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"Fine Arts of the Far East - Chinese Paintings"

Masterpieces Selected from the
Fine Arts of the Far East, Volumes VIII-IX
Chinese Paintings, Volumes 1-2
Published by Shimbi Shoin, 1910

Page 1 of 2 -- Volumes VIII-IX

*Index for Fine Arts of the Far East - Chinese Paintings, 5 Volume Set*
Page #1 Vol VIII-IX		Page #2 Vol X-XII

*Table of Contents*	*Covers and Cases*	*Statistics*

History Volume and Volumes I-VII (Japanese Paintings)
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Tajima Shiichi (Editor, Volumes VIII & IX) Kubota, Kanroku (Editor, Volumes X - XII Omura Seigai (Original Text): *Masterpieces Selected from the Fine Art of the Far East (Tôyô Bijutsu Taikwan)*, a 5 volume set, "Chinese Paintings, I-V," The Shimbi Shoin, Tokyo (13 Shinsakana-cho, Kyobashi-ku), 1909 (Volumes VIII & IX), 1918 (Second Edition, Volumes X-XII), folio (19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in - 50 x 34 cm), 5 volumes of art reproductions of Chinese art held in collections in Japan, 307 plates (57 are color woodblock prints and 250 are black and white collotypes), bound Japanese style, decorated cloth, purple silk threads, two edges gilt (top & bottom), 96 pages of text. Volumes X-XII are "Deluxe Edition" and contain more color plates than the regular edition and many of the color woodblock plates are executed on silk. They are, however, not designated "Deluxe" on the title page and that is determined by the number of color woodblock plates and the fact that several are on silk. Summary of Plates (Color Woodblocks /Black & White Collotype). These 5 volumes are part of a set of 16 volumes (8 volumes - Japanese paintings, 5 volumes - Chinese paintings and 3 volumes - sculptures). In a catalogue published before the publication of the set the Shimbi Shoin advertised the set (16 volumes) stating that it was limited to 500 sets in two grades. The Shimbi Shoin advertised that this set (16 volumes) was limited to 500 sets in two grades. The ordinary edition (400 sets produced) with 130 color plates all on ordinary paper and the "edition de luxe" (100 sets produced) with 200 color plates and where the original was printed on silk, it is reproduced on silk in the deluxe edition. The deluxe edition is also characterized as having "rich brocade" covers. In a Shimbi Shion catalogue published ca 1910 the set was priced at Ł66 (deluxe) and Ł55 (regular). In a 1920 Shimbi Shoin catalogue the complete set was priced at 1,200 yen (deluxe) and 1,000 yen (regular). As of the 1920 catalogue the set is listed as 15 volumes ("or in folios"), not 16 volumes. In this catalogue the Japanese painting volumes were priced at 650 yen (deluxe) and at 525 yen (regular) and the Chinese paintings volumes were priced at 450 yen (deluxe) and 400 yen (regular). In the 1922 catalogue the complete set was priced at 1,300 yen (deluxe) and 1,000 yen (regular). The 1922 catalogue states the deluxe edition has 200 color plates and the regular edition has 130 color plates. My review of deluxe editions of volumes I-XII (Japanese and Chinese paintings) confirmed 202 color woodblock plates. Summary of Volumes Five Volumes of Chinese Paintings Volume VIII (1910)- Chinese Paintings, Volume I, Comprising Productions of the Tang, the Five and the Sung Dynasties, plates 1-64, 28 pages of text. Volume IX (1910) - Chinese Paintings, Volume II, Yuan Dynasty, plates 65-129, 8 pages of text. Volume X (1918) - Chinese Paintings, Volume III, Comprising Productions of the Ming Dynasties, plates 130-193, 16 pages of text. Volume XI (1918) - Chinese Paintings, Volume IV, Comprising Productions of the Ming and Ching Dynasties, plates 194-255, 22 pages of text. Volume XII (1918) - Chinese Paintings, Volume V, Comprising Productions of the Ching Dynasties, plates 256-307, 22 pages of text. Each volume has a full title page listing the volume number in the entire series of 16 volumes. This is followed by an illustrated title page giving the volume number in the "Chinese Pictures" set of 5 and stating the dynasties covered by the volume. Each volume has a single page "List of Plates" which gives, for each plate, the plate number, a general description (subject), the artist, the period (expressed in A.D. date), and the source. The text pages are printed on folded sheets of thin, high quality, paper. The woodblock plates are tipped to very thick high quality paper plates that have die sunk (recessed) areas for the woodblock print. The collotype plates are printed directly on medium thick high quality paper. Each plate (or unit of plates when similar plates were grouped together by the editor) is protected by a tissue guard with text in English and Japanese which describes the art and artist and the source/location of the relic. Each volume comes with a protective decorative cloth folding slipcase with ivory clasps.

Details of Contents

Volume VIII
Plates 1-64

Chinese Paintings, Volume I
Comprising Productions of the Tang,
the Five and the Sung Dynasties

Edited by Shiichi Tajima
Original Text Written by Seigai Omura


Title Page.
 

Short Title Page



Plates (Complete Listing of Plates, Volume XI, click here).

1.      Mounted on an Elephand and Playing Music and Dancing - Unknown, Sosoin, Nara
        

2-5.    Sakyamuni, Manjusri, and Samantabhadra - Said to be by Wu Tao-tzu, Kofukuji, Kyoto
        

6-7.    Landscapes - Said to be by Wang Wei, Kotoin, Kyoto

8.      Waterfall - Said to be by Wang Wei, Chishaku-in, Kyoto
        

9.      Pu-kung Chin-Kang - Li-chien, Kyowogokokuji, Kyoto
        

10-11.  Arhats - Chan-yeuh Ta-shih, Baron Takahashi, Korekiyo
        
        

12-13.  Arhats - Said to be by Chan-yeuh Ta-shih, Todaiji, Kyoto
        
        

14-15.  Lotus-flowers and Water-fowls - Hsu Hsi, Chion, Kyoto
        
        

16.     Snow-covered Willow Trees and White Heron - Said to be Hsu Hsi, 
        Count Yamagisawa Yasuyoshi

17-18.  Two Patriarchs with Minds in Harmony - Shih-ko, Shohoji, 
        Yamashiro Province
        

19-20.  Arhats - Unknown, Seiryoji, Kyoto
        
        

21.     White Jessamine - Said to be by Chao Chang, Mr. Akaboshi Tetsuma, Tokyo

22.     Putal sleeping - Li Lung-mein, Count Tokugawa Satotaka
        

23-24.  Arhats - Li Lung-mein, The Tokyo Fine Art School
        

25.     Wang-mo (Vimalakirti - Li Lung-mein, Marquis Kuroda Naganari

26.     Autumnal Landscape - Chao Tai-nien, Mr. Akaboshi Tetsuma, Tokyo

27.     Crows in a Wintry Forest - Chao Tai-nien, Mr. Hara Tomitaro, Yokohama

28.     Landscape in Storm - Said to be by Emperor Hui-tsung, Kuonji, 
        Minobu, Kai Province
        

29-30.  Landscape in Atumn and Winter - Said to be by Emperor Hui-tsung, Konchi-in, Kyoto

31-32.  Kujaku Myo-o (Mayura Vidyaraja) - Said to be by Chang Ssu-kung, Ninnaji, Kyoto

33.     Pu-kung San-chang (Fuku Sanzo) - Said to be by Chang Ssu-kung, Kozanji, 
        Yamashiro Province
        

34.     Priest Hsuan-chuang (Genzo Sanzo) returning to China - Unknown, 
        Mr. Hara Tomitaro, Yokohama
        

35-6.   Bullock Drivers in the Snow - Li Ti, Mr. Masuda Takashi, Tokyo

37-8.   White and Red Hibiscus - Li Ti, Viscount Fukuoka Takachika
        
        

39.     Dhyana Meeting of Wei-yen and Li Ao - Ma Kung-hsien, Nazenji, Kyoto

40.     Lin Ho-ching admiring Plum Blossoms - Ma Kuei, Baron Iwasaki Koyata

41.     A Man and a Boy in a Boat - Said to be by Ma Kuei, 
        Mr. Magoshi Kyohei, Tokyo
        

42.     Landscape in Rain - Ma Yuan, Baron Iwasaki Koyata

43.     A Man under a Pine-tree - Ma Yuan, Count Tanaka Mitsuaki

44.     Looking at the Moon form Under a Pine-tree, Ma Yuan,
        Marquis Kuroda Naganari

45.     A Lone Fisherman on a Wintry Lake - Ma Yuan, Marquis Inouye Kaoru

46.     A Man under Pine-trees - Said to be by Ma Yuan, Mr. Magoshi Kyohei, Tokyo
        

47.     Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (Fugen Bosatsu) - Said to be by Ma Lin,
        Myoshinji, Kyoto
        

48.     Cattle under Trees - Said to be by Yen Tzu-ping, Viscount Akimoto Okitomo

49.     Puppies - Mao I, Viscount Fukuoka Takachiea
        

50-51.  Arhats - Lin Ting-kuei, Daitokuji, Kyoto
        

52.     Arhats - Chou Chi-chang, Daitokuji, Kyoto

53.     Hsiang-hsiang Ta-shih - Unknown, Todaiji, Nara

54.     Court Ladies Embroidering - Said to be by Liu Sung-nien, 
        Marquis Kuroda Naganari
        

55.     Landscape in a Storm - Hsia Kuei, Mr. Kawasaki Shozo, Kobe

56.     A Boat at Anchor - Hsia Kuei, Baron Iwasaki Koyata
        

57.     Landscape and Bower - Hsia Kuei, Marquis Kuroda Naganari

58-59.  Looking at a Waterfall and on a Stream - Hsia Kuei,
        Mr. Akaboshi Tetsuma, Tokyo

60.     Landscape - Hsia Kuei, Mr. Gejo Masao, Tokyo

61.     A Couple of Herons - Hsia Kuei, Marquis Kuroda, Naganari

62-64.  Landscapes - Hsia Kuei, Count Meyeda Toshitomo

Colophon - Volume VIII

Printed: Meiji 43 (1910).4.20
Published: Meiji 43 (1910).4.25

Volume IX
Plates 65-129

Chinese Paintings, Volume II
Part One, Primitive Times, The Eras of Tang
and The Five Minor Dynasties
Part Two, Sung Dynasty.

Edited by Shiichi Tajima
Original Text Written by Seigai Omura


Title Page.
 

Short Title Page


Plates (Complete Listing of Plates, Volume IX, click here).


65.     Han-shan and Shih-te (Kanzan and Jittoku) - Liang Kai, 
        Mr. Isogai Sheizo, Tokyo
        

66.     Li Po (Ri Haku) walking and singing - Liang Kai, Count Matsudaira Naosuke
        

67.     The Sixth Patriarch of Zen Sect - Liang Kai, Count Matsudaira Naosuke

68.     The Sixth Patriarch of Zen Sect - Liang Kai, Count Sakai Tadamichi

69.     A Man under a Pine Tree - Liang Kai, Mr. Magoshi Kyohei, Tokyo

70-71.  Sakyamuni coming out from the Mountain - Liang Kai, Count Sakai Tadamichi
        

72.     Reading under Trees - Liang Kai, Marquis Kuroda Naganari

73.     Snowy Landscape - Liang Kai, Count Sakai Tadamichi

74.     Snowy Landscape - Liang Kai, Mr. Akaboshi Tetsuma

75.     A Pair of Herons - Liang Kai, Count Date Munemoto

76.     Portrait of Wu Chun Chan-Shih (Bushun Zenshi) - 
        Artist Unknown, Tofukuji, Tokyo
        

77-78.  Zen-zai Do-ji - Artist Unknown, Count Hisamatsu Sadanori

79.     Dragons - Chen So-weng, Baron Yokoyama Takatoshi

80-81.  Dragons - Said to be by  Chen So-weng, Count Sakai Tadamichi
        

82-83.  Landscapes and Mansions - Wang Hui, Mr. Takata Shinzo, Tokyo

84-86.  Avalokitesvara (Kwannon) Monkeys, and a Crane - Mu-chi, 
        Daitokuji, Kyoto
        
        

87-88.  Arhat (Rakan) - Mu-chi, Baron Iwasaki Koyata
        

89.     Priest Chien-tzu (Kensu) - Mu-chi, Mr. Masuda Takashi, Tokyo

90-91.  Dragon and Tiger - Mu-chi, Kaitokuji, Kyoto
        

92.     Old Pine-tree and Bull-headed Shrike - Mu-chi, 
        Count Matsudaira Naosuke
        

93.     Bull-headed Shrike - Mu-chi, Mr. O-oka Ikuzo, Tokyo

94.     Returning Sails Along a Distant Beach - Mu-chi, 
        Count Matsudaira Naosuke

95.     The Haze dispersing from around a Town in the Mountains - Yu-chien, 
        Count Matsudaira Naosuke

96.     Lotus-leaves and Wild Goose alighting, Said to bey by Lo-chuang, 
        Mr. Asabuki Eiji, Tokyo
        

97.     Landscape in Mi's Style - Kung Kai, Mr. Namba Tsunesaburo, Takamatsu

98.     Tao Yuan-ming - Chao Tzu-kung, Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

99.     Willow-trees covered with Snow, and a Flock of Herons - 
        Said to be by Chao Chung-mu, Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

100.    Plum-blossoms and Birds - Said to be by Chien Shun-chu, Count Sakai Tadamichi
        

101.    Pomegranate and Birds - Said to be by Chien Shun-chu, Marquis Kuroda Naganari

102-3.  Landscapes in Summer and Winter - Said to be by Kao Jan-Hui, Konchi-in, Kyoto
        

104.    Summer Mountains - Said to be by Kao Jan-Hui, Viscount Akimoto Okitomo

105-6.  Landscapes in Spring and Summer - Said to be by Kao Jan-Hui, 
        Count Sakai Tadamichi

107.    Lotus and Birds - Wang Jo-Shui, Marquis Kuroda Naganari

108-9.  Landscapes and Human Figures - Jen Yeuh-shan, Tokyo Fine Art School
        
        

110.    Autumnal Landscape - Sun Chun-tse, Yotokuin, Kyoto

111.    Landscape - Sun Chun-tse, Mr. Kikuya Gojuro, Nagato

112-3.  Landscapes - Sun Chun-tse, Baron Iwasaki Koyata
        

114-7.  The Two Hermits, Ha-ma (Gama) and Tieh-kuai (Tekkai) - Yen Hui (Gan ki), 
        Chionji, Kyoto
        
        

118-9.  Han-shan (Kanzan) and Shih-te (Jittoku) - Yen Hui (Gan ki), 
        Mr. Kawasaki Shozo, Kobe

120.    Hermit - Yen Hui (Gan ki), Count Tanaka Mitsuaki

121.    Bamboos - Chao Yuan, Nanzenji, Kyoto

122.    Landscape in Minature - Said to be by Meng Yueh-chein, 
        Count Tokugawa Satomichi

123.    Avalokitesvara in White Robes - Said to be by Chang Yeuh-hu, 
        Daitokuji, Kyoto

124.    Tan-hsia burning an Image of a Buddha - Said to be by Yin-to-lo, 
        Marquis Kuroda Naganari

125.    Arhats - Said to be by Chi-shan, mr. Hara Tomitaro, Yokohama
        

126.    Bamboos - Tan Chih-jui, Mr. Magoshi Kyohei, Tokyo

127.    Arhats - Liu Hsin-chung, Shokokuji, Kyoto

128.    The Ten Deva Kings - Lu Hsin-chung, Daitokuji, Kyoto
        

129.    Avalokitesvara (Kwannon) - Said to be by A-chia-chia, 
        Count Sakai Tadaoki