Help with print publisher

[Stephen]

Im hoping we have a member in the know.

From these images do we know who published my Hasui?

 

Thank you for any assistance.

[Brian]

Malcolm would be the go-to guy on this.

[Stephen]

Im sure he'll see it thanks

[PietroParis]

The print is titled "Snow at Funabori" and was first published by Doi in 1932 (see here some examples from the web). Information on the Doi seals can be found here and here. At first sight I cannot find in those pages a seal like the one on your print, is it possible that another editor bought the original blocks from Doi and reprinted it with a different seal? Anyway, someone who can actually read Japanese will certainly be of more help than me.

 

Cheers, Pietro

[TETSUGENDO]

Stephen,

 

IGNORE

 

Cheers,

    -S-

[Stephen]

So Watanabe wasn't first to print?

 

Thank you Pietro

[SteveM]

The black writing in the margins

 

版権所有　飯田國太郎

Hanken shoyū (Publishing rights)　Iida Kunitarō

 

製作責任　平井

Seisaku sekinin (Production)  Hirai

 

摺　　　　　坂倉

Suri (Printer) Sakakura

 

Edit: fixed Sakakura

[Stephen]

Thank you Steve

[PietroParis]

Stephen, a limited number of Hasui's designs were published by editors other than Watanabe, see e.g. this page. It also could happen that a new editor acquired the rights of an existing design, and either used the original blocks or re-carved them (as Nakajima Shobisha did in the 50s with the prints originally published in 1929-30 by Kawaguchi & Sakai).

 

Thanks to Steve's providential lead, you can check this page for what appears to be a sibling of your print. It says:

 

"Although some impressions of this print bear the seal of the publisher Doi Sadaichi, this impression was published by Iida Kunitaro, whose seal is also found on another tanzaku print associated with Doi from the same year (Dusk at Itako). It would seem that while Doi was most likely the original publisher of both designs, he briefly consigned publication of the prints to Iida Kunitaro in the 1930s, where the production was supervised by the carver and printer Hirai Koichi and the printing was done by Sakakura Seijiro. "

 

Then there is also this page explaining the current fate of the woodblocks for "Snow at Funabori".

 

Cheers, Pietro

[Stephen]

Cheers Pietro...well done!!

[Peter Bleed]

This was a very useful and clear discussion. Thank you all!

Peter

[Bazza]

All,

 

Pietro conveyed the information:

 

... was published by Iida Kunitaro, whose seal is also found on another tanzaku print associated with Doi ...

 

Can anyone please give the meaning of tanzaku in this context???

 

Thanks,

 

BaZZa.

aka Barry Thomas.

[PietroParis]

Hi,

 

I think that tanzaku refers to the narrow format of the print (see e.g. this page).

 

Cheers, Pietro