Chapter XIII: Conclusion

The day is coming--perhaps it is already here--when the Japanese Print will become the spiritual possession of a wider circle than that limited group of collectors who have been devoted to it in the past. Alien though this art is, it has power to penetrate to regions of the mind which Western art too often leaves unvisited.

Much is said unwisely about the elevating and educative power of art. The man in the street has come to believe that the elevating force resides in the theme which a work of art presents--that a picture of Galahad riding for the Grail is a lofty thing, and that a picture of the wings of the theatre during a ballet is a base one. Hence has arisen that unspeakably childish modern school of middle-class painters whose "pictures with a story"--generally a sentimental or edifying story--are the terror of the art-lover. After them, no wonder that even the Cubists came as a relief.

As every artist knows, the elevating power that resides in the mere subject of a picture has at best no more force than a moral maxim; the mind may assent to it, but the heart is unmoved. The same may be said in the case of a poem. The glory of poetry is not that it furnishes elevated sentiments in rhyme for public speakers to quote, but that it embodies music and thought combined in so fitly proportioned and expressive a structure that the reader carries away with him a certain acquaintance with perfection and a lasting desire for ideal beauty in everything.

Thus it is only through its power to cultivate the spectator's sense of form that art may be called elevating. Close familiarity with the productions of great artists gradually develops in the spectator an understanding of proportion, harmony, and conscious design, evoking in him the ability to perceive and even create order and freedom.

Because of the fact that the best Japanese prints are so superb an expression of the sense of form, they may be rated high as cultural agents. In them the eye finds little or no distraction occasioned by mere subject. Here speak the pure elements of artistic creation, liberated from combination with elements of accidental and personal charm. They contain the quintessence of all those harmonious and significant qualities which men desire of life. He who really takes them into his consciousness will be repelled by disorder, dullness, and indeterminateness all his days. And probably the world will be saved by its hatred of these things. Therefore the Japanese print cannot be regarded as primarily a pattern for future designers of wood-engraving; it appears to have a far wider and deeper office to perform.

INDEX

INDEX

Actors, 134, 304, 306

Anchi, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Ando, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Anshin, _see_ Yasunobu

Ashikuni, 356

Ashimaro, 299

Ashiyuki, 356

Banki, 298

Banto, 173

Bokusen, 375

Buddhism, 55

BUNCHO, 185, 209, 426

Bunkaku, _see_ Okumura Masanobu

Bunro, 299

Chikamaro, _see_ Kiosai

Chikanobu, 299

Chikashige, 353

Chincho, 91

Chiryu, 173

CHOKI, 319, 427

Chōshō, _see_ Nagamatsu

Condition, 418

Courtesan, _see_ Yoshiwara

Denroku, 108

Dohan, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Doshin, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Doshu, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Forgeries, 432

Fujinobu, 108, 173

Furuyama, 75

Fusanobu, 108

Fuyo, 299

Gakutei, 374

Gangakusai, 375

Genpachi, _see_ Okumura Masanobu

Genroku Era, 65, 134

Genshichi, 80

Ginsetsu, _see_ Fusanobu

Gogaku, _see_ Gakutei

Gokei, 375

Gokyo, 278

Goshichi, 299

Gosotei, 351, 398

Gyokushi, 157

Hanamaro, 299

Hanzan, 356

Haruhiro, _see_ Koriusai

Haruji, 173

Harumachi, _see_ Utamaro II

Harumitsu, 234

Harunobu, 129, 136, 208, 422, 426

Harushige, 171

Harutoshi, 108

Harutsugu, 173

Hasegawa Toun, 75

Hidemaro, 299

Hirosada, 356

HIROSHIGE I, 357, 375, 415, 426

Hiroshige II, 397

Hiroshige III, 398

Hisanobu, 299

Hōgetsudō, _see_ Okumura Masanobu

Hokkei, 374

Hokuba, 375

Hokuga, 375

Hokuju, 374

Hokumio, 356

HOKUSAI, 258, 379, 427

Hokushu, 356

Hokusui, 375

Hokutai, 375

Hokutei, 375

Hoku-un, 375

Hokuyei, 375

Hokuyo, 375

Hōriu, 173

Isai, 375

Ise Monogatari, 56, 182

Isomaro, 299

Iyeyasu, 49

Juzan, 375

Kagetoshi, 356

Kako, _see_ Hokusai

Kammyō, _see_ Okumura Masanobu

Kanamaro, 299

Kano School, 50, 52, 54

Katsukawa School, 129

Katsumasa (Kichikawa), 95

Katsumasa (Yoshimura), 75

Katsunobu, 95

Keiju, 375

Keisai, _see_ Masayoshi

Keri, 375

Kichi, 75

Kikumaro I, 298

Kikumaro II, 298

Kiosai, 353

Kisen, 173

Kitamaro, 299

Kiyoaki, 92

Kiyofusa, 84, 123, 354

Kiyoharu (Torii), 124

Kiyoharu (Kondo Sukegoro), 92

Kiyohide (Torii), 124

Kiyohide II, 234

Kiyohiro, 123

Kiyohisa, 234

Kiyokatsu, 234

Kiyokuni, 353

Kiyomasa, 234

KIYOMASU, 84, 88

Kiyomine, 84, 123, 354

KIYOMITSU, 84, 116

Kiyomitsu II, _see_ Kiyomine

Kiyomitsu III, _see_ Kiyofusa

Kiyomoto (Torii), 124

Kiyomoto II, 355

KIYONAGA, 84, 217, 241, 259, 405, 426

KIYONOBU I, 83

KIYONOBU II, 87, 90

Kiyonobu (Kondo), 95

Kiyorō, 95

Kiyosada I, 355

Kiyosada II, 354

Kiyosato, 124

Kiyoshige, 91

Kiyosomo, 92

Kiyotada I, 91

Kiyotada II, 355

Kiyotada III, 355

Kiyotomo, 92

Kiyotei, 234

Kiyotoki, 234

Kiyotoshi, 124

Kiyotsugi, 234

Kiyotsune (Torii), 124

Kiyotsune II, 234

Kiyoyasu, 355

Kiyoyuki, 234

Kogan, 173

Kokan, _see_ Shiba Kokan

Komatsuken, 173

KORIUSAI, 157, 159

Kuniaki, 353

Kuniao I, 353

Kuniao II, 353

Kunichika, 353

Kunifusa, 353

Kunihana, 353

Kunihiko, 353

Kunikane I, 353

Kunikane II, 353

Kunihiro, 353

Kunihisa, 353

Kunikatsu, 353

Kunikiyo, 353

Kunimaro, 299

Kunimaru I, 353

Kunimaru II, 353

Kunimasa I, 318, 352

Kunimasa II, _see_ Kunisada II

Kunimasa III, _see_ Kunisada III

Kunimichi I, 353

Kunimichi II, 353

Kunimitsu, 353

Kunimune, 353

Kuninaga, 353

Kuninobu I, 173

Kuninobu II, 353

Kunisada I, 351

Kunisada II, 352

Kunisada III, 352

Kunitada, 353

Kunitaka, 353

Kunitohisa, 353

Kunitaki, 353

Kunitane, 353

Kunitera, 353

Kuniteru, 353

Kunitoki, 353

Kunitora, 353

Kunitsugi I, 353

Kunitsugi II, 353

Kunitsuma, 353

Kuniyasu I, 353

Kuniyasu II, 399

Kuniyoshi, 375

Kuniyuki, 353

Kuzayeimon, 108

KWAIGETSUDŌ, 79

Kyōden, _see_ Kitao Masanobu

Kyosen, 157

Kyuyeimon, 108

Landscape, 356

Magosaburo, _see_ Shigenaga

Mangetsudō, 105

Masafusa, 105

Masanobu (Hishikawa), 75

MASANOBU (Kitao), 248, 427

MASANOBU (Okumura), 95

Masanojo, 75

Masataka, 75

Masayoshi, 250

Masks, 304

Masunobu (Tanaka), 92, 173

Masunobu II, 92, 172

Matabei, 58, 73

Mazunobu, 95

Michimaro, 299

Minemaro, 299

Minko, 173

Mitemaro, 299

Mitsunobu, 95

Morikuni, 75

Morobei, 75

Morofusa, 75

Moromasa, 75

Moromori, 75

Moronaga, 75

MORONOBU, 69

Moroshige, 75

Morotada, 124

Morotane, 75

Morotsugi, 75

Motonobu, 105

Muranobu, 173

Nagahide I, 108

Nagahide II, 328

Nagamatsu, 328

Nagayoshi, _see_ Choki

Nichiren, 58

Niho, 375

Nishimura School, 105

Nō Drama, 303

Norihide, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Norishige, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Noritatsu, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Nudes, 115, 123, 222

Oiran, _see_ Yoshiwara

Omume, 92

Osaka School, 355

Osawa, 75

Otsu-ye, 67

Pillar Prints, 100, 123, 151, 164, 233

Primitives, 63, 127, 207, 426

Polychrome, 140

Printing, 40, 414

Prices, 425

Ranko, 356

Renshi, 375

Rihei, 108

Riusen, 75

Riushu, 75

Rosen, 157

Ryokin, 58

Ryujo, 75

Ryukoku, 299

Ryusai, 375

Ryushi, 173

Sadafusa, 356

Sadaharu, 108

Sadahide, 400

Sadahiro, 356

Sadakage, 356

Sadamasa, 356

Sadamasu, 356

Sadanobu (Hasegawa), 356, 399

Sadanobu (Tamura), 92

Sadatora, 356

Sadatoshi, 95

Sadayoshi, 356

Sanchō, 234

Seiko, 173

Sekicho, 299

Sekiga, 198

Sekiho, 299

Sekijo, 299

Sekiyen, 285, 320

Sekkyo, 299

Sencho, 353

Senga, 157

Senka, 299

Senkwado, _see_ Shigenaga

SHARAKU, 194, 260, 299, 323, 405, 426

Shiba Kokan, 156, 171

Shigefusa, 108

Shigeharu, 108

SHIGEMASA, 182, 199, 201, 426

Shigemasa III, _see_ Yoshimaro I

SHIGENAGA, 105

Shigenobu (Hirose), 108

Shigenobu (Ichiusai), _see_ Hiroshige II

Shigenobu (Kawashima), 75

Shigenobu (Nishimura), 105, 107

Shigenobu (Ryūkwado Ichiichido), 108

Shigenobu (Tsunegawa), 107

Shigenobu (Yamamoto), 108

Shigenobu (Yanagawa), 297, 374

Shigeyama, 375

Shiko, _see_ Choki

Shoha, 173

Shoshin, _see_ Masayoshi

Shikimaro, 298

Shiro, _see_ Kiyonobu II

Shoyu, 198

Shimbei, 75

Shinsai, 375

Shintoku, 299

Shoshoken, _see_ Komatsuken

Shucho, 298

Shuha, _see_ Ishikawa Toyonobu

SHUNCHO (Katsukawa), 237, 427

Shuncho (Koikawa), _see_ Utamaro II

Shunbeni, 353

Shundo, 198

Shunkaku, 198

Shunken,198

Shunki, 198

Shunkio, 198

Shunkiosai, 299

Shunjo, _see_ Shunyei

Shunkō (Harumitsu), _see_ Harumitsu

SHUNKO (Katsukawa), 197, 426

Shunko II, 198, 234

Shunko (Kichosai), 198

Shunkyoku, 198

Shunri, 198

Surimono, 373

Shunrin, 198

SHUNMAN, 246, 427

Shunro, _see_ Hokusai

Shunshi, 356

Shunsei, 198

Shuntei, 198

Shunsen, 399

SHUNSHO (Katsukawa), 134, 174, 186, 193, 199, 201, 208, 426

Shunsho II, 356

Shunsui, 177

Shuntoku, 198

SHUNYEI, 193, 300, 426

Shunyen, 198

Shunzan, 245

Shuseido, 105

Soan, 173

Sobai, 198

Sogaku, 299

Sogiku, 173

Soraku, 279, 299

Sori, _see_ Hokusai

Sugakudo, 353

Suiyo, 173

SUKENOBU, 75

Tadeharu, 95

Taigaku, 375

Taito, _see_ Hokusai and Yanagawa Shigenobu

Takahashi, _see_ Rosen

Takemaro, 298

Tanchosai, _see_ Okumura Masanobu

Tange, 75

Terunobu, 92

Terushige, 92

Theatre, 133, _also see_ Actors

Toban, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Tojin, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Tokugawa Dynasty, 49

Tominobu, 353

Tomofusa, 75

Torii School, 84

Tosa School, 53

Toshimaro, 299

Toshinobu, 104

Toshiyuki, 75

Toshū, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

TOYOHARU, 199, 200

Toun, 75

TOYOHIRO I, 320, 338, 427

Toyohiro II, 353

Toyohisa, 201

Toyokiyo, 353

TOYOKUNI I, 328, 339, 427

Toyokuni II, _see_ Gosotei

Toyokuni III, _see_ Kunisada I

Toyokuni IV, _see_ Kunisada II

Toyokuni V, _see_ Kunisada III

Toyokuma, 124

Toyomaro, 298

Toyomaru, 201

Toyomasu, 124

Toyonaga, 124

TOYONOBU (Ishikawa), 108, 200

Toyonobu (Utagawa), 200

Toyoshige, _see_ Gosotei

Triptych, 230

Tsukimaro (Kitagawa), _see_ Kikumaro I

Tsukimaro (Tanimoto), 298

Tsukioka Tange, 75

Ujimasa, 173

Ukioye School, 54, 65, 70

UTAMARO, 257, 260, 279, 426

Utamaro II, 298

Utagawa School, 200

Wagen, 92

Wowo, 75

Yamamoto School, 108

Yasumichi, 375

Yasunobu, 107

Yasutomo, _see_ Kwaigetsudō

Yeicho, 279

Yeiju, 279

Yeiki, 279

Yeiri (Rekisenti), 279

Yeiri (Yeishi's Pupil), 279

Yeiru, 279

Yeisen, 398

YEISHI, 262, 404, 427

Yeishin, 279

YEISHO, 274, 427

Yeisui, 278

Yeizan, 354

Yencho, 299

Yenkyō, 317

Yenshi, 199

Yoshichika, 353

Yoshifuji, 353

Yoshifusa, 353

Yoshikata, 299

Yoshiharu, 353

Yoshikage, 353

Yoshiku, 356

Yoshiki, 299

Yoshikazu, 353

Yoshikuni, 353

Yoshimaro I, 298

Yoshimaro II, 298

Yoshimori, 299

Yoshimune, 299

Yoshisato, 353

Yoshinobu (Fujikawa), 92

Yoshinobu (Komai), 172, 108

Yoshinobu (Tamura), 92

Yoshinobu (Yamomoto), 108, 172

Yoshitaki, 353

Yoshitomi, 353

Yoshitora, 299

Yoshitoshi, 299

Yoshitsuna, 353

Yoshitsuru, 353

Yoshitsuya, 299

Yoshiyuki, 400

Yoshiume, 353

Yoshiwara, 210, 259, 282, 290

Yumiaki, 299

Yukimaro I, 298

Yukimaro II, 298

Yumisho, 198

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