[
{
"pname":"Address",
"pvalue":"111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60603-6110, U.S.A."
}
,
{
"pname":"Contact Person <small>(Please replace the \"[ATMARK]\" with the symbol @ when e-mailing the contact person.)</small>",
"pvalue":"Janice Katz<br />Phone:  312-443-3653 (direct), 312-443-3834 (main office);<br /> Fax:  312-443-9281<br />E-mail: jkatz2[ATMARK]artic.edu"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Size",
"pvalue":"Books:  About 2,100 volumes from the Edo period through the Meiji period primarily<br />Single-Sheet Items:  15,000 sheets"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Description",
"pvalue":"Japanese rare books are kept in Arts of Asia (used to be held at the Ryerson and Burnham Library).  Altogether, the Institute estimates the number of Edo period illustrated books approximately 2,000 volumes.  These collections comprise primarily books given by Martin Ryerson (1856-1932) and by Frederick William Gookin (1853-1936).  Toda's Descriptive catalog of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago (citation given below) is a major reference for the Ryerson Collection, but it is incomplete.  The entire collection, including the Gookin Collection and any other additions, is currently being re-cataloged (inventoried).  Books given by Gookin in 1939 date primarily prior to the Edo period.  Books from other collections--approximately 100--have been given by additional donors since the late 1920s.  The collection has many Meiji period books, including pattern books that had been given by Louise Norton Brown.  Some of these pattern books were illustrated in Five centuries of Japanese kimono (citation given below). Many volumes were previously in the collection of Louise Norton Brown. The institute has an unpublished list of the entire Japanese rare book collection and plans to have them available for searching on our website soon."
}
,
{
"pname":"Material Availability for Researchers' Viewing/Examination",
"pvalue":"Available, by appointment.  Researchers are asked to provide specific requests or research topics."
}
,
{
"pname":"Printed Catalogs of Relevant Titles",
"pvalue":"Toda, Kenji.  <i>Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago.</i>  Chicago: Printed at the Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1931.  (Spine title: <i>Ryerson collection of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books</i>)"
}
,
{
"pname":"Possibility of Material Reproduction",
"pvalue":"Photos may be taken upon written request through the Art Institute's website.  Schedules and fees are directed through our Department of Imaging and Technical Services."
}
,
{
"pname":"Publications on the Collection, beyond Catalogs",
"pvalue":"<p>Art Institute of Chicago.  <i>Ukiyo-e masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago.</i>  Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.</p><p>Clark, Timothy, and Osamu Ueda.  <i>The actor's image: print makers of the Katsukawa School.</i>  Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.</p><p><i>Five centuries of Japanese kimono:  on this sleeve of fondest dreams.</i>  (AIC Museum studies, 18, no. 1).  Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.</p><p>Gentles, O. Margaret.  <i>Japanese prints.</i>  Vol. 2.  Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1965.</p><p>Gunsaulus, C. Helen.  <i>Japanese prints.</i>  Vol. 1.  Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.</p><p>Hillier, Jack.  <i>The art of the Japanese book.</i>  London: Published for Sotheby's Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers, 1987.</p><p>Jenkins, Donald.  <i>Ukiyo-e prints and paintings. Primitive period.</i>  Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.  (Exhibition catalogue combining AIC prints and illustrated books with loans from other institutions)</p><p>Suzuki, J&#363;z&#333;, <i>et al. Shikago Bijutsukan.</i>  (Ukiyoe sh&#363;ka, v. 4-6).  T&#333;ky&#333;: Sh&#333;gakkan, 1978-1980.</p>"
}
]