Author: Hayashi Miichi (林美一)

Title: Kitagawa Utamaro Tadashi (喜多川歌麿 正) – Kitagawa Utamaro, Corrected/Authorised Edition

Series: Edo Makuraeshi Shūsei (江戸枕絵師集成) – Collection of Edo Pillow Book Artists

Publisher: Tokyo: Kawade Shobō Shinsha (河出書房新社)

Publication date: October 1, 1990.

Printing: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Binding: Ōguchi Bookbinding Co., Ltd.

ISBN 4-309-71252-5.

Hardcover, 230 × 160 mm (9 × 6.3 inches); cream boards flower-patterned with an orange dot design, orange spine, and orange vertical title cartouche with black lettering. Pictorial dust jacket with an orange spine, lettered in black; gold paper wraparound obi with black lettering and price. Pagination: [16] full-colour plate pages on glossy paper, 1–339 pages of text and illustrations, plus [3] unnumbered terminal pages. Adhesive binding. Text in Japanese.

The main text presents a detailed study of Utamaro’s makura-e (pillow pictures), analysing his stylistic development, thematic choices, and contribution to Edo-period erotic art. The catalogue section describes Utamaro’s illustrated books, albums, and pillow prints, with bibliographical references and notes on provenance and known copies. The volume concludes with detailed indexes of works and names.

On pp. 133-8, this book contains the only known reference regarding the three double-page spreads in this collection, accession number SVJP-0142.2014:

Title: 會本戀濃男婦巻 (Ehon koi no nō nyōbukan) — Picture Book of Deep Love between Men and Women

Contributors:

Kitagawa Utamaro [ 喜多川 歌麿] (Japanese, c. 1753–1806)

Hayashi Miichi [林美一] (Japanese, 1922–1986) was a noted scholar of ukiyo-e and Edo-period erotic art.