About This Print
This song sheet, Senow No. 322, was issued in July 1923 by the music publisher Senow Ongaku Shuppansha under the direction of Kōjirō Senow. The artist Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) designed around 280-300 covers for Senow, this design being the cover for Johannes Brahms' Opus 63, No. 5 "Meine Liebe ist Grün" (1873) with lyrics by the poet Felix Schumann (1854-1879). The lyrics were translated into Japanese from the German by the composer and lyricist Keizō Horiuchi 堀内敬三 (1897-1983).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.11 The Japan Year Book Volume 1, Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1933, p. 1367.
Song Sheet Contents
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Colophon Detail
 click on image to enlarge | (セノオ楽譜三二二番) Senow sheet music number 322 大正十二年七月十八日印刷 Printed: July 18, 1923 大正十二年七月廿一日發行 Published: July 21, 1923 定価金三十錢 List Price: 30 sen 版権所有不許複製轉載 copyright notice 編輯発行兼印刷人 妹尾幸次郎 Editor, Publisher and Printer: Senow Kōjirō 東京市芝區松濱町四丁目十番地 Address: 14 Sanchome, Hamamatsucho, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan 印刷所 東洋印刷株式会社 Printing Office: Tōyō Print Company 東京市芝區愛宕町三丁日二番地 Address: 23 Sanchome, Atagocho, Shiba, Tokyo 發行所 セノオ音楽出版社 Publishing Office: Senow Ongaku Shuppansha 東京市芝區松濱町四丁目十番地 Address: 14 Sanchome, Hamamatsucho, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan 電話... phone number 振替... money transfer number |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2253 |
| Title/Description | "My Love is Green" (我が恋は緑なり), Brahms (ブラームス) Op. 63, No. 5, verse by Keizō Horiuchi (堀内敬三譯詞) - Song sheet No. 322 (楽譜三二二番) |
| Series | n/a |
| Artist | Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) |
| Signature | unsigned |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | July 21, 1923 大正十二年七月廿一日發行 |
| Publisher |  Senow Ongaku Shuppansha (Kōjirō Senow) Senow Music Publishing Company ("Senow" also seen transliterated as "Senoo" and "Senoh" and "Senō") |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | fair - minor toning |
| Genre | graphic design for musical score |
| Miscellaneous |  unread seal, stamped on cover. Likely a collector's seal. |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 12 3/16 x 9 in. (31 x 22.9 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | Takehisa Yumeji "Senoo gakufu" hyōshiga daizenshū 竹久夢二「セノオ楽譜」表紙画大全集; Takehisa Yumeji, Takehisa Minami, Oohira Naoteru; Kokusho Kankōkai, 2009, p. 334. |
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