Ukiyo-e Signature Sample Database

Change Log

2025-05-03
add signature source Harn (University of Florida Harn Museum of Art)
add entry for Eisai (Eiju)
upgrade samples for Hōkoku and Shigesada
refresh UBS artist index
2025-04-13
add signature sources Niigata (Niigata Prefectural Library), Oberlin (Oberlin College Allen Memorial Art Museum), Sōda (Sōda Bunko)
add entry for Bunshō (文昌)
add additional samples for Kōei, Rinshun and Rosetsu
2025-04-02
add signature source TMA (Tokyo Metropolitan Archives)
add entries for Gan Ku and Toshikage (とし景)
add additional samples for Kunimasa IV, Kunishige III, Kuniteru III and Shōsai (昇斎)
the HCCL site was reorganized; update links
2025-03-17
the PMA web site has a new object record URL format; update links
based on the evidence of a new acquisition (AW 125), reattribute all signatures previously assigned to Kunitsuna I to Kunifusa 国総
2025-02-26
add entries for Hasu and Nichō
add additional samples for Shigemaru and Yoshitsuya
add "also known as" links to the various names of publishers that have used different names over time (Publisher Seal Database)
add "additional examples" links to Publisher Colophon Database
2025-02-19
a few additions to Publisher Seal Database
2025-02-15
add additional samples for Kunisato and Yasumine
prefer the reading "Rissen" for 立川
promote Hōkoku from Mysteries to the main catalog
promote Shūkei 周渓 from Mysteries to the main catalog
update artist signature transcriptions to allow more shinjitai, as appropriate
2025-02-01
add signature sources SBMA (Santa Barbara Museum of Art), Spencer (Spencer Museum of Art)
add entries for Jutei (Toyomaru), Jutei (Sōhyaku), Kakutei (霍亭), Utagawa Shigefusa, Sōhyaku and Toyomaru (とよ丸)
add additional sample for Nanrei
having found a second impression of a surimono bearing the signature “Teisai” 貞斎 and attributed to Teisai Hokuba, promote an "unknown" entry to the main signature catalog
add new Andon index
many more additions to Publisher Seal Database — with thanks again to Horst Graebner
various updates and new entries added to Unsolved Mysteries
2025-01-24
the Hankyu Culture Foundation site had been reorganized, breaking existing links; now updated
2025-01-19
reorganize a bunch of NIJL image metadata
additions to Publisher Seal Database — many thanks to Horst Graebner for his contributions!
2025-01-08
add signature sources Taito (Taito City Library Digital Archives), UTokyo (University of Tokyo Library Digital Archives)
add entry for Takeshirō
add additional sample for Tōkō (東江)
upgrade a sample for Ganshōsai
initial publication of a preliminary Publisher Seal Database and an even more preliminary Collector Seal Database
general site reorganization to make room for the new databases
most of the javascript filters available in the Artist Signature database are now available in the Unidentified Artist Signatures database
add a dynamic signature count display to the existing databases (near the filter Reset button)
fix broken links for some catalogs using the ADEAC system
rekey links to objects at NIJL, which was extensively reorganized recently
2024-12-21
add signature source BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive)
add entries for Kaburagi Baikei, Eiga, Hodoyoshi, Kagetsu, Koen (湖燕) and Sakuragawa
add additional samples for Ashikuni (芦洲), Baizan, Chiharu, Hokusei (北西), Kachōrō, Kunimori (国盛), Nanboku, Seikoku, Shunchō (春蝶) and Yoshikuni (芳州)
a sample previously attributed to the Kamigata designer Shunchō 春蝶 was given its own new artist entry as Shunchō II, following Lühl
the sample for Hidemine (aka Shūgansai Shigehiro) has been tentatively re-dated from 1868 to c.1835, based partly on Lühl's insistence that the artist was only active around 1834, partly on the fact of the print having been published by Kashiwaya Sōshichi (per Marks, active until about 1833), and based on the prominant featuring of the Tenpō Tsūhō coin, first minted in 1835
two samples reading "Shigehiro ga" 重廣画 have been split off from the entry for Shūgansai Shigehiro and given a new Shigehiro entry; these appear on Kyōto prints (a sumizuri-e and a kappazuri-e) and, per Lühl, belong to a distinct artist
a sample reading "Umeharu ga" has been re-attributed from the late 1840s Umeharu to the late 1820s Umeharu
various firm names, seal names, and alternate readings that were missing from the "Marks" index have been added
the UBS artist index has been refreshed
various updates and new entries added to Unsolved Mysteries
2024-12-01
add signature sources AKL (Aotepia Kochi Library), CCMA (Chiba City Museum of Art), Dayton (Dayton Art Institute), FAM (Tokyo Fuji Art Museum), Fitz (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University), Hokkaido (Hokkaido Museum of Art), Hood (Hood Museum of Art), KPL (Kanagawa Prefectural Library Digital Archive), Keizai (Tokyo Keizai University Library Digital Archive), Kobe City (Kobe City Museum), Meiji (Meiji University Museum), NDA (Nichibunken Digital Archive), NMJH (National Museum of Japanese History Library Collection Database), Ryukoku (Ryukoku University Library Digital Archives), Siebold (Japan Museum SieboldHuis), Tochigi (Tochigi Digital Museum), Tsukuba (University of Tsukuba Digital Collections), Umi-Mori (Umi-Mori Art Museum), Vassar (Vassar College), Yokohama (Yokohama Municipal Library Digital Archives)
add entries for Anjū, Ashiyuki (芦雪), Bunseki, Eigyō, Hasegawa, Hiraki, Hirochika II, Hiromasa (広昌), Hirotada, Ichieisai (Yoshitsuya II), Kaisai, Kanpō, Kiyoshige (清繁), Kōko, Koyoshimori (小よし盛), Kuniharu (Yoshimori II), Utagawa Kunihiro 歌川国広, Kuninobu 国信 (Kamigata), Kunitaki, Kunitora (国寅), Kuniyasu (くにやす), Kyōjin, Kyokudō, Masa, Shimizu Mitsunobu, Riushi, Sadahisa, Sadakuni, Sadamaru (貞麿), Sadanao 貞直 (Meiji, Sadanao 貞直 (Kamigata), Sankōsai, Sansei, Seirei, Sekkōtei, Shigehiko, Shigeyoshi (茂義), Shoan, Shōtō, Gachōken Shuntei, Shūsui (拾水), Matsuo Shūzan, Suemura, Tomonobu (流宣), Uchimasa, Yasuharu, Yōsai (陽斎), Tamura Yoshinobu, Yoshioka, Yukikuni and Yukinobu (雪信)
add additional samples for Ashisato, Baiō, Bunrei, Chikanobu (周延), Chōei, Eiju (英寿), Enjaku, Goshichi, Harumichi, Harunobu (春宣), Hiromitsu, Hironobu, Hironobu II, Hokkei (北敬), Shunbaisai Hokuei, Hōsai (豊斎), Kansai (関斎), Kaoru, Kiyotada IV, Konobu II, Kōsuisai, Kotō, Kunifusa (国総), Kunimaro, Kunimasa (Kunisada III), Kunimasa IV, Kuniteru III, Kunitoki II, Kuniyasu (国安), Masakuni, Morinobu, Nitei, Otoji, Sadaaki, Sadahiro II, Sadanobu (貞宣), Sadayoshi (貞芳), Seisei, Sekka, Ryūsai Shigeharu, Shigehiro (茂広), Shōdō (蕉堂), Shōen (松園), Tamagawa Shunsui, Hokushinsai Shunzan, Takiharu, Tankōsai, Tōkyo (東居), Tosakō, Toyoshige III, Yoshikata (宜方), Yoshimaru (美丸), Yoshimasa, Fukuyama Yoshitoyo and Nansuitei Yoshiyuki
upgrade samples for Hokki, Ikumaru, Kansai (関斎), Keihō, Kinji (近二), Torii Kiyokuni, Kōsō, Yanagawa Kuninao, Sadatsugu, Senshū, Setsuri, Shūrei, Tokinobu, Utamaro (歌麿), Yoshikatsu (芳勝), Yoshitsuya and Yoshiume
an entry for a Kamigata artist signing as Kunifusa 国房 was misidentified as the artist identified by GUDJ as Utagawa Kunifusa II; now corrected
refresh the Ukiyo-e bunken shiryōkan index
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2023-11-26
add signature sources FUL (Fukuoka University Library), Cambridge (Cambridge University Library), CMOA (Carnegie Museum of Art), GPMH (Gunma Prefectural Museum of History), Kansai (Kansai University Open Research Center for Asian Studies)
add entries for Bansui, Bunpa, Chigusa (千草), Chigusa (千ぐさ), Eikyū (映丘), Ganryō, Hazan, Hichō, Hirotaka, Hokubai, Ichiga (一鵞), Ichiyōsai (一養斎), Isshō, Jokei, Kishikuni (岸国), Yamamoto Kōitsu, Manshū, Mokusen, Nansōrō, Sadaharu (貞晴), Senkyō, Seppō, Shichū, Shigenobu (Hokusū), Shōen (松園), Senzan Shōgetsu, Shunkaku (春霍), Shunshō (春松), Sūryō, Teigetsudō, Teruo, Toshiaki (年明), Yoshitsuru II (芳鶴), Yoshitsuru II (芳寉) and Yūgaku
add additional samples for Ayaoka Yūshin, Baikei 梅渓 (Fuhō), Bunrin, Chinchō, Miyake Eisai, Eisai (fl. c. 1868-1870), Eishō (英笑), Fujinobu, Tomikawa Fusanobu, Haruji, Andō Hiroshige, Hokusui (北粋), Ikkyū, Ikumaru, Kaikoku, Kanenari, Kiyomitsu, Kiyosato, Kiyotane (Bunka to Tenpō), Kōchō (公長), Kōitsu (孝一), Komatsuken, Konobu, Konobu III, Koryū (湖龍), Kōsa, Koun, Kunifusa (国総), Kuniharu (国春), Utagawa Kunihide, Kunikane, Kunimaro, Kuninaga, Utagawa Kuninao, Kunisato, Kuniteru (国照), Kuniteru II (国てる), Kunitsuna, Kunitsuru, Kuniume, Kyōden, Kyōsai (狂斎), Madonoya (窓廼屋), Masafusa, Masayoshi (政美), Masunobu 益信 (Meiwa), Matora, Minkō, Hasegawa Mitsunobu, Nagaharu, Nagahide, Nangaku, Ritsuen, Ryūsai (Hiroshige III), Ryūunsai, Seiyō, Sekka, Shigemitsu, Shikan, Shōkō (松好), Shūho, Shunchō (春潮), Shun'ei (春英), Shun'en, Shunkin (春近), Fusōen Shunkō, Shunkyō (春郷), Shunpan, Shunshi (春芝), Shunshō (春章), Katsukawa Shuntei, Shuntei III, Katsukawa Shunzan, Sogaku, Terukata, Fukushima Toshimitsu, Toshitane, Toshitsune, Utagawa Toyokuni, Toyokuni II, Kusamura Toyomaru, Yoshikatsu (芳勝), Yoshimine, Yoshinobu (美信), Ippyōtei Yoshinobu and Yōshū
upgrade samples for Ashifune (芦舟), Kadō, Kunimasu (国升), Kunimori II, Nakagawa, Seisai (Kadō), Seizō and Shōju (松寿)
update the "long name" of Aoi Shūho to Saitō Shūho, the name by which the artist appears to be better-known
move previously unidentified Mizuno Kōho to the main catalog
move previously unidentified Kunitenrai to the main catalog
move previously unidentified Utatora (1860s) to the main catalog
merge two previously unidentified Ikkō samples and move to the main catalog
regularize the handling of object IDs from Japan Arts Council
reorganize items from "Freer-Sackler" into "Smithsonian"
reattribute a signature from Umehide to Umeharu
merge the two entries for artists called "Nakagawa" 中川 — they seem likely one and the same
add several new indicies: Inoue Publisher Seals, Yamada Artists, Yamada Carvers and Printers, Yamada Publishers, and Yoshida Publishers
refresh the Ukiyo-e bunken shiryōkan index
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-06-01
add signature source NG Prague (Národní galerie Praha)
add entry for Hakuhō
add additional samples for Kunimasu (国升), Hasegawa Mitsunobu, Ritsuen, Shikan, Shunshi (春芝) and Yoshimine
upgrade samples for Ashifune (芦舟) and Shigehiro (重広)
add readings for names in the GUDJ Carver and Printer index
2022-05-24
add entries for Beijū, Bihō, Hidekata, Hinabito, Ikuikusai, Ikutoshi (幾歳), Kokintei, Ransen, Ryōka, Samei, Settei (雪艇) and Shigeteru
move a previously unidentified Funamaru sample to the main catalog
unify what had been two distinct entries into a unified one for Mitsukata 光方; they clearly belong to the same artist
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-05-13
add signature source UM Clark (University of Michigan Clark Library Maps)
add additional sample for Gyokuransai
systematically check WUL source URLs, fixing many broken links
2022-05-12
add signature sources Gakuen (Bunka Gakuen Library), Shibai (UTokyo Shibai Banzuke Image Database), SPMFWHC (Shizuoka Prefecture Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre)
add entries for Ayasono, Baen, Baien (梅園), Chikkoku, Hakuheki, Haryō, Kiko, Kishō, Kiyotane (Bunka to Tenpō), Kiyotane (清たね), Nōsu Kōsetsu, Manji (Meiji), Naoteru, Nobumaru, Sakamori, Seiu, Kiyokawa Shigeharu, Shūsha, Taneharu, Toshinobu (late Meiji), Tōtōsha and Yoshimori II (よし盛)
add additional samples for Baiji, Beisen, Enkatsu, Haruaki, Kikusen, Kisai, Kunimine, Nagatoshi, Nobumitsu, Umenomoto Ōsai, Seiichi, Shunkin (春近), Yoshiiku (よし幾) and Inoue Yoshikuni
correct reading of Harukata 晴方 (was mistakenly given as "Harutaka")
move a mystery signature reading "Shunsei" 春盛 to the Shunsei 春盛 entry in the main catalog
a mystery signature reading "Seiichi" 誠一 has been tentatively identified as belonging to Seiichi 誠一 in the main catalog; group it accordingly
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
add links to UBS for many secondary name entries
2022-04-28
add entries for Azumaya, Kokei, Kōnen, Kōsaku (幸作), Koyoshitora, Kōzan (綱山), Mokuken and Shisui
2022-04-22
add additional sample for Toshinobu (年延)
Keichū 敬中 is generally understood to be the same as Yamada Toshitada 山田年忠 — group the records accordingly
add new "Keyes Yoshitoshi Students" index
2022-04-20
add new "GUDJ Publishers" index; also add various annotations to existing "Marks" index based on cross-reference therewith
2022-04-14
add new "GUDJ Carvers and Printers" index
2022-04-04
merge stub entry for Furukawa Sanchō with existing entry for Koa Michō
add new "NDL" publisher index
fix incorrect transcription for name of publisher Sōshūya 相州屋 in the "Marks" publisher index
2022-03-17
add signature sources Hokudai (Hokkaido University Library), NTA (National Tax Agency (Japan)), Touken World
add entries for Baidō (ばいどう), Baiō, Baishō (梅章), Eichū, Insai, Kiyū (亀遊), Seiichi, Seisen, Sūsetsu, Toshihiro, Toshiyama, Toshiyuki (年之) and Yoshimitsu (よし光)
add additional samples for Chikuyō, Fūsai, Harunobu (Gakutei), Ippyō, Kansai (甘斎), Kiyotada IV, Kōsai (高斎), Kunimatsu (国松), Neisai, Toshihide (年秀), Toshimitsu (年参), Ukiyo Toshimitsu, Yamazaki Toshinobu and Yoshimitsu (芳光)
upgrade samples for Manjirō Hokuga, Nanryō and Toshikatsu
promote samples reading Shōfū 樵夫 from Mysteries to the main catalog; this is an art-name of Yamamura Seisuke 山村清助, aka Utagawa Kunitoshi 歌川国利
move a sample reading Ukiyo Toshimitsu to its own entry; it belongs to Ōsaka artist Sasaki Kichitarō 佐々木吉太郎
remove a sample reading Toshimitsu 年光 (from a Sino-Japanese War print), replacing it with two new samples under a new entry for Fukushima Toshimitsu
merge "References" page content into "Sources" page
add a new site section for "Research Notes" and add to it a page discussing signatures reading "Toshimitsu"
add the ability to filter on signature or seal content
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-02-24
add signature sources AAM (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco), Private Collection (Prints in Other Private Collections), YPL (Yamanashi Prefectural Library Digital Archive)
add entries for Fusatane (ふさ種), Hōsai (宝斎), Koun, Kyūrō, Nanyōsai, Shinten'ō, Yoshimaru II (よし丸) and Yoshitaka (よし鷹)
add additional samples for Anchi, Baidō (梅堂), Baiju (Kunitoshi), Busei, Hokuitsu, Kōsai (光斎), Kunihisa II, Ichijusai Kunikazu, Kuniomi, Kuniteru (国照), Kunitoshi (国利), Kuniume, Rinshun, Shigetoshi, Toshiaki (年章), Toyohiko, Tsuyamasa, Yoshimitsu (芳光), Yoshimori II (芳盛), Yoshitoshi (芳年) and Yoshitsuya
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
reassign a sample from Eitaku 永濯 to Eitaku 永躍
remove a print reference to GUDJ from the entry for Mochizuki Gyokusen; the entry in GUDJ is for a minor Osaka artist
reattribute a sample from Baidō 梅堂 to Tankei 探景
change preferred reading of 芳英 from "Yoshihide" to Yoshifusa, per UBS
create full-fledged "gallery" pages for full-print scans from contributors
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-02-09
add signature sources APL (Aichi Prefectural Library), MKGH (Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg)
add entries for Aigai, Baizan, Chikukei, Numata Gessai, Hokushin, Kakei, Seisei and Tōgaku (島岳)
add additional samples for Kunikatsu, Masahisa (政久) and Sadakage II
upgrade samples for Eishin (栄深) and Toyokuni IV
promote mystery samples for Masaatsu, Settei (雪亭) and Shūnan to the main catalog
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-02-01
add signature source Hoover (Hoover Institution Library & Archives)
add entries for Bunchi, Eiju (英寿), Ganrei, Hoshū, Kōchō (香蝶), Konomaru, Miyano and Ryūchin
add additional samples for Gyokuen, Hōen, Kōchō (公長), Nangai, Seisai (Kadō), Tsuneshige (経茂) and Yoshiiku (芳幾)
upgrade samples for Kiyochika (清親) and Yoshikage (芳景)
two previously-unread samples attributed to Yabu Chōsui have been identified as Suiō 酔翁; move them to the main catalog
move a sample previously identified as belonging to Taito II to the mystery pool; the name is actually Taito II's given name, not an art-name
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-01-26
add entries for Gyōdai, Kirakusai, Kiyotada IV, Masuyuki, Mimuro, Mineyoshi, Mitsusada, Mondo, Muda, Munekazu, Sekkoku (雪谷) [1890s], Sōen (草偃), Sōen (艸偃) and Suiseki
add additional samples for Bunmei, Munekata, Ōju, Sosen and Tanryō
a mystery sample has been identified as belonging to previously uncatalogued name Gyokujō; promote it to the main database
a mystery sample has been identified as belonging to previously uncatalogued name Shinka; promote it to the main database
add a partial fix for a long-standing bug where the filter highlight function would remove breaks that would not be restored by the Reset function
2022-01-19
add entries for Hōjuten, Ittei (一蜓), Morinobu, Shunsei (春盛) [Meiji] and Tōgyoku
add additional samples for Chikushin, Enkatsu, Gyokusen (玉僊), Kagenobu, Kiyoyasu, Kuniharu (国春), Kunimasa IV, Sensai (鮮斎), Gyokuryūsai Shuntei, Tosakō, Toyooka, Gansuitei Yoshitoyo and Zeshin
upgrade samples for Kunitsuru and Nagashima Shungyō
a mystery sample has been identified as belonging to Kobayashi Kiyochika; promote it to the main database
a mystery sample has been identified as belonging to Kunimasu 国升 (aka Gochōtei Sadamasu); promote it to the main database
remove a sample for Utagawa Toyooka; it was not from a print
reorganize samples from source Kindai -- there are two distinct ways these records are handled by NIJL, which this reorganization finally deals with properly
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-01-12
add "Other Names" column to Marks index, including seal, firm, and family names of each publisher
add an entry to Unsolved Mysteries
2022-01-06
add entries for Baraku, Bunki, Bunrei, Gashun, Hidemine, Hōji, Ichiraku (Kunikiyo II), Ichiryūsai (Hiroshige), Kinrei, Kōrei, Kōzan (幸山), Kunimichi, Kyūran, Manji (万字), Motomatsu, Obū, Ōsei, Rogetsu, Senchō (Eishun), Shuitsu, Shundō II, Katsukawa Shunyō, Okakura Shūsui, Tengaku, Tōchō, Toyokage, Yoshinobu (由信) and Yūshō
add additional samples for Bokusen, Bunsei, Busei, Chinnen, Donshū, Eizan, Enju, Fūko (楓湖), Gyōdai II, Gyokuen, Harumachi (春町), Hironari, Hirosada, Hōitsu, Hōshū, Itchō, Kakyo, Katei (和亭), Keibun, Keigaku, Kigaku, Kiitsu, Kiyū (其融), Kōga (光峨), Kōkan, Kōsame, Kunitora (国虎), Kunitsuna II (国綱), Kyōsui (京水), Nanmei, Nobuharu (延春), Nobushige (延重), Raishū, Renzan, Sadayuki (貞幸), Seiko (晴湖), Shigehiro (重広), Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, Katsukawa Shunjō, Shunkō (春紅), Shunsei (春盛), Shunwa, Katsukawa Shunzan, Shūtei, Sōji, Suian, Tokinari, Tōsui, Toyohisa, Toyohisa II, Toyotoshi, Yasu and Yoshinaka (芳中)
upgrade samples for Kunitsugu, Sozan and Yoshiiku (芳いく)
Karyō 夏良 is now usually considered to be an early art-name of Kiyochika; group it accordingly
demote the entry for Keigasa 珪峨砂 to Unsolved Mysteries
following Yoshio Katō, change preferred reading of Nakagawa Rogetsu to Nakagawa Ashitsuki
it appears that Sōya 窓屋 is actually just a abbreviated rendering of Madonoya 窓廼屋; update accordingly
fix links into the recently-reorganized site of Honolulu Museum of Art
all prints held by the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen are also catalogued in RUARC, but different information is provided by each source; provide links to both for items from this collection
a sample previously attributed to Shuntei III (1837-1902) matches one on a Shijō-type surimono dated to 1908; move both to Unsolved Mysteries along with another matching sample
add many entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-12-22
add signature source TUAT (Nature and Science Museum, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
add entry for Baidō (Kunihide)
add additional samples for Asataka, Eishō (英笑), Tōkō (東江), Toshimasa (年昌), Yoshimaru (美丸) and Yoshishige
upgrade a sample for Chikuyō
update links to Showa Women's University, whose web sites were recently reorganized
update links to the Lavenberg Collection, now hosted by the University of Oregon
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-12-11
add signature sources Ackland (Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), DBFI (Database of Folklore Illustrations)
add entries for Buichi, Bunyō, Gyōtei, Ichiyōan, Senshū, Suisenshi, Uhō and Yasushige
add additional samples for Chikanobu (周延), Gengyo, Hirochika, Kinji (近二), Kuniyoshi (国美), Masahisa (正久) and Toyosada
associate the existing entry for Kinji (近二) with Kunimaro II, following GUDJ
remove the entry for Nobukata and reattribute the existing sample to Yoshikata (宜方)
add long- and short-month listings to Years index, and rename the index to "Calendar"
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-11-26
add entries for Hokusai (ほくさゐ), Isoyoshi, Kisai, Kunimura, Kunitoku, Kunitomo II, Masaji, Sadashige 貞繁 (Tenpō to Kaei), Sadatomo, Sadayoshi (貞美) and Yasohachi
add additional samples for Kuniteru II (国てる) and Shunsai
attribute a previously mysterious signature reading "Toyokiyo" 豊清 to the entry for Utagawa Toyokiyo 歌川豊清
add on'yomi readings and element-animal associations to the "Years" index
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-11-16
add entry for Yoshikado (よし廉)
add new index "Years"
2021-11-09
add signature sources NYPL (New York Public Library), UTHI (University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute Nishiki-e Collection)
add entries for Detarameijin, Gessō, Jishōsai, Kazushige, Yoshiko, Inoue Yoshikuni, Ippyōtei Yoshinobu, Yoshishige (Meiji) and Yoshitomo (芳艫)
add additional samples for Keigaku, Yoshinobu (美信) and Yoshitomi
upgrade a sample for Shuntei III
add new indicies "Reader" and "Matsumoto"
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-10-22
add signature sources IPMA (Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art), MRAH (Musées Royaux d'Arte et d'Histoire), MTGHB (MTG Hawke's Bay)
add entries for Chikahide, Ichimei, Ichimeisai, Ikukatsu, Kunimasa V, Risshin, Sodō, Takakiyo, Takiharu and Toshinobu (年延)
add additional samples for Gabimaru and Yoshinobu (美信)
according to UBS, Taiseki (苔石) is an art-name of Tai'u (大羽) — group accordingly
some sources conflate Gessai Gabimaru (月斎峨眉丸) with Numata Gessai, but earlier works attributed to Gabimaru are too early to make this association credible; therefore separate these names
though sources are not consistent on this point, it appears that Risshō II (立祥) is not an art-name of Hiroshige III, but rather of Kikuchi Kiichirō 菊池貴一郎, a different student of Hiroshige II who later signed as Hiroshige IV — separate this name out, and add an entry for the latter
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
fix some broken javascript
2021-10-15
add signature source Enpon (Enpon Materials Database)
add entries for Katanobu, Senkei, Sensai (洗斎), Senseki, Senshin, Sensui, Shigesada, Shigeyo, Shizukata, Shūsai (舟斎) and Sōju
add additional sample for Shuntei (春汀)
move a signature reading Shuntei Gyoshi to its own new name entry
add call number references to all TML samples
2021-10-12
add signature sources Ikizumi (Ikizumi-Lab Satsuma Rebellion Nishiki-e Collection), Wellcome (Wellcome Collection)
add entries for Asataka, Chikanobu (千哥述), Chōshūsai, Ryūdō, Shōkei and Tennen
add additional samples for Mitsui Banri, Chingetsu, Gosai, Sekiga, Shigemasa (Hiroshige III) and Yanagawa Shigenobu
upgrade samples for Shunshō (春升) and Toshimoto
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-10-08
add signature source Daishinji (Daishinji Temple: Nishiki-e related to Iga Mamoru)
add entry for Yoshitsuya II (よしつや)
add additional sample for Moromasa
create new "Indicies" page, moving the GUDJ index under it; also add two new indicies to the new page
move signature Yōsai (雍斎) to its own new entry, leaving the related Yōsai (容斎) as a stub with no samples
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-06-20
add signature source NMS (National Museums Scotland)
add entries for Kōsai (紅斎), Shima and Tōkoku
add additional samples for Torii Kiyokuni, Senchō (泉晁), Tsuruko-jo and Yoshishige
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-06-10
add entry for Sadashige (貞しげ)
add additional samples for Utagawa Sadanobu and Toyoshige III
reattribute a signature from Okuhara Seiko to Aoki Seiko 青木栖古
2021-05-01
add Kitoku? to Unsolved Mysteries
various small updates and corrections, including to the Collection catalog
2021-04-04
add signature source IPL (Ishikawa Prefectural Library)
add entries for Akanean, Baison, Beisai, Kishi Chikudō, Donshū, Gesshō, Gyokuhō, Harukata, Asai Hirokuni, Hotei Hokuga, Kōhan, Nikka, Sadaaki, Seiki, Shōen (松園) [Meiji illustrator], Shōrei, Shōsen, Shūhō (秋峰), Shunpan, Shunrin, Shuntai, Tanpū, Tanshun, Itchōsai Terushige, Tomiharu, Tsuruzō and Yōsai (曜斎)
add additional samples for Kogai, Masaari and Toshichika
add print reference Hillier (1974), and clean up categorization of Maruyama/Shijō artists
reattribute a signature reading "Hōtei Hokuga" from Manjirō Hokuga to Hōtei Gosei
reattribute signatures reading "Shōgetsu" to Tsukioka Banu
prefer the reading "Masaari" over "Shōyū" for 昌有
prefer the reading "Yachō" over "Yashio" for 夜潮
relink images from ETM; collection reorganized with new IDs
expand system of links into UBS; now include "per-name" links instead of just "per-artist" ones
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-03-21
add signature source SMA (Sistema Museale di Ateno)
add entries for Eikyō, Kochōen, Kōei, Madonoya (窓屋), Nagaharu, Nangai and Tōshū (棠洲)
add additional samples for Yokoyama Kazan and Sūkoku II
add some new entries to Unsolved Mysteries, including two samples of an unidentified signature of Yabu Chōsui
2021-03-13
add entries for Giryō, Gozan (吾山), Koryū (壺竜), Nobuhide, Raisen, Raishū, Ryūgai, Shinsui, Sōen (宗園) and Torai
correct a reading for "Shiba" in Shiba Rinsai
many small updates to the object metatdata in the Collection section
2021-03-04
add additional samples for Yamazaki Toshinobu and Toshiyuki (年雪)
add a Collection page, and sub-pages for each print in my collection
2021-02-17
add additional samples for Kanzan and Kuniaki II (国明)
upgrade a Kunihisa II signature from Khirin with a similar but clearer example from MAK
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-02-15
add additional samples for Koyoshimori (小芳盛), Kuniaki II (国明), Kunimasu (国益), Kunisada II, Toshimitsu (年参) and Yoshitama-jo
reattribute a signature from Kuniaki to Kuniaki II based on a newly-added "Kuniaki II" signature from 1853
various minor fixes and additions
2021-02-11
add signature sources KCM (Katsushika City Museum), NPL (Nagano Prefectural Library Collaboration Organization)
add entries for Ashimaro (芦麿), Ayaharu, Baisai, Baisetsudō, Engetsudō, Harutaka (ハルタカ), Hidemaro, Hidemaru (秀丸), Shunyūsai Hokuun, Hokuzan, Hyakurin, Ichiyū, Ippyōsha, Ittō, Jōshin, Kagehide, Kagetsudō, Kansui, Keiyu, Kinsen (金僊), Kiyotsune (清つね), Kokuba, Kunitada, Matahei (Kunisada), Moriyoshi (守美), Nagakage, Nagakuni (Ashiyuki), Ōsai (桜斎), Raiju, Raisui, Rakusai, Sadaharu (定治), Sadatsugu, Seiran, Sekkōsai, Senchō (扇蝶), Shinpei, Shūei (秋栄), Shūgetsu (秋月), Shungetsu, Shunki, Shunman (春満), Shunshin, Shunyū, Sōji, Miyagawa Tominobu, Tomokuni, Tōsen (等川), Toshikata (とし方), Toshiyuki (とし雪), Toyomasa (豊政), Tōzan, Yoshimaru (よし丸), Yoshisen (芳仙), Yoshisen (芳せん), Yoshitori (よしとり) and Yumishō
add additional samples for Bunshin, Eishin (栄深), Gekkō, Gyokusen (玉泉), Gyokuwa, Hotta, Ikku, Kashō (華晴), Kikumaru (菊麿), Kinei, Kiyochika (清親), Kiyoshige (清重), Kōkan, Koryū (湖龍), Kunikazu (国計), Kunimasu (国升), Kunimatsu (国松), Yanagawa Kuninao, Kyosen (巨泉), Mangetsudō, Masafusa, Masanobu (政演), Masunobu (益信), Moriyoshi (守義), Munehiro, Namiroku, Naomizu, Risshō, Rosetsu, Sadatora, Sekkaen, Shigeyama, Shūko (秀湖), Shunkō II, Katsukawa Shuntei, Shūtei, Soraku, Tetsuzan, Toshichika, Toshikage (年景), Toyoaki, Suifu Toyoharu, Toyohiro, Toyosada, Utashige (歌重), Nishikawa Yasunobu, Yoshiharu (芳春), Jukōdō Yoshikuni and Yoshiume
reattribute MFA 21.6910 from Utagawa Toyoharu (per MFA) to Mito Toyoharu, on the basis that the signature closely matches recently-added sample RUARC BA31316986-110
reattribute two samples reading "Kuniyoshi" 国美 to Matsuura Moriyoshi, on the basis of the similarity with newly-added RUARC arcUP6692
remove a signature previously attributed to Tsukioka Kōgyo, which upon closer inspection clearly reads "Kōtō" 耕濤
upgrade a number of samples from the British Museum
add many new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-01-27
add signature source Berkeley (Berkeley Library, University of California)
add entry for Yoshimachi
add additional samples for Hōsai (鳳斎), Sadahiro II, Sekkoku, Shōsō (焦窓), Shūkō (秋香), Yoshimuro
reattribute a signature reading "Hōsai" 鳳斎 from Kuniaki II to Kasai Hōsai
remove a sample previously attributed to Kōgyo; it actually belongs to Kōtō
upgrade various existing samples
add two entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2021-01-19
add signature source Gakugei (Tokyo Gakugei University Library)
add entries for Arinobu, Gyokuseisai, Hiroshige (Ōsaka), Kuniaki II (国あき), Shūgetsu (しう月), Utashige (歌しげ), Yoshitani
add additional samples for Gyokuwa, Keihō, Kotō, Kunikiyo II, Kunisato, Kyōsha, Utashige (歌重), Yasuji, Yasukata
various sample upgrades, transcription corrections, etc.
add two new Unsolved Mysteries
2021-01-08
add entries for Isshōsai (一松斎), Kunimichi II, Kunitomo, Maromaru, Naohisa, Sadahiko, Sadamura, Satonoya, Yoshifusa-jo, Yoshikatsu (芳加津), Yoshimaru (芳丸), Yoshinobu (芳延), Utagawa Yoshiteru
add additional samples for Kunitaka, Kunitsugu, Masahisa (政久), Nobusada, Yoshimasa, Yoshimune, Yoshiume
add some new Unsolved Mysteries
2020-12-28
add entries for Bizan, Ichirō, Gentai, Hōchū, Ikutoshi, Jūtansai, Kazutoyo, Kokan (古澗), Ōkyo, Shizan, Sobun, Sosen, Sōun, Unga, Nishikawa Yasunobu
add additional samples for Bokusen, Chikashige, Eizan, Gitō, Kan'ei, Kazunobu, Nagatoshi, Unpō
add some new Unsolved Mysteries
2020-12-02
add signature source MAH (Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève)
add entries for Baiju (Kunitoshi), Bokushi, Ippō (一鳳), Kanpo, Kansai (甘斎), Katei (和亭), Kimei, Kiyosumi, Sūkoku II, Teiko, Tōgai, Yūsai (融斎)
add additional samples for Ashiyuki (芦幸), Ippō (一蜂), Kyoun, Seitei, Settan (雪旦)
remove spurious entry for "Shun'yō"; this signature appears to belong to Seiyō (青洋)
correct kanji transcription for Torafusa
updates from Ukiyo-e bunken shiryōkan
add/update various Unsolved Mysteries
2020-11-13
add entries for Chikushin, Nansō, Setsuri
add an additional sample for Kuniteru
improve transcription for unidentified artist Shōfū?
2020-09-26
add entry for Sadanobu (貞宣)
add additional samples for Chikashige, Risshō
add two samples for unidentified artist Kyokuhō(?) to Unsolved Mysteries
2020-09-18
add entries for Chikuō, Suzuki Shōnen
add additional samples for Fusakatsu, Toshikage
add some new Unsolved Mysteries
2020-09-05
add signature source HCMDA (Hakodate City Museum Digital Archives)
add entries for Fusakatsu, Hyakushun
add entry to Unsolved Mysteries for Kangetsu
2020-08-15
add signature source Penn
add entries for Chitora, Chūshū, Ishū, Keihō, Kogai, Hyakusen, Matsutani, Neisai, Rocho, Rokō (路考), Rokoku, Teruhisa, Toshimine (年みね), Toyooka, Tsukihide, Tsuneaki, Tsunenobu, Yūkō
add an additional sample for Tsuneshige
2020-07-11
add entry for Kinzō
2020-07-05
add signature source KHIRIN
add entries for Donkai, Keiju, Keirin (蕙林), Ichiō, Kunimasa IV (国まさ), Kunitoshi (国とし), Nobuyuki, Utagawa Sadanobu, Fusōen Shunkō, Shunsho (春渚), Torafusa, Torahide, Toyoshige III, Umeyuki, Yoshinaka
add additional samples for Eitaku, Kikukoshi, Kunihisa II, Kunimaro, Kunitsuna, Kyōsui, Nobukazu, Nobushige (延重), Yoshifuji (芳藤), Yoshitoyo II (よし豊)
promote entry for Rankō (蘭江), Ryūsen, and Shiragikusai from Unsolved Mysteries
add several new entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2020-06-16
add entries for Gahō and Yasu
add an additional sample for Hokuga (北雅)
add Seirō(?) to Unsolved Mysteries
upgrade some BM samples (BM has recently upgraded their online collection site)
fix TML links to new scheme
2020-06-12
add signature source FCWL (Funabashi City West Library)
add entries for Banju, Bunsen, Fumihiro, Funamaru, Harumichi, Harunobu (陽延), Hiroaki, Hirokata (寛方), Hōko, Kasai Hōsai, Hōzan (芳山), Ichieisai, Josen (ぢよせん), Joyō, Rensha, Seihō (静峰), Shinsai (晋斎), Yoshihide (芳英), Yoshi-ikku (芳一九)
correct transcription for Yoshimuro
add additional samples for Rinshun, Shigeki, and Terukata
reclassify Kanmei as an art-name of Otake Kunikazu
promote several samples from Unsolved Mysteries to main catalog, including for Mitsui Banri, Mitsukara, Yasumine
add Ranshitsu? to Unsolved Mysteries
2020-05-23
add an entry for Hisakuni
add an additional sample for Kōitsu (耕一)
promote entry for Seishū (青洲) from Unsolved Mysteries
2020-05-09
add entries for Enshi (燕子), Kan'yō, Seisuke, Sekiei, Sekishi (石子)
add entry for Kuniyoshi? (国悦) to Unsolved Mysteries
various minor updates
2020-04-15
add entries for Ashifune (fl. c. 1892), Eiju (英樹), Eishō (永章), Fūko (風湖), Gettō, Gyokukei, Hakurei, Hirokata, Hiromasa, Hōsen (鳳仙), Indō, Kageshige, Kashū, Kyoun, Masaharu, Masayuki, Meigaku, Michichika, Mineshige, Nobukata, Nobutoyo, Ryōgetsu, Sanshō (三省), Seudō, Shigenori, Shōdō (蕉堂), Shūtō, Yasukata, Yoshifusa (fl. c. 1891)
add additional samples for Rosetsu, Ryūu, Yoshikage
add entry for Shigemitsu to Unsolved Mysteries
2020-03-31
add signature source Katei (University of Tokyo Library)
add entries for Kachōrō, Namiroku, Tenkō, Terutsuki, Toen, Tokinari, Tōkō, Tōno, Tōrin (東林), Tsutsumi Tōrin II, Kōkaitei Tōrin, Tōsai (fl. c. 1874), Tōsha, Toshisada (とし貞), Tōshū (嶋洲), Tōsen (東川)
add additional samples for Eitaku, Teisai (亭斎), Toshisada (年貞)
2020-03-23
regularize capitalization of name transcriptions to use lower case for initial letters that are not part of a name proper
add entries for Aki, Bunsai, Buntei, Chikahiro, Chikayoshi (周嘉), Eisai (嬰斎), Ichiyūsai (一雄斎), Kikyō, Kōbi, Kogaku, Kokō, Komin, Koshin, Otojirō, Otoji, Rinshun, Sadanobu (貞延), Sadanobu (貞のぶ), Sanba, Seika, Seisai (静斎, fl. c. 1886), Shinchō, Shingyō, Shinitsu, Shinsai (辰斎, fl. c. 1896), Suitei, Takusū, Yōsen
add additional samples for Hokusū, Sadamasu (貞益), Seikō (静光), Sekishi
promote an entry for Suiu (すいう) from Unsolved Mysteries
2020-03-17
add entries for Chikashige (周茂), Chikatomo, Eigetsu, Eiichi (栄一), Eiki, Eisai (英斎, fl. c. 1886), Tanryō, Tansai
2020-03-14
add signature source SBB (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin)
add entries for Chimachi, Gabimaru, Gunbatei, Kankō, Keichū, Keisō (桂荘), Keisō (圭荘), Kigaku, Kikushū, Kunifusa (国房), Kunihiro (国弘), Utagawa Kunikazu, Kunitomi II, Tsunefusa, Tsuneharu, Yukiharu
add additional samples for Chikaharu, Tominobu, Toshitsune
associate entry for Ichiyōsai with Kunimine
reattribute a signature from Kuniharu II to Kuniyasu (国泰)
promote Kagasenjin from Unsolved Mysteries
add Shōtō? to Unsolved Mysteries
2020-03-03
add entries for Eiryū (永柳), Fūko, Kasen, Kinhō, Nansai, Ryōshin, Shūko (習古), Shūko (秀湖), Toshishige (年茂), Yoshikata (宜方), Yoshitane, Yoshitoshi (芳利), Takebe Yoshitoyo
add an additional sample for Kunitaka
normalize references for NDL samples to source call number
2020-02-26
add entries for Gyoshū, Kōgyō (耕暁), Kōgyoku, Kōsei, Taiseki, Toshinao
add additional samples for Nagatoshi, Shunkin (春近),
2020-02-23
add additional samples for Sekkyō, Toshisada, Toshitsune
update a number of broken links to Ukiyo-e bunken shiryōkan pages
fixes to a variety of minor bugs revealed by improved validation
2020-02-20
add entry for Tsunehide
include alternate reading "Gyōsui" for Kawanabe Kyōsui; sources seem quite divided on the correct reading
various minor fixes
2020-02-16
add whitespace to signature transcriptions for improved clarity
add an additional sample for Toyosada
upgrade a signature for Ōsai (Kunichika)
lots of small fixes and tweaks
2020-02-15
add entries for Eiko and Nantō
add an additional sample for Gyokushō
2020-02-13
add "Filter by text" control, for multicharacter search on all name, signature and seal fields
add additional samples for Ikeda Ayaoka, Kobayashi Eiichi, Kunimasa III, Sozan, Taguchi Toshinobu
promote Kaikoku from Unsolved Mysteries
add seal readings, various other small updates
2020-02-09
add new "pinning" feature: check the box next to the name ID to prevent the name from being hidden by filters
2020-02-08
add signature source WAM (Worcester Art Museum)
add entries for Hokutei (北亭), Ukiyoan, Yoshikuni (芳洲)
add additional samples for Ashimaro, Bunsei, Harumachi, Kōga (光峨), Minemaru, Sadahiro, Shinsai (辰斎), Toyohiro, (Jukōdō) Yoshikuni (よし国), (Jukōdō) Yoshikuni (芳国)
promote an entry for Fumio from Unsolved Mysteries
add more Unsolved Mysteries, including Ippō?, Kansui, Tōshō?
2020-02-05
add entries for Seiikutei, Toyosada
add additional samples for Gekkō, Gyokuki
2020-02-01
add signature source UMich (University of Michigan Museum of Art)
add entries for Bunji, Bunshin, Shinsai (真斎), Untan
add additional samples for Settei, Settan (雪旦), Suikei, Unpō, Jukōdō Yoshikuni
add Sessō? to Unsolved Mysteries
update the transcription of an entry in Unsolved Mysteries from "擧雪" to "擧雲"
2020-01-25
add signature sources NGA (National Gallery of Australia), PAM (Portland Art Museum), Princeton
add entries for Utamasa I, Senchōsai Eishun, Kinji, Utamasa III
add additional samples for Ekigi, Sonsai Kōitsu, Kōsetsu (耕雪), Kunimaro, Utamaro
tentatively reattribute a signature from Utamasa II to Utamasa I
add more Unsolved Mysteries, including Gakuki?, Kotō, and Shinga?, as well an an additional sample for Kaikoku?
2020-01-20
add signature sources NCIL, Stanford, TPL
add entries for Chōsai, Kōdō, Kuninobu II, Ōshinsai
add additional samples for Chikamitsu, Ikuhide, Kunikazu (国一), Kunishige III, Kuniyoshi (国美)
update transcription and reading for a signature that I now believe reads "Ōshinsai Kuniyoshi ga" and reattribute it to Matsūra Moriyoshi
add several signatures to Unsolved Mysteries, including Dairei, Jokan?, Kōtei?, Shunshū?
2020-01-18
add signature sources OPL, SLAM
add entries for Kōhō, Kunimaro II, Masanao, Sekka, Sekkaen, Seishō, Shikō (紫紅), Teisai (亭斎), Toshimitsu (年充), Toshishige
add additional samples for Hanpo, Kōtō, Kunimatsu, Kuniteru III, Kunitoshi, Shunkō (春郊), Toshimitsu (年参), Yoshikuni (美邦), Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
upgrade existing samples for Banri (萬里), Gessan (月三), Minehide, Nobushige (延重), Toshichika
add a signature reading Kōsai (高斎) to Unsolved Mysteries
2020-01-10
add signature source BoJ
add entries for Gitei, Gitoku (義篤), Gyokusen (玉僊), Gyokuzan II, Issunshi, Harutaka (はるたか), Hidenari, Hiroshige III (広しげ), Hisatoyo, Inkō, Kangetsu, Kashiku (哥祝), Kashiku (かしく), Katsura, Keikō, Kokudantei, Ōden, Okuhide, Sanshō, Seichūan, Shiken, Shinkō (新好), Shōnen, Katsu Shōzan, Shūho, Shunpō (Tenpō), Shuntoku (春とく), Suiu, Taiitsu, Tetchōsai, Tetsuzan, Toshiyuki, Umemori, Zōshō
add additional samples for Busei, Eisui, Fūsai, Hōbun, Shunrō (春朗), Hokushū (北洲), Kōsa, Kiyomoto II, Kuninaga, Sadashige (貞重), Kuniyoshi (国美), Moriyoshi, Nichōsai, Umenomoto Ōsai, Ryūkōsai, Shōmaru, Shunchō (春潮), Utamaro
upgrade a sample for Kōsai (高斎)
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2020-01-01
add entries for Hokusū, Keisai (馨斎), Yoshiteru (芳照)
add additional samples for Kōin, Shunkō (春郊)
promote several signatures from Unsolved Mysteries to new entry Kokuha in main catalog
promote a signature from Unsolved Mysteries to entry for Kuniyuki in main catalog
promote a signature from Unsolved Mysteries to entry for Katsukawa Shungyō in main catalog
reattribute entry for Shunmin from Shungyōsai I to Shungyōsai II
2019-12-30
add entries for Chōfū, Fuyōsai, Fukui Gessai, Kagekata, Kagenobu, Kanrei, Kazan (夏山), Kazuhiro, Kihō (起鳳), Kōtan, Kunimasa IV, Rankei, Rishun, Rōko, Sogo, Sōn
add additional samples for Baikei (梅恵), Gekkō, Ōzui, Ryūsai (竜斎), Sessō, Soken, Yoshimine
reattribute two signatures from Toshitsune to Taguchi Toshinobu
correct the transciption and reading of a Yoshikuni (芳州) signature (it was previously read "Yoshitomi 芳富")
promote a Chōki signature from Unsolved Mysteries to main catalog
promote two Tomioka Eisen signatures reading Sōsai (そうさい) from Unsolved Mysteries to main catalog
promote Kyūkō from Unsolved Mysteries to new entry in main catalog
update several transcriptions of signatures using "㐂" in place of "喜"
various updates to readings
2019-12-21
add signature source SHIMZ
add entries for Yokoyama Kazan, Kinchōrō, Kyōichi, Rinsei, Shōseiko, Unchō, Utayoshi
add additional samples for Chikashige, Gakutei (岳鼎), Watanabe Kazan, Shiseki, Toyohiro, Yanagawa, Yoshiiku (よし幾)
reattribute entry for Beika from Taito II to Yamaoka Beika
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries, including Shō-ō (松翁), Utawa (歌和)
add or correct various readings
2019-12-18
add signature source DJAOC
add entries for Eiryū (英柳), Meimeikyo Iitsu, Kuniteru (国照), Rakumaru, Sekko (石湖), Shunjō (fl. c. 1832), Sogaku, Toshihisa, Toyomaru II, Yoshikoma
add additional samples for Hokurei, Kunikazu (国員), Kyosui (京水), Kinoshita Roshū, Shūgansai Shigehiro
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries, including one for an unread signature attributed to Matsukawa Hanzan
improve handling of backlinks for samples from multi-image objects at BM, also JACAR/BL
update some seal readings, etc.
2019-12-10
add entries for Ryūsai (Hiroshige III), Utagawa Kunihide, Shōsetsu
add additional samples for Taito (Hokusai), Ichiōsai (Kunichika)
add entry un118 to Unsolved Mysteries
update some seal readings, etc.
2019-12-02
add signature sources AGSA, CMA
add entry for Toyohisa II
add additional samples for Karyō, Koryūsai, Ryōko, Katsukawa Shungyō, Katsukawa Shunzan, Hishikawa Sōri, Ichiryūtei Toyohide
correct reading for "Baidō" Kunimasa
2019-11-24
add signature source BnF
add entries for Arifumi, Settan (雪潭), Risshō II, Tōkaen Hokuei, Jukōtei, Seikō (静光), Shūzan, Yukihiko
add additional samples for Keisai (渓斎), Eishō (栄昌), Ekigi, Gakutei (岳亭), Baiso, Hokuga (北鵞), Hokusai, Kōgyo, Kunimaru, Nobushige (延重), Shunsen (春扇), Tōshū (等舟), Tsuneshige (経茂), Utamasa, Nansuitei Yoshiyuki,
upgrade a Sadayuki (貞之) sample
add Unsolved Mysteries entries for Moritō, Nagamaro, Seikō (静崗), Sōyū, others
2019-11-22
add entries for Chikayuki (千哥幸), Hōseisai, Kotō, Utatora, Nobushige (延繁), Tori, Yoshiharu (よし春), Yoshitaki (よし滝)
add additional samples for Eirin, Gakyōjin, Gyokuei, Kakō (華香), Kokunimasa, Ashihara Kuninao, Kunisada III, Kunitoshi (くにとし), Nitei, Shigekiyo, Toshimasa (年昌), Toshitada, Tankei
add Unsolved Mysteries entries for Fujisada, Sashirau, Yasumine
2019-11-20
a few romaji letters with macrons ("ō", "ū") were stored using the combining macron, which interfered with browser text search; standardize all to use symbols from the "Latin Extended-A" Unicode block, such as "LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON"
add signature source NGV
add entries for Hakuhan, Josen, Kōsa, Shūga, Maeno Shuntei
add additional samples for Eisen (永洗), Eishun, Kawai Gyokudō, Gyōzan, Hanko, Kanmei, Kinsen, Kiyokata, Kunimatsu, Kunitoshi (邦年), Senji, Shōsō (蕉窓), Nagashima Shungyō, Toyomaro, Yoshikage, Yoshitsuna
promote a Kiyokata signature from Unsolved Mysteries to main catalog
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-11-16
add signature source Pushkin
correct readings for many names ending in 「麿」: Fujimaru, Hidemaru, Isomaru, Kikumaru, Michimaru, Minemaru, Shikimaru, Tsukimaru, Yukimaru (行麿), Yukimaru (雪麿)
correct reading of a Hanasato signature and combine it with existing entry
correct transcription and reading of Otori
add entries for Ikuhide(幾ひで), Meiji-era illustrator Kunihide (国英), Naosada, Sessō, Tsunemaru
add additional samples for Bunrō, Eishō (栄昌), Konobu I, Masanobu (政演), Masazumi, Sadamasu (貞升), Shōgetsu (松月), Shōsō, Shunman, Toshisue, Yoshiume
promote Fūsai and Genri from Unsolved Mysteries to main catalog
add an entry to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-11-11
add entry for Ikkōsai
add additional sample for Yoshimaru II
more Unsolved Mysteries
2019-11-10
add signature sources SI, AW
add entries for Chidō, Harutaka, Hōbun, Hōsen, Hōzan, Kiyochika (清近), Kōkyō, Shunkyo, Sukeharu, Tsukikawa Terushige
add additional samples for Hishikawa Kiyoharu, Toshiyuki, Tori-jo
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-11-05
add signature source MWUR
add entries for Rantoku, Sennen, Hishikawa Shundō, Shunshi (春始), Shuntei (春定), Utamaro (うた麿)
add additional samples for Hanzan, Seisai (静斎), Shunpūsha, Toshiaki
add several entries to Unsolved Mysteries
correct some readings
2019-10-30
add entries for Baishō (梅笑), Bunkyo, Eikyoku, Kazunobu, Ichiyūsai (Kuniyoshi), Kyokkō, Shunkyō (春喬), Shunryū, Tōshū (東秀)
add two entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-10-27
add entries for Chiyo-jo, Hōgi, Hokushū (北周), Kagetoshi, Katsumachi, Hishikawa Masanobu, Tetsu (Kunitetsu), Ryūshi (竜子), Toshikuni (歳国), Utagawa Toyohide
add additional entries for Hokumei (北溟), Hokuyō (北曜)
correct some readings
add some entries to Unsolved Mysteries
finish hiragana transcriptions for GUDJ Index, plus related upgrades
2019-10-18
add signature source JSMA
add entries for Chōan, Gekkei, Kokkadō, Hōsai (鳳斎), Shunsen (Takehara Shunsensai), Tōkei (東渓), Yōgyo, Yoshimaru II, Yūtei, Zaisei
add additional entries for Tomikawa Fusanobu, Gengyo, Masayoshi
add stub entries for Gessai, Ōi
upgrades to GUDJ Index: add internal cross-references, hiragana transcriptions for pp. 10-109
2019-10-13
add entries for Chikudō, Geppō, Gitō, Gyokurin, Kanenari, Keishi, Kitarō, Koshū, Minwa, Ōju, Ōzui, Roshū, Shōdō, Takudō, Yukinobu
add additional entry for Gosai (Toshihide)
2019-10-07
add entries for Hanamaro, Kagen, Kōkei, Muranobu, Tōyō, Yoshō
add additional entries for Hakuei, Hokusui, Kiyochika
promote a Nanpō sample from Mysteries to main catalog
reattribute a sample from Kunihiko to Kunihiko II (Kuniteru)
update transcription of an Ashiyuki signature
2019-09-26
add filtering by style/school
add filtering by Ukiyo-e.org "score" (i.e. for artists with "profile" pages, the total number of prints for that artist)
2019-09-25
add entries for: Ganbun, Eikai, Gakutei (岳鼎), Gantai, Gyodai, Gyokkei, Hakuei, Hironari, Hōen, Keijun, Nanka, Ōshin, Rankō (蘭香), Sessen, Shōeki, Hanbei, Shun'yō (春洋), Shōyū, Shūsui, Sozan, Sūrin, Tomonobu, Yashio, Yoshifune
add additional samples for: Atsumaru, Tani Bunchō, Ekigi, Gosei, Kōchō, Keisai (蕙斎), Tōnan, Yanagawa
correct reading of "Fuhō"
add style/school banners for non-ukiyo-e artists
2019-09-22
fix a filter bug that caused matching entries to be hidden despite the match
2019-09-13
add entries for Gakuryō, Genzaburō, Hanabusa Ippō, Kōga (高雅), Miki-jo, Kunishige III, Hirose Shigenobu, Hanafusa Shigenobu
add an entry for Nanboku to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-09-11
add entries for Bakō, Chūwa, Torii Fusanobu, Tanigawa Fusanobu, Hakutō, Hidemichi, Hirochika, Hironobu II, Hyakki (百喜), Shungyōsai Masanobu, Katsura Munenobu, Munenobu, Nantei, Nobushige, Shōwa, Shūhō, Hayami Shungyōsai, Shunmin, Shunsei (春盛), Shunsei (春青), Shunsensai, Tokinobu, Tōrei (稲嶺), Yoshihide, Yoshimuro, Yoshitame
add additional samples for Nanmei, Utagawa Yoshiharu
update attribution for "Baikei" signature: this is not Chūwa
add a puzzling Toyokiyo signature to Unsolved Mysteries
various minor corrections
2019-09-04
add lots of entries (and some additional samples) for Meiji-era illustrators from NDL: Akinobu, Inaba Ashikuni, Chokujō, Ichiyōsai, Ippyō, Kunitama, Koyama Mitsukata, Nakagawa, Ryokuga, Tosakō, Toshisue, and Yoshiharu (芳治)
add some entries to Unsolved Mysteries
add a seal transcription and reading from a Beisen Ōtsu-e print
2019-09-02
add entry for Meiji-era illustrator Shuntei (春亭)
add additional sample for Tsuguzane
promote entry for Asaka no Katsumi from Mysteries to main catalog
show name IDs at bottom left corner of each name entry
2019-09-01
add signature source UCSF
add entries for Isshōsai (Hiroshige III), Mitsuchika, Sensai (Eitaku), Shunkō (春香)
add additional samples for Eihō, Ikku, Kason, Kodō, Kōsetsu (耕雪), Kunimine, Sadahiro II, Shunkō (春郊), Toyonobu (豊宣), Yasumine, Yoshikatsu, Yoshimune II, Yoshitoshi (芳年, よし年)
update some seal readings
add quite a few entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-08-27
add an entry for Gyokuki
add additional samples for Kyōko, Toshihide, Toshimine, Toshitsune, Urakusai
add/update various seal transcriptions and readings
2019-08-25
restructure seal metadata, allowing for kanji/radical filtering of seal transcriptions
2019-08-22
promote entries for Konsai and Yushō from Unsolved Mysteries to main catalog
regularize handling of hentaigana in signatures
add/update various seal readings
2019-08-18
promote entry for Kunifusa (国総) from Unsolved Mysteries to main catalog
remove several samples attributed to Kunitsuna I; research suggests these belong to Kunitsuna II
add some additional samples for Kunitsuna II
2019-08-16
add an additional sample for Yoshitsuya
correct transcription/reading of a Toshiaki signature
2019-08-13
add an additional sample for Shunkō (春郊)
some updates to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-08-05
fix broken anchors on GUDJ index
2019-07-26
correct the transcription and reading for a Kuniyoshi signature
2019-07-17
add an additional sample for Santō Kyōden
update some seal readings
2019-07-09
add a navigation bar
2019-07-04
add an additional sample for Suzuki Harunobu
2019-06-16
add entries for Hokkei (北恵), Hokkō, Hokumei (北溟), Hokusai II, Raiei, Ikku, Shinsaku, Taisuke
add additional samples for Hokki, Taiga
2019-06-10
fix for recent change to MFA object URI scheme
add entries for Toratane, Yoshihisa
add additional samples for Kunimori II, Umenomoto Ōsai, Sadatoshi, Yoshiiku
update transcription for a Kunitora sample
some updates to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-06-02
add signature source Pulverer
add entries for Gitoku, Kyūhō, Michimaro, and Yukimaro (行麿)
add additional samples for Hanzan, Chikamaro, Seiyō, Soken, Toyonobu (豊宣), and Yoshiharu (芳晴)
update transcription and reading for Nichōsai signature
2019-05-30
add entries for Chikutō, Gochōsai, Gyokusai (Shōba), Kōchū, Koen, Kōnan, Minkō, Hasegawa Mitsunobu, Nanmei, Nichōsai, Raishō, Ryōsui, Saiō (Sōchō), Shōba, Shōhō, Sōchō, Soken, and Tōkyo (東挙)
add additional samples for Rankō, Rogetsu, and Yanagawa Shigenobu II
update transcription for Nan'a
upgrade sample for Mori Shunkei
promote samples for Jukōdō and Chōsui from Unsolved Mysteries to main page
update some transcriptions on Unsolved Mysteries page
2019-05-26
add entries for: Bunmei, Kihō, Kimō, Masanobu (まさのぶ), Shungyoku, Tōgaku, and Toyohiko
add additional samples for: Bunpō, Ginkō, Hanzan, Shigemasa II, Toyokuni (とよ國), and Yoshimaru
promote Mausai from Unsolved Mysteries to main page
add a couple of entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-05-22
add entries for: Atsumaru, Bairi, Bunrin, Eijo, Eiri (永艃), Genki, Kinji, Masateru, Nangaku, Rankō, Seido, Seiyō, Shōsō, Suikei, Itchinsai (Yoshiteru)
add additional samples for: Eiichi, Eishō (英松), Koryū, Tōrin III
upgrade existing samples for: Sōri (Hokusai), Shōhō, Shunsō
2019-05-16
add signature sources JACAR/BL (Sino-Japanese War Prints in the British Library), NIJL (National Institute of Japanese Literature: Bibliographic and Image Database of Japanese Modern Times), and PDMA (Public Domain Museum of Art)
based on a new signature/seal sample, move attribution of a sample from Ayaoka Yūshin to Ikeda Ayaoka
add entries for Chikanobu (千哥信), Keirin, Masahisa (政久), Shōgetsu (曻月), Tōkō, Toshihide (年秀), Toshikatsu
add additional samples for Kunitora II (國乕), Motoharu
add a couple of samples to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-05-12
add signature source CPL (Chiba Prefectural Library)
add entries for Ichiraku, Kanehiko, Yamamura Kōitsu, Kōsaku, Sekisai, Kuniyuki (国雪), Kuniyuki (国幸) II, Katsushika (Masahisa), Masanobu (雅信), Shūmei, Toshisada
add additional samples for Keishū, Sadakage II, Kunimasu, Sadatoshi
move existing Sadatoshi sample to Unsolved Mysteries
upgrade sample for Gyokuei
2019-05-09
add signature sources Meitan and MCL
improve handling of links to multipage objects at NDL
add entries for Baiju, Chamaru, Chikusai, Chōei, Kobayashi Eiichi, Eiji, Iitsu, Nanpō, Raisai (雷斎), Seisai (晴斎), Seisō, Shūji, Tanesada, Toshitaka, Yoshitomo
add additional samples for Keinen, Yoshifuji, Yoshitaki, Yoshitomi, Mōsai (Yoshitora)
add a few new Unsolved Mysteries
2019-05-02
add entry for Kamei Gyokudō
add additional samples for Kōtō and Naomasa
2019-04-28
add entries for Eishōsai (栄枩斎), Enrōsai, Hirokuni, and Yoshikado (芳嘉登)
add an additional sample for Kuninaga
add a few new Unsolved Mysteries
2019-04-23
add entry for Takahiro
add two additional samples for Chōki
2019-04-19
add entries for Kunitoki I, Shūkei
add an additional sample for Kyōsha (Kyōsai)
2019-04-17
add entries for Ekigi, Kunimasa (国まさ), Shōhō, and Yoshihiro
add an additional sample for Kunimitsu
2019-04-16
add entries for Iitsu (Hokusai)
add an additional sample for Shūri
move entries from mysteries to main catalog: Keishū, Seishū
various minor updates
2019-04-13
add entries for Sadaoka (Gakutei), Ittei, Kunimitsu (国光), Madonoya, Motonobu
add samples for Kazan (華山), Kunimaru, Ryūsai (竜斎), Shigekatsu, Shuntei (春亭)
2019-04-11
add entries for Sonsai, Ryūshi, Reisai, Ryūryūkyo, Shinsen, Shūraku
add additional samples for Ayaoka (Yūshin), Shinsai, Tōshū, Tsukimaro
upon review, reject MFA's "Shūba" in favor of "Hyakuba" (Bokutei)
add print reference Forrer (2013)
add a couple of new Unsolved Mysteries
2019-04-08
add entry for Raito (Hokutai)
add additional samples for Hōtei Hokuga, Kunitsuna, Kunitsuru, Soshin, Tōkai, Yanagawa
2019-04-07
add entries, mostly from RISD, for: Isshōsai (Fusatane), Gantoku, Ichiga, Jihinari, and Ritsusen
add additional samples (from RISD) for: Keisai (Eisen), Shūtei, and Tanka
add lots of new Unsolved Mysteries
2019-04-06
add entries from RISD: Mochizuki, Nanpō, Mori Shunkei, and Kansetsu
add additional samples for Keiri, Kōsuisai, Shigenaga, Tōkei, and Yukimaro
small updates to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-04-05
add entries from RISD: Jūkusai, Nakajima Kyōsai, Taiga, and Beika
add an additional signature for Toyomasa
add some Unsolved Mysteries
2019-04-03
resolve several mysteries, at least enough to move them to the main catalog: Baiso (Gengyo), Hannichian Nan'a, Sōran, Rekisentei Sorin, and Yoshiyuki (芳ゆき)
add another Yoshimori sample
various updates and additions to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-03-31
add entries for Bunpō, Keigetsu, and Seiko (栖古)
add an additional sample for Rokkaen Yoshiyuki
add signature sources AdMT (Ad Museum of Tokyo) and RISD
add more Unsolved Mysteries
2019-03-30
add entry for Yoshikadō (よし嘉堂画)
add additional samples for Eisen, Hiroshige, Kunitsuna, Kunitsuru, Senchō, Yoshikado, and Yoshitora
add signature source Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM)
add more Unsolved Mysteries
2019-03-26
add entries for Ichiōsai (Kuniaki II), Kunimori II (くにもり), and Kunitoshi (くにとし)
add additional samples for Kokunimasa and Kunimori II
add more Unsolved Mysteries
2019-03-25
add entries for Ōsui, Isshōsai, Shōgetsu (松月), and Hosei
add additional samples for Yamazaki Toshinobu and (Yoshimori) Kōsai
bug fix for artist filter on Unsolved Mysteries page
2019-03-24
add more Unsolved Mysteries
2019-03-23
add entries for Naoyoshi and Yoshikuni (美国)
add additional samples for Kunimune, Shunkyō, and Toyoharu
add signature source "Five Colleges"
add Shinkō and Seikō(?) to Unsolved Mysteries
tweak sort order again
2019-03-22
add entries for Umeno, Shūsei and Masayoshi (政よし)
add more Unsolved Mysteries
slight improvement to catalog sort order
2019-03-21
add more Unsolved Mysteries
2019-03-20
add entry for Rokubei
add another Kuninao sample
add signature sources "Noda" and "Bristol"
add a few more entries to Unsolved Mysteries
2019-03-19
update transcription and reading for a Koryūsai signature
add another "Koryū" sample
add entry for Yoshihiko
add some more entries to the Unsolved Mysteries page
2019-03-18
new "Unsolved Mysteries" page
add signatures for Kōen, Hashimoto Seikō, Monoyana, Utagawa Yoshitoyo II, Eikyū, and Nobuharu
additional samples for Koryūsai, Hokuba, Isai, and Yoshikage
upgrade signature for Tsunemaro
add signature source "Keio"
2019-03-16
add entry for Kobayashi Kōsai
add some early "Ōsai" Kunichika signatures
add a Kunisada II signature
2019-03-15
confirmed transcription of Jikkyō (via Hara Shobo 24588)
2019-03-14
add entry for shijō surimono artist Kisui
add entries for sensō-e artists Jikkyō and Seisai
add artist references to Swinton's "In Battle's Light"
2019-03-13
add a few Toyokuni I signatures from MFA and BM
add some entries from shijō surimono prints at Brooklyn: Roshū, Hodai, Kakyo, Ryōsai
improve sort order for "secondary" names
fix backref linking from Genshoku artist index page
2019-03-12
updated transcriptions and readings for Chōsui (長水), Kōgyō, and Tsunehiko
added signatures for Ikkyū, Seiryō, and Chōsui (朝翠)
restyle Genshoku artist index page
2019-03-11
add Keyes (1985) refs for Yoshimura Kōitsu, Kōsetsu (香雪)
add changelog
2019-03-10
add entry for Okamoto Tsunehiko from BM
updates to entry for Sonsai Kōitsu from Keyes (1985)
add Keyes (1985)
change from using "★" for unknown character to "囗"
other minor tweaks
2019-03-05
add a signature for Tōkei from Ashmolean
add a signature for Yoshitora from MFA