About This BookVolume two of the three volume set of "sketch tour" books titled Kinai kenbutsu (Scenes of the Inner Provinces), published by Kanao Tanejirō (1879-1947) (the publishing house Bunendō) in 1911 and 1912.1 Volume 1, subtitled Kyōto, and volume 2, subtitled Yamato ( Nara) , were issued in 1911 and the third volume, subtitled Ōsaka, in 1912. The three volumes contain 57 stitched-in woodblock prints, as wellas woodblock printed covers, endpapers and slipcases, all but one of the woodblock designs by the Western-style artist Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874-1964)2. While photogravure, and halftone and heliotype (collotype) reproductions of paintings and sketches by Hiromitsu, and a single heliotype of a painting by Asai Chū (1856-1907)3, far outnumber the woodblock prints, the quality of these reproductions varies and the true highlight of these volumes are the woodblock prints.4
The three volumes of Kinai kenbutsu (left to right): 大阪之巻 (Ōsaka) , 大和の卷 (Yamato), 京都の巻 (Kyōto)
In commenting on Nakazawa's prints, Scott Johnson notes that the publisher Kanao's involvement with this project brought forth a lighter palette from Hiromitsu lending his woodblock prints "a fresh luminous quality."5 The beauty of these prints is also due to the work of respected woodblock carver Igami Bonkotsu (1875-1933) and woodblock printer Nishimura Kumakichi (1861?-1941?) who captured the essence of Nakazawa's designs.6
The text for volume two, (Yamato) Nara, was contributed by Nakazawa and three well-known poets, Takayasu Gekkō 高安月郊 (1869–1944), Susukida Kyūkin 薄田泣堇 (1877-1945) and Yosano Akiko 与謝野晶子 (1878-1942), who had previously published poetry with Kanao and who would go on to work with him on Shin'yaku Genji monogatari, her important translation of the Tale of Genji into modern colloquial Japanese in 1913.7
As noted below, I only scanned selected pages to display on this page, focusing on the illustrations. To see the entire book, including all text, go to Freer|Sackler FSC-GR-780.910.1-6.
Reproductions of Paintings and Sketches in this Volume The table of contents for this volume identifies the type of reproduction for almost all of the illustrations in the first section of this volume as one of the following four types: 木版 mokuhan - woodblock printing 原色版 genshokuban - this term is translated as both "tricolor printing" and "heliotype", a type of collotype print. 色原版 - this designation is likely an error. A transposition of the characters in 原色版 genshokuban above. 寫眞版 - photogravure process
I have indicated the type of reproduction identified for each of the illustrations below.
1 Kinai refers to the six ancient provinces surrounding the old capitals at Nara and Kyoto. The Kinai is viewed as the center of ancient Japan. 2 The slipcase is missing from this collection's volume.3 In regards to Asai Chū's involvement with this work, Scott Johnson in his article "Sketch-tour Books and Print of the Early Books Twentieth Century", appearing in Andon 37 , June 1991, implies that Asai created the oil paintings reproduced in these volumes specifically for the publication, but that his "sudden death in 1907 cut short further contributions." 4 The photogravures in this collection's book have faded considerably which may, in part, be a result of its being a second edition.5 "Sketch-tour Books and Print of the Early Books Twentieth Century", appearing in Andon 37 , June 1991, 6 Igami and Nishimura produced the prints for the Nara and Kyōto volumes.
Selected Pages including all woodblock printsNotes:1. Thumbnails are displayed right to left as they appear in the book in the Japanese style.2. All illustrations are by Nakazawa except one by Asai Chū, so labeled below. 3. Titles for illustrations are taken from the table of contents and may differ slightly from the titles that appear on the actual illustrations.
畿内見物 大和の卷 Kinai kenbutsu Yamato (Nara) no maki [木版 woodblock printing]
猿澤の池 Sarusawa Pond [原色版 heliotype] | 大和のまき Kinai kenbutsu Yamato no maki [木版 woodblock printing] |
inside front cover
[木版 woodblock printing] |
春日野 [寫眞版 photogravure] | 春日野 Kasugano [色原版 heliotype] |
猿澤池畔
Near Sarusawa Pond
[木版 woodblock printing]
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| 東大寺狛犬 Tōdaiji komainu [寫眞版 photogravure] | (春日)大佛仁王門 (Kasuga) daibutsu niōmon [寫眞版 photogravure] | 春日野の藤
Kasuga no fuji (Kasuga Wisteria)
[原色版]
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| 春日境内 Kasuga shrine grounds [寫眞版 photogravure] | 手向山寳庫 Tamukeyama treasury [hōko] [寫眞版 photogravure] | 若草山
Mount Wakakusa
[寫眞版 photogravure]
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| 社家町の趾 [原色版 heliotype] | 春日 神樂殿 Kasuga kagura-den [原色版 heliotype] |
春日
Kasuga
[原色版 heliotype] |
| 白毫寺 Byakugōji [寫眞版 photogravure] | 高圓山 [寫眞版 photogravure] | 須菩提
Subhuti
[寫眞版 photogravure]
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| 横笛堂 Yokobue-dō [寫眞版 photogravure] | 海蘢王寺境内 Kajū-ji? [寫眞版 photogravure] | 生駒街道
Ikoma kaidō
[寫眞版 photogravure]
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| 喜光寺金堂 Kikō-ji main temple [木版 woodblock printing] | 喜光寺金堂 [原色版 heliotype] | 法草寺 Hōkke-ji [木版 woodblock printing] |
| 法起寺 Hōki-ji [寫眞版 photogravure] | 唐招提寺 Tōshōdai-ji [原色版 heliotype] | 西大寺より春日遠望 distant view of Kasuga from Saidai-ji [木版 woodblock printing] |
| 龍田の町 Tatsuta main street [木版 woodblock printing] | 法隆寺夢殿 Hōryū-ji yumedono [原色版 heliotype] | 新藥師寺 Shinyakushi-ji
般若寺の塔 Hannya-ji pagoda |
橘寺 Tachibana-dera [木版 woodblock printing] | 壷坂寺 [原色版 heliotype] | 當麻寺 Taima-dera [原色版 heliotype] |
三輪 [寫眞版 photogravure] | 久米寺多寶塔 Kume-dera tahōtō [寫眞版 photogravure] | 岡寺 Oka-dera [木版 woodblock printing] |
| 長谷寺廻廊 Hase-dera kairō [寫眞版 photogravure] | 多武峯 Tōnomine [寫眞版 photogravure] | 帶解地藏 [寫眞版 photogravure]
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| 六田の渡 Rokuden ferry [寫眞版 photogravure] | 室生寺の塔 Murō-ji pagoda [寫眞版 photogravure] | 長谷の舞臺 [原色版 heliotype]
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| 吉野川入口 吉野山入口 entrance to Yoshinogawa and Yoshinoyama [type of reproduction not identified in table of contents] | 吉野山入口 Yoshinoyama entrance [木版 woodblock printing] | 芳野 / 浅井忠
Yoshino /Asai Chū
[原色版 heliotype]
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| 吉野山 Yoshinoyama [木版 woodblock printing] | 吉野口 [type of reproduction not identified in table of contents] | 吉野山
Yoshinoyama
[木版 woodblock printing]
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| [type of reproduction not identified in table of contents] | [type of reproduction not identified in table of contents] | 雲井の櫻りよ藏王堂遠望 Kumoi cherry trees [木版 woodblock printing] |
| 賀名生皇居趾 remains of Anō Kōkyo [木版 woodblock printing] | 吉野川 Yoshinogawa [木版 woodblock printing] | 蜻蛉が池 [寫眞版 photogravure]
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| 生駒山腹 Ikoma mountainside [木版 woodblock printing] |
生駒聖天堂 Ikoma shōtendō [寫眞版 photogravure] | 信貴山舞臺 Shigisan stage [木版 woodblock printing] |
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| 朱の都 / 高安月郊 著 Vermilion Capital / Takayasu Gekkō page 1
| 畿内見物 大和の卷 Kinai kenbutsu Yamato no maki 浅井忠 Asai Chū 高安月郊 Takayasu Gekkō 薄田泣堇 Susukida Kyūkin 与謝野晶子 Yosano Akiko 中澤弘光 Nakazawa Hiromitsu |
 大和 / 與謝野晶子 著
Yamato / Yosano Akiko
page 41 |
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| 奈良の旅 / 中沢弘光 著 Trip to Nara / Nakazawa Hiromitsu pages 112 and 113 |
西の京 / 薄田泣菫 著
Nishinokyō / Susukida Kyūkin
page 55 |
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| List of illustrations (continued) and list of essays pages 4 and 5 |
List of illustrations (continued) pages 2 and 3 | Kinai kenbutsu table of contents list of illustrations page 1 |
| colophon 明治四十四年二月一日印刷 明治四十四年二月五日發行 明治四十四年九月一日再版 [February 1, 1911 printed] [February 5, 1911 issued] [September 1, 1911 2nd edition]
金貳圓 [price 2 yen]
著作權所有 [copyright reserved]
編輯兼發行者 金尾種次郎 [publisher and editor: Kanao Tanejirō]
印刷者 中村彌三郎
[printer: Nakamura Yasaburō]
印刷所 三生舍
[printing place: Sanseisha]
發兌元 金尾文淵堂
[publishing house: Kanao Bun'endō] | production credits 木版 [woodblock carving] 伊上凡骨 [Igami Bonkatsu]
印刷 [printing] 西村熊吉 [Nishimura Kumakichi]
玻瑠版 [collotype] 中野米藏 [Nokano Yonezō]
原色版 [heliotype] 大江太 [Ōe Futoshi]
寫眞版 [photogravure] 大江太 [Ōe Futoshi]
活版 [movable type] [三生舍 Sanseisha]
表紙印刷 [cover printing] [五彩閣 unread]
製本 [book binding] 植木瀧藏 [Ueki? Takizō] | 目次終 End of table of contents pages 6 and 7
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inside rear cover [木版 woodblock printing] |
Book Details| IHL Catalog | #2034 | | Title or Description | Scenes of the Inner Provinces, Yamato (Nara) Volume
Kinai kenbutsu Yamato (Nara) no maki 畿内見物 大和の卷 | Artist
| Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874-1964) and Asai Chū (1856-1907)
Authors: Takayasu Gekkō 高安月郊 (1869–1944), Susukida Kyūkin 薄田泣堇 (1877-1945), Yosano Akio 与謝, 野晶子 (1878-1942) and Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874-1964) | Signature
| no artist signature
| | Seal | 弘 Hiro seal appears on almost all woodblock illustrations and many of the sketch and painting reproductions | | Publication Date | February 1, 1911 明治四十四年二月一日 印刷
February 5, 1911 明治四十四年二月五日 發行
September 1, 1911 明治四十四年九月一日 再版 (second edition) | | Edition | second
| | Publisher | 發行者 金尾種次郎 publisher Kanao Tanejirō
發兌元 金尾文淵堂 publishing house Kanao Bun'endō | | Carver | Maeda Gōji 前田剛二 and Hasegawa Katsura 長谷川香木 | | Printer | Nishimura Kumakichi 西村熊吉(woodblock prints only) | | Impression | excellent | | Colors | excellent | | Condition | good - toning of woodblock prints mainly noticeable in margins; binding loose but largely in tact
| | Miscellaneous | pages are gilt-edged; book is bound in the Western style; woodblock printed paper over board cover | | Genre | shasei kikō (sketch-tour); illustrated book zuroku 図録 | | Format |
| | H x W Paper | H x W x D Book Closed: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 x 11/16 in. (22.2 x 14.9 x 1.7 cm) | | Collections This Book | National Diet Library 765548 Call No. 330-27 (Yamato volume); Freer|Sackler FSC-GR-780.910.1-6; Rijksmuseum RP-P-2005-584A; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto M00778; The British Museum 1991,1112,0.137.1 | | Reference Literature | "Sketch-tour Books and Print of the Early Books Twentieth Century" by Scott Johnson, appearing in Andon 37 , June 1991. |
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