- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.118.2
- Title
- Object: (Saiga) Shokunin burui (彩画) 職人部類 (Various Classes of Artisans (in Coloured Pictures))
- Description
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Illustrated book. Vol. 2 of two volumes. Designs demonstrating work of various craftsmen in Edo. Stencil-printed.
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- Production date
- 1770
- Dimensions
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Height: 28.50 centimetres
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Width: 19 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Hillier and Smith 1980
Probably the finest 'kappazuri' (stencil) work ever produced in Japan and a deeply interesting account of contemporary craftsmanship.
Literature:
Binyon, Laurence, and Sexton, J J O'Brien, 'Japanese Colour Prints' (new edn.), London, 1963, p. 212.
Brown, Louise Norton, 'Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan', London and New York, 1924, p. 66.
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, p. 178 for second (1784) edition.
Hillier, Jack, 'Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection', 3 vols., London, 1976, vol. 1, no. 207.
Waterhouse, D B, 'Harunobu and his age', London, 1964, no. 129.
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Smith 1988
Probably the finest 'kappazuri' (stencil) work ever produced in Japan and a deeply interesting account of contemporary craftsmanship. Illustrated is a rare picture of glass-blowing, a little-known craft in Edo Japan.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.118.2
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.118 (Hillier no.)
