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*''Active: c. [[1797]]-[[1886]]'' | *''Active: c. [[1797]]-[[1886]]'' | ||
| − | *''Other Names'': 石川治兵衛 ''Ishikawa Jihei'' | + | *''Other Names'': 石川治兵衛 ''(Ishikawa Jihei)'' |
| − | *''Japanese'': 森屋冶兵衛 ''Moriya Jihei'' | + | *''Japanese'': 森屋冶兵衛 ''(Moriya Jihei)'' |
Moriya Jihei, born Ishikawa Jihei, was a publisher of ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints based in the [[Nihonbashi]] neighborhood of [[Edo]] (later [[Tokyo]]). He worked with a number of artists, including [[Hokusai]], [[Utamaro]], and [[Kunisada]]. Due to the incredible length of his dates of activity, it is quite unlikely that Moriya Jihei was a single individual; rather, it is likely that his successor took on his name, or at least continued to use that name in his professional capacity as a publisher. | Moriya Jihei, born Ishikawa Jihei, was a publisher of ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints based in the [[Nihonbashi]] neighborhood of [[Edo]] (later [[Tokyo]]). He worked with a number of artists, including [[Hokusai]], [[Utamaro]], and [[Kunisada]]. Due to the incredible length of his dates of activity, it is quite unlikely that Moriya Jihei was a single individual; rather, it is likely that his successor took on his name, or at least continued to use that name in his professional capacity as a publisher. | ||
Revision as of 18:15, 7 April 2012
Moriya Jihei, born Ishikawa Jihei, was a publisher of ukiyo-e prints based in the Nihonbashi neighborhood of Edo (later Tokyo). He worked with a number of artists, including Hokusai, Utamaro, and Kunisada. Due to the incredible length of his dates of activity, it is quite unlikely that Moriya Jihei was a single individual; rather, it is likely that his successor took on his name, or at least continued to use that name in his professional capacity as a publisher.
Moriya's firm is listed in the colophon (okutsuke) of books he published as Kinshindô (錦森堂); his seal read "Moriji" (森冶).
Jihei is known to have been a member of the Jihon toiya, or "Picture Book and Print Publishers Guild" in 1807, and to have been considered a member of the "Old Faction," or moto gumi, of that guild as of 1851. From 1876 onwards, he (or his successor in operating his publishing business) used a seal which read "Ichikawa Jihei."
It is unclear when the original Moriya Jihei was born, or when he died, but the name was used over a nearly 100-year span, from roughly 1797, until 1886.
References
- Marks, Andreas. Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Compendium. Hotei Publishing, 2011. pp243-245.
