Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

formerly Port Townsend, Washington

now Kansas City, Missouri

PUBLISHERS

Maruya thru Murataya

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A thru Ebiya

Echizenya thru G

H thru Imariya Ushizō

Ise Mago thru J

K thru Kyōji

N thru S

T thru Uoya

Wakasaya to Z

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PUBLISHER

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LOCATION

EXAMPLE

SEAL

Maruya Bun'emon

(Seal name -

Marubun 丸文;

firm name -

Bunjudō 丸寿堂)

Marks #292

丸屋

文右衛門

まるや

ぶんえもん

Edo

Two points: 1) I would like to thank my friend Mike for providing this image and 2) this print has been trimmed at the bottom. That is why the publisher's seal does not form a full circle. Normally it would.

Marks seal #08-131

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1793-1820s

 for this seal.

Eiri, Eisen (b),

Eisui, Eizan,

Hidenmaro,

Hisanobu, Hokusai,

Kikumaro (aka Tsukimaro),

Kunimaru (b),

Kunimasa,

Kuninao ( b),

Kuninobu ( b),

 Kunisada ( b),

  Kuniyasu (b),

  Sadashige (b),

Sekihō,

Shinsai,

Shuntei ( b),

Toyokuni I,

Toyomaru,

Utamaro (   b),

Utamaro II,

Yasuhide (b),

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

Andreas Marks gives the

dates ca. 1793 to 1834

"In 1807, Maruya is listed as a member of the Picture Book and Print Publishers Guild (Jihon toiya). In the third month of 1813 and the first month of 1814, Maruya served as censor (gyōji)..." Few books and prints were published between the last half of the 1820s and the time the firm closed. Source and quotes from Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 by Andreas Marks, p. 216.

Maruya Heijirō

(Seal name -

Maruhei 丸平;

firm name -

Keijudō 慶寿堂)

Marks #293

丸屋
平次郎

まるや
へいじろう

Edo/Tokyo

There is no longer a page

linked to this print.

Marks seal #25-126

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1868-71 for

this seal.

Hiroshige III,

Kunichika, Kunisada II,

Kuniteru II, Sadakoma,

Shigemasa,

Yoshifuji, Yoshimori

Hori Chō carved for

this house in 1866;

Horikō Tashichi in 1865.

Maruya Jimpachi
(Seal name - Marujin

丸甚;

 firm name - Enjudō

円寿堂

from 1807-33;

Tōkokudō 桐谷堂

from 1865-72)

Marks #294

丸屋甚八

まるやじんぱち

Edo/ Tokyo

There is no longer a link to this print.

This is probably

Marks seal #08-088.

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1810s-32 for

this seal.

Bunchō, Eirin,

Eisen (   b),

Eishin, Eizan,

Harunobu, Hiroshige,

Hiroshige II

(aka Shigenobu),

Hiroshige III,

Kaigetsudō Anchi

Kiyomitsu, Kiyomitsu II

Koryūsai,

Kunichika,

Kunihiro (b),

as Kunisada ( b)

& Toyokuni III,

Kunisada II,

Kunisato,

Kunitsuna II, Kuniyoshi,

Kunimaru,

Kuniyoshi (b),

Minemaro, Sadahide,

Sekihō, Senchō (b),

Shigekiyo,

Shigemasa,

Shigenaga (   b),

Shun'ei, Shunkō

Shunkō II

(Shunsen b),

 Shunshō, Toyokuni I,

Toyokuni II,

Utamaro, Yoshiiku,

Yoshikazu,

Yoshimaru (b),

Yoshitora,

Yoshitoshi, Yoshitsuya

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

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1759-1872.

 The carver Hori Shōji
worked for this
publisher on works by
Hiroshige in 1854
and Toyokuni III in 1856;

Hori Masa in 1861

This print was contributed

 to our site by F.

There is no page linked to it.

 Marks seal #24-021

Andreas Marks notes that

this particular seal was

used only in 1865.

This Kiyomitsu I print

is from the collection of

the Museum of Fine Arts

in Boston.

Marks seal #25-151

Andreas Marks notes that

this particular seal was

used in 1759-62.

"Maruya Jinpachi is among the most active publishrs in the history of Japanese woodblock printing." In 1807 he was a member of the Picture Book and Print Publishers Guild. "In the 1850s, Maruya had no successors and in the sixth month of 1853, he adopted Iseya Chūsuke, who was  asmall nearby publisher active since c. 1849. In the tenth month, Iseya Chūsuke continued the business under the name Maruya Jinpachi." Source and quotes from Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 by Andreas Marks, p. 198.

Maruya Kohei

(Seal name - Maruko

丸小; firm name -

Hōsendō 豊仙堂)

Marks #296

丸屋小兵衛

まるやこへえ

Edo

The Bunchō print shown to

the right  is from the

Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston.

Marks seal #20-008

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1755-73 for this seal.

Bunchō, Harunobu,

Ishikawa Toyonobu,

Kiyohiro, Kiyomasu II,

Kiyomitsu, Kiyonobu II,

Kiyotsune, Shigemasa,

Shunshō, Shunshō II,

Yamamoto Yoshinobu

Marks gives the

dates ca. 1747-83

 for this publisher.

Maruya Kyūshirō

(Seal name -

Marukyū 丸久)

Marks #298

丸屋

久四郎

まるや

きゆうしろう

Edo

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 #21-126

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1854-59  for this seal.

Gengyo, Hiroshige,

Kunichika,

Kunisada II,

Kuniyoshi,

 Toyokuni III,

Yoshikazu

Marks gives the

dates XII/1853 to

VI/1865 for this publisher.

Hori Take carved
for this house in 1854-5.

That series is a

cooperative work with

the art of Toyokuni III

and Hiroshige as seen

in the print to the right.
Hori Take carved

another series of

Toyokuni III prints for

this house in 1861.

The Toyokuni III print

to the right comes

from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image

to see more information.

Marks seal #01-064

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1861-64 for this seal.

Maruya

Seijirō

(seal name - Marusei

丸清,

 firm name - Jukakudō

寿鶴堂)

Marks #299

丸屋

   清次郎    

まるや

せいじろう

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.

Marks seal #27-010

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1835-55  for this seal,

but we know of its use

as early as 1832 on a

Toyokuni II print.

Eisen, Fusatane,

Hiroshige, Kunihide,

Kunimasa,

as Kunisada & Toyokuni III,

Kuniyoshi, Sadahide,

Shigemaru,

Toyokuni I, Toyokuni II,

Yoshikazu,

Yoshinobu, Yoshitora, 

Yoshitsuya

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1799-1863.

According to Andreas Marks there was a hiatus in the production of prints from 1802 until the late 1820s or early 1830s. At the end of its run the firm was "...taken over with not much success by Fukushimiya Taschichi in the ninth month 1863." Source and quotes from Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 by Andreas Marks, p. 238.

The triptych to the right is from

the Lyon Collection. Click on it to

see more information.

Marks seal #08-090

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1799-1853  for this seal.

Maruya

Tetsujirō

(seal name - Marutetsu 丸銕,

firm name - 涎寿堂,

family name - Kobayashi Tetsujirō

小林銕次郎)

Marks #300

丸屋

銕次郎

まるや

てつじろう

Edo/Tokyo

This seal is not exactly like

the one in Dr. Marks book, but

it is close enough to list here.

Marks seal #12-015

Arinobu, Chikanobu,

Chikashige, Eitaku,

Fusatane, Gengyo,

Hiroshige II, Hiroshige III, 

Kiyochika,

Kunichika, Kunihisa,

Kunimatsu,

Kunisada II, Kunisada III,

Kuniteru II, Kuniyoshi,

Kyōsai,

Sadahide, Shōzan,

Toyokuni III, Toyonobu,

Tsuyanaga, Yoshiiku,

Yoshimori, Yoshitora, 

Yoshitoshi

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1847-97.

Many times institutions

like the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston refer to this publisher by the family name of Kobayashi Tetsujirō when that is how the seal on their prints appear.

Hori Kane carved
Kunisada II prints for this
house in 1863 and on Toyokuni III in 1862; Hori Take carved Toyokuni III blocks in 1861-62; Hori Chō on Kunisada II and Kuniteru II in 1865; Hori Shōji in 1859 on Yoshitora; Hori Dai on Kyōsai in 1863.

 Maruya

Tokuzō

(seal name - Marutoku 丸徳,

firm name - Hōzendō 宝善堂,

family name - Sekiyama Tokuzō

関山徳造

Marks #301

丸屋

徳造

まるや

とくぞう

Edo

There is no image to post yet.

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Marks seal #22-097

Andreas Marks notes that this particular seal was used between 1860-61.

Gengyo, Sadahide,

Toyokuni III, Yoshiiku

Andreas Marks gives

the dates as ca. 1860-67.

Marks notes that this publisher took over the business of Nishimura-ya Yohachi in 1860.

Masugindō

Marks #304

?

ますぎんどう

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 a private collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

Marks seal #08-096

Andreas Marks notes that this particular seal was used between 1830s-54.

Kuniyoshi

We know that this publiser was active as early as 1847 to as late as 1850 or later

Matsumura Tatsuemon

(seal name - Matsu 松)

Marks #311

松村辰
右衛門

(We have corrected

the kanji using information

provided by Andreas Marks.)

まつむら
たつえもん

Edo

Marks seal #03-009

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1810s-32 for

this seal.

Eisen,

Kunimaru, Kunimasu,

Kunisada, Kuniyasu,

Sadafusa, Sadahide,

Sadakage, Toyokuni I,

Toyokuni II, Utamaro

Andreas Marks gives the

dates of ca. 1793 to ca. 1832.

The seal to the right is not listed in Marks. Nor can we find it anywhere other than in the Lyon Collection. However, we are fairly confident of our assigning this seal to this publisher.

Click on the triptych to the right to see more information

about it.

Andreas Marks in his Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 (p. 218) says: "Since the mid 1790s he bagan also to issue actor prints and really concentrated on this field in the 1810s when he became one of the most active publishers in this field."

Matsumura Yahei

Marks #312

松村弥

兵衛

まつむら

やへい

Edo

Not in Marks

Fusanobu, 

Hokusai,

Kiyohiro,

Kiyomitsu,

Kiyonaga,

Kiyotsune ( b),

Koryūsai,

Masanobu ( b),

Masayoshi (b),

Shigemasa (b),

Shun'ei (b),

Shunshō,

Toyoharu,

Utamaro (b)

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

Andreas Marks gives the

dates of ca. 1753 to ca. 1802.

Mikawa

(Seal name - Mikawaya
 三川屋)

Marks #U223

Edo

The Shunzan print

to the right is from

the collection of the

British Museum.
Click on it to learn
more.

Marks seal #25-216

Kiyomitsu II,

Kiyonaga, Kunisada,

Kuniyasu,

Shunzan, Toyokuni I,

Utamaro II

Andreas Marks gives the

dates of ca. 1779-1828.

Mikawaya

Marks #U225

Edo

The triptych to the right is from

the Lyon Collection. Click on it to

see more information.

Marks seal #23-061

Dr. Marks gives the

date of 1851 for

this seal.

Kiyomasu II,

Kuniyoshi, Shigenaga

Andreas Marks gives the

dates of the 1740s to ca. 1851.

Mikawaya Denbei

No Marks number

found as yet.

三河屋

伝兵衛

みかわや

でんべえ

Edo

The print to the right is

in the Lyon Collection.

For more information

click on it.

Eizan,
Kunisada II,

Toyokuni III

Marks shows this publisher's

seal as U406 or Yama-Sa.

He dates it to only 1805.
Clearly this print is from
much later.

The print to the right dates

to 1867.

Mikawaya Kihei

(Seal name - Miki 三河)

Marks #326

Dr. Marks notes that

"Seals are sometimes misassigned

to Mitaya Kihachi."

 This is how both

the British Museum and the

Museum of Fine Arts in

Boston identified it.

三河屋

喜兵衛

みかわや

きへえ

Edo

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

Marks seal #12-047

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1848-54 for

this seal.

Gengyo, Hiroshige,

Kuniyoshi, Toyokuni III

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1845 to 1865

Mikawaya Rihei

(Seal name - Sanri

三利)

Marks #327

三河屋

利兵衛

みかわや

りへい

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 by FDL, a new contributor.

Marks seal #25-219

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1845-50 for

this seal.

As Kunisada and Toyokuni III, 

Kuniyoshi, Shigemasa

Yoshimori

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1766 to XII/1860. This business was taken over by Kagiya Shōbei.

Mikawaya Tetsugorō

(Seal name - Santetsu

三鉄)

Marks #329

三河屋

鉄五郎

みかわや

てつごるう

Edo

Marks seal #20-015

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1845-50 for

this seal.

Kōsai, Kunisada II,

Kunisato, Kunitaka,

Kuniyoshi, Toyokuni III,

Yoshiho,

Yoshikazu, Yoshitsuna

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1845 to 1858

Dr. Marks notes that this publisher operated out of the same shop as Yamashiro-ya Heisuke.

 Miyakozawa

(Seal name -

Tōzawa)

Marks #U227

都沢

みやこざわ

Edo

Marks seal #25-446

Kunisada,

Kuniyoshi,

Shigematsu

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1845 to 1851

Minatoya Kohei

(Seal name -

Minatoko 湊小,

family name - Kinsendō

錦船堂)

Marks #332

湊屋
小兵衛 

みなとや
こへえ

Edo

Marks seal #24-075

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1846-62 for

this seal.

Gengyo,

Kunichika, Kunihisa II,

Kunisada II, Kunitsuna,

Kuniyoshi, Shigemitsu,

Toyokuni III,

Yoshifuji, Yosikazu,

Yoshitsuna

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1841 to 1862

The Toyokuni III print

 to the right is

from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image

to see more information.

Marks seal #24-074

Dr. Marks notes that this publisher may have become the house of Okamoto Kaitoku. Marks #406

Miyakozawa

Marks #U227

(都沢)

みやこざわ

Edo

The Toyokuni III print

 to the right is

from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image

to see more information.

Marks seal #25-446

Kuniyoshi,

Shigemitsu,

Toyokuni III

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1845 to 1851

Moritaya Hanzō

Formerely referred to

 as Moritaya Hanjirō.

Marks #352

森田屋半蔵

もりたやはんじろう

Edo

There is no longer a link to this print.

Marks seal #04-010

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1825-35 for

this seal.

Eisen, Hirosada,

Hiroshige,

Kunisada, Kuniyoshi,

Sadatora, Toyokuni I

and possibly Toyokuni II

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1825 to 1835

We have now added a link

to an example of this print

in the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image

to learn more.

Marks seal #23-026

Dr. Marks gives the

dates of the early

1830s for this seal.

Sebastian Izzard gives a date

of ca. 1826 for this seal and

the Museum of Fine Arts in

Boston gives ca. 1827.

The Kunisada print to the

right is from the collection

of the Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston. It dates from

the 1830s.

This seal is not

in Marks.

Moriya Jihei

(seal name -

Moriji 森治,

firm name -

Kinshindō 錦森堂,

family name -

Ishikawa Jihei

石川治兵衛)

Marks #353

森屋

治兵衛

もりや

じへえ

Edo/ Tokyo

The print shown to the right  is not one we have offered. The image  has been sent to us from a private collector. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

Marks seal #01-079

Dr. Marks gives the

dates 1807-52 for

this seal.

Chōki, Eisen ( b),

Eisho, Eizan,

Fusatane, Hiroshige,

Hiroshige II, Hokuju,

Hokusai,

Kiyohiro, Kiyomitsu,

Kunichika, Kunihisa,

Kunimaru ( b), 

Kunimitsu, Kuninao,

Kuninobu ( b),

as Kunisada & Toyokuni III,

Kunisada II, Kuniteru,

Kunitsuru, Kuniyasu,

Kuniyoshi, Nanrei,

Sadafusa,

Sadahide ( b),

Sadatora, Shigemasa,

Shigemasa II,

Shigenobu ( b),

Shun'ei,

Shuntei ( b),

Toyokuni I,

Toyokuni II ( b),

Tsukimaro (b),

Utamaro,

Utamaro II,

Yasuhide (b),

Yoshikazu,

Yoshimaru (b),

Yoshitora, Yoshitoshi

A (b) means as a

 book illustrator sometimes

along with woodblock prints.

As early as 1760 or earlier

to as late as 1864 or later

Andreas Marks gives the

dates of ca. 1797 to 1886. 

Hori Take carved
for this house in 1852;

Hori Masa in 1865.

The print to the right is

from the

Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston. Click on it

to go to that page.

We had inadvertently

placed the image and

information to the right

at Yamaguchiya Tōbei.

E. W. caught our mistake

and for that we are

grateful.

Marks seal #21-150

Marks notes that this seal

was used from 1852
to the 1860s.

Andreas Marks in his Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 (p. 222) says: "Moriya's business went well and by 1807 he was one of the few members of the newly founded Guild of Picture Book and Print Publishers (Jihon toiya). From 1811 until 1813 he sometimes acted as a censor of prints."

Moriya Jihei collaborated with Nishimuraya Yohachi on Kunisada prints in 1836.

Murataya

Ichigorō

(seal name -

Muraichi 村市)

Marks #358

村田屋市五郎

むらたや

いちごろう

Edo

The Kuniyoshi print to the right

is from the collection of the

British Museum.

Marks seal #25-375

Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi,

Toyokuni III, Yoshikatsu,

Yoshitora

Andreas Marks gives the

dates of ca. 1844 to 1853. 

Horikō Fusajirō carved

Kuniyoshi designs for

this house.

Murataya

Jirōbei

(seal name - Murata

村田,

firm name - Eiyūdō

栄邑堂)

Marks #359

村田屋

治郎兵衛

(Andrea Marks gives a

reading of 村田屋.次郎兵衛

which we believe is a correct

alternate form.)

むらたや

じろうべえ

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 (英渓) Collection. We are grateful for this contribution to our site.

This is either Marks seal #08-098 or #08-099.

They represent two

different publishers

but look the same. From

what we can tell this one

is #08-098 which operated

from 1725-1810s.

Baishō,

Bunchō, Chikanobu,

Chōki (   b),

Eishō, Fusanobu, 

Hagawa Wagen,

Hiroshige,

Hokuba, Hokusai,

Ikku,

as Kikumaro and

Tsukimaro (   b),

Kiyomasu II, Kiyomitsu,

Kiyonobu I,

Kiyonobu II,

Kiyotsune ( b),

Kunimasa,

Kuninao (b),

Kuniyasu,

Kuniyoshi,  Kyosen,

Masayoshi ( b),

Nanboku,

Tamura Sadanobu,

Shigemasa,

Shigenaga,

Hirose Shigenobu,

Shunchō,

Shun'ei ( b),

Shunjō,

Shunkō, Shunshō,

Shuntei ( b),

Toyokuni I ( b),

Toyonobu,

Utamaro, Utamaro II,

Wagen,

Yoshimaru (b)

A (b) means as a

 book illustrator sometimes

along with woodblock prints.

As early as ca. 1659

 to as late as 1815-20 or later.

Andreas Marks believes it extends as late as 1844. See quote below.

Andreas Marks in his Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 (p. 188) says: "It is not clear if Murataya Jirōbei's business came to an end in the early 1820s as he suddenly disappeared from the scene. In the first half of the 1840s however there appears a small number of series by Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi that bear a 'Murata' publisher seal." Originally a publisher of books the firm started printing actor and bijin prints in ca. 1720s. In 1807 the head of the firm was listed as a member of the Picture Books and Print Publishers Guild (Jihon toiya - 地本問屋? or  じほんといや) and the Book Publishers Guild (Shomotsu toiya - 問屋). In 1811 and 1812 the head of the firm was also a censor of prints.

The Shunchō print

 to the right is

from the Lyon Collection.

Click on the image

to learn more.

Marks seal #16-050

Dr. Marks gives the

dates of the 1770s to the

1790s for this seal.

The Toyonobu print

from ca. 1745

 to the right is from

the Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston

Click on the image

to learn more.

This seal is not in

Marks.

The Shigenaga print

 to the right is from

the Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston.

Click on the image

to learn more.

This seal is not in

Marks.

The Tamura Sadanobu print

to the right is from the

Museum of Fine Arts,

Boston.

Click on the image

to learn more.

Marks seal #19-063

Dr. Marks gives the

dates of the 1730s

for this seal.

Murataya Tetsu

(This is a correction based on information from Dr. Marks of the name we first listed.)

Seal name - Muratetsu 村鉄

Marks #360

村田屋鉄

むらやてつ

Edo

Marks seal #25-376

Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi and

Yoshitora

Andreas Marks gives the

dates as ca. 1843 to 1844

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