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JAPANESE WOODPRINTS (18th - 19th century)

Identification of zodiacal date seals


Aratame and date, two separate seals (1853 - 1857)

aratame
tiger 8
aratame
ox 8
aratame ox 8


Aratame and date in a single seal (1859 - 1872)

aratame
ox 12
aratame
ox 1?
dog
aratame

aratame - boar 7?
aratame - dog 9
aratame - rat 3
aratame - rat 5?
aratame - tiger 4
aratame - cock 4


Date seals
Hare 3

Ox 2

Ox 4

rat 4

rat 6 rat 9 rat 11

rat ?

snake 11

tiger 2


Other date indications

Bun Kyu 2
1862
Meiji 14
1881
Meiji
Meiji 10-7-12
12 July 1877
Meiji
Meiji 10
1877
Meiji 15, month 9
September 1882
Ka Ei 6
1853
Ka Ei 7
1854