Kuchi-e Prints

口絵とは、本のはじめに入れられる彩色画で、フロンティスピース（扉絵）とも呼ばれます。木版、銅版、コロタイプなど様々な技法のものがありますが、特に美術的評価が高いのが、錦絵の技術を受け継ぎ、明治時代に入って書かれた小説本などに入れられた木版口絵（多色摺）です。江戸時代までの絵草子に慣れ親しんでいた大衆にとって、文字だけの近代文学は敷居の高いものでしたが、小説の登場人物が描かれた口絵は読解の助けとなり、近代文学普及に大きな役割を果たしました。主な作家は、鏑木清方、尾形月耕、梶田半古、武内桂舟など。

[ Newest | Lowest Price | Highest Price ]

[ In Stock | All ]

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Kuchi-e Prints | Special Topics | Yamada shoten Tokyo, Japan

Special Topics

Kuchi-e Prints

Suzuki Kinsen
Kuchi-e Print

Makaze Koikaze / Volume 2 and 3
written by Kosugi Tengai, kuchi-e by Kaburaki Kiyokata and Nakazawa Hiromitsu

A Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints
Yamada Nanako

Kaburaki Kiyokata
Kuchi-e Print

Kobori Tomoto
Kuchi-e Print

Kobori Tomoto
Kuchi-e Print

Kajita Hanko
Kuchi-e Print

Kajita Hanko
Kuchi-e Print

Tomioka Eisen
Kuchi-e Print

Tomioka Eisen
Kuchi-e Print

Tomioka Eisen
Kuchi-e Print

Suzuki Kason
Kuchi-e Print

Takeuchi Keishu
Kuchi-e Print

Takeuchi Keishu
Kuchi-e Print

Terasaki Kogyo
Kuchi-e Print

Terasaki Kogyo
Kuchi-e Print

Mizuno Toshikata
Kuchi-e Print

Mizuno Toshikata
Kuchi-e Print

Mizuno Toshikata
Kuchi-e Print

Mizuno Toshikata
Kuchi-e Print

Takeuchi Keishu
Kuchi-e Print

Kajita Hanko
Kuchi-e Print

Tomioka Eisen
Kuchi-e Print

Kajita Hanko
Kuchi-e Print

Special Topics

News & Blog

[New Arrival] Kawase Hasui, Yoshida Hiroshi, Ohara Koson, Tsuchiya Koitsu, Natori Shunsen, Kawanishi Hide, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Kumagai Morikazu, Maki Haku, Kuniyoshi, Yoshiiku and others

[New Arrival] Azechi Umetaro, Onoki Gaku, Adachi Genichiro, Ishii Hakutei, Uemura Shoen, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitora, Yoshifuji, Yoshitoyo, Kiyochika, Toyokuni, Kyosai, Eitaku and others

[New Arrival] Kitagawa Tamiji, Ito Shinsui, Shimura Tatsumi, Komai Tetsuro, Yoshitoshi, Kuniyoshi, Toyokuni, Hiroshige and others

[News] The Annual Auction of Antique Books, 2024 (古典籍展観大入札会)

[New Arrival] Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitora, Yoshiiku, Toyokuni, Kunisada, Ikuhide, Hiroshige, Shuntei, Kuniaki, Tokuriki Tomikichiro and others

[New Arrival] Yoshitoshi, Toyokuni, Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Shunsen, Kiyonaga, Eishi, Chikanobu, Azechi Umetaro, Ito Shinsui, Yoshida Hiroshi and others

About Us

Business Days