Artist Signatures - Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Artist Signatures - Common Prefixes and Suffixes
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The following are some common, and less than common, prefixes and suffixes that may accompany an artist's signature.
Derived from Japanese Art Signatures: A Handbook and Practical Guide, James Self and Nobuko Hirose, Floating World Editions, 2011, p. 126-127.
Note: The simplifed version 応 of the first character 應 in the prefix ōju is often used in transcriptions.
Copied from the website of J. Noel Chiappa http://mercury.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/prints/names.html
The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, Amy Reigle Newland, Hotei Publishing Company, 2005, p. 539.
A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter, Basil Stewart, Dover Publications, Inc., 1979, p. 367.
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