Japan Studies: Newspapers in Japan: Nishiki-e Shinbun 錦絵新聞

English Newspapers 英字新聞 in Japan  a brief history

Kawaraban かわら版 Woodblock print newspaper during the Edo era

Nishiki-e Shinbun 錦絵新聞 Woodblock print newspaper during the Meiji period

Early Japanese Newspapers 邦字新聞 a brief history and images

Basic newspaper terms that you need to know before reading Japanese newspapers

The Nishiki-e shinbun was a new type of media during the Meiji period. It is a combination (hybrid) between Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) and newspapers. It is one sheet of colored woodblock print with a news article written in. It is said that the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shinbun 「東京日日新聞」 article was the first its kind published in 1874 (明治7）. For more information about Nishiki-e Shinbun @University of Tokyo's Birth of Newspapers in Japan ニュースの誕生　「錦絵新聞とは何か」

  University of Tokyo 「ニュースの誕生」　「東京日日新聞」

Japan Newspaper Park 日本新聞博物館　「報知新聞」

Waseda University Kotenseki Database 「大阪錦絵新話」

Courtesy to p. 8. "Nishiki-e shinbun kaitai 錦絵新聞解体", Nihon Shinbun Hakubutsukan "Meiji no media-shi tachi: Nishikie Shinbun no sekai." 2011. 図録「明治のメディア師たち－錦絵新聞の世界」日本新聞博物館。

People who created Nishiki-e Shinbun 錦絵新聞のメディア師

Artists 絵師

• 歌川国芳
• 月岡芳年
• 落合芳幾

Journarists 新聞記者

• 岸田吟香
• 福地桜痴
• 高畠藍泉
• 篠野伝平
• 仮名書魯文