Itoya Shōbei (糸屋庄兵衛) (publisher ca 1847 – 1865)

Itoshō (seal name - 糸庄)

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Biography:

Edo publisher (Marks 167).

Referenced in: Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 by Andreas Marks, p. 167.

Artists published by this house include Hiroshige II, Kunitsuna, Sadahide, Yoshimune and Toyokuni III.

Toyokuni III is the only artist in the Lyon Collection published by this house. We have highlighted his name in bold type.

Nakamura Tsuruzō I (中村つる蔵) as the ferryman Jinbei (渡守甚平) from the play <i>Sakura Sōshi Gonichi no Bundan</i> (桜荘子後日文談) based on <i>Higashiyama Sakura Zōshi</i> ('The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama': 東山桜荘子)
Related Object: Nakamura Tsuruzō I (中村つる蔵) as the ferryman Jinbei (渡守甚平) from the play Sakura Sōshi Gonichi no Bundan (桜荘子後日文談) based on Higashiyama Sakura Zōshi ('The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama': 東山桜荘子)