Copperplate Print Collection

Among the Mitsui items purchased in the mid-20th century were over 470 Japanese copperplate prints (as well as a small number of copperplates), ranging in date from 1855 to 1920. Most of the prints (ca. 2,400 if counted individually) are small in size and mounted in albums. Subject matter includes a handful of Western subjects but is largely Japanese —landscapes and famous sites, historical and religious figures, festivals and ceremonies, Buddhist texts and images, maps, and brief texts on a variety of topics. The prints can be found in OskiCat under the collective title Dōhanga korekushon. Ritsumeikan University has digitized the collection and made it available online.