Japanese Prints from the Henry Dyer Collections

Edinburgh Central Library is currently exhibiting Japanese prints from the Henry Dyer Collection.
The Fine Art Library holds a special collection of Japanese prints and watercolours from the collection of Dr Henry Dyer, presented to the library by his daughter in 1944, with some further items presented in the 1950s. The bequest is shared between Edinburgh and Glasgow City Libraries, and consists of around 80 painted photographs of Japanese characters and scenes by Baron von Stillfied-Rathenitz (an Austrian painter and photographer whose studio in Yokohama was immensely successful during the last quarter of the nineteenth century - producing thousands of images of the working classes, actors in the theatre, geishas and craftsmen primarily for tourists visiting the city).
Also gifted were Japanese prints, consisting of 8 albums, 9 kakaemonos or hanging pictures, 3 makimonos or rolling pictures, and many original watercolour sketches and woodcuts. Artists represented are Kunisada (1786-1865), a pupil of Toyokuni and a member of the Utagawa school; Hiroshige (1798-1858), one of the foremost landscape artists; Sadahide(c.1840), a pupil of Kunisada; and Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), a member of the Toyokuni school. relating to their current exhibition collection of Japanese print material
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