Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

Port Townsend, Washington

MIYAGI GENGYO

宮城玄魚

みやぎげんぎょ

(1817-80)

Print type: harimaze

張交図

はりまぜ

Date: Ca. 1850

There is a very similar print by Gengyo in the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in San Francisco - accession #1963.30.20308. It is dated from the 11th month of 1853 which puts it right in line with the approximate dating of our print which lacks censor and date seals. Although it has the mark of a different publisher that is not totally unknown for a single series of prints. To see a great reproduction of the Achenbach print go to famsf.org and do a search under Gengyo.

Publisher: Maruya Tetsujiro

Print Size: 14 1/2" 9 3/4"

Mat Size: 20" x 16"

Condition: Good color with some soiling. There is a thin spot worn through in the sumi-e styled part of the print. The hole is just to the left of the first character (東) in the upper right and is clearly visible in the large detail shown below. Professionally hinged and matted.

ORIGINALLY $195.00

NOW ON SALE FOR

$105.00

For comments on the chrysanthemum motif in East Asian culture click on this box.

HARIMAZE

張交圖

This style of print is referred to as a harimaze. Harimaze images were generally divided into three to seven separate and varied motifs which were  designed to be cut apart. These isolated images occasionally were applied to folding screens. (Actually any paper cutout applied to a screen would fall into this category even if it didn't start out as a multi-image print.)

Title printed in the upper right of the print:

Harimaze Zukushi

張交絵尽くし

Often more than one artist cooperated in the production of a prints. Hiroshige worked with Toyokuni III, for example. In the case of the harimaze seen on this page it would appear that the same is true. Below is a signature by Chinzan --- an artist with whom I am totally unfamiliar --- next to the image of the chrysantemum.

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