About This Print
This song sheet, Senow No. 365, was issued in 1924 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
Hakone-no-Yama by the composer and conductor
Yamada Kōsaku1 山田 耕筰 (1886-1965.)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.1
1 The Japan Year Book Volume 1, Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1933, p. 1367.
Song Sheet Contents
back cover inside
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back cover
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #561 |
| Title/Description | "Hakone-no-Yama" by Yamada Kōsaku (Song sheet No. 365)
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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 | October 1924
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| Publisher | Senow Ongaku Shuppansha (Kojiro Senow) ("Senow" also seen spelled as "Senoo" and "Senoh")
セノオ音楽出版社 |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - stain on cover lower right margin; soiling and overall toning
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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) |
| Collections This Print |
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| 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. 201.
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last revision:4/20/2021
