Identification of censor seals

Mura (1843 - 45)

Mura

Tanaka (1843 - 1845)

Tanaka

Watari (1843 - 1845)

Watari

Hama (1843 - 1846)

Hama

Muramatsu (1843 - 1846)

Muramatsu

Muramatsu - Yoshimura (1847 - 1848)

Muramatsu Yoshimura		Yoshimura - Muramatsu

Murata - Mera (1847 - 1850)

Murata - Mera		Mera - Murata

Mera (1847 - 1853 ?)

(This seal should not be alone)

Mera

Muramatsu - Fuku (1849 - 1853)

Muramatsu - Fuku

Fuku - Muramatsu

Fuku Muramatsu

Hama - Magomi (1849 - 1853)

Hama - Magomi Magomi - Hama

Hama Magomi Magomi Hama

Kinugasa - Murata (1851 - 1853)

Kinugasa - Murata		Murata - Kinugasa

Kinugasa Murata		Murata Kinugasa

Watanabe - Mera (1851 - 1853)

Watanabe - Mera

Kiwame means "approved".

kiwame

Gyoji seals (c 1811 - 15)

These are seals from wholesale publishers who acted as censors

Kiwame	Kiwame	Kiwame	Kiwame	Kiwame
Tsuru-ya Kanesuke	Tsuru-ya Kanesuke	Hamamatsu-ya Kosuke	Hamamatsu-ya Kosuke	Hamamatsu-ya Kosuke

Shita-uri seals "shita-uri" means "sold under [the counter]". During (or shortly after?) the Tenpo reforms (1842-47) which banned the sale of prints of theatrical subjects, these were sold under the counter.

Unidentified seals