illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.141.1
- Title
- Object: Konzatsu Yamato soga 混雑倭艸画 (A Miscellany of Native Pictures in Cursive Style)
- Description
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Illustrated book. Vol. 1 from a set of three volumes. Cursive-style images. Colophon missing. Woodblock-printed.
- Production date
- 1781
- Dimensions
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Height: 27.50 centimetres
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Width: 18.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
A follower of Harunobu, Koryusai first worked in true 'Ukiyoe' style, but in the latter part of his career returned to something closer to the 'Kano', as in this book. The 'cursive' or 'rough' style was cultivated by artists claiming to understand Chinese art.
Literature:
Brown, Louise Norton, 'Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan', London and New York, 1924, p. 146.
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, pp. 174-5.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
2016 Jul–Oct, London, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from Prehistory to the Present'
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.141.1
- Additional IDs
-
Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.141 (Hillier no.)