Gallery 5B: Ino Eiji

Eiji Ino was born in 1949. He was initially a painter and held many solo and group exhibitions between 1974 to 1986. After establishing the woodblock print studio Sonobashinogisha in 1988, he went on to publish a series of travelogues in limited editions, each containing about 10 scenic prints along with additional ex-libris and small decorative prints. Print titles usually parenthetically referenced the scenes location which appear to represent train stops in many cases. Small accompanying descriptions documented his experience upon reaching the site, various highlights of the location, as well as occasional artistic concerns regarding the composition of the rendered image. All prints were self drawn, self-cut, and self-printed by the artist.

Prints from Multi-Color Woodblock Print Collection No. 2. Wind of France. No. 3 of 30 copies. Published October 1, 1989.

Stained Glass. Cover Print. 9.7 x 9.8 cm

Door Lock. Print on back cover. 7.9 x 10.4 cm

Church on the Hill. Ex Libris.15.9 x 3.9 cm

Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris). 13.2 x 15.0 cm

Hotel de la Gare (Mauriac). 13.4 x 10.2 cm

Rainy Day (Mauriac). 10.9 x 10.9 cm

Back Street Saint-Germain (Paris). 14.7 x 10.0 cm

Chartes Cathedral. 14.6 x 17.8 cm

The Blue Attic (Paris). 14.1 x 10.6 cm

Outskirts of Town (Mauriac). 14.8 x 10.9 cm

Night of Mauriac. 14.4 x 10.9 cm

Market at the Church Square (Mauriac). 13.0 x 11.1 cm

Prints from Multi-color Woodblock Print Collection No. 7. Japanese Travelogue, Izu Oshima. Published on April 20 1990. No. 3 of 50 copies.

Cover Title Print. 12.1 x 17.2 cm

Print Collection, Izu Oshima. Frontispiece. 9.0 x 13.9 cm

Cycad Street (Motomachi) 14.0 x 10.1 cm

Distant View of Mt. Fuji (Mihara-yama) 7.9 x 19.8 cm

Back Streets with Stone Walls (Izumitsu) 13.0 x 12.9 cm

Red Roof Fishing Village (Habu Namiu) 13.9 x 10.9 cm

Ex Libris. 6.5 x 8.5 cm

Inner cover print. 4.4 x 5.3 cm

Inner back cover image. 3.8 x 5.0 cm

Miharayama (Gojinka Chaya) 14.0 x 10.5 cm

Pier with a view of Mt. Fuji (Okada Port). 12.9 x 9.0 cm

Fishing Port with a View of the Pine Forest (Kusenzu) 13.3 x 12.4 cm

Omiya Matsubara Park (Nomashi Henomashi) 13.5 x 11.1 cm

Toshima (Toushiki’s Nose) 14.9 x 8.5 cm

Back Cover Print. 5.6 x 6.0 cm

Prints from Multi-color Print Collection No. 8. Downtown Riverside Travelogue. Published on June 16 1990. No. 3 of 50 copies.

Title print for Multi-colored Downtown Riverside Travelogue. 13.0 x 16.7 cm

Inner cover print. 3.5 x 3.0 cm

Back inner cover print. 4.0 x 3.5 cm

Ex Libris. 8. 9.0 x 4.0 cm

Riverbed Area with a View of the water Intake Tower (Edogawa, Kanamachi) 13.0 x 10.0 cm

A View of the Steel Tower (Edogawa_Shibamata) 13.8 x 8.9 cm

Iwabuchi Water Gate (Iwabuchi, Sumida River). 14.0 x 11.9 cm

Yakatsubune Boat Inn (Kanda River, Yanagibashi) 9.8 x 17.0 cm

Shitamachi Riverside. Frontispiece 9.3 x 17.3 cm

Ex Libris from back cover. 5.5. x 5.5 cm

The Slope Leading to the Bank (Edogawa, Kanamachi) 14.8 x 11.4 cm

Yagiri Ferry (Edogawa_Shibamata) 12.8 x 11.1 cm

Nikolai-do (Kanda River, Ochanomizu) 13.0 x 11.0 cm

Blue Marina (Sumida River, Senju Akebonocho) 12.5 x 12.4 cm

Arakawa Landscape (Arakawa/Yotsuki) 15.0 x 8.4 cm

Prints from Collection of Multi-Colored Woodblock Prints No. 9. Mount Akagi Travelogue. Published on August 8th, 1990. No. 3 of 50 copies.

Title Print from Book Cover. 10.1 x 10.1 cm

Front Inner Cover Print. 2.8 x 2.8 cm

Print from inner back cover. 2.4 x 2.4 cm

Distant View of Mount Akagi (Kasukawa Village) 15.9 x 9.0 cm

Lakeside (Akagi and Onuma) 15.3 x 10.3 cm

Keyaki Street (Maebashi) 15.3 x 10.4 cm

Station (Chuo Maebashi) 12.0 x 11.0 cm

Landscape with a Fire Watchtower (Ogo Town) 13.3 x 10.2 cm

Print from back cover. 3.5 x 3.6 cm

Akagi Journey. Frontispiece. 6.9 x 11.9 cm

Mt. Akagi (Jizo-dake) 14.4 x 9.3 cm

Road (Miyagi Village) 14.9 x 9.5 cm

Catholic Church (Maebashi) 9.9 x 13.4 cm

Scenery with an Iron Bridge (Ogo Town) 15.3 x 9.6 cm

Ex Libris. 5.6 x 5.5 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Print Collection No. 10. Akita/Oga Travelogue. Published on October 20th, 1990. No. 3 of 50 copies.

Akita/Oga. Cover Image. 8.9 x 12.8 cm

Image from inner front cover. 3.0 x 4.5 cm

Image from inner back cover. 3.2 x 3.2 cm

Pleasure Boat Midorimaru. (Lake Tazawa). 13.4 x 7.9 cm

Red Brick Local Museum (Akita). 11.5 x 11.5 cm

Ekimae (Akita). 9.4 x 12.9 cm

Cliff (Oga West Coast). 14.9 x 10.8 cm

Ex Libris. 6.0 x 6.6 cm

Kuroyu. (Nyuto Onsenkyo). 14.9 x 8.0 cm

Akita/Oga. Frontispiece. 8.5 x 12.0 cm

Black Walled Samurai Residence (Kakunodate). 13.0 x 9.9 cm

Lotus (Akita_Senshu Park). 11.4 x 9.9 cm

Fishing Village. (Oga/Monzen). 11.9 x 8.9 cm

Fishing Village With Wooden Walls (Oga/Shiohama). 12.4 x 10.4 cm

A Second Ex Libris. 5.1 x 15.1 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Woodblock Print Collection No. 11. Chichibu Travelogue. Published on November 30th, 1990. No. 3 of 50 copies.

Cover label. 4.9 x 12.9 cm

Inner front cover print. 3.0 x 4.8 cm

Tochimoto Village (Otaki Village). 11.2 x 9.5 cm

Thirteen Jizo (Fudasho No. 23 Music Temple). 12.4 x 8.9 cm

Persimmon Farm (Arakawa Village). 12.4 x 7.5 cm

Mimine Shrine (Mt. Mimine). 10.4 x 12.4 cm

Fudasho (Fudasho No. 5 Kokado). 11.4 x 11.4 cm

Print on inside of back cover. 3.0 x 3.1 cm

Print on back cover. 2.7 x 3.3 cm

Chihibu Round Trip. Frontispiece. 11.2 x 16.1 cm

Kuromon no Fudasho (Fudasho No. 10 Jigen-ji Temple). 13.5 x 12.0 cm

Mt. Buko (Fudasho No. 23 Music Temple). 14.0 x 8.9 cm

Chichibu Bridge (Onohara). 14.0 x 10.0 cm

Sekibutsu Cave (Fudasho No. 4 Kinshoji Temple). 12.9 x 9.0 cm

Ex Libris. 12.0 x 8.0 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Woodblock Print Collection No. 12. Fuji Five Lakes Travelogue. Published on January 31st, 1991. No. 3 of 50 copies.

Untitled. Inner cover. 2.9 x 2.9 cm

Cover for Multicolored Woodblock Print Collection 12. Fuji Five Lakes Travelogue. 4.9 x 11.5 cm

Fuji Kaido (Oshino to Oshino). 9.8 x 12.5 cm

Private House with a Bottom Pond (Oshino Hakkai to Oshino Hakkai). 13.3 x 9.9 cm

Yellow Hill (Lake Yamanaka). 13.4 x 8.9 cm

Untitled print, inner back cover. 3.7 x 2.5 cm

Untitled print, back cover. 3.9 x 4.1 cm

Asafuji (Shojiko Minshuku Village). 14.9 x 10.0 cm

Kawaguchiko Dusk (Ashiwada Village, Nagahama). 13.9 x 7.8 cm

Untitled Frontispiece. 10.8 x 12.8 cm

Shojiko Fuji (Kamikuishikimura to Kamikushikimura). 14.0 x 10.0 cm

Village with a View of Fuji (Oshino). 12.9 x 11.3 cm

White Bridge (Oshino). 10.0 x 15.9 cm

Backlit Fuji (Lake Yamanaka/Plains). 14.4 x 9.9 cm

Untitled. Ex Libris. 7.0 x 4.9 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Woodblock Prints Album No. 16. Inubosaki Travelogue. Published on February 7th, 1992. No. 26 of 50.

Inubosaki Lighthouse. Cover print.. 4.5 x 11.0 cm

Cabbage Field Hill (Hill that looks like the round earth). 15.0 x 8.3 cm

Village with a View of the Lighthouse. (Nagasaki no Hana). 11.8 x 9.9 cm

Scenery with Seagulls. (Choshi Port). 13.4 x 10.8 cm

Thatched Fudoson (Narai Town). 8.8 x 15.8 cm

Big Catch Flag. 10.9 x 13.9 cm

Stone Jizo. Print affixed to back cover. 3.2 x 4.5 cm

Beach House under the Lighthouse (Kimigahama). 14.9 x 10.0 cm

Moyai Ship, Inubosaki. Frontispiece. 13.9 x 10.4 cm

Backlit Ferry (Hasaki Ferry Terminal). 12.2 x 9.4 cm

Orbital Car. Ex Libris from Travelogue 16. 5.4 x 8.5 cm

Slope to the Fishing Port (Togawa). 10.4 x 14.7 cm

Untitled. Decorative print from Travelogue 16. 2.9 x 6.9 cm

To the Last Stop, Togawa Station (Chosi Electric Railway). 13.8 x 10.9 cm

Stone Buddha. Inner cover print. 4.4 x 6.9 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Print collection no. 44. Shimizu City Travelogue. Published on. July 9, 2003. No. 39 of 80.

Cover Print. 5.6 x 12.1 cm

Kushitenjin. Inner cover print. 4.5 x 4.9 cm

Kushitenjin. Inner back cover image. 4.5 x 5.2 cm

Sakura Shrimp Fishing Boat. Frontispiece. 13.0 x 10.5 cm

Shipyard (Miho Shipyard). 14.0 x 12.0 cm

Sakura Catholic Church (Shimoshimizu Town). 13.4 x 12.0 cm

Alley in the Early Afternoon (Tsuji). 9.4 x 15.5 cm

Tram. Print from back cover. 4.6 x 5.1 cm

Ichiron-san’s Doll Heads. Ex-Libris. 10.4 x 8.2 cm

Nihondaira Fuji (Nihondaira). 14.4 x 10.0 cm

Tomoe River Funada (Shimizu Town). 14.4 x 11.5 cm

Road to Minato Bridge (Shimizu Town). 14.4 x 11.0 cm

Shimizu Tanabata Festival (Ginza Street). 13.4 x 9.5 cm

Wharf with Crane (Port Town). 14.3 x 11.4 cm

Shin-Shimizu Station (Tomoe Town). 13.9 x 10.9 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Print collection no. 45. Hakone Tozan Railway Travelogue. Published on. October 5, 2003. No. 39 of 80.

Hakone Tozan Railway. Cover print. 5.4 x 12.0 cm

Catholic Church. 4.0 x 7.0 cm

Odawara Literature Museum. 4.9 x 5.5 cm

Odawara Castle. Ex Libris. 9.0 x 9.1 cm

Slope with Daimonji (Chugora). 9.9 x 16.5 cm

Odakyu Romance Car. Back cover print. 5.0 x 6.0 cm

Old Tokaido (Hakone Itabashi). 14.4 x 10.5 cm

Tonosawa Station (Tonosawa). 14.5 x 11.5 cm

In Front of the Hotel (Miyanoshita). 14.5 x 11.4 cm

Ohiradai Station. Inner cover print. 10.2 x 13.0 cm

Hikone Distant View (Odawara Castle Tower). 9.4 x 15.4 cm

Hot Spring Town Entrance (Hakone Yumoto Onsen). 13.9 x 11.5 cm

Fujiya Hotel. (Miyanoshita). 14.0 x 11.4 cm

Hydrangea and Mountain Train (Miyanoshita). 11.9 x 12.5 cm

Hakone Tozan Railway Steel Cable Line (Gora). 9.9 x 14.9 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Print collection no. 46. Kawagoe Festival Travelogue. No. 39 of 80.

Kawagoe Festival. Front Cover Print. 5.5 x 12.0 cm

Bell of Time. Kawagoe Festival. Back cover print. 5.5 x 5.0 cm

Evening View of Toki no Kane. Frontispiece. 13.9 x 11.5 cm

Dashi (Matsue Town). 10.5 x 15.2 cm

Tekomai and the Bell of Time (Saiwai-cho). 10.4 x 13.4 cm

Puppet of King in Front of the Bank (Saiwai-cho). 9.9 x 13.4 cm

Ohayashi (Shintomi Town). 13.8 x 10.9 cm

Upper Part of the Float. Ex Libris. 9.8 x 7.5 cm

Festival Ekimae (Wakita Town/Ieyasu’s Float). 10.4 x 14.9 cm

At the Crossroads (Saiwai-cho). 13.9 x 12.5 cm

Festival Lunch Break (Moto-machi). 9.9 x 14.4 cm

Old Man’s Dashi at Dusk (Saiwai-cho). 13.4 x 11.0 cm

Hikkawase Night (Nakamachi). 13.9 x 11.4 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Woodblock Print Collection No. 43. Ishioka City. Published on March 3, 2003. No. 39 of 80 copies.

Mount Tsukuba and Kasima Railway. Cover. 5.6 x 12.0 cm

Asaza. Spine cover. 4.0 x 4.0 cm

Jinyamon. 9.5 x 7.6 cm

Kamarucho Float. 10.5 x 13.5 cm

Rainy Street Corner. 14.0 x 11.5 cm

Sunny Slope. 13.5 x 11.0 cm

Ishioka City. 9.0 x 12.5 cm

Ishioka Festival. 13.9 x 10.0 cm

Porojishi. 14.0 x 12.0 cm

Snowy Sake Brewery Street. 13.9 x 10.6 cm

Kashima Railway. 11.0 x 13.5 cm

Shiho Tsukuba Mountain. 13.5 x 11.1 cm

Inner Cover. 7.9 x 8.5 cm

Prayer (Hitachi-no-kuni Sosha-gu Shrine). 14.6 x 11.4 cm

Sugaya Cosmetics Store and Residence. 8.0 x 8.5 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Woodblock Print Collection No. 55. Continued Kyoto Affection (Rakuchi and Rakusai). Published on December 18, 2007. No. 47 0f 80.

Kyoto Tower at Night. Cover. 5.5 x 11.9 cm

Keifuku Electric Railway. Spine Cover. 3.5 x 5.7 cm

Five-Story Pagoda in the Winter Sky. 13.8 x 11.0 cm

A Village with White Walls. 13.9 x 10.5 cm

Feast of Nostalgia (Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum). 13.9 x 10.5 cm

Winter Scenery of Kyoto Prefectural Office. 13.8 x 9.9 cm

Higashi Honganji Temple Moat. Inner Cover Print. 10.0 x 13.9 cm

Kyoto Orthodox Church. Ex-Libris. 7.0 x 7.0 cm

Clear Sky at Kinkakuji Temple. 13.5 x 10.1 cm

The Starting Section of the Retro Train. 13.9 x 10.6 cm

Red Brick Campus. (Doshisha University). 13.3 x 10.5 cm

Nishiki Market. 13.9 x 10.9 cm

Night in Pontocho. 10.5 x 14.5 cm

Multi-colored Woodblock Collection No. 57. Adoration. Published December 30, 2008. No. 47 of 80.

Spring New Town. Cover for Admiration. 5.5 x 11.9 cm

Akabeko. Back Cover. 6.6 x 4.5 cm

Miss Miso. Bookplate. 8.0 x 6.9 cm

Ginkakuji Garden (Jishoji Temple, Kyoto). 13.4 x 11.0 cm

Miho no Matsubara. 13.5 x 9.5 cm

Snowy Ryugasaki Line. 13.4 x 9.4 cm

Yahiko Snowfields. 14.4 x 10.4 cm

Evening Calm (Obama City). Inside Cover Print. 9.5 x 14.5 cm

Yasaka Pagoda Afterglow. 13.8 x 9.4 cm

Fuji from Lake Kawaguchi. 14.4 x 9.1 cm

Snowy Niigata Catholic Church (Nigata City). 11.4 x 10.5 cm

Snow Hill with a View of the Seikan Ferry. 9.0 x 13.9 cm

Snow Church Hill. 13.5 x 9.5 cm

Catholic Yamate Church. Cover for No. 58. 7.6 x 13.6 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Print Collection No. 58. Yokohama Travelogue. Published on March 23, 2009. No. 3 of 80.

Yokohama City Tram. Frontispiece for No. 58, 8.5 x 12.0 cm

Old Tokaido/Totsuka (Kashio-cho, Totsuka-ku). 13.8 x 9.5 cm

Yokohama Port Hikawamaru (Yamashita Park, Naka Ward). 13.4 x 9.9 cm

Chinatown (Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku). 10.0 x 14.5 cm

Yokohama Fuji Evening Viewing (Yokohama Bay Bridge, Tsurumi Ward). 14.4 x 9.4 cm

Yamate 111th Building. Ex Libris. 8.9 x 6.3 cm

Shishigaya Yokomizo Mansion (Shishigaya-cho, Tsurumi-ku). 14.3 x 10.4 cm

Autumn Port Opening Memorial Hall (Honmachi, Naka Ward). 9.9 x 12.9 cm

Yamashita Park (Yamashita-cho). 13.4 x 10.5 cm

Diplomat’s House (Italian Mountain Garden, Yamate-cho, Naka-ku). 9.9 x 13.9 cm

Bay Bridge at Dusk (Daikoku Pier, Tsurumi Ward). 13.6 x 10.9 cm

Enoki Tei. Print affixed to book back. 5.9 x 5.5 cm

Western Foot of Mount Fuji. Cover print. 5.5 x 11.5 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Print Collection No. 59. Ten Views of Mt. Fuji. Published Sept. 9th, 2009. No. 3 of 80 copies.

Crepe Myrtle Fuji. Frontispiece. 12.9 x 8.9 cm

Ticket Gate with a View of Fuji (Kawaguchiko Station, Yamanashi). 14.0 x 10.9 cm

Mt. Fuji View. Mt. Katsuragi, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture. 13.9 x 10.0 cm

Sekijuku Castle Fuji Evening View (Sakaiyamachi, Ibaraki Prefecture). 13.9 x 10.0 cm

Nishiizu Fuji (Kisho, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture). 14.4 x 10.4 cm

Ushikunuma Fuji Dusk (Ryugasaki City, Ibaraki Prefecture). 13.9 x 9.9 cm

Setting Sun Fuji. Print affixed to back cover. 5.5 x 5.1 cm

Spring Breeze Fuji (Fujioka, Gotemba City, Shizuoka). 13.9 x 10.5 cm

Winter in Oshino Village (Oshino Village, Yamanashi Prefecture). 13.9 x 11.0 cm

Shiraito Falls Fuji (Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture). 9.9 x 13.3 cm

Irumagawa Fuji (Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture). 9.8 x 13.8 cm

Fuji and Fishing Boat. Ex Libris. 8.9 x 6.3 cm

Nagasaki City Tram. Cover image. 5.6 x 11.4 cm

Oshino Village in September (Oshino Village, Yamanashi Prefecture). 14.0 x 10.3 cm

Shopping Street with a Fire Watchtower (Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture). 13.9 x 10.5 cm

Snowy Road to the Monestary (Kamiiso Town, Hokkaido). 13.8 x 9.9 cm

Prints from Multi-colored Print Collection Volume No. 60. Published December 2009. No.3 of 80 copies.

Oura Cathedral. Image on inner cover. 9.5 x 12.9 cm

Forest Gallery (Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture). 13.9 x 10.5 cm

Riverbed in Clear Autumn Weather (Kokaigawa Fureai Park in Shimotsuma City, Ibaraki Prefecture). 13.9 x 9.9 cm

Hakodate in Winter (Hakodate City, Hokkaido). 13.9 x 9.5 cm

Nagasaki Kite. Image affixed to back cover. 5.6 x 5.0 cm

Osaka Castle at Night (Chuo-ku, Osaka City). 12.8 x 9.9 cm

Evening View of Autumn Clouds (Ryugasaki City. Ibaraki Prefecture). 13.9 x 10.9 cm

Holiday SL-C12 (Chikusei City, Ibaraki Prefecture). 12.8 x 9.9 cm

Brahmin Kite. Ex Libris. 7.5 x 11.4 cm

The following prints were apparently removed from a yet to be identified book of prints or were previously mounted on presentation paper.

10.5 x 10.9 cm

9.0 x 11.5 cm

15.9 x 10.4 cm

14.9 x 11.5 cm

8.1 x 15.8 cm

12.9 x 13.1 cm

The following set of prints appear to have been removed from on of his travelogue books which has yet to be identified. The book was no. 18 of 50 copies.

Ex Libris. 8.5 x 6.5 cm

10.9 x 10.9 cm

13.4 x 10.4 cm

9.0 x 12.5 cm

14.0 x 9.6 cm

9.5 x 12.0 cm

9.1 x 11.1 cm

9.9 x 10.0 cm

13.3 x 11.5 cm

The following nudes were acquired as a set of loose prints, several that were also mounted to paper. They appear to have been removed from a copy of Ino’s Woodblock Print Collection #3, Book of Nude Women, which was published in November 1989. The prints are labled as no. 3 of 30 with the exception of one print which is labled no. 3 of 29. The latter print may have been associated with a different book of prints or possibly been mislabeled.