Ukiyo-e Signature Sample Database

un295📍:

梅英

UBS entry is a student of Yoshiume; attribution highly uncertain

UBS

1864

梅英写

Baiei sha

WUL ヘ05 06678 0002 (v.2, p.6)

un65📍:

梅琳

1894

梅琳

Bairin(?)

Seal: 空

JACAR/BL 16126.d.2(69) (#69)

1894

楳琳

Bairin(?)

Seal: 空

SLAM 298:2010a-c

un23📍:

梅林宗

1894

梅林宗筆

Bairinsō(?) hitsu

possibly same artist as Umeno (梅埜) in main catalog?

HCCL EE721.8ﾋﾖ

c.f. Hoover 2019C113.009

un89📍:

梅雪斎

1851-1853

梅雪斎画

Baisessai(?) ga

RUARC arcUP4969

un154📍:

梅窓

possibly the same artist as Baisō Masateru below?

c. 1885-1891

梅窓画

Baisō ga

KHIRIN H-22-1-31-73

un299📍:

梅水

early- to mid-Meiji?

梅水画

Baisui(?) ga

from a hikifuda

WUL 文庫10 08011 0030 (v.30, p.1)

un246📍:

万囗

—

万囗画

Banshō ga

CNL RV-2817-10 (RUARC)

un170📍:

美宝

鶫美宝

Tsugumi Biho?

c. 1910?

美宝

Biho(?)

RUARC MM0624 (#19)

c.f. MFA 2016.1415

un263📍:

文雄

—

文雄

Bun'o(?)

MIA 74.1.306

c.f. WAM 1901.59.2874, RISD 34.127

un183📍:

文尚堂

1819

文尚堂
　畫

Bunshōdō(?) ga

source transcribes as 文寿堂

RUARC shiUY0048

c. 1815-1825

文尚堂筆

Bunshōdō(?) hitsu

source reads "Bunkyo"

RUARC RV-1630-97 (CNL)

un261📍:

文雄

of possible interest, this is Taito II's given name

1845

文雄

Bun'yū

source misdates to 1869

BM 1993,0405,0.84

un119📍:

長渚

1856

RUARC BM-JH310-2 (#013)

perhaps c. 1860?

應需長渚寫

ōju Chōsho sha

BM 1902,0212,0.437

un204📍:

朶芳

1824

朶芳

Dahō(?)

a nearly identical design signed "Hōchū" 「芳中」appeared on a Hiroshige harimaze (see MFA 11.17203)

IPL 月明文庫 1158 (p.011)

un198📍:

大二

perhaps one of Kuniyoshi's daughters?

1852

大二画

Daini ga

MAK HM 11485-42

un138📍:

台嶺

perhaps the Nanga painter Magata Dairei 勾田台嶺?

late Edo period

臺嶺寫

Dairei sha

TPL A03-18

un178📍:

団好

—

團好画

Danko(?)

source suggests this is from Kyōto

RUARC arcUP3994

un39📍:

田親

1860s

田親画

Denshin(?) ga

Seal: 不器

CAM 1906.220

un296📍:

英囗

1841

囗半丁
　英囗画

… Ei… ga

WUL ヘ13 02923 (v.1, p.6)

un16📍:

栄暁

1895

應需栄暁

Ōju Eikyō(?)

Noda b41

un256📍:

永理

transcription and reading very uncertain

—

永理

Eiri(?)

VGM 00024

un193📍:

永松斎

attributed to Eishōsai Chōki

—

永松齋

Eishōsai

Seal: Kakunen

BM 1906,1220,0.621

un260📍:

英俊

徳斎英俊

Tokusai Eishun

1849-1851

徳齋
　英俊戯画

Tokusai Eishun giga

TML 東S5644-S002

un110📍:

藤貞

Meiji era

藤貞画

Fujisada ga

Keio Bonn 024-715

un301📍:

ふじ貞

—

ふじ貞畫

Fujisada ga

WUL 文庫10 08076 0003 (v.3, p.1)

un164📍:

楓谿

1912?

楓谿

Fūkei

Pulverer FSC-GR-780.832 (v.1 p.16)

un200📍:

ふく

1858

豊国門人
　婦く画

Toyokuni monjin Fuku ga

TML 東C0462-C006

c.f. MFA 11.15361, MAK KI 7627-164

un189📍:

福寿囗

1829

福壽囗画

Fukuju…(?) ga

perhaps 福寿皇? from a Kyōto publisher

RUARC arcUP0590

un140📍:

楽其

1820s

楽其

Gakuki(?)

RISD 34.335

un270📍:

劇好

Meiji period

劇好筆

Gekikō hitsu

SPCL K915-108-036-035

un132📍:

権渓

1865-1867

権溪

Gonkei(?)

NIJL 100080994 (#20)

—

WUL 文庫31 B0034-9 (v.9, p.1)

un215📍:

玉蘭

1888

玉蘭筆

Gyokuran hitsu

IPMA 104001602

1896

IPMA 104001610

un273📍:

玉泉

—

玉泉画

Gyokusen ga

SPCL K915-108-042-036

un205📍:

囗囗

1810

囗囗囗画

supposedly 石田玉峯画, but ... ?

NIJL 100229920 (#232)

un230📍:

伯雅

白幡伯雅

Shirahata Hakuga

1888

白幡伯雅筆

Shirahata Hakuga hitsu

TUAT 2018-u-0046

un250📍:

白猷

—

白猷写

Hakuyū(?) sha

RUARC RV-5718-53 (CNL)

un53📍:

繁谷

1800-1850

繁谷

Hankoku

RISD 34.627

—

應需冩
　繁谷

possibly the artist Sugano Shigetani 菅野繁谷, active c. 1850s?

MAH E 2003-0287

un124📍:

囗囗

c. 1847-1853

應需囗囗

ōju …

attributed to Matsukawa Hanzan

Seal: 充兀狗？

MIA P.77.27.47

un271📍:

晴峰

c. 1870s

応需
　晴峰画

ōju Harumine(?) ga

SPCL K915-108-036-037

un182📍:

広葛

—

茂廣門人
　廣葛画

Shigehiro monjin Hirokuzu(?) ga

from a Kyōto publisher

RUARC arcUP5471

un251📍:

鳳岳

楳窓軒鳳岳

Baisōken? Hōgaku?

1846

NIJL credits 金子鳳岳

NIJL 100301436 (#6)

1854

鳳岳

Hōgaku(?)

IPL 月明文庫 1614 (p.009)

1856

WUL 文庫31 B0009-29 (v.29, p.1)

un231📍:

北栄

卍楼北栄

Manjirō Hokuei

1863

北栄画

Hokuei ga

TML 東C026-C001-001

c.f. MFA 11.42489

1863

卍楼
　北栄繪

Manjirō Hokuei e

MFA 11.42497

un179📍:

北賀

1829

北賀筆

Hokuga(?) hitsu

said to come from Ōsaka

RUARC arcUP0588

un31📍:

本枝

1886

NDL 10-138 (#37)

c. 1900?

本枝画

Honshi(?) ga

TML 東C374-C003-001

—

本枝画

TML 東C374-C003-006

un258📍:

宝丹

c. 1870s

宝丹筆

Hōtan hitsu

TML 東S025-S010

c.f. WUL 文庫10 08493 (p.1)

un276📍:

一桜斎

1870

一櫻齋

Ichiōsai(?)

written as a rebus; correct interpretation of flower unclear

SPCL K915-108-042-049

un305📍:

一山

1898

戊戌囗囗試囗
　一山

bojutsu … Ichiyama(?)

Seals: 龜一山

WUL 文庫10 08010 0014 (v.14, p.1)

un317📍:

一恵開

1857-1858

一惠開画

Ikkeikai ga

RUARC hayBKE3-0118 (#002)

un308📍:

一琴

—

一琴

Ikkin(?)

WUL 文庫10 08073 0003 (v.3, p.1)

un82📍:

一畊

1888

一畊画

Ikkō ga

NDL 913.56-Y533t (#4)

un289📍:

一光

1904

一光画

Ikkō ga

KHIRIN H-22-1-31-58

un234📍:

幾英

appears to be an unidentified gō of Kunisada III; transcription and reading uncertain -- perhaps 茂英?

1881

梅窓幾英筆

Baisō Ikuhide? hitsu

colophon credits Takeuchi Eikyū 竹内栄久

TUAT 2018-u-0481

un144📍:

一囗

1818 or 1830

一囗

attributed to Mori Ippō 森一鳳

WAM 1901.59.1123

un240📍:

一僊斎

—

一僊齋

Issensai

RUARC RV-1353-2390 (CNL)

un79📍:

一昇

Hanabusa Isshō

early 19th century

一昇画

Isshō ga

partial seal on print, possibly date/censor for 1863.8?

UCSF p256

un121📍:

為蝶

c. 1823-1834

勝し可為蝶

Katsushika Itchō(?)

DJAOC G1305982

un136📍:

如観

c. 1887

如観筆

Jokan(?) hitsu

TPL A04-20

—

RUARC AkoCH-S0035

un25📍:

如集

transcription uncertain

1860

如集写

Joshū sha

PMA 1968-165-122

un265📍:

景永

transcription and reading uncertain

1904

應需
　景永畫

ōju Kagenaga(?) ga

ETM 87102638

un293📍:

花王

read "Shūgyoku" 秀玉 by UBS, but that doesn't look right

UBS

1859

花王写

Kaō sha

NDL 特58-305 (#3)

c.f. Kindai SUMI-00731 (p.3)

un61📍:

皆耕

transcription uncertain

1874

應囗皆耕寫

Ō… Kaikō(?) sha

Meitan 764094

un300📍:

快雪

mid to late Meiji?

快雪

Kaisetsu(?)

WUL 文庫10 08687 (p.11)

un152📍:

鴎

浮田鴎

Ukita Kamome

1888

浮田鷗筆

Ukita Kamome hitsu

KHIRIN H-22-2-47

un158📍:

冠月

1899

需口
　冠月画

… Kangetsu ga

AW 053

un91📍:

鑒斎

1875

鑒齋

Kansai

Seal: Yamamoto 山本

TML 東035-084-005

c.f. CNL RV-1353-2444 (RUARC)

un207📍:

甘泉堂

c. 1860

甘泉堂画

Kansendō ga

NMS A.1887.745.38.26

un211📍:

関雪

橋本関雪

Hashimoto Kansetsu

c. 1900

囗雪

attrubuted to Kansetsu, but first kanji is clearly not 関 -- maybe 艱??

SI S2003.8.133

un143📍:

艱水

c. 1820

芳邨艱水写

Hōson Kansui sha

WAM 1901.59.1859

un52📍:

関山誠

1850s-1890s

関山誠筆

Kanzansei(?) hitsu

RISD 34.104

un191📍:

花升

—

花升画

Kashō(?) ga

RUARC shiUY0211

un186📍:

活襄

—

活襄画

Katsujō(?) ga

from a Kyōto kappazuri

RUARC BN0382942X-1-34-2

un272📍:

川一

—

川一画

Kawakazu(?) ga

SPCL K915-108-003-044

un243📍:

員利

1859

一桜斎員
？利
？画

Ichirōsai? Kazutoshi? ga

transcription quite uncertain

RUARC RV-2732-6-084 (CNL)

un247📍:

珪峨砂

possibly the artist Kawahara Keiga

1830-1868

珪峩砂画

Keigasa ga

LoC FP 2 - JPD, no. 640

un19📍:

恵斎

1882

惠齋画

Keisai(?) ga

possibly Yoshiiku?

TML 東K小0862-K015

un32📍:

景舛斎

1853

景舛齋画

Keisensai(?) (Keishunsai?) ga

TML 東C0411-C029

un229📍:

景邸

transcription and reading uncertain

—

清吹景邸畫

Seisui(?) Keitei(?) ga

TUAT 2018-u-0353

un220📍:

吉助

1852

浪花
　門人
　吉助画

Naniwa monjin Kichisuke(?) ga

Kunisada student

MFA 47.1711.9

c.f. Waseda 006-3756

un279📍:

希鳳

—

希鳳筆

Kihō hitsu

SPCL K915-108-051-025

un216📍:

喜面

c. late 1860s

㐂面画

Kimen(?) ga

perhaps 土地面画?

NYPL 101546

c.f. UTHI 1068 (images)

—

天貧坊㐂面
　画讃

Waseda 201966

c.f. UTHI 2088 (images)

un20📍:

金堂

1855

金堂筆

Kindō(?) hitsu

from a namazu-e print

TML 東C0277-C021

c.f. RUARC arcUP5592

un306📍:

喜の

1856

豊國門人
　歌川喜の画

Toyokuni monjin Utagawa Kino ga

Private Collection 004

un208📍:

きの

1856

門人
　きの

monjin Kino

NDL 寄別2-5-1-2

c.f. NMS A.1887.745.47.46

un166📍:

琴鱗

1817

琴鱗写

Kinrin sha

Pulverer FSC-GR-780.316 (v.1 p.28)

un206📍:

貴徳

1872

貴徳画

Kitoku(?) ga

RUARC RV-2732-8-8

un294📍:

橘柴囗

UBS

1852

橘柴囗画

Kitsusi… ga

UBS reads "Kitsusisai" 橘柴斎 but that doesn't look right

NDL 207-804 (#5)

un187📍:

清慶

c. 1725-1760

鳥居清慶筆

Torii Kiyoyoshi(?) hitsu

RUARC Z0164-121

un99📍:

古囗

1856

古囗写

Ko(?)… sha

古花? 古苻?

RUARC arcBK04-0041 (#03)

un219📍:

児蝶

early Meiji

児蝶画

Kochō(?) ga

BoJ ⅡAfカイ2/1

un2📍:

紅園

probably 1856

丙辰春
　香園

Hinoe tatsu haru Kōen

attributed to Nagayama Kōin (Bokusai), 1765-1849

Brooklyn 79.190.6

un172📍:

香圃

are these even the same artist? who knows??

—

香圃写

Kōho(?) sha

Seal: 囗囗環印

AW 064

—

香圃

Kōho(?)

WUL 文庫10 08008 0025 (v.25, p.1)

c.f. Scripps 2011.1.8

un249📍:

虎きん亭

possibly the artist Hotei Hokuga 北鵞?

—

虎きん亭画

Kōkintei ga

RUARC RV-360-6884 (CNL)

un199📍:

昏章

evidently an idiosyncratic Katsukawa Shunshō signature?

1770

昏章画

Konshō(?) ga

MAK KI 10670

un135📍:

高斎

Lavenberg Coll.

1883

高齋画
　年親校

Kōsai ga, Toshichika kō

variously attributed to several students of Yoshitoshi

RUARC arcUP7544

un277📍:

耕仙

maybe a Nihonga painter?

—

耕仙

Kōsen

SPCL K915-108-043-029

un181📍:

光之

1889

景色
　光之筆

keshiki Kōshi(?) hitsu

student signature on a Kunisada III print

RUARC shiUYa0050

un137📍:

好貞

c. 1870s-1890s

好貞画

Kōtei(?) ga

TPL A04-7

un141📍:

湖東

1895

湖東画

Kotō ga

Princeton 3j333500t

un268📍:

国天雷

1892

国天雷画

Kottenrai(?) ga

SPCL 1973

un218📍:

国囗

1853

門人国囗画

monjin Kuni… ga

MFA 2016.1391

un72📍:

国囗

1897

應需
　國囗画

Ōju Kuni… ga

perhaps "Kunifuji" 国藤?

NDL 特46-226 (#52)

un222📍:

国章

1901

国章画

Kuniaki ga

probably a student of Kunisada III

JAC 15053

un88📍:

くに秀

1898

久二秀画

Kunihide? ga?

NAMA 2003.36.2

un156📍:

国麿

1818-1830

國麿画

Kunimaro ga

doesn't look that much like 麿 to me...

KHIRIN H-22-1-21-141

un12📍:

国直

1892

瓢亭國直

Hyōtei Kuninao

JAC 09057

un21📍:

国俊

1886

察齋國俊筆

Satsusai? Kunitoshi? hitsu

transcription uncertain

TML 東H157-002

un148📍:

国悦

late 1820s

國悦画

Kuniyoshi(?) ga

Toyokuni II student inset

MFA 11.15420

—

same series as at left

BM 1902,0212,0.316

un227📍:

国吉

c. 1820s-1830s

口風亭
　国吉

…fūtei Kuniyoshi

from a sugoroku board

NDL 本別9-27

c. 1830s-1840s

國吉画

Kuniyoshi ga

TML 東S026-S001

un226📍:

国吉

this signature replaces "Shōsai hitsu" 曻齋筆 on a Kunisada II / Ikkei collaboration

after 1872

國吉筆

Kuniyoshi hitsu

AW 029

un60📍:

空春斎

—

空春齋画

Kūshunsai(?) ga

CB 0448

un309📍:

京金

1893

應需
　京金画

ōju Kyōkin(?) ga

WUL 文庫10 08019 0052 (v.52, p.1)

un161📍:

旭峰

possibly the Kyōto-based Shijō artist Ariyama Kyokuhō 有山旭峰?

1869

樽旭峰筆

Seal: Shimei? 子明

Waseda 007-0652

1875

樽旭峰

Seal: 子明

Keio Bonn 017-497

c.f. RUARC arcUP8059

—

旭峰

WUL 文庫31 B0001-63 (v.63, p.1)

—

WUL 文庫31 B0001-64 (v.64, p.1)

—

Seal: 左筆

WUL 文庫31 B0013-13 (v.13, p.1)

un304📍:

万年

—

萬年画

Mannen ga

Seal: Mamu … まむ囗囗

WUL 文庫10 08001 0021 (v.21, p.1)

un236📍:

万山

—

萬山画

Manzan(?) ga

RUARC RV-1327-373

un155📍:

政照

1887

梅窓政照筆

Baisō Masateru hitsu

KHIRIN H-22-2-154

un28📍:

又平

1903

又平画

Matahei(?) ga

Hankyu 4675-01

un209📍:

免水

1873

免水画

Mensui(?) ga

PMJ 161553

un274📍:

峯義

possibly an alias of Matsuura Moriyoshi?

—

峯義画

Mineyoshi(?) ga

SPCL K915-108-042-026

un188📍:

眠竜

—

眠龍画

Minryū(?) ga

from Kyōto

RUARC arcUP6112

un162📍:

岷嶂

1835

岷嶂

Minshō

MAH E 2013-0076

un282📍:

盛元

1894

景様盛元画

keiyō Morimoto(?) ga

student signature on a Kunichika toy print

KHIRIN H-22-1-29-15

un153📍:

夢中

暁子亭夢中

Gyōshitei Muchū

1875

暁子亭夢中

Gyōshitei Muchū

KHIRIN H-22-1-21-84

un114📍:

長麿

possibly the artist Kitagawa Nagamaro?

c. 1790-1812

方寸齋長麿

Hōsunsai(?) Nagamaro(?)

BnF PET FOL-OD-173 (#23)

un58📍:

長芳

—

長芳画

Nagayoshi(?) ga

CB 0364

un86📍:

南卜

1786

戯蝶菴南卜圖

Gichōan(?) Nanboku zu

perhaps the same artist, 青井南卜, who illustrated this kimono pattern book?

WUL ヘ13 01728 (v.2, p.6)

un223📍:

南峰

transcription and reading uncertain

1863

南峰

Nanpō(?)

NDL 寄別2-8-2-5

un297📍:

年景

1787

年景画

Nenkei(?) ga

from a playbill

RUARC kun07-1952 (#001)

un285📍:

延房

student signature from a Chikanobu series

1894

延房

Nobufusa

KHIRIN H-22-1-26-28

un228📍:

宣秀

transcription and reading uncertain

1885

宣秀画

Nobuhide(?) ga

NDL 特41-945

un286📍:

延弘

student signature from a Chikanobu series

1893

延弘

Nobuhiro

KHIRIN H-22-1-26-27

un284📍:

延景

student signature from a Chikanobu series

1893

延景

Nobukage(?)

KHIRIN H-22-1-26-32

un283📍:

延興

student signatures from a Chikanobu series

1893

延興

Nobuoki

KHIRIN H-22-1-26-33

1893

KHIRIN H-22-1-26-35

un244📍:

信輝

c. 1870s

信輝画

Nobuteru ga

CNL RV-2732-7-81 (RUARC)

un242📍:

信てる

—

信てるゑがく

Nobuteru egaku

CNL RV-2732-6-56 (RUARC)

—

信て流ゑがく

Nobuteru egaku

CNL RV-2732-7-67 (RUARC)

un80📍:

信年

perhaps 信斗 Shinto?

1888

NDL 特12-268 (#49)

un316📍:

信豊

late Meiji?

信豊

Nobutoyo

possibly the same as Nobutoyo 信豊 (fl. c. 1895)?

WUL 文庫10 08014 0038 (v.38, p.1)

un287📍:

延保

student signature from a Chikanobu series

1893

延保画

Nobuyasu ga

KHIRIN H-22-1-26-26

un288📍:

延之

student signature from a Chikanobu series

1893

延之画

Nobuyuki ga

KHIRIN H-22-1-26-30

un315📍:

延沢

1890

周延
　補助
　延沢

Chikanobu hojo Nobuzawa

Bunka Gakuen BB20077889 (image)

un224📍:

王宝

1904

應需
　王寶

ōju Ōhō

Ackland 2014.40.92a-c

un176📍:

王潤

TML gives 玉潤

1868-1912

王潤畫

Ōjun ga

Berkeley Sugoroku A992-shin-C76

c.f. TML 東S0451-S001

un123📍:

楽介斎

c. 1804-1830

楽介齋画

Rakusukesai(?) ga

perhaps actually 楽只斎, a gō used by Kō Sukoku?

DJAOC G1306087

un233📍:

蘭渓

1828

高崎蘭渓

Takasaki Rankei

TUAT 2018-u-0567

un192📍:

蘭斎

c. 1825-1835

南生舎蘭齋画

Nanseisha(?) Ransai ga

from an Osaka kappazuri

RUARC arcUP0583

un149📍:

蘭室

—

蘭室

Ranshitsu(?)

Seal: … Ranshitsu 囗囗蘭室

AW 047

1856

Seal: 高陵

RUARC BM-JH310-2 (#011)

c.f. Pulverer FSC-GR-780.887.1-2 (v.2 p.10)

un8📍:

蘭秀

—

蘭秀画

Ranshū ga

MET JP1836

un24📍:

楼琳

1894

樓琳筆

Rōrin(?) hitsu

Seal: 空

HCCL EE721.8ﾛｳ

c.f. KHIRIN H-22-1-21-119

un202📍:

立魚

1856-1857

應需
　立魚画

ōju Ryūgyo(?) ga

NDL 207-1641 (#5)

un180📍:

貞美

seems not to be the c. 1850 Osaka artist of the same name

1833

貞美画

Sadayoshi ga

RUARC arcUP7803

un48📍:

さくらい

1880s

さくら居

Seal: 丑山

RISD 34.630

un109📍:

さしらう

—

さしらう画

Sashirau ga

Keio Bonn 024-713

un303📍:

晴鳳

—

晴鳳

Seihō(?)

WUL 文庫10 08005 0004 (v.4, p.1)

un171📍:

清霞

Meiji period?

清霞

Seika(?)

WUL 文庫10 08006 0018 (v.18, p.1)

un43📍:

清好

possibly Tani Seikō (谷清好, fl. 1822-1826)?

1833-1855

清好画

Seikō (or perhaps Kiyoyoshi)

print depicts actor Nakamura Tomijūrō II

Waseda 201-5360

un150📍:

盛楼

transcription uncertain

1866

花
　盛楼画

Hana(?) Seirō(?) ga

AW 048

un168📍:

赤斎

transcription and reading uncertain

c. 1820s

赤齋

Sekisai

Pulverer FSC-GR-780.836 (v.1 p.30)

c. 1820s

Pulverer FSC-GR-780.836 (v.1 p.17)

un221📍:

銑吉

Kunisada student

1852

門人
　銑吉画

monjin Senkichi(?) ga

Waseda 006-3772

un128📍:

千載

an artist of this name mentioned in 歳成記 (#21) alongside artists like Kikuchi Yōsai and Awashima Chingaku 淡島椿岳 (1865)

1880s

千載

Sensai

Rijksmuseum RP-P-1961-137

un96📍:

雪仙

GUDJ records two artists of this name

—

應需雪僲寫

Ōju Sessen(?) sha

WUL 文庫31 A1955 (p.5)

un117📍:

雪叟

c. 1820s

雪叟

Sessō(?)

BnF Japonais 381 (167)

un269📍:

雪山

1839

雪山筆

Setsuzan(?) hitsu

Hankyu 仁4-015

un147📍:

重光

UBS

1897

重光繪

Shigemitsu e

NDL 特8-192 (#4)

un245📍:

重延

1867

広重門人
　重延筆

Hiroshige monjin Shigenobu hitsu

ETM 94203058

1868

重延画

Shigenobu ga

CNL RV-2732-7-82 (RUARC)

un142📍:

辰鵞

1790-1812

北齋門人辰鵞画

Hokusai monjin Shinga(?) ga

BnF PET FOL-OD-173 (#25)

un56📍:

真一

c. 1880s

真一筆

Shin'ichi(?) hitsu

Seal: 囗齋 (perhaps 欄齋 "Ransai"?)

Rijksmuseum RP-P-1961-134

un115📍:

震結

1894

森東震結

Moritō Shinkei(?)

or 森東震能?

Seal: 素囗

BnF ZF-10 (2)-FT 5

un217📍:

尻穴

the name is a play on the topic of the print; def.: (vulgar) asshole (anus)

1868

應好尻穴筆

ōkō Shiriana(?) hitsu

UTHI 2038 (images)

un126📍:

松翁

c. 1800-1830

松翁画

Shō-ō(?) ga

Harvard 1933.4.1406

un127📍:

松堂

1875

一豊斎松堂筆

Ippōsai Shōdō hitsu

WUL 文庫10 08307 (p.1)

un252📍:

樵斎

—

樵齋冩

Shōsai sha

WUL 文庫31 B0018-28 (v.28, p.1)

un266📍:

松仙

1850-1900

松僲筆

Shōsen hitsu

AAM 2010.215

un248📍:

樵舟

possibly the artist Kashima Shōshū 加島樵舟? (though described at one site as Shōwa-era)

1855 (or 1915?)

樵舟

Shōshū

WUL 文庫31 B0023-9 (v.9, p.1)

1856 (or 1916?)

WUL 文庫31 B0023-40 (v.40, p.1)

—

WUL 文庫31 B0034-13 (v.13, p.1)

un146📍:

松涛

1880

松濤写

Shōtō(?) sha

Waseda 405-0158

un196📍:

集園

1834

天保五甲午年
　加冬檜集園寫

Pulverer FSC-GR-780.875.1-4 (v.4 p.4)

un264📍:

周景

transcription uncertain; probably a student of Kunichika

—

周景画

Shūkei(?) ga

NDL 特56-37 (#50)

—

NDL 特56-37 (#51)

un237📍:

春岳

1850-1880

応而定庵主人需
　春岳

… Shungaku

RUARC RV-1353-1116g

un7📍:

春玄斎

—

佐久良
　春玄齋寫

Sakura Shungensai sha

Seal: Yūgen 幽玄

MET JP1935

un103📍:

春暁

mid 1820s

勝春曉

attributed to Hayami Shungyosai II; see this article by Keyes

Seal: Katsu 勝

RISD 56.039.71

un313📍:

春牛

late Meiji?

春牛

Shungyū

Seal: 春牛

WUL 文庫10 08014 0006 (v.6, p.1)

un184📍:

春宝

1816

春宝画

Shunpō ga

RUARC arcUP2536

un302📍:

春鳳

UBS

—

應需春鳳画

ōju Shunpō ga

WUL 文庫10 08173 (p.1)

un194📍:

春林

—

春林

Shunrin

BM 1902,0212,0.428

un185📍:

春石

1816

春石

Shunseki(?)

RUARC arcUP2536

un95📍:

春泉

1797

浪速
　春泉寫

Naniwa Shunsen(?) sha

WUL 文庫31 A1753 (p.2)

un253📍:

春亭

UBS

1888

春亭画

NDL 特50-718 (#23)

1908

春亭

WUL 文庫31 B0022-35 (v.35, p.1)

year of the ox (1901 or 1913?)

WUL 文庫31 B0024-1 (v.1, p.1)

un165📍:

秋斎

Roberts p.159

c. 1790-1810

秋齋画

Shūsai ga

AW 060

un291📍:

秋青

秋青主人

Shūsei? shujin

transcription and reading uncertain

1811

秋青主人画

Shūsei(?) shujin ga

WUL 文庫31 A0846 (p.4)

un267📍:

秋川

1860s-1870s

秋川筆

Shūsen hitsu

MIA P.78.63.45

un49📍:

囗山

c. 1880s

RISD 34.631

un259📍:

繍山

student of Ikeda Ayaoka?

—

門人
　繡山製

monjin Shūzan sei

TML 東S4574-S010

un87📍:

蒼示

1797

勝蒼示画

Katsu Sōji(?) ga

NDL 寄別13-64 (#16)

un254📍:

素香

possibly the artist Kikuchi Sōkō(?) 菊池素香 (1852-1935), a student of Hashimoto Sesshō 橋本雪蕉

1905

素香

Sōkō(?)

WUL 文庫31 B0023-32 (v.32, p.1)

un112📍:

宗有

1790-1812

BnF PET FOL-OD-172 (#12)

un50📍:

翠園

probably 1859

己未皐月
　翠園寫

tsuchinoto hitsuji satsuki Suien sha

date given as 1919, but I think 1859 more likely

RISD 34.629

un235📍:

翠麗

—

翠麗

Suirei

RUARC RV-1277-2

un238📍:

雛人

—

雛人画

Sūjin(?) ga

RUARC RV-1353-1950 (CNL)

un232📍:

隆玉

perhaps the same artist that signed as "Sugiura Takatama" 杉浦隆玉 here?

—

隆玉画

Takatama(?) ga

TUAT 2018-u-0592

—

隆玉筆

Takatama(?) hitsu

WUL 文庫10 08018 0023 (v.23, p.1)

un97📍:

達摩

1858?

達摩画

Tatsuma(?) ga

from a Kyōto sumizuri-e print

RUARC arcUP6061-198

un6📍:

貞斎

—

貞齋画

Teisai ga

attributed to Teisai (蹄斎) Hokuba, who seemingly never signed 貞斎

MET JP2346

un278📍:

東囗園

—

東囗園筆

Tō…en(?) hitsu

SPCL K915-108-051-020

un225📍:

滕直

NDL gives 勝直

—

抱玉滕直刻筆

Hōgyoku Tōchoku(?) koku-hitsu

Possibly the artist Yamada Hōgyoku 山田抱玉?

Seal: Hōgyoku ga in 抱玉畫印

NDL 本別9-27

c.f. RUARC NDL-1304980, TML 東S4574-S006

un54📍:

東峩

c. 1880s

東峩

Tōga

RISD 34.632

un159📍:

徳斎

1883

徳斎画

Tokusai ga

ETM 95201306

un197📍:

徳斎

—

徳斎画

Tokusai ga

BM 1915,0823,0.955

un310📍:

友晴

similar to Seihō?

late Meiji?

友晴画

Tomoharu(?) ga

Seal: 大槁之印

WUL 文庫10 08610 (p.41)

late Meiji?

WUL 文庫10 08610 (p.59)

un290📍:

濤斎

1843-1846

廣重門人
　濤齋画

Hiroshige monjin Tōsai ga

WUL 文庫30 B0324 (p.6)

un280📍:

年囗

1882

應需
　年囗

ōju Toshi…

Seal: Sensai 仙齋

Touken World 14110

un83📍:

としかた

attributed to Mizuno Toshikata but I cannot make it out

UBS

1889

… ga

NDL 特10-805 (#26)

un292📍:

年丸

元橋年丸

Motohashi Toshimaru

1890

囗囗
　年丸畫

… Toshimaru ga

NDL 特12-436 (#5)

un145📍:

洞章

late 19th century

洞章

Tōshō(?)

perhaps the artist Kanō Tōshō 狩野洞章, aka Ogiwara Shunzan 荻原春山 (1821-1897)?

Seal: 靜囗齋

WAM 1901.851

un129📍:

東洲

1783

東洲寫

Tōshū sha

Seal: 成童?

NIJL 100080682 (#6)

c.f. WUL 852-92

un255📍:

東洲

c. 1860s?

東洲筆

Tōshū hitsu

Seal: 囗黒

LoC Illus. in H303 [Asian RR]

un281📍:

島洲

—

島洲写

Tōshū sha

KHIRIN H-22-1-30-8-2

c.f. RUARC H-22-1-30-8-2

un66📍:

東雲

1858

東雲

Tōun(?)

WUL 文庫31 A1857 (p.4)

un157📍:

豊二

1875

暁齋門人
　豐二冩

Kyōsai monjin Toyoji(?) sha

Wellcome 567359i

1875

暁齋門人
　豐二

Kyōsai monjin Toyoji(?)

KHIRIN H-22-1-25-16

c.f. SPCL K915-108-036-040

un212📍:

豊清

1823

豊清画

Toyokiyo(?) ga

attributed to Settei(?!)

SI S2004.3.196

un175📍:

豊洲

1881

perhaps Hoshū?

FCWL 0366

un3📍:

豊丸

c. 1780

豊囗画

Brooklyn 80.264.2

un77📍:

豊次

歌川豊次

Utagawa Toyotsugu

—

豐次画

UCSF p260

un169📍:

囗囗

Presumably an Osaka-based artist

1777

囗囗堂画

…dō ga

Pulverer FSC-GR-780.846 (v.1 p.29)

un30📍:

和笑

1829

和笑画

Washō(?) (or Kashō?) ga

from a Kyōto kappazuri print

RUARC arcUP1606

un167📍:

囗囗

Thought to belong to Nanka Sōen 南瓜宗園

UBS

1834

文楼囗囗囗筆

Seal: 文楼

Pulverer FSC-GR-780.440 (v.1 p.47)

un68📍:

大星

c. 1840s

大星氏画

Daishō-shi? Ōboshi-shi? ga

NDL 本別3-53 (#86)

un92📍:

囗囗

c. 1850

囗囗戲画

perhaps "梅囗"? "梅濡"? 梅渓?

WUL ヘ13 01164 0055 (v.58, p.4)

un93📍:

囗囗

c. 1850

囗囗囗囗水画

囗囗梅国水画?

WUL ヘ13 01164 0055 (v.58, p.19)

un36📍:

囗囗

1890

前囗囗齋筆

from some sort of adaptation of Hokusai's Hyaku monogatari

CAM 1906.248

un73📍:

囗囗

1892

perhaps …秀画? or Motoharu 基春?

Seal: Sakata tō 阪田刀

NDL 特11-394 (#42)

un70📍:

囗囗

1893

perhaps 利…?

NDL 特279-330 (#9)

un213📍:

囗囗

1894

公囗

from a Sino-Japanese War triptych

SI S1993.77a-c

un311📍:

囗囗

1905

社囗囗囗

WUL 文庫10 08010 0018 (v.18, p.1)

un312📍:

囗囗

1908

囗英画

transcription uncertain; WUL gives 竜美堂

WUL 文庫10 08006 0016 (v.16, p.1)

un307📍:

囗囗

—

WUL 文庫10 08013 0014 (v.14, p.1)

un314📍:

牛田

1904

牛田画

Ushida ga

WUL 文庫10 08055 (v.2, p.1)

un275📍:

歌虎

seems too early to be Kunitora II

britishmuseum.org

1863

歌虎画

Utatora ga

another example

SPCL K915-108-042-061

un125📍:

歌和

c. 1830s

二世
　奴等齋
　歌和

Nisei Dotōsai Utawa

attributed to Toyota Hokkei

Rijksmuseum RP-P-2007-719

c.f. Harvard 1933.4.948

un214📍:

安

1852

門人安画

monjin Yasu ga

student inset signature on a Kunisada print

MFA 47.1711.19

c.f. Waseda 006-3764

un122📍:

米広

c. 1830-1868

松川
　米廣画

Matsukawa Yonehiro ga

DJAOC G1306084

un151📍:

米広

1847

from a Kyōto kappazuri

RUARC arcUP6061-209

un262📍:

よし囗

1869

一根斎
　よし囗画

Ikkonsai Yoshi… ga

NDL 寄別7-4-1-2

un118📍:

芳嶺

1909

芳嶺画

Yoshimine(?) ga

RUARC arcUP3096

un76📍:

よし囗

—

武部
　よし囗

Takebe Yoshi…?

UCSF p295

un210📍:

芳亀

1855

一峯齋
　芳亀画

Ippōsai Yoshikame(?) ga

Daishinji

un173📍:

芳古野

possibly Utagawa Yoshitomi

c. 1845

門人
　一藝齋芳古野画

monjin Ichigeisai Yoshikono ga

MFA 11.42452

un47📍:

芳麿

1820s

芳麿

attributed to Jukōdō Yoshikumi, previously attributed to Yoshimaro, fl. 1807-1846

RISD 34.375

un190📍:

義雅

Meiji

義雅画

Yoshimasa ga

RUARC arcUP4978

—

RUARC arcUP4975

—

蘭和斎芳囗画

RUARC arcUP4973

un177📍:

よし野

1868-1912

よし囗画

Yoshi… ga

Berkeley Sugoroku A992-shin-C107

un134📍:

桜梓斎

1861

櫻梓齋画

Yōshisai(?) ga

BoJ X2/244

un203📍:

芳智

1867-1870s

芳智画

Yoshitomo(?) ga

from a print published in Ishikawa Prefecture

IPL K290.3/112

un37📍:

芳雪

1841

宇多川芳雪画

Utagawa Yoshiyuki ga

seal very similar to one used by Sadayoshi

Waseda 016-0428

un34📍:

雪信

柳斎雪信

Ryūsai Yukinobu

—

柳齋雪信寫

Ryūsai Yukinobu sha

TML 東C3391-C018

un239📍:

有芳斎

1814

有芳齋筆

Yūkosai(?) hitsu

not sure how CNL arrives at "Yūkosai" -- "Yūhōsai" seems more obvious to me…

RUARC RV-1353-1964 (CNL)

un78📍:

瑞彦

perhaps the same as Suzuki Mizuhiko 鈴木瑞彦?

c. 1870

瑞彦画

Zuihiko ga

UCSF p274

c.f. WUL 文庫10 08001 0015 (v.15, p.1)

Ukiyo-e Signature Sample Database: Unsolved Mysteries

Unknown Artists, Questionable Attributions, Unread Characters, and Other Puzzles

Baiei

Bairin?

Bairinsō?

Baisessai?

Baisō

Baisui?

Banshō

Biho?

Bun'o?

Bunshōdō?

Bun'yū

Chōsho

Dahō?

Daini

Dairei

Danko?

Denshin?

Ei…

Eikyō?

Eiri?

Eishōsai

Eishun

Fujisada

Fujisada

Fūkei

Fuku

Fukuju…?

Gakuki?

Gekikō

Gonkei?

Gyokuran

Gyokusen

Gyokuzan II

Hakuga

Hakuyū?

Hankoku?

Hanzan

Harumine?

Hirokuzu?

Hōgaku?

Hokuei

Hokuga?

Honshi?

Hōtan

Ichiōsai?

Ichiyama?

Ikkeikai

Ikkin?

Ikkō

Ikkō

Ikuhide?

Ippō?

Issensai

Isshō

Itchō?

Jokan?

Joshū

Kagenaga

Kaō

Kaikō?

Kaisetsu?

Kamome

Kangetsu

Kansai

Kansendō

Kansetsu

Kansui

Kanzansei?

Kashō?

Katsujō?

Kawakazu?

Kazutoshi?

Keigasa

Keisai

Keisensai?

Keitei?

Kichisuke?

Kihō