illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.291
- Title
- Object: Kiho gafu 琦鳳画譜 (Kiho's Picture-album)
- Description
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Illustrated book. One volume. Designs demonstrating the artist's style. With cover printed with wave patterns in mica. Colour woodblock-printed.
- Production date
- 1827
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.80 centimetres
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Width: 17.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
Copies in: Brown, Louise Norton, 'Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan', London and New York, 1924, and Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, lack colophon.
Literature:
Holloway, Owen E, 'Graphic Art of Japan: The Classical School', London, 1957, no. 32.
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. 360-1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.291
- Additional IDs
-
Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.291 (Hillier no.)
