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PUBLISHER	KANJI	KANA	LOCATION	EXAMPLE	SEAL
ARTISTS
DATES

Nishimura-ya Yohachi (aka Eijūdō)	西村屋与八	にしむらやよはち	Edo		The bottom half of the publisher's seal is not shown here, but the top part of it appears on the trimmed lower edge of this print. Below is a full example from a different print.
Bunchō, Eishi, Eizan, Hiroshige, Hokkei, Hokuju, as both Shunrō & Hokusai, Kiyomine, Kiyomitsu, Kiyomitsu II, Kiyonaga, Koryūsai, Kuninao, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi Shikimaro, Shunchō, Shun'ei, Shungyō, Shunman, Shunzan, Toyoharu, Toyohiro, Toyokuni I, Toyokuni II, Toyoshige & Utamaro
			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. An anonymous correspondent has been kind enough to let us display it.
Active as early as 1764 to as late as the 1833 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the dates of ca. 1750 to 1850 for this publisher
			Edo	On the right is a variation of the Nishimura-ya Yohachi seal, but this one is composed solely of the single mountain motif over the tomoe symbol sans the character cartouche below.
			Edo
			The print shown to the right dated ca. 1815 is not one we have offered. However, it has a publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. Generously provided to us by Dede and Bruce H.

Nuno Kichi	布吉	ぬのきち	Edo
Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi & Toyokuni III
			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 was sent to us from our contributor ED. We are grateful for this addition to our site.
Possibly as early as 1830 or earlier and as late as 1848 or later

Ōmi-ya Heihachi	近江屋平八	おうみやへいはち	Edo
Eizan, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi & Shunkō
			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. An anonymous correspondent has been kind enough to let us display it.
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the dates of 1804-44 for this publisher

Ōmi-ya Yohei		おうみやよへえ	Edo
Toyokuni III
			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. An anonymous correspondent has been kind enough to let us display it.
This has been offered as an alternate name for the publisher Sano-ya Kihei. (See that entry below.)

Ōta-ya Takichi 4 variants shown	太田屋多吉	おおたやたきち	Edo/Tokyo
Kuniaki, Kunichika, as Kunisada & Toyokuni III, Kunisada II, Yoshiiku & Yoshimori
As early as 1830 or earlier and as late as 1872 or later
			Edo
			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 Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site
				To the right is an alternative seal for Ōta-ya Takichi.
				To the right is another alternative seal for Ōta-ya Takichi.

Sano-ya Kihei (aka Kikakudō & Omi-ya Yohei) 2 variants shown	佐野屋喜兵衛	さのやきへえ	Edo
Eisen, Eizan, Hiroshige, Hokkei, as Kunisada & as Toyokuni III, Kuniteru II, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, Shunsen, & Yoshikazu
As early as 1809 or earlier to as late as 1861 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the earliest date of ca. 1716 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.
			The Hiroshige print to the left was brought to me for an appraisal. The owner has kindly let us reproduce the image here plus the very poorly printed publisher's seal.

Senri	千里	せんり	Edo ( or Osaka)
Possibly Yoshikuni, but under a different seal. This is based on an identification made by the British Museum: #2004,0619,0.2. The artist in the example shown to the right is as yet unidentified. We're working on it.
			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 M's collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site
As early as ca. 1820 or earlier to as late as ca. 1844 or later

Shimizu 2 variants shown	清水	しみず	Edo
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna says that this seal was also used by the publisher Mikawa-ya from ca. 1804 to 1818. I find this information a bit confusing and hope we can clear it up in time.
Eisen, Eizan, Hiroshige, Kunimitsu, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Toyohiro & Toyokuni I
As early as 1804 or earlier to as late as ca. 1830 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the end date of ca. 1840 for this publisher
				To the left is another seal used by this publisher.

Shimizu-ya Naōjirō	清水屋直次郎	しみずやなおじろう	Edo
Kuniyoshi, Toyokuni III, Yoshimune & Yoshitora
As early as 1852 or earlier to as late as 1868 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the earliest date of ca. 1801 for this publisher

Shimizu-ya Tsunejirō 2 variants shown	清水屋常次郎じんすけ	しみずやつねじろう	Edo
Fusatane? & Toyokuni III
As early as 1852 or earlier to as late as 1860 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the earliest date of ca. 1830 for this publisher
			The triptych shown to the right is not one we have offered. However, it has an alternate publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. This image has been sent to us from the Michi Trading Company of Houston, Texas . We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

Sumimaru-ya Jinsuke	住?屋 ?	すみまるやじんすけ	Edo
Kunimaru, Toyokuni I, possibly Utamaro & Utamaro II
Active 1801-18

Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorō	住吉屋政吾郎	すみよしやまさごろう	Edo
Hiroshige, Kunisada & 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
As early as 1848 to as late as 1852 or later

Takemura Hideo	竹村秀雄	たけむらひでお	Tokyo	There is no link to this Hodo print shown above.

Tama-ya Sosuke	玉屋想助	たまやそうすけ	Edo/Tokyo
Kuniyoshi, Toyokuni III, Yoshiiku & Yoshitoshi
As early as 1852 to as late as 1868 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the dates of ca. 1845-70 for this publisher

Tenki	天喜	てんき	Osaka
Ashiyuki, Hironobu, Hirosada, Hokucho, Hokuei, Hokusetsu, Hokushu, Kiyokuni, Kunhiro, Nobuharu, Nobuhiro, Nobukatsu, Nobumasa, Sadahiro, Sadamasu, Sadanobu, Sadayoshi, Shibakuni, Shigeharu, Shigenao, Toshikuni, Toyohide, Umekuni & Yoshikuni
As early as 1823 to as late as ca. 1835 or later
Note; There are several variant seals for this publisher. We will add them as they become available.

Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke 3 variants shown	辻岡屋文助	つじおかやぶんすけ	Edo	There is no link to this Kuniyoshi print shown above.
Ginko, Hirokage, Kuniaki II, Kunichika, Kunihisa, Kunisada II, Kuniyoshi, Kyosai, Nobukazu, Sadahide, Toshihide, Toyokuni III, Yoshiharu, Yoshimitsu, Yoshitoshi & Yoshitsuya
As early as 1814 to as late as 1895 or later. However, while there was activity in a period from 1814-ca. 1819 we have not found any other activity until 1847.
			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 Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site		This example comes from a different print than the one being shown.
				To the right is an alternative seal for Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke.

Tsunashima Kamekichi	綱島亀吉	つなしまかめきち	Tokyo
Chikanobu, Nobukazu, Yoshitora & Yoshitoshi
As early as 1871 or earlier to as late as 1890 or later

Tsunoi	津伊	つのい	Tokyo
Kunichika
Active in 1868/69
The carver Hori Chō worked on blocks for Kunichika for this publisher in 1868.

Tsuru-ya Kiemon (aka Senkakudō)	鶴屋喜右衛門	つるやきえもん	Edo
Chōki, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Kiyoharu, Kiyomasa II, Kiyomine, Kiyonaga, Kunisada, Kunimasa, Kuniyoshi, Masanobu, Sadakage, Shunchō, Shun'ei, Shunsho, Toyokuni I, Utamaro & Utamaro II
			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 Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site
As early as ca. 1716 or earlier to as late as ca. 1840 or later
			An anonymous contributor has sent us this book illustration by Hasegawa Settan which shows the front and interior of the shop of Tsuru-ya Kiemon. Click on the image ot see a page with a larger detail.		This is not the publisher's seal, but rather one of their logos.

Tsuta-ya Jūzaburō (aka Shokodō & Koshodō)	蔦屋重三郎	つたやじゅうざぶろう	Edo
Choki, Hokusai, Kuniyasu, Masanobu, Sharaku, Shunman, Toyokuni I & Utamaro
			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. An anonymous correspondent has been kind enough to let us display it.
As early as 1784 or earlier to as late as 1825 or later

Tsuta-ya Kichizō (aka Koeidō)	蔦屋吉蔵	つたやきちぞう	Edo
Eisen, Hiroshige, Ikkei Kunisada II, Kunikiyo, Kuniteru, Kuniyoshi, Sugakudo, Toyokuni III & Yoshitora
As early as ca. 1821 or earlier to as late as 1865 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the earliest date of ca. 1801 for this publisher. A new end date of at least 1871 has been offered.

Uo-ya Eikichi 2 variants shown	魚屋栄吉	うおやえいきち	Edo	There is no link to the Toyokuni III print shown above.
Hiroshige, Hiroshige II & Toyokuni III
As early as 1856 or earlier to as late as 1861 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the dates of ca. 1845-68 for this publisher


Wakasa-ya Yoichi (aka Jakurindō) 2 variants shown	若狹屋与市	わかさやよいち	Edo	There is no link to the Hiroshige II print shown above.
Eisen, Eizan, Hiroshige, Hiroshige II, Kunichika, Kunitomo, Kuniyoshi, Kyosai, Sadakage, Shun'ei, Shunman, Shunsen, Toyohiro, Toyokuni I, Toyokuni III & Utamaro
As early as ca. 1789 to as late as 1867 or later
			The print shown to the right is not one we have offered. It is the right-hand panel of a triptych. To see the full image click on it. It has a publisher's seal which we want to display for your information. The image has been sent to us from the Eikei Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site

Wata-ya Kihei (aka Wataki & Kinzuido) 2 variants shown	綿屋喜兵衛	わたやきへえ	Osaka
Ashihiro, Ashisato, Ashiyuki, Kagematsu, Nagahide, Nagakuni, Sadamasa, Sadanobu, Sadayoshi, Shibakuni, Shigeharu, Tamikuni, Toyohide & Yoshikuni
As early as 1806 or earlier to as late as 1860 or later
We know of at least 25 variant seals used by this publisher. Some of them could be grouped together according to specific motives, but others are considerably different from those shown here.
				To the right is an alternative seal for Wata-ya Kihei.
				To the right is another alternative seal for Wata-ya Kihei. It was sent to us by our great contributor Eikei. The image is trimmed on the right side of the print. We will add the image when or if it is made available to us.
			Osaka
			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 Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

Ya (aka Matsuba-ya) We are using Schwaab's identification for this publisher. We have been unable to find corroborative information so far. Other scholars, such as Murashige Narazaki, list this seal as unidentified.	屋	や	Osaka
Hokuei
Ca. 1833

Yahata-ya Sakujirō (There are several alternate readings for this publisher's name. One source refers to it as Hachimanya Sakujirō. )*	八幡屋作次郎	やはたやさくじろう	Edo
Kuniyoshi & Toyokuni III
As early as 1843 or earlier to as late as 1852 or later

Yamaguchi-ya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) 2 variants shown	山口屋藤兵衛 (錦耕堂)	やまぐやとうべえ (きんこうどう)	Edo
Eizan, Hiroshige, Hiroshige II, Kuniaki I, Kuniaki II, Kunimaro, Kunimasa III, as Kunisada & as Toyokuni III, Kunisada II, Kunitomi, Kuniyasu, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, Shun'ei, Shuntei, Toyokuni I, Toyokuni II, Tsukimaro, Utamaro & Yoshiharu
As early as 1804 to as late as 1872 or later


Yamamoto-ya Heikichi (aka Eikyūdō and aka Yamamoto Kyūbei)	山本屋平吉	やまもとやへいきち	Edo	There is no link to the Kunisada print shown above.
Eisen, Eizan, Hiroshige, Hokuju, possibly Kiyonobu II, Kunichika, Kunihisa, Kuninao, Kuniharu, as both Kunisada & Toyokuni III, Kunisada II, Kuniteru II, Kunitora, Kunitsuna, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, Shuntei, Toyokuni I, Toyokuni II & Yoshifusa
Possibly as early as 1733 to as late as ca. 1875 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the earliest date of ca. 1804 for this publisher.

Yamashiro-ya Jinbei (Frank Turk identifies this publisher as Yamashiroya Kambei)	山城屋甚兵衛	やましろうやじんべえ	Edo
Hiroshige, Kunimasa IV, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, Yoshiiku, Yoshikazu & Yoshitora
			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 ca. 1830 to as late as 1864 or later

Yamato-ya Kyūbei	大和屋久兵衛	やまとやきゅうべえ	Edo
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.
As early as ca. 1848 to as late as 1855 or later
So far, after much searching, Kuniyoshi is still the only artist who seems to have worked with this publisher - and even there there are only a couple of examples with this seal. There was one reference to a Toyohiro print I found, but that was dated from the first years of the 19th century which leaves too great of a time a gap for the probability that this is the same publishing house.

Yorozu-ya Magobei	萬屋孫兵衛	よろずや.まごべい	Tokyo
Hiroshige III, possibly Ikumaru Kunichika, Yoshitoshi & possibly Yosiiku
Active as early as 1869 to as late as 1874 or later
The Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna gives the earliest date of ca. 1845 for this publisher.

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