Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

Port Townsend, Washington

PUBLISHERS

A THRU G

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H thru J

K thru M

N to Z

*NOTE: The black or white borders around many of the publisher's seals were added

by us to set them off graphically when isolated and do not exist on the prints themselves.

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PUBLISHER

KANJI

KANA

LOCATION

EXAMPLE

SEAL

Aito

柤卜

あいと

Edo

Hiroshige II,

Kunisada II,

 Kunitsuna, Kuniyoshi,

Toyokuni III, Yoshifuji

& Yoshitora

As early as 1855 or earlier to 1866 or later

The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the date of ca. 1850 as the start for this publisher

Arita-ya Seiemon

(aka Yueidō)

3 variants shown

有田屋

清右衛門

ありたや

せいえもん

Edo

Eisen, Hiroshige, Hokusai, as both Kunisada & Toyokuni III,

 Kuniyasu, Kuniyoshi,

 Sadafusa, Toyokuni I,

 & Yoshikazu

The print shown to the right  is not one we have offered. However, it has a publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. The image  has been sent to us from a private collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

The image to the right is from ca. 1850.

As early as 1804-18 or earlier to 1855 or later

The earliest print we have found published by this house is one of a red carp by Toyokuni I. Since he died in 1825 we can only assume that it was printed in that year or before. The seal used is the second one down on the far right. It does not appear to be posthumous. Also, there is an earlier edition of this print dating from ca. 1804-18 but it may have been published by Etsukichi, but then again maybe not. Some of the information is contradictory.

The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives an end date of 1864 for this publisher

The print shown to the right  is not one we have offered. However, it has a publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. The image  has been sent to us from a private collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

This seal was used as early as 1804-18 on a Toyokuni I print of a swimming carp .

However, we now know that this seal was also used as late as 1854 on a Hiroshige print.

 We know that this seal was used on a Kuniyoshi print as early as 1832 and Hiroshige as late as 1849-53.

Azuma-ya Daisuke

 3 variants shown

東屋

大助

あずまや

だいすけ

Edo

Kunisada & Kuniyoshi

Active in ca. 1818-23. We will give a larger or more specific range when or if dates become available.

The seal to the lower right is identified by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as that of Azuma-ya Daisuke and dating between 1847-52.

Another source refers to this as Kinshudo Azuma-ya Daisuke. Is this the same thing?

Daikoku-ya

Heikichi

(aka Shōjudō)

大黒屋

平吉

だいこくや

へいきち

Edo

 Koson,

Kuniaki, Kunimasa, Kunisada II,

Kunisato, Kuniteru II or III,

Kunitsuna, Kunitsuna II,

Kuniyoshi, Sadahide,

Toyokuni II,

Toyokuni III & Yoshikazu

As early as ca. 1830 or earlier

to as late as 1865 or later

The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the dates of ca. 1772 to 1930 for this publisher

Daikoku-ya Kinnosuke

(aka Kinjirō)

4 variants shown

大黒(国)屋金之助

だいこくや
きんのすけ

Edo/Tokyo

Hiroshige II, Kunihisa II,

Kunisada II,

Kuniteru II, Kuniyoshi, Kyōsai, Sadahide, Toyokuni III,

Yoshifuji, Yoshiiku,

Yoshimune, Yoshitora,

Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoyo

& Yoshitsuya

Possibly as early as 1818 to as late as 1872 or later

To the right is an alternative

seal for Daikoku-ya Kinnosuke.

The seal to the right is from a

Kyōsai print dated 1863.

The seal to the right is from a

Yoshitoshi print dated 1865.

Ebisu-ya Shōshichi

(aka Kinshōdō)

3 variants shown

恵比須屋

庄七

えびすや
しようしち

Edo

Hiroshige, Kunichika,

 Kunisada II, Kuniyoshi, Kyōsai, 

Toyokuni III,

Yoshiiku, Yoshitora

& Yoshitoshi

As early as the early 1840s or earlier to as late as 1875 or later

The print shown to the right  is not one we have offered. However, it has a publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. The image  has been sent to us from the Eikei (英渓) Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

(aka Kaijudō)

4 variants shown

海老屋

林之助

えびや
りんのすけ

Edo

 We know this seal was used in

ca. 1847-8. to as late as

the 11th month of 1861

Hiroshige II, Kunichika,

as Kunisada & as Toyokuni III,

Kunisada II, Kuniteru I,

Kunitsuna II, Kuniyoshi,

Kyōsai, Sadahide,

Yoshiharu, Yoshiiku,

Yoshikazu,

Yoshitsuya & Yoshitoyo

 We know this seal was used

at least from 1843-45 into 1866

To the right is another alternative

seal for Ebi-ya Rinnosuke.

 The MFA in Boston identifies

this seal as an alternative for Ebiya

Rinnosuke. Ebi (shrimp) is 海?

(a variant of 海老)

and rin (forest) is 林.

This seal was used on a

Yoshiharu print in 1865.

Echizen-ya Hachiemon

2 variants shown

越前屋

八右衛門
 

えちぜんや

はちえもん

Kuniyoshi & Toyokuni III

As early as 1847 or earlier to as late as 1854 or later

To the left is an alternate seal

for this publisher. Used sometime

between 1847-52.

Edo-ya

Matsugorō

2 variants shown

江戸屋

松五郎

えどや

まつごろう

Edo

Hiroshige & Kuniyoshi

The print shown to the right  is not one we have offered. However, it has a publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. The image  has been sent to us from a private collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the dates of ca. 1835-68 for this publisher

This variant contains the first character of Edo, 江, and the character for matsu or pine tree, 松.

Eijūdō

(aka Nishimura Yohaichi)

Go to the publisher's page for N thru Z to see more info.

Eikyūdō

(aka Yamamoto-ya Heikichi)

Edo

Eizan, Hiroshige,

Kunisada, Kunisada II,

Toyokuni I & Toykuni II

As early as 1816 or earlier to as late as the 1830s

The carver Hori Chō worked on blocks for Kunisada II for this publisher in 1865.

Enshū-ya

Matabei

2 variants shown

遠州屋

又兵衛

えんしゅうや

またべい

Edo

Click on the seal above to go to a page with a diptych by Kuniyoshi which we added Aug. 9, 2005 and which displays the same seal.

Hiroshige, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi,

Utamaro & Yoshiiku

The print shown to the right  is not one we have offered. However, it has a publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. The image  has been sent to us from a private collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

As early as 1806 or earlier to as late as the 1862 or later.

The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the date of ca. 1789 as the start for this publisher

The seal to the right appeared on 

Kuniyoshi & Kunisada prints in ca. 1845-6.

Etsu-Ka

越嘉江崎屋

えつか

Edo/Tokyo

Toyokuni III

 The carver Hori Chō worked on blocks for Kunisada II and Toyokuni III for this publisher between 1861-3.

Ezaki-ya Tatsuzō   

4 variants shown

江崎屋

辰蔵

えざきや

たつぞう

Edo

Eisen, Hiroshige,

Kunitomi, Kuniyasu,

Kuniyoshi, Sadahide,

Sadanobu, Sadatora,

Shunchō (fl. 1815-23),

Taito II, Toyokuni I,

Toyokuni II, Toyokuni III

& Yoshitora

As early as 1808 to

as late as ca. 1845 or later

The seal to the right appeared on

a Hiroshige print in ca. 1840-42.

It appeared as early as 1831 on a

Kunitomi print. It was on another print

 as early as 1815-23.

The seal to the right appeared on

a Hiroshige print in ca. 1844.

The seal to the right appeared on

a Toyokuni III  print in ca. 1844-7.

Fujioka-ya Hikotarō

(aka Shōgendō)

3 variants shown

藤岡屋

彦太郎

ふじおかや

ひこたろう

Edo

Kunisada, Kuniyoshi

& Shunshō II

The seal to the right appeared on

a Hiroshige print.

The seal to the right appeared on

a Hiroshige print in ca. 1840.

Fujioka-ya

Keijirō

(aka Shōrindō)

藤岡屋

慶次郎

ふじおかや.けいじろう

Edo

Gengyo,

Hiroshige I, Hiroshige II,

Hokui, Kuniaki, Kunihisa II,

Kunisada II,

Kunisato, Kuniteru,

Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, Toyokuni III,

Yoshifuji, Yoshiharu,

Yoshiiku, Yoshikazu,

 Yoshimune,

 Yoshitora & Yoshitoshi

As early as 1847 or earlier to as late as 1868 or later

The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the date of ca. 1830 as the start for this publisher

Fukuda Kumajirō

4 variants shown

福田

熊次郎

ふくだ

くまじろう

Tokyo

There is no link to the

Kokunimasa triptych shown above.

Chikanobu,

Fusatane, Ginkō, Ikuhide,

Kiyochika, Kokunimasa, Kunichika,

Kunisada III, Kuniyasu, 

Seisai,

 Toshimitsu & Yoshimune

Active from as early as 1876 to as late as 1897 or later

This seal was used on

a Kunichika print

in 1896

We know that this seal was used on

a Kunisada III print and that of one by Fusatane in 1877.

Funazu Chūjirō

船津

忠次郎

ふなつ

ちゆうじろう

Tokyo

Yoshitoshi

Active from as early as 1878 or earlier to as late as 1882? or later

Gusoku-ya Kahei

5 variants shown

具足屋

嘉兵衛

ぐそくや
かへえ

Tokyo

There is no link to the

Ginko triptych shown above.

Ginkō, Hiroshige II, 

Hiroshige III, 

Kuniyoshi, Kunichika,

 Toyokuni III, Yoshitora

 & Yoshiiku

Active from as early as 1843 to as late as 1874 or later

It is also possible that Gosuka-ya Kahei may have experimented with printing lithographs during the Meiji period.

The seal to the right  was used on a

Toyokuni III print in 1865.

The seal to the right  was used on a

Kunichika print in 1864.

The seal to the right  was used on this

Kuniyoshi print in 1844. There is no

separate link to this picture.

The seal to the right  was used on this

Kuniyoshi print in 1843.

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