Bibliography

Published literature on Yabu Meizan and Meiji-period Satsuma ware.

  1. Image: Cover © Arnoldsche Art Publishers · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Gisela Jahn (2004). Meiji Ceramics: The Art of Japanese Export Porcelain and Satsuma Ware 1868–1912. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart. ISBN 3-89790-197-8 Verified
  2. Image: First page, open-access PDF · OUKA, Osaka University · Open-access article; first-page render reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) · Source
    Itani Yoshie (2020). The Design Philosophy of Yabu Meizan: Landscapes of Western Japan in Copperplate. Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory, no. 3. Link (external site) Verified
  3. Image: First page, open-access PDF · OUKA, Osaka University · Open-access article; first-page render reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) · Source
    Itani Yoshie (2022). The Glorious World of Yabu Meizan: Comparing the Heisei Memorial Art Gallery and Khalili Collections. Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory, no. 4. Link (external site) Verified
  4. Image: Cover © Broughton International · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Joe Earle (1999). Splendors of Meiji: Treasures of Imperial Japan. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection. Broughton International, St Petersburg, Florida. ISBN 1-874780-13-7 Verified
  5. Image: Cover © Khalili Family Trust · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Joe Earle (2002). Splendors of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection. Khalili Family Trust, London. ISBN 978-1-874780-19-9 Verified
  6. Image: Cover © Arcadia Publishing / The History Press · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    John Launius (2020). The Life and Times of Missouri’s Charles Parsons: Between Art and War. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-6907-5 Known only through citation
  7. Image: Cover © Dauphin Publishing · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Louis Lawrence (1991). Satsuma: Masterpieces from the World’s Important Collections. Dauphin Publishing, Oxford, in co-operation with Spink & Son (US issue: Art Media Resources, 1992). ISBN 978-1-872357-04-1 Link (external site) Verified
  8. Image: Cover © Meiji Satsuma Publications · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Louis Lawrence; introduction by Gisela Jahn; photography by Mark Lawrence; edited by Morven Gray (2011). Satsuma: The Romance of Japan. Meiji Satsuma Publications (title verso); listed by AbeBooks and CA Design as CA Design, Hong Kong. ISBN 978-962-7502-79-1 Link (external site) Verified
  9. Image: Title page, vol. 1 (1898), public domain · Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1898); image from Internet Archive scan · Source
    Michael Tomkinson (1898). A Japanese Collection. London (2 vols.). Known only through citation
  10. Image: First page © Osaka Museum of History · J-STAGE · Not openly licensed; first page / cover of the Osaka Museum of History bulletin reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Nakano Tomoko (2019). Yabu Masashichi / Meizan Personal Record (Japanese). Osaka Museum of History Research Bulletin, vol. 17, pp. 61–72. Known only through citation
  11. Image: First page © Osaka Museum of History · J-STAGE · Not openly licensed; first page / cover of the Osaka Museum of History bulletin reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Nakano Tomoko (2021). ‘Ceramic Painter’ Yabu Meizan and His Artistic Practice: The Transfer Technique Using Copper Plates for Underdrawings (Japanese). Osaka Museum of History Research Bulletin, vol. 19, pp. 19–38. Known only through citation
  12. Image: First page © Osaka Museum of History · J-STAGE · Not openly licensed; first page / cover of the Osaka Museum of History bulletin reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Nakano Tomoko (2022). Yabu Meizan and the Satsuma Ware Dealer Hirase Yoichirō (Japanese). Osaka Museum of History Research Bulletin, vol. 20, pp. 1–19. Known only through citation
  13. Image: Cover, Research Bulletin no. 23 © Osaka Museum of History · Not openly licensed; first page / cover of the Osaka Museum of History bulletin reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Nakano Tomoko (2025). Yabu Meizan in March 1880 (Japanese). Osaka Museum of History Research Bulletin, vol. 23, pp. 27–42. Known only through citation
  14. Image: Cover © RoutledgeCurzon · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Olive Checkland (2003). Japan and Britain after 1859: Creating Cultural Bridges. RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-1-135-78619-9 Known only through citation
  15. Image: Cover © Kibo Foundation · Not openly licensed; publisher cover reproduced as a small credited thumbnail (max 400 px) at the owner's direction · Source
    Oliver Impey; Malcolm Fairley; biography of Yabu Meizan by Yamazaki Tsuyoshi (1995). Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan. Ceramics, Part Two: Earthenware. Kibo Foundation, London. ISBN 978-1-874780-06-9 Link (external site) Verified

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