- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.260
- Title
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Object: Fukei gaso 不形画藪 (A Thicket of Shapeless Pictures)
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Object: Fugyo gaso
- Description
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Illustrated book. One volume. Picture book of general designs, many without outline. Colour woodblock-printed.
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- Production date
- 1817
- Dimensions
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Height: 27.80 centimetres
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Width: 18.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
This is a picture-book of more general designs by Gessho. The title is sometimes read as 'Fugyo gaso', and refers to the style of painting without outline used in many of the designs.
Literature:
Brown, Louise Norton, 'Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan', London and New York, 1924, p. 109.
Holloway, Owen E, 'Graphic Art of Japan: The Classical School', London, 1957, no. 19.
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. 253-4.
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, p. 390.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.260
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.260 (Hillier no.)
