Ernest Francisco Fenollosa: Published Writings in English

Contents

VOLUME 1

Introduction by Seiichi Yamaguchi

1. Poem read at the Class-day Exercises, Baccalaureate Sermon and Oration and Poem: Class of 1874, 1874.

2. Poem read at the annual reunion of the High School Association on Nov. 26, 1875.

3. Examination Questions of Political Philosophy, Political Economy and History of Philosophy for the Academic Year 1878–9 and 1879–80, The University of Tokyo, The Calendar of the Department of Law, Science, and Literature, 1879–80, 1880–1.

4. Review of the Chapter on Painting in Gonse’s L’Art Japonais, Printed at the "Japan Mail" office, Yokohama, 1884.

5. The Pictorial Art of Japan, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, No. 855, 1887, pp. 281–90.

6. The Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery, Pamphlet, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb 14 1891. pp. 4–7.

7. The Significance of Oriental Art, The Knight Errant, No. 1, April 1892, pp. 65–70.

8. Chinese and Japanese Traits, The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 69, June 1892, pp.769–74.

9. Hokusai and His School, Special Exhibition of the Pictorial Art of Japan and China, No. 1 Catalogue, Department of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1893.

10. Contemporary Japanese Art with Examples from the Chicago Exhibit, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. 46, August 1893, pp. 577–81.

11. Preface to East and West, The Discovery of America and Other Poems, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1893. pp.　v–vii.

12. Studying Art – Discussion, Proceedings of the International Congress of Education of the World’s Columbian
Exposition, July 1894, pp. 472–3.

13. Imagination in Art, Introductory Remarks, Annual Report of the Boston Art Students’ Association, No. 15, June 1894, pp.　3–11.

14. An Exhibition of Japanese Paintings and Metal Work, lent by F. Shirasu, of Tokio, Japan, Catalogue, Department of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1894.

15. A Special Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Buddhist Paintings, lent by the Temple Daikokuji, of Kioto, Japan, Catalogue, Department of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, December 1894.

16. Special Exhibition of Color Prints: Designed, Engraved, and Printed by Arthur W. Dow, Catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 1896.

17. Synopsis of Lectures: The History of Japanese Art, At the Association Hall, Boston, March-April 1895.

18. Mural Painting in the Boston Public Library, Curtis & Co., Boston, 1896.

19. The Masters of Ukioye, A Complete Historical Description of Japanese Paintings and Color Prints of the Genre School, Catalogue of Exhibition in New York, by W. H. Ketcham, January, 1896.

20. The Symbolism of the Lotos, The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 8, Feb. 1896, pp. 577–83.

21. The Nature of Fine Art (1) & (2), The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 9 & 10, March & April 1896, pp. 663–73 & 754–62.

22. Lectures at the Metropolitan Museum (attributed to EFF.), The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 9, March 1896, pp.　731–33.

23. Art Museums and Their Relation to the People (1) & (2), The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 11 & The Lotos (New Series), Vol. 1, No. 5, May & September 1896, pp. 841–7 & 930–5.

24. The French Salon of 1896, The Lotos (New Series), Vol. 1, No. 5, September 1896, pp. 950–61.

25. Miscellaneous Articles for The Lotos=The New Cycle (attributed to or edited by EFF.)

—1) An Exhibition of Japanese Color Prints and Paintings, The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 634–6.

—2) The Fine Arts, The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 637–41.

—3) Arthur W. Dow, The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 709–10.

—4) Lotos Leaves, The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 727–31.

—5) Color Studies, The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 10, p. 771.

—6) Lotos Leaves, The Lotos=The New Cycle, Vol. 9, No. 10, pp. 811–16.

—7) Art Notes, The Lotos (New Series), Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 986–90.

VOLUME 2

26. The Catalogue of a Representative Collection of Japanese Color Prints made by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, The
Property of Mrs. Ernest F. Fenollosa, c. 1896.

27. Japanese Art from the World Point of View, The Far East (Kokumin no Tomo), Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1897, pp. 196–201.

28. The Abuse of the Nude in Art, The Far East (Kokumin no Tomo), Vol. 3, No. 24, January 1898, pp. 39–45.

29. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ukiyoe Paintings and Prints, held at Ikao Onsen, Uyeno Shinzaka, from April 15th to May 15th, 1898, Bunshichi Kobayashi (Hôsukaku), Tokio, April 1898.

30. Catalogue of Japanese Color Prints Collected by Mr. Joseph H. Herod, The Japan Gazette, Yokohama, 1898.

31. An Outline of Japanese Art - with Unique and Unpublished Examples, Part 1 and Part 2, The Century Magazine, Vol. 56, Nos. 1–2, May–June 1898, pp. 62–75 & 276–89.

32. The Present Exhibition of Painting, The Japan Weekly Mail, Nov. 12 1898, pp. 487–90.

33. The Coming Fusion of East and West, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 98, December 1898, pp. 115–22.

34. Japan’s Place in History, The Orient, Vol. 14, No. 1, January 1899, pp. 9–15.

35. Preface, Selected Relics of Japanese Art "Shimbi Taikwan", edited by S. Tajima, Kyoto: Nippon Bukkyo Shimbi Kyokwai, May 1899.

36. Epithalamial Ode, The Japan Weekly Mail, May 12, 1900, p. 462.

37. Notes on the Japanese Lyric Drama, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 27, December 1900, pp. 129–37.

38. An Outline of the History of Ukiyoye: Illustrated with Twenty Reproductions in Japanese Wood Engravings, Bunshichi Kobayashi (Hôsukaku), Tokyo, September 1901.

39. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai, held at the Japan Fire Art Association, Uyeno Park, from 13th to 30th January, 1900, Bunshichi Kobayashi (Hôsukaku), Tokio, September 1901.

VOLUME 3

40. Possibilities of Art Education in relation to Manual Training, Journal of the Proceedings and Addresses of the 41st
Annual Meeting, The National Educational Association at Milwaukee, Wis., July 1902, pp. 564–70.

41. The Place in History of Mr. Whistler’s Art, Lotus, No. 1, December 1903, pp. 14–17

42. Catalogue de luxe of the Art Treasures collected by Thomas E. Waggaman, Japanese Pictorial Art -- Rare Screens, Prints and Paintings, The American Art Association, New York, January 1905.

43. Illustrated Lectures on Japanese Art and Literature, A Pamphlet introducing a course of six lectures, c. 1905.

44. A Course of Seven Illustrated Lectures on the Foundations of Criticism and Education in Art, Synopsis of "a course of 7 lectures" in Indianapolis, February to March 1905.

45. The Fine Arts, The Elementary School Teacher, Vol. 5, July 1904–June 1905, pp. 15–28.

46. The Bases of Art Education—I: The Roots of Art, II: The Logic of Art, III: The Individuality of Artist, The Golden Age, April, May, June 1906, pp. 160–2, 230–5 & 280–4.

47. Epoch of Chinese and Japanese Art: A Course of Twelve Lectures, with List of Names used in the Lecture, At the American Lecture Hall, New York, February 19th 1907, Yamanaka & Co., 1907.

48. The Collection of Mr. Charles L. Freer, Pacific Era, Vol. 1. No. 2, November 1907, pp. 57–66.

49. Catalogue: The Exhibition of Ukiyoe Paintings and Prints at the Yamanaka Galleries, New York, Yamanaka & Co., New York, February 1908.

50. Modern Spanish Art to the Fore in the Salon of Nineteen Hundred and Eight: Decadence of French Influence, The Craftsman, Vol. 14, No. 6, September, 1908, pp. 571–86.

51. The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry, (Posthumous essay originally published as "An Essay on the Chinese Written Character …" in Instigations of Ezra Pound , 1920.), Arrow Editions, New York, 1936, pp. 7–52.

APPENDIX (I)

1. Chronological Record of Fenollosa’s Career, compiled by Seiichi Yamaguchi.

APPENDIX (II)

Mary McNeil Fenollosa’s Writings on Ukiyoe

1. Suzuki Harunobu

The Lotos, Vol. 9 No. 10, 1896, pp. 775–8.

2. Hiroshige, The Artist of Mist, Snow and Rain, An Essay with Illustrations and Facsimiles of Some Famous Signatures, Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, San Francisco, 1901.