How to date Doi Hangaten publisher seals

Doi Hangaten ownership seals on prints by Kawase Hasui, Tsuchiya Koitsu, Noel Nouet among other shin-hanga artists. The following was based on the excellent Tsuchiya Koitsu catalogue raisonne by Ross Walker and Tosh Doi (self published, 2008).

Doi Sadaichi (Doi Teiichi) seals (1931-1944)

Doi Sadaichi Printer Matsushita Carver Katsumura Doi Sadaichi Printer Matsushita Carver Katsumura Doi Sadaichi Printer Matsushita Carver Fujikawa Doi Sadaichi Printer Matsushita Carver Katsumura Doi Sadaichi Printer Matsushita Carver Yamada Doi Sadaichi Printer Matsushita Carver Ikeda Doi Sadaichi Printer Matsushita Carver Endo Doi Sadaichi Printer Goto Carver Fujikawa Doi Sadaichi Printer Goto Carver Katsumura Doi Sadaichi Printer Goto Carver Yamada Doi Sadaichi Printer Goto Carver Ikeda Doi Sadaichi Printer Ichikawa Carver Ikeda Doi Sadaichi Printer Tanpo Carver Katsumura Doi Sadaichi Printer Yamada Carver Ikeda Doi Sadaichi Printer Yokoi Carver Ikeda Doi Sadaichi Printer Yokoi Carver Ikeda Doi Sadaichi Printer Yokoi Carver Ikeda fake Doi Sadaichi Printer Yokoi Carver Kataoka Doi Sadaichi Printer Yokoi Carver Ikeda Noel Nouet
DS1 DS2 DS3 DS4 DS5 DS6 DS7 DS8 DS9 DS10 DS11 DS12 DS13 DS14 DS15a DS15b DS15c DS16 DS17
DS11932-1935. Publisher copyright Doi Sadaichi 版権所有 土井貞一 Printer Matsushita Tamotsu 松下 葆 Carver Katsumura Shozo 勝村 鐘造
DS21932-1935. Printer Matsushita Tamotsu 松下 葆 Carver Katsumura Shozo 勝村 鐘造
DS31932-1935. Printer Matsushita マツ下 Carver Fujikawa フジ川
DS41933-1935. Printer Matsushita マツ下 Carver Katsumura カツ村
DS51933-1935. Printer Matsushita マツ下 Carver Yamada ヤマダ
DS61935. Printer Matsushita マツ下 Carver Ikeda 池田
DS71c.1937. Printer Matsushita 松下 Carver Endo エンドウ
 
DS81931-1936. Printer Goto 後藤 Carver Fujikawa 藤川
DS91933-1936. Printer Goto 後トウ Carver Katsumura カツ村
DS101933-1936. Printer Goto 後トウ Carver Yamada ヤマダ
DS111934-1936. Printer Goto 後トウ Carver Ikeda イケダ
 
DS121934-1935. Printer Ichikawa 一川 Carver Ikeda 池田
 
DS131935-1938. Printer Tanbo/Tanpo 丹保 Carver Katsumura 勝村
 
DS141935-1937. Printer Yamada 山田 Carver Ikeda 池田
 
DS15a1936-19442. Printer Yokoi ヨコイ Carver Ikeda イケダ
DS15b1937-19442. Printer Yokoi ヨコイ Carver Ikeda イケダ
DS15c3c.2020. Printer Yokoi ヨコイ Carver Ikeda イケダ
DS161938-19442. Printer Yokoi ヨコ井 Carver Kataoka カタ岡
DS1741936-19442. Publisher Doi 版元土井 Printer Yokoi 横井 Carver Ikeda 池田

1 Seal applied to two Hasui prints dated 1932. The style of seal was late 1930s and Endo Mitsunobu the carver was only 14 in 1932.

2 Exports suspended in 1941. Print shop closed in 1944.

3 The present proprietor of Doi, grand-daughter of Sadaichi, applied this pre-war seal to a new reproduction of Hasui's Clearing After a Snowfall on Mount Fuji.

4 Prints by Noel Nouet.


Doi Hangaten seals (1948-1963)

Doi Hangaten Printer Ito Carver Katsumura Doi Hangaten Printer Ito Carver Fujikawa Doi Hangaten Printer Ito Carver Yamada Doi Hangaten Printer Ito Carver Ikeda Doi Hangaten Printer Ito Carver Harada Doi Hangaten Printer Ito Carver Harada Doi Hangaten Printer Onohiko Carver Yamada Doi Hangaten Printer Onohiko Carver Ikeda Doi Hangaten Printer Goto Carver Harada Doi Hangaten Printer Yokoi Carver Harada
DH1 DH2 DH3 DH4 DH5 DH6 DH7 DH8 DH9 DH10
DH11948-1950. Publisher copyright Doi Hangaten 版権所有 土井版画店 Printer Ito [Toraji] イトウ Carver Katsumura カツ村
DH21948-1950. Printer Ito イトウ Carver Fujikawa フジ川
DH31948-1950. Printer Ito イトウ Carver Yamada ヤマ田
DH41948-1950. Printer Ito イトウ Carver Ikeda イケ田
DH51950. Printer Ito イトウ Carver Harada ハラ田
DH61950. Printer Ito イトウ Carver Harada ハラダ
 
DH71948-1950. Printer Onohiko 斧ヒコ Carver Yamada ヤマ田
DH81948-1950. Printer Onohiko 斧ヒコ Carver Ikeda イケ田
 
DH91950-1952. Printer Goto ゴトウ Carver Harada ハラダ
 
DH101950-1963. Printer Yokoi ヨコイ Carver Harada ハラダ

A note on Harada Kametaro. Approx a third of prints with Harada's name were from pre-war woodblocks that had recarved or repaired colour blocks while leaving the original cherry keyblock intact e.g. Snow at Miyajima. Approx another third with Harada's name were newly-carved reproductions of pre-war prints including a new keyblock e.g. Great Lantern at Asakusa. And approx a third of prints with Harada's name were dated pre-war however pre-war blocks never existed and these, in the case of Tsuchiya Koitsu, were posthumously carved and printed e.g. Half-Moon Bridge at Kameido.


Hamamatsu-Do seals (1963-1981)

Hamamatsu-do 1 Hamamatsu-do 2 Hamamatsu-do 3 Hamamatsu-do 4
H1 H2 H3 H4
H11963-1981. Publisher Hamamatsu-do 浜松堂 Printer Seki セキ Carver Harada ハラダ
H2
H3
H4

Doi Eiichi seals (1981-present)

Doi Eiichi Printer Seki Carver Harada Doi Eiichi Printer Seki Carver Harada Doi Eiichi Printer Seki Carver Endo Doi Eiichi Printer Ito Carver Endo Doi Eiichi Printer Matsuzaki Carver Endo Doi Eiichi Printer Hamano Carver Harada Doi Eiichi Printer Itakura Carver Harada Doi Eiichi Printer Yamamoto Carver Harada Doi Eiichi Printer Okada Carver Harada Doi Hangaten Mokuhankan Doi Hangaten Mokuhankan
DE1 DE2 DE3 DE4 DE5 DE6 DE7 DE8 DE9 DE10 DE11
DE1c.19811. Publisher copyright Doi Eiichi 版权所有 土井英一 Printer Seki セキ Carver Harada ハラ田
DE21981-19902. Printer Seki セキ Carver Harada ハラ田
DE31981-19902. Printer Seki セキ Carver Endo エンドウ
 
DE4c.1981. Printer Ito [Kozaburo] イトウ Carver Endo エンドウ
 
DE5c.1990-c.2000. Printer Matsuzaki マツザキ Carver Endo エンドウ
 
DE61990-c.2010. Printer Hamano3 (dec.) ハマノ Carver Harada ハラ田
 
DE7c.2010-c.2020. Printer Itakura4 (ret.) イタクラ Carver Harada ハラダ
 
DE8c.2020-present. Printer Yamamoto ヤマモト Carver Harada ハラダ
 
DE9c.2020-present. Printer Okada オカダ Carver Harada ハラダ
 
DE102017-present. Publisher Asakusa Mokuhankan/Doi Hangaten5 浅草木版館 土井版画店 Printer Ohashi [Ayumi] 大橋 [歩美] Carver Harada ハラダ
DE112017-present. Publisher Asakusa Mokuhankan/Doi Hangaten5 浅草木版館 土井版画店 Printer Kawai [Chiharu] 河合 Carver Harada ハラダ
 

1 In 1981, Endo was carving for Doi, and Ito and Seki were printing.

2 Seki was dismissed as principal printer in June 1990. Seki continued printing for Shobisha and others.

3 Hamano also carved for Doi. He reproduced blocks for Koitsu's Akashi Bay and Morning Fuji in 1992.

4 Impressions by Itakura can reliably be identified by pigment smudged around registration marks.

5 David Bull's Mokuhankan pays royalties to Doi for the use of their blocks.


Appendix: Iida Kunitaro seal

Iida Kunitaro Printer Sakakura Supervisor Hirai
IK1
IK1c.1937. Publisher Iida Kunitaro 飯田國太郎 Printer Sakakura 坂倉 Supervisor Hirai 平井

Doi commissioned Iida Kunitaro on or about 1937 to reprint existing Doi prints.


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