ACCORDION (アコーディオン)/
SQUEEZEBOX

                 
[On The Way; aka Stylish Girls 
on a Promenade] Tojô (途上)

Print Date: 1928
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
 

                 
[Band aka "The Colombo Jazz Band" ] Gakutai (楽隊)
 
Print Date: 1929
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Image courtesy of Chris Walther
 
 

                 
A LA MATELOTE

Print Date: 01/14/30
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Published in Sen (線), Vol. 3, No. 4
 
 

                 
[Spring Song] Haru no Uta (春の唄）

Print Date: 1937
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Medium: Woodblock printed calendar print for April
 
Note: It is unclear if this print was issued in color or not.
 
 

[Accordion] Akôdeon (アコーデオン)
 
Print Date: 1963 (ed. 100)
Artist: Ikeda Shûzô (池田脩三)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

[Accordion Player] Akôdion Sôsha (アコーディオン奏者)
 
Print Date: 1971
Artist: Asano Takeji (浅野竹二)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

[Entertainer] Geinin (芸人)
 
Print Date: 1979 (ed. 20)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

[Playing the Accordion in Exile]
Bōmei no Akōdeion Hiki (亡命のｱｺｰﾃﾞｲｵﾝ弾き)
 
Print Date: 2001
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 75) 3
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Bandnion Player]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: The seller dates this print to circa 2008.

[Accordionist] Sanfoneiro (サンフォネイロ)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 80)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: "Sanfoneiro" is Portuguese for accordionist.
 
 
 

[Still Life]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ishihara Masuo (石原**)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                   
The Squeezeboxes

Print Date: ?
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied by woodblock
Image courtesy of the Goldmark Gallery

Note: What is shown is the original drawing for this design.
A copy of the finished etching has not as yet been located.

                 
[Performance] Ensô (演奏)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
Note: It is unclear if this print was issued in color or not.