Ukiyo-e Signature Sample Database

Change Log

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

2019-04-19: 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

2019-03-23: 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

2019-03-20: 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

2019-03-14: 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