illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.210.1
- Title
- Object: Soken gafu: Soka no bu 素絢画譜: 草花之部 (Soken's Picture-album: Plant Section)
- Description
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Illustrated book. Vol. 1 from a set of three volumes. Illustrations of plants. Woodblock-printed in sumi.
- Production date
- 1806
- Dimensions
-
Height: 26.10 centimetres
-
Width: 18.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
Gradated sumi-printing is here used with real virtuosity.
Literature:
Hillier, J, 'The Uninhibited Brush. Japanese Art in the Shijo Style', London, 1974, pp. 111-15.
Holloway, Owen E, 'Graphic Art of Japan: The Classical School', London, 1957, no. 47.
Mitchell, C H, with the assistance of Ueda, Osamu, 'The Illustrated Books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and Other Related Schools of Japan. A Biobibliography', Los Angeles, 1972, pp. 498-9.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.210.1
- Additional IDs
-
Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.210 (Hillier no.)