VIOLIN (ヴィオロン)



1903


[Morning Dew] Asa Tsuyu (朝露)

Print Date:  10/01/03
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Woodblock printed kuchi-e, published in Bungei Kurabu
(文芸倶楽部), Vol. 9, No. 13
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

NOVEMBER 1927

                    
Concert: [Efrem Zimbalist Grand Concert] Efuremu Jinbabrisu to Shidai Ongakukai
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/26-30/27
Print Date: 11/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



1939

                   
[Players of Western Music] Yôgaku-shi (洋楽師)

Print Date: 06/1939
Artist: Wada Sanzô (和田三造)
Series: [Compendium of Occupations in the Shôwa Era]
Shôwa Shokugyô E-Zukushi (昭和職業繪盡) (Series 1, #1)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note:  This first edition print was published by Nishinomiya Shoin in an edition of 300.  A post-war
edition made from recarved blocks was issued by Kyoto Hangain. 
 
 
 



1946

                 
[Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko)]
Aru Viorinisuto no Inshô (Suwa Nejiko-zô)
(あるヴィオリニストの印象 (諏訪根自子像))

Performance Date: Late 1946
Print Date: 1946
Artist: Onchi Kôshirô (恩地孝四郎)
Courtesy of the Cinncinnati Museum of Art

Note: Onchi depicts violinist Suwa Nejiko in a 1946
performance for the Occupation forces.
 
 
 
 

                
[Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko)]
Aru Viorinisuto no Inshô (Suwa Nejiko-zô)
(あるヴィオリニストの印象 (諏訪根自子像))

Performance Date: Late 1946
Print Date: c. 1955-1960
Artist: Onchi Kôshirô (恩地孝四郎)
Courtesy of Osakaprints.com

Note: This was a posthumous printing by Hirai Kôichi from the original blocks.
 
 
 
 
 
 

1955

                   
[Music Teacher] Ongaku Kyôshi (音楽教師)

Print Date: 12/1955
Artist: Wada Sanzô (和田三造)
Series: [Compendium of Occupations in the Shôwa Era]
Shôwa Shokugyô E-Zukushi (昭和職業繪盡) (Series 3)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note:  This first edition print was published by Kyoto Hangain in an edition of 200. 
 
 
 
 

1970


Woods on Musician
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
Medium: Etching (ed. 100)
Image courtesy of the Floating World Gallery
 
 



              

1975


Blue Sky

Print Date: ?
Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
Medium: Etching with Aquatint (ed. 80)
 
 



              

1976


Sonata in F

Date: 1976
Artist: Marian Korn
Medium: Silkscreen print on paper
Image courtesy of The Honolulu Museum of Art
 


              


Sonata

Date: 1976
Artist: Marian Korn
Medium: Silkscreen print on aluminum
Image courtesy of The Honolulu Museum of Art
 
 
 
 

1983

                 
[Adagio aka "The Tune of Autumn"]
Aki no Shirabe (秋の調べ)

Date:  1983 (ed. 776)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 




1992


[Clown] Douke (道化)
 
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 90)  4
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 



1993


[Clown Au Singe] Saru no Iru Dôke (猿のいる道化)
 
Print Date: 1993 (ed. 90)  2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 



1994

                 
I Wonder As I Wander - Il Buffone

Print Date: 1994 (ed. ?)
Artist: Ligustro
Artist: Ligustro (based on drawings by Serena Giordano)
Series: [Thirty Arcana for Eight Colors] Trenta Arcani per Otto Colori
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 
 



2003


[Marionette] Marionetto (マリオネット)
 
Print Date: 2003
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 75) 3
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 



2008

                 
Romanza - 1

Date:  2008 (ed. 200)
Artist: Itô Ryûsaku (伊藤龍作)
Medium: Handcolored children's book woodblock print
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The uncolored version was originally produced in 2002.
 
 




                 
Romanza - 10

Date:  2008 (ed. 200)
Artist: Itô Ryûsaku (伊藤龍作)
Medium: Handcolored children's book woodblock print
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The uncolored version was originally produced in 2002.
 
 




2009

                 
Village's Voice - No. 1

Print Date: 2009 (ed. 12)
Artist: Zhèng Jiânhuî (郑建辉)
Medium: Reduction woodblock print
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 



UNKNOWN DATES


[Night of Brussels] Yoru no Buryusseru (夜のブリュッセル)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Etching with Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery
 
 

 



                                   
                [Violin Player and Dancing Animals]

                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Kajita Hanko (梶田半古)
                Medium: Woodblock printed kuchi-e       
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 
 
 




[Electric Violin]
Erekutorikku Baiorin (エレクトリック バイオリン)

Print Date: ? (ed. 60)
Artist: Tanaka Yôko (田中ようこ)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 



                                     
                    Suwa Nejiko (諏訪根自子)

                    Date:  ?
                    Artist: Umehara Ryûzaburô (梅原龍三郎) (
                    Medium: Silkscreen
                    Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 
 






[Chamber Music (Résonner) ] Shitsunaigaku (室内楽)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
Medium: Copperplate Etching (ed. 80)
Image courtesy of Kotake Bijutsu