About This Print
This song sheet, Senow No. 1038, was issued in 1926 by the music publisher Senow Ongaku Shuppansha. The artist
Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) designed around 280-300 covers for Senow, this one being for the song
Oki-no-kamone ni by the composer and conductor
Yamada Kōsaku1 山田 耕筰 (1886-1965.) This particular grahic design was used on a number of different Senow song sheet covers in the series "Yamada Gakfu."
1 His name is sometimes seen in its westernized version of Kósçak Yamada. Senoo (Senow) Kōjirō
Senoo Kōjirō 妹尾幸次郎 (1891-1961), also known as Senoo Kōyō 妹尾幸陽, the head of Senow Ongaku Shuppansha, was a publisher of musical scores and also a performance manager for many Western artists performing in Japan. He was the President of Yogaku Kensei Sha (The Association for the Study of Occidental Music), which he established in 1919. The Society had a membership 1,200 in the 1930s. Its purpose was to study and spread Occidental music.
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1 The Japan Year Book Volume 1, Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1933, p. 1367.
Song Sheet Contents
 verso of p.1 of music and lyrics |
verso of p.2 of music and lyrics |
Back cover
| Inside back cover
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #564 |
| Title/Description | "Oki-no-kamone ni" 沖の鷗（鴎）に by Yamada Kōsaku 山田 耕筰 (Song sheet No. 1038)
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| Series | n/a |
Artist
| Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934)
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Signature
| unsigned
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| Seal | not sealed
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| Publication Date | originally July 1926 (also carries a later date of August 1928 - see "verso p. 2 of music and lyrics" above)
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| Publisher | Senow Ongaku Shuppansha (Kojiro Senow) ("Senow" also seen spelled as "Senoo" and "Senoh")
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| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - minor toning; cover inscribed in ink "To dear Betty from Yoshiko Miyakawa Tokyo 1932"
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| Genre | graphic design for musical score
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Format |
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| H x W Paper | 12 1/4 x 9 in. (31.1 x 22.9 cm) |
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