[
{
"pname":"Address",
"pvalue":"1301 Mississippi, Lawrence, KS 66045, U.S.A."
}
,
{
"pname":"Contact Person <small>(Please replace the \"[ATMARK]\" with the symbol @ when e-mailing the contact person.)</small>",
"pvalue":"Kris Imants Ercums, curator of global contemporary and Asian art<br />Phone:  +1(785) 864-0143<br />E-mail:  kiercums[ATMARK]ku.edu"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Size",
"pvalue":"Books:  5 vols.<br />Manuscripts:  1 vol.<br />Single-Sheet Items:  ca. 2,000 sheets"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Description",
"pvalue":"The Spencer Museum of Art holds a diverse collection of over 2,000 Japanese prints ranging from Kamakura-period Buddhist <i>inbutsu</i> (stamped prints) to works by prominent contemporary artists. The core of the collection was formed in the early twentieth century by Sallie Casey Thayer (bequeathed in 1917) and consists of Edo period (1603-1868) woodblock prints of various subjects. The collection is featured in the following publications: <i>T&#333;kaid&#333;: Adventures on the Road in Old Japan</i> (Addiss et al., 1980); <i>Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art</i> (Keyes, 1984); <i>Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural</i> (Addiss et al., 1985). Moreover, the collection also includes Edo-period illustrated books, such as volume 7 of the 1817 <i>manga</i> (sketched pictures) by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) (1999.0205) and an 1804 gazetteer book <i>Famous Places in the Capital</i> (<i>Miyako meisho zue</i>), depicting views of popular religious and secular places in Kyoto (1986.0097). The Spencer Museum also holds a modest but rich collection of Meiji period (1868-1912) prints such as the triptych <i>The Illustrious Nobility of the Empire</i> by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) depicting Emperor Meiji and his imperial family (2006.0034). Highlights from the twentieth century include work by <i>Shin hanga</i> (new prints) artists like Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950), <i>S&#333;saku hanga</i> (creative prints) artists , and a 1926 Mavo publication by Oakda Tatsuo (active 1900-1930), <i>The Pale-Faced Virgin's Mad Thoughts</i> (<i>Aozameta Douteikyo</i>) (2009.0022). The collection is searchable through the Spencer's online database located at: <br /><a href=\"http://collection.spencerart.ku.edu/eMuseumPlus\">http://collection.spencerart.ku.edu/eMuseumPlus</a>"
}
,
{
"pname":"Material Availability for Researchers' Viewing/Examination",
"pvalue":"Available, as are all the works on paper.  Anyone can make an appointment, with or without university ties, to see the collection."
}
,
{
"pname":"Printed Catalogs of Relevant Titles",
"pvalue":"Keyes, Roger S.  <i>Surimono: privately published Japanese prints in the Spencer Museum of Art</i>.  New York:  Published for the Spencer Museum of Art by Kodansha International, 1984"
}
,
{
"pname":"Possibility of Material Reproduction",
"pvalue":"Rights & Reproduction Dept. of museum will handle requests and fees for slides, digital files, transparencies, etc.   Fees often waived or discounted for academic use."
}
,
{
"pname":"Other Relevant Information",
"pvalue":"<u>Books in collection</u>:<br />1.  Katsukawa, Shunsh&#333;, and Shigemasa Kitao.  <i>Seir&#333; bijin awase sugata kagami</i>, 1776. Color woodcut.  Originally in 3 volumes, but the Museum's copy has pages all cut apart and matted individually.  00.2038, 28.7529--28.7552, 28.7586, 28.7672, 64.28 and 64.29.<br />2.  <i>Ky&#333; meisho zue</i>. 1804.  Woodcut.  86.97.a,b.<br />3.  Kawanabe, Ky&#333;sai.  <i>Ky&#333;sai gafu</i>.  1880.  Color woodcut, one volume complete, though needs rebinding/resewing together.  90.2<br />4.  Katsushika, Hokusai.  <i>Hokusai manga</i>, v. 7.  1817.  Color woodcut.  99.205<br />5.  Keisai, Eisen.  <i>Shunjo ubi ningy&#333;</i>.  ca. 1830s.  Color woodcut.  3 v.  99.206<br />6.  Suzuki, Harunobu.  <i>Yoshiwara bijin awase</i>.  1770.  (13) pages with courtesans and their names, no cover, individual sheets matted, not complete.  Color woodcut.  00.2893, 00.1002, 00.2894--00.2900, 00.2945, 00.2946, 00.2947, 6717.<br />7.  Suzuki, Sh&#333;nen.  <i>Sh&#333;nen sansui gafu</i>.  1893.  Color woodcut, album in original wrapper.  00.2036.a-l.<br />8.  Utagawa, Hiroshige.  <i>Gahon Edo miyage shobon</i>.  1850.  Color woodcut, album sheets all loose.  28.7689--28.7726.<br />9.  Utagawa, Hiroshige.  <i>Sh&#333;gaku ky&#333;iku dai Nippon meisho zue</i>.  1891.  Hand-colored woodcut.  Loose sheets, no way to tell if all pages at the Museum.  28.7439--28.7448."
}
]