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H thru Imariya Ushizō

Ise Mago thru J

K thru Kyōji

Maruya thru Murataya

N thru S

T thru Uoya

Wakasaya 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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LOCATION

EXAMPLE

SEAL

ARTISTS

DATES

Aito

Andreas Marks says that Aito is the seal name of this publisher. The publisher's name is Sagamiya Tōkichi - 相模屋藤吉 or

さがみや.とうきち.

Marks #435

柤卜

あいと

Edo

Marks seal

#24-009

According

to Marks this

is the only seal

used by this publisher.

Gengyo, Hiroshige II,

Kunisada II, Kuniteru II,

Kunitsuna, Kuniyoshi,

Toyokuni III, Yoshifuji,

Yoshikazu,

Yoshimori, Yoshitora

As early as 1855 or

earlier to 1866 or later

Carvers who worked for this house include Hori Sennosuke in 1855, 1859-1863; Hori Koma on Yoshitora in 1860. These are the only two carvers' names we could find so far who have worked with this publisher. Mostly it was the work of Hori Sennosuke and the vast majority of those prints illustrated works by Toyokuni III.

Akamatsuya Shōtarō

(Seal names -

Akimatsu 赤松,

Akashō 赤庄,

firm name - Shōeidō 松栄堂)

Marks #002

赤松庄太郎

あかまつ

しょうたろう

Edo

The Hokusai print to the
the right is from the
British Museum. We have

chosen the seal from

another copy of this

print.

Marks seal

closest to

#15-030

Marks gives

no specific dates

for this seal.

Eisen,

Hokusai, Kunisada,

Kuniyoshi

Marks dates this house

from ca. 1836 to

XII/1853.

Amatsu

Marks #U004

Edo

The Kunisada II print to the
the right is from the
Lyon Collection.

Marks seal

#25-440

Kunisada II,

Kuniyoshi,

Toyokuni III,

Yoshikazu

Marks dates this house

from ca. 1851-52.

Aritaya Seiemon

(Seal name -

Arisei 有清,

firm name -

Yueidō 有永堂)

Marks #014

有田屋

清右衛門

ありたや

せいえもん

Edo

The print shown to the right is not one we have offered. 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.

Marks seal

#26-051

Marks gives

no specific dates

for this seal.

Eisen, Hichō,

Hiroshige, Hokusai,

as both Kunisada

& Toyokuni III,

Kuniyasu, Kuniyoshi,

Sadafusa, Toyokuni I,

Yoshikazu, Yoshitora

Marks dates this house from ca. 1834-62.

The carver Hori Shōji
worked for this
publisher on a
Yoshikazu in 1855.

Hori Take carved

Kuniyoshi prints in

the late 1840s to

the early 1850s.

Hori Sen carved a
Toyokuni III diptych

in 1855.

The print shown to the right is not one we have offered. 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.

Marks seal

#17-011

Marks gives the dates of 1844-61 for this seal.

The print shown to the right is

one panel of a triptych from the

Lyon Collection.

Click on it to see more.

Marks seal

#22-064

Marks gives the dates of the mid 1830s to 1849 for this seal.

Ariwaradō Chūbei

(Seal name -

Ariwaradō Kōbun

有原堂好久 or

ありわらどうぶうん

firm name -

Yūgendō 有原堂

or ゆうげんどう)

Marks #015

有原堂

忠兵衛

ありわらどう

ちゅうべい

Osaka

The Yoshikuni print shown

to the right is from the

Museum of Fine Arts

in Boston.

Marks seal

#04--019

Marks gives the dates of 1821-25 for this seal. However, the Museum of Fine Arts dates a print with this seal to 11/1819.

Ashiyuki,

Hokushū,

Shibakuni,

Yoshikuni

Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1821-1825.

Note that this seal appears on a print in Boston which is dated to 11/1819.

Ariwaradō Chūbei is often seen in combination with the flower seal of Wataya Kihei.

Ariwaradō Chūbei was
also known to have

published jointly with
Toshikuraya Shinbei

and with Wataya Kihei.

Asai Kinjirō

Marks #018

浅井金治郎

あさいきんじろう

Osaka

The Sadanobu II print shown to

the right is from the Lyon Collection.

It is the second panel from

the left in a tetraptych.

Click on the image

to learn more.

Marks seal

#25--367

Sadanobu

Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1875-1876

Azumaya Daisuke

(Firm names - Kinshūdō

錦集堂 or きんしゅどう

and Tōkindō

東錦堂 or とうきんどう)

Marks #025

東屋

大助

あずまや

だいすけ

Edo

Marks seal

#06-001

Andreas Marks notes that this particular seal was used between

1817 to 1830.

Kunikane, Kuninao

Kunisada ( b),

Kuniyoshi,

Sadatora, Shuntei

A (b) means as a
book illustrator sometimes
along with woodblock prints.

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1817-1848

The Toyokuni III print to the

right is from the collection of

the Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston.

Marks seal

#21-200

Marks gives the dates of 1846-48 for

this seal.

Marks seal

#06-021

Marks gives the date of 1835 for

this seal.

Chichibuya Shōzaemon

Marks #027

秩父屋

庄左衛門

ちちぶや

しょうざえもん

Edo

The Shunchō print shown

to the right is from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image

to learn more.

Marks seal

#01-006

It would seem that according to Marks this seal was used throughout the lifetime of this

house.

Eishi, Hokusai,

Masayoshi, Shunchō,

Shunkō, Toyokuni I ( b)

A (b) means as a
book illustrator sometimes
along with woodblock prints.

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as 1780s-90s.

Chōjiya Kichi

(Seal name - 丁吉)

Marks #028

丁子屋

吉

ちょうじや

きち

Edo

Click on the Toyokuni I print

from the Lyon Collection to the right

to see more information.

Marks seal

#08-012

Andreas Marks notes that this particular seal was used between 1811 and 1824.

Eizan, Kunisada,

Kuniyasu, Toyokuni I

Marks gives the dates

of ca. 1811 to 1826.

Daikokuya

Marks #U032

大黒屋

だいこくや

Edo

Click on the Kunisada print

from the Lyon Collection

to the right

to see more information.

Marks seal

#02-051

It would seem that according to Marks this seal was used throughout the lifetime of this

house.

Eisen, Kunimaru,,

Kunisada, Kuniyoshi,

Sadatora,

Teisai Hokuba

Toyokuni I,

Toyokuni II

Marks gives the dates

of ca. 1820 to 1837.

Click on the Kunisada print

from the Lyon Collection

to the right

to see more information.

Marks seal

#26-009

Marks notes that this particular seal was used between 1820 and the early 1830s.

Daikokuya

Heikichi

(Seal name - Daihei

大平 or だいへい,

firm name - Shōjudō

松寿堂 or しょうじゅどう,

family name - Matsuki Heikichi

松木平吉 or まつへいきち)

Marks #029

大黒屋

平吉

だいこくや

へいきち

Edo/Tokyo

Marks seal

#22-094

Marks notes that this seal was used until 1875.

Chikanobu, Eisen,

Gekkō, Gengyo,

Getsuzō, Gyokuha,

Hanko,

Hirose Yoshikuni,

Hiroshige II,

Hiroshige III,

Hishikawa Harunobu,

Kakō,

Kiyochika, Kiyooki,

Kōgyo, Kōkyo, Koson,

Koūn, Kuniaki,

Kuniaki II, Kunichika,

Kunimasa,

as both Kunisada

and Toyokuni III,

Kunisada II,

Kunisato, Kunitarō,

Kuniteru II or III,

Kunitsuna, Kunitsuna II,

Kuniyasu, Kuniyoshi,

Kyōkatsu,

Miyagawa Shuntei,

Sadahide, Sadatora,

Shōun, Toshikata,

Toyokuni II,

Toyonobu, Yasuji,

Yoshikazu, Yoshitoshi

Andreas Marks gives the

dates 1764 to 1931 along with a separate set of dates of ca. 1820s to 1910s.

Horikō Shige worked for
this house on Kuniteru II
prints in 1866;

Hori Masa in 1863.

Daikokuya Kichinosuke

(Seal name - Daikichi 大古)

Marks #031

大黒屋

古之助

だいこくや

きちのすけ

Edo

This Yoshitoshi

print shown to the right is

from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image to see more

information.

Marks seal

#23-053

Kuniaki II,

Kunichika, Kunisada,

Kunitaka,

Yoshimasa, Yoshitoshi

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1862-1865.

There are two Kunichika

prints in the Museum of

Fine Arts in Boston that

are by this publisher and

are dated to 8/1866.

Hori Chō worked for

this publisher in 1862-63;

Hori Kane in 1863;

Hori Wakasa (?) is also

another carver for

this house.

Daikokuya Kinjirō

(Seal name - Daikin 大金;

firm name - Bunkeidō

文慶堂)

Marks #032

大国屋金治郎

or possibly

大黒屋金次郎

だいこくや

きんじろう

Edo

Marks seal

#21-170

Gengyo, Hiroshige II,

Kunichika,

Kunihisa II, Kunitsuna,

Kuniteru II, Kuniyoshi,

Kyōsai, Sadahide,

Toyokuni III, Yoshitora, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoyo,

Yoshitsuya

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1855-1861.

Other sources give

the end date as

late as 1869. Hori
Kane worked on Toyokuni III prints for this house in 1859.

Hori Kaju carved Toyokuni III prints for this house in 1858.

Daikokuya Kinnosuke

(Seal name - Daikin 大金)

Marks #033

大黒屋

金之助

だいこくや
きんのすけ

Edo/Tokyo

There is no page linked

to this print.

This particular seal does not appear in Marks. There is similar one, #09-011, which is assigned to Daikokuya Kinjirō.

This issue is not resolved yet and

may never be.

Chikamaro,

Hiroshige II, Kunichika,

Kunihisa II, Kunisada II,

Kuniteru II, Kuniyoshi,

Kyōsai, Sadahide,

Toyokuni III,

Yoshifuji, Yoshiiku,

Yoshimune, Yoshitora,

Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoyo,

Yoshitsuya

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1863-75.
However, there is a
Toyokuni III triptych
at the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston dated 1860.

Hori Yasu carved for
this house on Toyokuni III
prints in 1860 and
Yoshitora in 1863. Hori

Sashichi carved Yoshitora

prints in 1866.

This Yoshitoshi

print shown to the right is

from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image to see more

information.

This seal is not

in Marks.

This Kunichika

print shown to the right is

from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image to see more

information.

Marks seal

#26-101

Andreas Marks notes that this particular seal was used in 1867.

This Chikamaro

print shown to the right is

from the Museum of

Fine Arts, Boston.

Marks seal

#24-037

Marks notes that this particular seal was only used in

1863.

The seal to the right is from a

Kyōsai print dated 1863.

Marks seal

#22-002

Andreas Marks notes that this particular seal was used between

1863 to 1865.

Daikokuya

Kinzaburō

(Firm name - Shōjudō

山松堂,

family name - Yamamura Kinzaburō

山松金三郎)

Marks #034

大黒屋金三郎

だいこくや

きんざぶろう

Edo/Tokyo

The Toyokuni III print

shown to the right is

from the Lyon Collection. Click on the image to see more information.

Marks seal

#08-103

Marks dates
this seal from
1863 to the

1870s.

Chikanobu, Chikashige,

Kunichika, Kunimaro,

Kunisada II, Kuniteru,

Kunitoki, Kyōsai,

Sadahide, Torashige,

Toyokuni III,

Yoshifuji

Andreas Marks gives the

dates of ca. 1863 to IV/1881.

Daitora

Marks #U036

Edo

Marks seal

#22-004

Andreas Marks notes that this particular seal was used between

1856 to 1858.

Shunpūsha,

Toyokuni III

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1856-1862.

Hori Mino carved for this

house in 1862.

The Toyokuni III print shown

to the right is from the

collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston.

Marks seal

#25-385

Marks notes that this particular seal was used in 1862.

Ebisu

Marks #U037

エビ子?

えびす

Edo

Marks seal

#16-047

Kuniyoshi,

Yoshitora

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1842-1846.

The Museum of Fine Arts

in Boston refer to the

publisher of the print shown

to the right as Ehiko.

Ebisuya Shōshichi

( Seal name - Ebisuya

えびすや,

firm name - Kinshōdō

錦昇堂 -

until ca. 1875

then Bunshōdō

(文昇堂)

in ca. 1883,

family name -

Kumagi Shōshichi -

熊谷庄七)

Marks #039

恵比寿屋

庄七

(We corrected our kanji

based on the work done

by Dr. Marks.)

A Kuniteru II print at the Princeton University Library

shows a different reading

of this publisher's name as

恵美寿屋庄七

えびすや
しようしち

Edo/Tokyo

Marks seal

#26-007

Marks dates
this seal from
1846-74.

Hirokage, Hiroshige,

Hiroshige III,

Kunichika, Kunimori II,

Kunisada II, Kuniteru II

Kuniyoshi, Kyōsai,

Toyokuni III,

Yoshiiku, Yoshitora,

Yoshitoshi

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1846-1883

The carver Hori Gin worked
for this publisher as did
Hori Take in 1858-59. Hori Mino worked for them in 1853-4;

Hori Masa in 1860.

Although this publisher did not start his business until the mid-1840s he soon "became one of the most productive..." In fact, "His flourishing business allowed him to take over the business of the publisher Kawaguchiya Shōzō in the fourth month of 1852." [See Kawaguchi-ya Shōzō on our K thru M publishers page.] Source and quotes from: Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900, by Andreas Marks, p. 290.

The print shown to the right is not one we have offered. The image has been sent to us from the Eikei (英渓) Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

Marks seal

#21-137

Marks dates
this seal from
1854-75.

Ebiya Rinnosuke

(Seal name - Ebirin,

firm name - Kaijudō)

Marks #040

海老屋

林之助

えびや
りんのすけ

Edo/Tokyo

We know this seal was used in

ca. 1847-8. to as late as

the 11th month of 1861

Marks seal

#07-021

Marks notes that this seal was used between 1832-1870.

Ginkō, Hiroshige,

Hiroshige II, Hiroshige III, Kunichika,

as Kunisada & as Toyokuni III,

Kunisada II, Kuniteru I,

Kuniteru II,

Kunitsuna II, Kuniyoshi,

Kyōsai, Sadahide, Toyonobu,

Yoshiharu, Yoshiharu II,

Yoshiiku, Yoshikane,

Yoshikazu, Yoshitora,

Yoshitoshi,

Yoshitsuya, Yoshitoyo

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1832-1895

Hori Mino worked for this

house in 1860; Hori Masa in

1859-60 and 1861-66.

Dr. Marks notes: "As early as 1832, Ebiya Rinnosuke was in business as a fan merchant, issuing fan prints." In the 1840s they were printing standard oban sized prints mainly by Kuniyoshi and Kunisada. By 1851 "We know that... he was situated in the same shop as his fellow publisher Enshūya Matabei. An earlier address for Ebiya is not known and he might have actually joined the established Enshūya when he had started his business. Already in 1845, both publishers were engaged in two co-operational projects..." working with Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige and Kunisada. "Sealed as Ueki Rinnosuke since 1876, Ebiya was in business until c. 1895, however not exceedingly active." Quoted from: Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900, p. 280. Hisako Kobayashi

Hisako Kobayashi noted that as of December 25, 2014 that the Ritsumeikan Art Research Center Database recorded 38 prints by Kunisada/Toyokuni III published by Ebiya Rinnosuke, 52 by Kuniyoshi, 5 by Hiroshige, but none by Toyokuni I.