Fujiokaya Keijirō (藤岡屋慶次郎) (publisher ca 1843 – 1923)

Alternate names: Fujikei (seal name - 藤藤)
Mizuno Keijirō (family name - 水野慶次郎)
Mizuno Shoten (firm name from the 1880s - 水野書店)
Shōrindō (firm name - 松林堂)

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Biography:

Edo/Tokyo print and ehon publisher (Marks 063). Artists published by this house include Fusatane, Gengyo, Hiroshige I, Hiroshige II, Hiroshige III, Hokui, Ikumaru, Kuniaki, Kuniaki II, Kunichika, Kunihisa II, Kunimaro, Kunisada II, Kunisato, Kuniteru, Kuniyoshi, Kyōsai, Sadahide, Toyokuni III, Yoshifuji, Yoshiharu, Yoshiiku, Yoshikazu, Yoshimune, Yoshinao, Yoshinobu, Yoshisato, Yoshitora, Yoshitoshi and Yoshitoyo.

[Artists in the Lyon Collection who were published by this house are highlighted in bold type.]

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"Fujiokaya Keijirō is one of the few publishers about whom detailed information is available. The reason for this lies in family records published by his successors."

Keijirō was the younger brother of another publisher, Fujioka Hikotarō.

Source and quote from: Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900 by Andreas Marks, p. 284.