The Historical Materials Study on Kyosai (Toiku Kawanabe)’s Ehon Taka Kagami ("Illustrated Mirror of Falconry")

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  • 河鍋洞郁（暁斎）『絵本鷹かゝみ』の史料学的考察 : 文久2年（1862)3月の校合摺の紹介を兼ねて
  • カワナベドウイク(ギョウサイ)『 エホン タカ カ ヽミ 』 ノ シリョウガクテキ コウサツ : ブンキュウ2ネン(1862)3ガツ ノ コウゴウズリ ノ ショウカイ オ カネテ

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Toiku Kawanabe (Kyosai) composed and edited the woodblock-printed book, Ehon Taka Kagami （”Illustrated Mirror of Falconry”）. People were captivated by the beauty of its brushwork. This is a groundbreaking paper that examines Ehon Taka Kagami in depth. The paper begins with a biography of Kyosai. This biography focuses on Kyosai’s role among the shogunate retainers and as a painter (0’eshi) of the Kano School. The next section compares various editions of Ehon Taka Kagami. This comparison yielded two findings. First, the reproduction published by the Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum (which is currently in widespread use) and the edition held by Waseda University Library are similar, and they are both copies of a later print. By contrast, the editions in the National Diet Library and the Morioka History and Culture Museum are based on the original print (June 1879). The third section introduces Waseda University Library’s proofs, Taka Kagami （”Mirror of Falconry”）, which bear the following description written in sumi ink: “Revised on Bunkyu2, Jin-Jyutu, 16th day of the 3rd month.” The section also shows that preparations to publish the original edition of Ehon Taka Kagami were underway around the time indicated. The fourth section summarizes information on the publisher Sasuke Nakamura (trading name: Suharaya). The fifth section outlines the publishing procedures that existed during the Edo period and examines the role of proofs in this process. The sixth section outlines the literary controls at the end of the Edo period and how these controls affected Ehon Taka Kagami. Finally, the paper introduces a copy (held by the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art) of a later print printed by Fujii Rihachi (publisher: Shosando) during the mid-late Meiji period. This is a copy made from the printing blocks Shosando purchased from Sasuke Nakamura without alteration.

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