Koga Soran: Photographic Archive of Japanese Printings 古畫総覧:作家別作品辞典
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Koga Soran: Photographic Archive of Japanese Printings
古畫総覧:作家別作品辞典
Authors and editors - Johei Sasaki, Masako Sasaki
佐々木丞平・佐々木正子編著
Kokusho Kankokai
国書刊行会
Websites
The Ohio State University library
Contents
An encyclopedia of Japanese printings from Muromachi period (1338-1573) to Showa period (1925-1989), grouped by painter’s names
- Photographs showing the last state of paintings gathered from auction catalogues published between 1909 to 1943, which were scattered around the country, collected and edited over 20 years according to artists and school
- It is the largest scale collection of old paintings in Japan, which approximately 250,000 paintings included
- A large number of the photographs are of paintings which were lost in the war, etc. recording the last state
- Includes new material which clarify the absent part of Japanese and Asian art history
- This series enables the general view of old paintings to become clear for the first time, and will help to expand research divisions
- It is the largest “catalogue raisonne” of old paintings, and serves as a dictionary of paintings
- It is the first publication in Japan to list 1300 artists of various schools and ears, in Japanese syllable order
- It is a group of high quality paintings incomparable to others, most of them unknown
- It is the first time in Japan for all records of auction sellers and dates to be listed
- Unknown masterpieces are anticipated to be discovered due to this series
- Old paintings are the only visual records of scenes from ears when photographs did not exist
- A supplementary index volumes (index of artist names and motifs, along with data on years of birth and death of artist, and chronological table) will be published with each stage
- Each volume includes approximately 1300 pages, with about 7500 photographs included
- Existing partings are printed in color, including newly discovered paintings
Stages
- 1st stage – Muroyama Shijo Schools (Maruyama school, Shijo school, Kishi/Hara/Mochizuki schools)
円山派 (円山応挙、源琦、応瑞、応受、応立、応文、応陽、山口素絢、矢野夜潮、八田古秀、吉村孝敬、駒井孝礼、吉村孝文、長沢芦雪、長沢芦洲、渡辺南岳、奥文鳴、月僊、森狙仙、森徹山、森寛斎、森一鳳、森雄山、山元春挙、野村文挙、望月金鳳、亀岡規礼、吉村楠亭、皆川淇園、白井直賢、蠣崎波響、中島来章、中島有章、加納夏雄、藤井松林、川端玉章
四条派 (呉春、東東洋、山脇東暉、三熊露香、野村玉渓、松村景文、横山清暉、岡嶋清曠、奥村石蘭、松村其翠、八木奇峰、上田公長、富田光影、村川龍椿、西山芳園、西山完瑛、久保田桃水、柴田義董、大原呑船、上田耕夫、上田耕冲、永山皓孔寅、岡本豊彦、岡本茂彦、三畠上龍、真龍、早瀬来山、古市金俄、上代英彦、柴田是真、高橋応真、塩川文麟、内海吉堂、磯部百鱗、菅楯彦、田中日華、長谷川玉峰、張月樵、織田杏斎、村田東圃、熊谷杏斎、村田東圃、熊谷直彦、森川曾文、幸野楳嶺
岸・原・望月派 (岸駒、岸岱、岸良、岸礼、岸連山、岸竹堂、横山華山、横山華溪、河村文鳳、村山松堂、原在中、原在明、原在照、原在泉、高倉在孝、望月玉蟾、望月玉仙、望月玉川、望月玉泉
円山四条派 4: 呉春、高倉在孝、原在照、原在中、原在明、岡本茂彦、森周峰、巨勢小石、村上松堂、三畠上龍、藤井松林、真龍、岡本亮彦、横山清暉、岡嶋清曠、奥村石蘭、柴田是真(5に続く)
円山四条派 5: 是真(承前)、素絢、楚山、狙仙、曾文、竹堂、椿岳、椿年、徹山、桃水、東洋、豊彦、呑舟、直賢、直彦、夏雄、南岳、南渓、楠亭、日華、波響、百年、百鱗、広成、文鳳、文鳴
円山四条派 6: 塩川文麟、前川文嶺、西山芳園、矢野夜潮、森雄山、中島有章、早瀬来山、中島来章、松川龍椿、岸連山、三熊露香、長沢蘆洲、長沢蘆雪。
- 2nd stage – Literati painting schools (Literati painting school, Confucianist school, Haiku poet school, Tea ceremony master school)
- 3rd stage – Chinese style painting (Muromachi ear ink painting, Kano school, Nagasaki school, Chinese painting, etc.)
- 4th stage – Japanese style painting (Tosa school, Rimpa school, Ukiyoe school, Buddhist painting scrolls)
- 5th stage – Modern age Nihonga (Japanese style painting) (Meiji, Taisho and Showa period)

