2-banchi publisher Arai Kisaburō seal reading (right half): 画工 荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by his address Shin Hattako-chō in the Asakusa district [Marks: pub. ref. 148; seal ref. 26-124] IHL Cat. #1228 |  Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋 利兵衛 sealed Hyashi 林; published by Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋 利兵衛 [Marks: pub. ref. 152; seal 01-122] IHL Cat. #716 |
 Iseyoshiイセ芳 seal イセ芳 [Marks: pub. ref. U095; seal ref. 25-013] IHL Cat. #955 |  Ishii Rokunosuke |  Izawa Kikutarō井沢 菊太郎 seal reading (left half): 出版人 井沢 菊太郎publisher Izawa Kikutarō preceded by address: Asakusa Uma michi 7 chome 1-banchi seal reading (right half): 画工 荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) followed by his address. [Marks: pub. ref. 174; similar to 26-042] IHL Cat. #405 |  Izawa Kikutarō 井沢 菊太郎 seal reading (left half): 出板人 愛宕甼三丁目五バンチ 井沢菊太郎 Atagomachi Sanchōme 5-banchi publisher Izawa Kikutarō seal reading (right half): 画工 湯嶌天神丁三丁目十一バンチ 橋本直義 Yushima Tenjinchō Sanchōme 11-banchi artist Hashimoto Naoyoshi [Marks: pub. ref. 174; seal similar to 26-042] IHL Cat. #1275 |
 Izumiya Ichibei和泉屋市兵衛 seal reading: 本泉市 hon Sen'ichi [Marks: pub. ref. 180; seal ref. 21-236] IHL Cat. #2081 |  Izutsuya Shōkichi井筒屋庄吉 seal reading: 板元, 井筒屋 hanmoto Izutsuya [Marks: publisher ref. 188; seal ref. 24-055;] IHL Cat. #675 |
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 Kagaya Kichibei加賀屋吉兵衛 seal reading: 吉 両国 加ゞや Kichi, Ryōgoku, Kagaya [Marks: pub. ref. 194; seal 22-024] IHL Cat. #359 |  Kagiya Shōbei鍵屋庄兵衛 seal reading: 鍵庄 Kagishō [Marks: pub. ref. 198; seal 25-177] IHL Cat. #551 |  金井徳兵衛 [Marks: pub. ref. 206: seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2169 |  Kanai Tokubei 金井徳兵衛 [Marks: pub. ref. 206: seal not shown] IHL Cat. #567 |
 Kashima Matsujirō鹿島松次郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 211; seal 26-052] IHL Cat. #865 |  Kashiwagi En'ichirō 柏木延一郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 212; seal not shown] |  Katada Chōjirō 片田長治郎 [Marks pub. ref. 217; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #699 |
 Katada Chōjirō 片田長次郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 217; seal not shown] |  Katō Hyōtarō加藤兵太郎 (Publisher's name is seen in lower left of catouche.) [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 220] IHL Cat. #814 |  Kimura Toyokichi 発行者木村豊吉 [Marks pub ref. 239; seal not shown]IHL Cat. #555 |  Kiya Sōjirō 木屋宗次郎 seal reading: 馬喰四 木屋板 Bakuro yon, Kiya han [Marks: pub. ref. 252; seal 26-143; pub. ref. 252] |
 Kiya Sōjirō木屋宗次郎 (family name Komori Sōjirō 小森宗次郎) seal reading: 出版人 小森宗次郎 馬喰町四丁目... publisher Komori Sōjirō preceded by address: Bakurochō 4-chome... [Marks: pub. ref. 252; seal not show] IHL Cat. #2437 |  Kiya Sōjirō木屋宗次郎 (family name Komori Sōjirō 小森宗次郎) [Marks: pub. ref. 252; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #433 |  Kiya Sōjirō木屋宗次郎 seal reading: 小森 宗次郎 Komori Sōjirō [Marks: pub. ref. 252; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2074 |  Kiya Sōjirō木屋宗次郎 seal reading (left half): 日本橋馬喰町三丁目十番地 印刷兼發行者 小森宗次郎 Nihonbashi Bakurochō Sanchōme 10-banchi printer and publisher Komori Sōjirō [Marks: pub. ref. 252; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1328 |
 Kobayashi Jirō 小林次郎 [Marks: seal 26-117; publisher ref. 255] |  Kobayashi Tsunekichi 小林常吉 seal reading (left side of cartouche): 水谷町四番地 出板人 小林常吉 Hatchōbori Mizutanichō 4-banchi publisher Kobayashi Tsunekichi seal reading (right side of cartouche): 堀江町二丁目二番地 画工t 安達平七 gakō Adachi Heishichi (birth name of Adachi Ginkō) preceded by address [Marks: pub. ref. 252; seal not shown] |  Kobayashi Tsunekichi小林常吉 seal reading (right cartouche): 工画 安達平七 gakō Adachi Heishichi (birth name of Adachi Ginkō) seal reading (center): 出版人 小林常吉 publisher Kobayashi Tsunekichi, preceded by publisher's address Hatchōbori Mizutanichō 12-banchi left: 定價六戔 price 6 sen [Marks:pub. ref. 259; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #716 |  Kodama Matashichi 児玉又七 seal reading (left column): 児玉又七 梓 Kodama Matashichi seal reading (center column): publisher's address seal reading (right column): 明治十八年六 月 publication date [Marks: pub. ref. 260; seal similar to 26-135] |
 Kodama Matashichi児玉又七 seal reading (right column): 画工兼出版人 artist and publisher seal reading (center column): publisher's address seal reading (right column): 児玉又七 Kodama Matashichi [Marks: pub. ref. 260; seal similar to 26-135] IHL Cat. #316 |  Kodama Matashichi児玉又七 seal reading: 出版人 児玉又七 publisher Kodama Matashichi [Marks: pub. ref. 260; seal 26-135] IHL Cat. #1943 |  Komiyama Shōbei 小宮山昇平 seal reading (left half): 出板人 小宮昇平 publisher Komiyama Shōbei preceded by publisher's address seal reading (right half): 画工 荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by his address [Marks; pub. ref. 269; seal not shown] |  Komiyama Shōbei小宮山昇平 seal reading (left column): 出版人 小宮山昇平 publisher Komiyama Shōbei preceded by address [Marks; pub. ref. 269; seal ref. 26-136] IHL Cat. #1260 |
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 Maeda Takehachirō前田武八郎 seal reading (left column): 前田武八郎Maeda Takehachirō (also read Buhachirō) seal reading (right column): 大坂心才橋塩町 (publisher's address in Osaka) [Marks: pub. ref. 288; seal similar to 25-387] IHL Cat. #2301 |  Maeda Takehachirō前田武八郎 seal reading (left column): 前田武八郎 板 Maeda Takehachirō han (also read Buhachirō)seal reading (right column): 大坂心才橋塩町 (publisher's address in Osaka) [Marks: pub. ref. 288; seal similar to 25-387] IHL Cat. #2301 |  Maki Kinnosuke牧金之助 [Marks: pub. ref. 291; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #158 |  Maruya Tetsujirō小林 鉄 次 郎 seal reading (right half): 小林鉄次郎 Kobayashi Tetsujirō preceded by address Nihonbashi-dori Sanchome 13-banchi seal reading (left half): 画工 荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by his address [Marks: pub. ref. 300; seal similar to 26-139] IHL Cat. #663 |
 Masadaya Heikichi政田屋平吉 seal reading: 土橋政田屋 版 Dobashi Masadaya han [Marks: pub. ref. 302; seal 25-448] IHL Cat. #776 |  Masudaya Ginjirō 増田屋銀次郎 seal reading: 増田屋 芝神 明前 Masudaya, Shiba Shinmeimae [Marks: pub. ref. 304; seal 30-040] IHL Cat. #576 |  Masudaya Ginjirō 増田屋銀次郎 seal reading: 板元 増田屋 芝神 明前 Hanmoto, Masudaya, Shiba Shinmeimae [Marks: pub. ref. 304; seal 24-061] IHL Cat. #771, #1257, #1258, #1259 |  Matsui Eikichi松井栄吉 seal reading: 八町堀 松栄 Hatchōbori Matsuei [Marks: pub. ref. 307; seal no. 24-051] IHL Cat. #994 |
 Matsuki Heikichi松木平吉 (firm name Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平吉) [Marks pub. ref. 029; seal similar to 25-287] IHL Cat. #1089 |  Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉 (firm name Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平吉) seal reading: 松木平吉 大平 Matsuki Heikichi daihei [Marks pub. ref. 029; seal similar to 25-287] IHL Cat. #129 |  Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉 (firm name Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平吉) seal reading (from right to left): publishing and printing date: 御届 明治十八年 十二月 日 [notification delivered, Meiji 18th year 12th month day] assigned number within series: 十一 [11] publisher information: 画工兼 出版 両国吉川町二番地 松木平吉 版 [artist and publisher Ryōgoku Yoshikawachō 2-banchi Matsuki Heikichi han] [Marks pub. ref. 029; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #963 (and all prints in the series "Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition") |
 Matsuki Heikichi松木平吉 (firm name Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平吉) [Marks pub. ref. 029; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1208 |  Matsumura Shintarō松村新太郎 [Marks: no reference] IHL Cat. #446 |  Matsushita Heibei(or Heibee) 松下平兵衛 [Marks: pub. ref. 320; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #470 |  Miyake Hanshirō三宅半四郎 [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 338] IHL Cat. #398 |
 Miyazawa Masatarō宮沢政太郎 seal reading (left half): 画工 荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by his address seal reading (right half): 板元 宮沢政太郎 hanmoto Miyazawa Masatarō preceded by publisher's address [Marks: pub. ref. 341; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #361 |  Miyazawa Masatarō宮沢政太郎 seal reading (left half): Miyazawa Masatarō preceded by address seal reading (right half): 画工 荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by address [Marks: pub. ref. 341; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #597 |  Morimoto Junzaburō森本順三郎 seal reading (top half): 芝区源助丁十二番ﾁ 画工 小林清親 Shiba-ku Gensuke-chō 12-banchiartist Kobayashi Kiyochika seal reading (bottom half): 浅草区瓦町二番地 板元 森本順三郎 Asakusa Kawaramachi 2-banchi publisher Morimoto Junzaburō [Marks: pub. ref. 349; seal ref. 26-088] |
 Morimoto Junzaburō森本順三郎 seal reading: 瓦町 森本 Kawaramachi Morimoto [Marks: pub. ref. 349; seal 25-116] IHL Cat. #711 |  Morimoto Junzaburō森夲順三郎 seal reading (left-most column): 出版人 森夲順 三郎 publisher Morimoto Junzaburō preceded by his address seal reading (center column): 画工 歌川国枩 Utagawa Kunimatsu preceded by his address seal reading (right column): date issued [Marks: pub. ref. 349; seal 26-088] IHL Cat. #833 |  Morimoto Junzaburō森夲順三郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 349] IHL Cat. #360 |  Moriya Jihei 森屋治兵衛 seal reading: 森, 馬貳, 森治 Mori, Ba Ni, Moriji [Marks: pub. ref. 353; seal ref. 21-150] IHL Cat. #635, #1215 |
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 Naraha Sannosuke楢葉三之助 seal reading (left half): 印刷兼発行者 楢葉三之助 東京日本橋区堺町九番地 printer and publisher Naraha Sannosuke followed by address Tokyo Nihonbashi Sakaichō 9-banchi [Marks: pub. ref. 378; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #104 |
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 Ōbuchi Wataru大淵涉 [of the Ōsaka 大阪 publishing house Hatsubai Shinshindō 發賣駸々堂] seal reading (top): 版権所有 copyright seal reading (bottom left): 編輯兼發行者 大淵涉 editor and publisher Ōbuchi Wataru seal reading (bottom right): 大坂市... Ōsaka-shi ... [address of publisher] [Marks: not listed] IHL Cat. #570, #571 |  Ogawa Takei 小川多計 [Marks: pub. ref. #403; seal not shown] |  Ōhashiya Yashichi大橋屋弥七 seal reading: 大橋 Ōhashi [Marks: pub. ref. 404; seal 20-038] IHL Cat. #760 |  Okuda Chūbei 奥田忠兵衛 seal reading: 印刷兼発行者 奥田忠兵衛 printer and publisher Okuda Chūbei preceded by address in Asakusa-ku [Marks: seal and publisher not shown] |
 Ōkura Magobei大倉孫兵衛 (Yorozuya Magobei 万屋孫兵衛) seal reading: 大倉版 Ōkura han [Marks: pub. ref. 627; seal not shown] |  Ōkura Magobei 大倉孫兵衛 (Yorozuya Magobei 万屋孫兵衛)) seal reading: 出版人 日本橋通一丁目十九番地 大倉孫兵衛 publisher Nihobashi-dōri Itchōme 19-banchi, Ōkura Magobei [Marks: pub. ref. 627; seal not shown] |
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 Sagamiya Tōkichi 相模屋藤吉 seal reading: 下谷 相ト Shitaya Aito [Marks: pub. ref. 435; seal 24-009] IHL Cat. |  Sasaki Toyokichi 佐々木豊吉 [Marks pub ref. 450; seal similar to seal ref. 25-209] |  Sawamuraya Seikichi 沢村屋清吉 (family name: Takekawa Seikichi 武川清吉) seal reading: い (i) [Marks: pub. ref. 459; seal ref. 08-020]IHL Cat. #2368 |  沢村屋清吉 (family name: Takekawa Seikichi 武川清吉) seal reading: い 沢村板 i, Sawamura han [Marks: pub. ref. 459; seal 21-006] IHL Cat. #375 |
 Sawamuraya Seikichi沢村屋清吉 (family name Takegawa Seikichi) seal reading: 須田町四バンチ 武川清吉 板 Su Yonchō 4-banchi Takekawa Seikichi han [Marks: pub. ref. 459; seal 26-081] IHL Cat. #493 |  Sawamuraya Seikichi沢村屋清吉 (family name Takegawa Seikichi) seal reading (top): 武川 清吉板 Takekawa Seikichi han preceded by his address seal reading (bottom): 荒川八十八 画 Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) ga preceded by his address [Marks: pub. ref. 459; seal similar to 26-081 but different address] IHL Cat. #403 |  Sawamuraya Seikichi沢村屋清吉 (family name Takegawa Seikichi) seal reading (left half): 本銀丁二丁目十二バンチ 出版 人武川清吉 publisher Takegawa Seikichi preceded by his address seal reading (right half): 画工荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi ((real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by the artist's address [Marks: pub. ref. 459; seal not shown] (Marks notes: sealed as Takegawa Seikichi from 1876) IHL Cat. #688 |
 Sekiguchi Masajirō関口政治郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 462; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1343 |  Shimizuya Naojirō清水屋直次郎 seal reading: 清 "sei" [Marks pub. ref. 468; seal no. 01-081] IHL Cat. #1355 |  Sonoharaya Shōsuke 園原屋正助版 [Marks: pub. ref. 483; seal not shown] |  Suharaya Shinbei 須原屋 新兵衛 seal reading: 小 ko [Marks: pub. ref. 491; seal 08-080] |
 Suzuki Kikutarō 鈴木菊太郎 [Marks: publisher not listed] IHL Cat. #1834 |  Suzuki Rihei 鈴木利兵衛seal reading (left half): 編輯出版人 鈴木利兵衛 compilation and publishing: Suzuki Rihei (reading of publisher's name is unconfirmed) [Marks: pub. ref. none] IHL Cat. #2184 |
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 Takekawa Unokichi武川卯之吉 [Marks: pub. ref. 522; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1174 |  Takekawa Unokichi武川卯之吉 Takekawa Unokichi (firm name: Unosuke) [Marks: pub. ref. 522; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1683 |  Tamanoi 未詳 (玉ノ井) seal reading: 玉ノ井板 Tamanoi han (Osaka-based publisher) [Marks: pub. ref. U323; seal not shown] |  Tamura Tetsujirō田村鉄治郎 田村 鉄治良 板 seal reading (left half:) Tamura Tetsujirō han, preceded by address Honjo Ishihara-chō 11 banchi seal reading (right half): 荒川八十八画 Arakawa Yasohachi ga (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by address [Marks: pub. ref. 530; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #616 |
 Tatsukawa Kokichi 懶川虎吉 (reading of publisher's name not confirmed) seal reading (left side): 蛎売町二丁目八番地 出版人 懶川虎吉 Kakiuri machi ni chōme 8-banchi publisher Tatsukawa Kokichi seal reading (right side): 画工 荒川八十八 Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by artist's address [Marks: publisher not shown] |  Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 辻岡屋文助 (firm name Kinshōdō) right half: 出板 辻岡文助 shuppan Tsujioka Bunsuke followed by address left half: 画工 橋本直義 gakō Hashimoto Naoyoshi (Chikanobu's family name) preceded by address [Marks: pub. ref. 548; seal not shown] |  Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 辻岡屋文助 (firm name Kinshōdō) seal reading:文 よこ山 辻文板町三丁目 bun, Tsujibun han, Yokoyamachō [Marks: pub. ref. 548; seal 23-067] IHL Cat. #1274 |  Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 辻岡屋文助 (firm name Kinshōdō) seal reading: 文 辻岡屋bun, Tsujiokaya [Marks: pub. ref. 548; seal 21-228] IHL Cat. #195 |
 Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 辻岡屋文助 seal reading: 辻岡文助 Tsujioka Bunsuke [Marks: pub. ref. 548; seal 02-064]IHL Cat. #1524 |  Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 辻岡屋文助 seal reading (right half): 出板 辻岡文助 publisher Tsujioka Bunsuke preceded by address seal reading (left half): 画工 竹内栄久 artist Takenōchi Hidehisa (birth name of Utagawa Kunimasa IV) preceded by address [Marks: pub. ref. 548; seal not shown] |  Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 辻岡屋文助 seal reading: 横山町三丁目二番地 出板人 辻岡文助 Yokoyamachō Sanchōme 2-banchi publisher Tsujioka Bunsuke [Marks: pub. ref. 548; seal not shown] |
 Tsujiya Yasubei辻屋安兵衛 seal reading: 辻安 Tsujiyasu[Marks pub. ref. 550; seal no. 25-418] IHL Cat. #1186 |  Tsunajima Kamekichi綱島亀吉 (firm name Tujiokaya Kamekichi) seal reading (right columns): 上野北大門丁十一番地 画作 橋本直義 Ueno Kitadaimonchō 11-banchi artist Hashimoto Naoyoshi [birth name of Chikanobu] seal reading (left columns): 浅草瓦町十二番地 板主 綱島亀吉 Kawaramachi jūni-banchi publisher Tsunajima Kamekichi [Marks: pub. ref. 549; seal ref 26-087] IHL Cat. #2467 |  Tsunajima Kamekichi綱島亀吉 (firm name Tujiokaya Kamekichi) seal reading (right column): 東京市日本橋區馬喰町二丁目十四番地 Nohonbashi-ku, Tokyo, Bakurochō Nichōme 14-banchi seal reading (center column): 綱島亀吉 Tsunajima Kamekichi [ref. Marks pub. 549; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2063 |  Tsunokuniya Isaburō津國屋伊三郎 seal reading: 津ノ伊 Tsunoi [Marks: pub. ref. 552; seal 21-188] IHL Cat. #501 |
 Tsutaya Kichizō蔦屋吉蔵 (firm name Hayashi Kichizō 林吉蔵) seal reading (left column): 出板人林吉蔵 publisher Hayashi Kichizō [Marks: pub. ref. 556; seal no. 26-123] IHL Cat. #1095 |  Tsutaya Kichizō蔦屋吉蔵 (firm name Hayashi Kichizō 林吉蔵) seal reading: 出板人林吉蔵 publisher Hayashi Kichizō [Marks: pub. ref. 556; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1000 |  Tsutsumi Kichibei堤吉兵衛 seal reading (right column): 日本橋区吉川町五バンチ Nihonbashi-ku Yoshikawachō 5-banchi seal reading (left columns): 画工兼出板人 堤吉兵衛 artist and publisher: Tsutsumi Kichibei [Marks: pub. ref. 194; similar to 26-134] IHL Cat. #2435 |  Tsutsumi Kichibei堤吉兵衛 seal reading (left 3 columns): 日本橋区吉川町五番地 作印刷兼発行者 堤吉兵衛 Tokyo Nihonbashi Yoshikawachō 5-banchi saku insatsu ken hakkōsha Tsutsumi Kichibei [Marks: pub. ref. 194; similar to seal 26-134] IHL Cat. #847 IHL Cat. #222 |
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 Wakasaya Yoichi若狭屋与市 seal reading: 若 waka [Marks: pub. ref. 573; seal 07-008] |  Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 seal reading:若林堂 Jakurindō [Marks: pub. ref. 573; seal ref. 12-031) IHL Cat. #612 |  Wataya Kihei 綿屋喜兵衛 seal reading: 綿喜板 Wataki han [Marks. pub. ref. 579; seal similar to 25-541] IHL Cat. #487 |
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 Yamadaya Shōbei山田屋庄兵衛 seal reading: 中橋 山庄版 Nakabashi Yamashō han (note: according to Marks, Yamadaya Shōbei "became Yamadaya Shōjirō in late 1851") [Marks: pub. ref. 585; seal 24-038] IHL Cat. #2213 |  Yamadaya Shōjirō山田屋庄次郎 seal reading: 中 庄橋 山田屋 Shō, Nakabashi [Marks pub. ref. 586; seal no. 21-138] IHL Cat. #1185 |  Yamamoto Heikichi山夲平吉 seal reading (left half): 出板人山夲平吉 publisher Yamamoto Heikichi preceded by address seal reading (right half): 画工荒川八十八 artist Arakawa Yasohachi (real name of Toyohara Kunichika) preceded by his address. [Marks: pub. ref. 595; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #664 |  Yamamotoya Heikichi山本屋平吉 seal reading: 久 kyū [Marks: pub. ref. 595; seal 04-007] IHL Cat. #608 |
 (firm name: Hōsandō Hide 宝堂山 山埜秀) [Marks: pub. ref. 599; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #528 |  Yamashiroya Jinbei山城屋甚兵衛 seal reading: 山甚板 Yamajin han [Marks pub. ref. 601; seal 25-232] |  Yamazaki Gyōzaburō 山崎曉三郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 611; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #303 |
 Yamazakiya Seishichi山崎屋清七 (firm name Sanseidō) seal reading: 木並 山清 Namiki Yamasei [Marks: pub. ref. 613; similar to seal 24-071] IHL Cat. #710 |  Yasuda Yosaburō安田與三郎 seal reading (right side): 画工 長谷川 Hasegawa Tokutarō (real name of Hasegawa Sadanobu II), preceded by address. [Marks: pub. ref. 619; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1171, #1172 |  Yazawa Hisakichi矢沢久吉 seal reading (left three columns): 深川区万年町二丁目三番地 矢沢久吉 Fukugawa Mannenchō Nichōme 12-banchi Yazawa Hisakichi [Marks: pub. ref. 620; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2365 |  Yokoyama Ryōhachi 横山良八 [Marks: pub. ref. 623; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1813 |
 Yokoyama Ryōhachi 横山良八 seal reading: 印刷兼発行者 橫山良八 printer and publisher: Yokoyama Ryōhachi [Marks: pub. ref. 623; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2008 |  Yokoyama Ryōhachi 横山良八 [Marks: pub. ref. 623; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2092 |  Yorozuya Magobei万屋孫兵衛 seal reading (top): 万版元 man hanmoto seal reading (bottom): Yorozuya Magobei 万屋 孫兵衛 [Marks: pub. ref. 627; similar to seal 23-070] IHL Cat. #577 |
20th Century Publishers
 Adachi hanga kenkyūjo アダチ版画研究所 (The Adachi Print Institute and Adachi Colour Print Studio) seal reading: ｱダﾁ Adachi [Marks: pub. ref. 001; seal 25-003] |  Doi hangaten 土井版画店 (family name Doi Eiiichi 土井英一) top seal reading: 版権所有 土井版画店 [copyright reserved Doi Hangaten] bottom seals reading: carver: Harada 彫 ハラダ printer: Yokoi 摺 ヨコイ [Marks: pub. ref. 037; seal not shown |  Doi hangatan 土井版画店 (family name Doi Eiiichi 土井英一) top seal reading: 版权所有 土井英一 [copyright Doi Eiichi] bottom seals reading: carver: Harada 彫 ハラダ printer: Seki 摺 セキ [Marks: pub. ref. 037; seal ref. 26-056] |  Doi Sadaichi 土井貞一 seal reading: 土井 Doi [Marks: pub. ref. 038; seal not shown] |
 Fugaku honsha富岳本社 (family name: Uemura Masurō) seal reading: 高見澤本社版 Takamizawa honsha han [Marks: pub. ref. 060; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1952 |  富岳出版 (family name: Uemura Masurō) also Fugaku Shuppansha 富岳出版社 IHL Cat. #1016 [Marks: publisher not shown] (see Fugaku honsha) |  Katō hanga kenkyūjo加藤版画研究 (family name Katō Junji 加藤潤二) seal reading: 版権i所有 加藤潤二 copyright owned by Hanken shoyū Katō Junji [Marks: pub. ref. 219; seal not shown]IHL Cat. #1529 |  Kinnō bunka shin kōkai勤皇文化振興會 seal 不許複製 勤皇文化振興會 All rights reserved Society for the Promotion of Loyalist Culture IHL Cat. #1967 |
 紅録社 ばん (subdivision of Matsukyū まつ九) formed by the artist's Kamei Tōbei (1901-1977), Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1902-2000) and Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-1979)] [Marks: pub. ref. U219 Matsukyū] IHL Cat. #315 |  Kyoto hangain 京都版画院 (family name Shinagawa Kiyoomi 品川清臣) | |  Kyoto hangain京都版画院 seal reading: 版元 京都版画院 [Marks: pub. ref. 284; seal 25-485] IHL Cat. #1360 |
 Kyoto hangain 京都版画院 seal reading: 京都版画院版 Kyoto Hanga-in han [Marks: pub. ref. 284; similar to seal 25-485] | |  松木平吉 (大黒屋) seal reading: 東京両国 大黒屋 発行 published by Daikokuya, Tokyo, Ryōgoku (seal appearing on many prints in the series Nōgaku hyakuban by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927)) [Marks: pub. ref. 029; seal not shown] |
 松木平吉 (大黒屋) seal reading: 東京両国 大黒屋 発行 published by Daikokuya, Tokyo, Ryōgoku seal appearing on many prints in the series Nōgaku hyakuban by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) [Marks: pub. ref. 029; seal not shown] |  (Daikokuya) seal appearing on many prints in the series Nōgakuzue by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) [Marks: pub. ref. 029; seal not shown] |  Nihon bijutsu gakuin 日本美術学院 (Taguchi Kyōjirō 田口鏡次郎) seal reading: 東京市赤坂区溜池町三十番地 日本美術学院 Tokyo, Asakusa... Nihon Bijutsu Gakuin [Marks: publisher not shown] |  Nishinomiya Shoin 西宮書院 [Marks: no publisher reference] |
 Nishinomiya Yosaku西宮與作 seal reading: 版権所有 西宮與作 all rights reserved Nishinomiya Yosaku (took over Hasegawa Publishing from his father Hasegawa Takejirō) [Marks: pub. ref. 393; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #156 |  Satō Shōtarō 佐藤章太郎 seal reading: 佐藤章版 Satō Shō han [Marks: pub. ref. 456; seal not shown] |
Owariya
 Takemura Hideo 竹村秀雄 [Marks: pub. ref. 524; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1419 |  Takemura Hideo 竹村秀雄 [Marks: pub. ref. 524; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1427 |  Uchida bijutsu shoshi 内田美術書肆 seal reading: 内田版 Uchida han [Marks: pub. ref. 558; seal ref. 09-012] IHL Cat. #904 and #2009 and others |  Uchida bijutsu shoshi 内田美術書肆 seal reading: 版元 うちだ hanmoto Uchida [Marks: pub. ref. 558; seal not shown] |
 内田美術書肆 seal reading:うちだ はんUchida han | |  Unsōdō芸艸堂 seal reading: 芸艸堂 版 Unsōdō han [Marks: pub. ref. 566; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #1179 | |
 Unsōdō芸艸堂 seal reading: 芸艸堂 版 Unsōdō han [Marks: pub. ref. 566; seal not shown] IHL Cat. #2466 |  Watanabe mokuhan bijutsu gahō渡邊木版美術画舗 seal reading: ワタナベ Watanabe A-type 6mm seal [Marks: 08-034; pub. ref. 576] IHL Cat. #37, #74  with ruler |  渡邊木版美術画舗 seal reading: ワタナベ Watanabe I-type 7mm seal [Marks: 08-034; pub. ref. 576] IHL Cat. #35  with ruler |  渡邊木版美術画舗 seal reading: 版権所有 渡辺庄三郎 copyright ownership Watanabe Shōzaburō "D" type seal [Marks: pub. ref. 576; seal ref. 25-184] |
 渡邊木版美術画舗 seal reading: 版権所有 渡辺庄三郎 hankenshoyū Watanabe Shōzaburō copyright reserved Watanabe Shōzaburō Watanabe "E"-type seal (in use from approximately 1929-1942) IHL Cat. #32 |  Watanabe mokuhan bijutsu gahō 渡邊木版美術画舗 わたなべ Watanabe Watanabe "M"-type seal (in use from approximately 1989-present) IHL Cat. #7 |
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