Japanese Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Ueda Teijirō (1879-1940): Holzschnitt-Pks

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You bid two handwritten, signed postcards of japanese economist Ueda Teijiro (1879-1940), once dated 12. Showa year (=1937).


Language: Japanese (only the address and once the sender information in German).


addressed to the Austrian one writers and translators Wilhelm Michael Treichlinger (1902-1973) in Vienna, who also worked as a translator from Japanese. He had fled Germany to Vienna in 1933 and emigrated to Switzerland in 1938 after Austria was annexed.


The motif pages each with very beautiful color woodcuts.


The card with the sender's address with location Sizuoka-Kôtôgakkô, Nippon. The postmark is dated "12.4.14", i.e. in the 12thShowa year (=1937). The postmark on the other card is difficult to read (probably Port-Said?).


Format: 9x14cm.


Condition:Maps stained, with small corner creases. BPlease note also the pictures!

Internal note: Ueda Reichlinger in MM5


About Ueda Teijirō and Wilhelm Michael Treichlinger (source: wikipedia):

Ueda TeijirO (Japanese上田貞次郎; born 12 May 1879 in Tokyo; died 8 May 1940 there) was a Japanese economist.

Life and work: Ueda Teijirō graduated in 1900 from the "TOkyo Higher Commercial School" (東京高等商業学校, Tōkyō shōgyō kōtō gakkō) and became a teacher at his alma mater in 1905. From 1905 to 1909 he continued his education in England and Germany, in 1913 he was in England again. In 1930 his college became Hitotsubashi Universityät and Uchida thus professor. In 1937 he became president of the university. He was also the leading personality of the "Dai-Nihon keiei gakkei" (大日本経営学会), an academic society for management before the Second World War.

Among Uchida's international activities is his participation as a government representative at the "1. International Workers' Conference" 1919 and at the "International Economic Conference" 1927.

Among Ueda's publications one should mention: “Shōkō Keei" (商工経営) – “Management of Commerce and Establishments” 1930, “Kabushiki kaisha keizai-ron” (株式会社経済論) – “Corporations in Economic Theory” 1937, and “Keiei Keizaigaku soron" (経営経済学総論) "General theory of economic management" 1937.

In 1927 Ueda became a member of the Academy of Sciences. The economist Masuji YOjiro (1896–1945) was one of his students.


Wilhelm Michael Treichlinger (born 12. May 1902 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died 11. December 1973 in Zurich) was an Austrian writer and translator.

Life: Wilhelm Treichlinger received acting lessons from Ernst Arndt and studied at the University of Vienna, where he received his doctorate in 1926 with a dissertation on Johann Ludwig Deinhardstein. In 1927/28 he attended Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill's fashion class at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and was a set designer and actor at the "Bühne der Junge" in Vienna.

From 1929 he worked as a costume designer and at times evening director for Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. He designed the costumes for the premiere of Carl Zuckmayer's Der Hauptmann von Köpenick.

At the beginning of 1932 he was a guest director at the Stadttheater Basel, and in the 1932/33 season he was engaged there as director of operas and plays. He directed a number of plays and operas and also appeared in smaller roles himself. After the transfer of power to the National Socialists in 1933, he did not return to Germany but went to Vienna. After the annexation of Austria, he fled to Switzerland in September 1938. At the Zurich Schauspielhaus, on 14 November 1942 Leonard Steckel directed his comedy Goddess, don't tempt the people! Premiered.

In 1945 he worked on the "Preparatory Committee of Austrian Artists for Liberated Austria". After 1945 he had a teaching position in Japanese at the University of Zurich.

Treichlinger wrote for the theater and for the radio. He published numerous cookery guides and books on cultural and historical topics. With Richard Schweizer he wrote the screenplays for the films Die Vier im Jeep and Heidi. Treichlinger wrote the libretti for Mark Lothar's operas Münchhausen, which premiered in Dresden in 1933, and Rappelkopf, based on Ferdinand Raimund's The King of the Alps and the Misanthrope, which premiered in Munich in 1958.

Treichlinger translated Arthur Koestler's The Nightwalkers from English and Jean Giraudoux' plays The Madman of Chaillot and No War in Troy from French. He also translated from Japanese, Chinese and Arabic.

Fonts (selection)

(Ed.): Farewell letters. Vienna : Zsolnay, 1934

Goddess, don't tempt humans! : Comedy in 3 acts. Stage script, 1946

Shu Has Gone Hunting: Chinese Poems from the Shi-King. Transferred by WM Treichlinger. Zurich: Ark, 1948

(Ed.): The big and the small: diary entries, eyewitness accounts and letters. Zurich: Pan, 1949

(Hrsg.): The talentless Goethe: Opinions of the Goethe opponents. Zurich: Pan, 1949

(Ed.): Occult experiences of famous women and men. Stuttgart: Hatje, 1950

Japanese Proverbs: 330 Japanese Proverbs. Selected and translated from Japanese by WM Treichlinger. Stuttgart: Hatje, 1950

The most beautiful animal fairy tales in world literature. Collected and partially retold by WM Treichlinger. Pen drawings Harriet Klaiber. St Gallen: Zollikofer, 1950

(Ed.): Let's sing her shepherds: old Christmas carols. Zurich: Pan, 1950

(Ed.): From the primeval days of the airship: A collection. Zurich: Pan, 1951

with Richard Schweizer: Palace Hotel: A film narrative. Zurich: Europe, 1952

It is good for her and also for me: A collection of epitaphs. Drawings by Rolf Lehmann. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1955

Chinese proverb : 330 chines. proverbs. Selected and translated from Chinese by WM Treichlinger. Zurich: The Ark, 1956

China invites you to the table: 110 walking paths to a foreign kitchen. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1956

Spain invites you to the table: 125 walks to a foreign kitchen. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1957

Small coffee visit: history - anecdotes - recipes. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1960

Old Austria asks to table: from my mother's cookbook. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1960

Scandinavia asks to table: A cookbook with over 100 recipes. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1962

Provence invites you to the table : a gastronomic journey of discovery with over 100 Provençal recipes. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1962

Alexander Dumas, the elder, invites you to the table : words, recipes and stories of a great man. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1963

Japan invites you to the table: a cookbook with over 80 recipes. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1964

The loveliest of all potions: from the cultural history of chocolate. With anecdotes, recipes and a timeline. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1965

The Orient invites you to the table: Culinary. Dream trip with 110 recipes. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1966

First love. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1968

The money : its history in stories. Salzburg : Residence, 1968

"It greets and loves you...": A love letter writer. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1969

Life and work: Ueda Teijirō graduated in 1900 from the "TOkyo Higher Commercial School" (東京高等商業学校, Tōkyō shōgyō kōtō gakkō) and became a teacher at his alma mater in 1905. From 1905 to 1909 he continued his education in England and Germany, in 1913 he was in England again. In 1930 his college became Hitotsubashi Universityät and Uchida thus professor. In 1937 he became president of the university. He was also the leading personality of the "Dai-Nihon keiei gakkei" (大日本経営学会), an academic society for management before the Second World War. At the beginning of 1932 he was a guest director at the Stadttheater Basel, and in the 1932/33 season he was engaged there as director of operas and plays. He directed a number of plays and operas and also appeared in smaller roles himself. After the trans
Life and work: Ueda Teijirō graduated in 1900 from the "TOkyo Higher Commercial School" (東京高等商業学校, Tōkyō shōgyō kōtō gakkō) and became a teacher at his alma mater in 1905. From 1905 to 1909 he continued his education in England and Germany, in 1913 he was in England again. In 1930 his college became Hitotsubashi Universityät and Uchida thus professor. In 1937 he became president of the university. He was also the leading personality of the "Dai-Nihon keiei gakkei" (大日本経営学会), an academic society for management before the Second World War. At the beginning of 1932 he was a guest director at the Stadttheater Basel, and in the 1932/33 season he was engaged there as director of operas and plays. He directed a number of plays and operas and also appeared in smaller roles himself. After the trans
Life and work: Ueda Teijirō graduated in 1900 from the "TOkyo Higher Commercial School" (東京高等商業学校, Tōkyō shōgyō kōtō gakkō) and became a teacher at his alma mater in 1905. From 1905 to 1909 he continued his education in England and Germany, in 1913 he was in England again. In 1930 his college became Hitotsubashi Universityät and Uchida thus professor. In 1937 he became president of the university. He was also the leading personality of the "Dai-Nihon keiei gakkei" (大日本経営学会), an academic society for management before the Second World War. At the beginning of 1932 he was a guest director at the Stadttheater Basel, and in the 1932/33 season he was engaged there as director of operas and plays. He directed a number of plays and operas and also appeared in smaller roles himself. After the trans
Autogrammart Schriftstück
Erscheinungsort Shizuoka
Region Asien
Material Papier
Sprache Japanisch
Autor Ueda Teijirō
Original/Faksimile Original
Genre Geschichte
Herstellungsland und -region Japan
Erscheinungsjahr 1937
Produktart Handgeschriebenes Manuskript