Japanese Art Signatures

by Self, James; Hirose, Nobuko

ISBN13: 9780804870214

ISBN10: 0804870217

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 1988-02-01

Publisher(s): Tuttle Pub

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"This is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use tool for reading Japanese art signatures available. Its simplified approach allows users to find and identify over 11,000 names of Japanese artists and craftspeople, from all periods and in all media. The work includes a section on reading dates, a list of 300 modified and debased characters, and an index of provinces and place names, plus reproductions of date and censor seals on woodblock prints, publishers' trademarks and seals, and actors' and Genji mon. The Handbook is an indispensable tool for all students, scholars, collectors, and connoisseurs of Japanese art."--BOOK JACKET.

Introduction
Forms of signature and writing styles	p. 22
Arrangement and how to locate characters in dictionary	p. 22
Translation of signatures	p. 26
Selection of the correct reading	p. 27
A basic classification of Japanese names	p. 28
The written seal or 'kakihan'	p. 31
Identification of difficult and variant characters	p. 31
Pronunciation and romanisation of Japanese names	p. 34
Placement of signatures	p. 36
Examination of signatures	p. 38
A step by step guide through signature reading	p. 38
The dictionary of kaisho characters	p. 47
The Kana	p. 120
Explanation and tables of key characters	p. 125
Key characters qualifying manufacture, or describing the artist's or craftsman's profession	p. 126
Key to characters associated with family and clan names	p. 130
Key characters associated with honorary titles and Buddhist names	p. 131
Key characters associated with a craftsman's residence or place of work	p. 134
Key characters associated with dates and seasons	p. 136
Key characters associated with statements of age	p. 138
Key characters associated with changes of name, or family and master relationships	p. 140
Key characters associated with patrons and patronage	p. 142
Miscellaneous key characters	p. 143
How to read names of provinces	p. 149
A catalogue of geographical and place names	p. 154
How to read dates
The numerals	p. 171
The Nengo system	p. 173
The cycle system	p. 177
The months and seasons	p. 184
Date and censor seals on woodblock prints	p. 186
Debased and variant characters	p. 197
Facsimile signatures from woodblock prints	p. 223
Publishers' trade marks and seals	p. 280
Actors' mon	p. 288
Genji mon	p. 294
Catalogue of artist and craftsman names
Swordsmiths	p. 300
Metal workers	p. 326
Lacquer artists	p. 345
Netsuke carvers	p. 351
Bibliography	p. 367
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