- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.293.a
- Title
- Object: Sansai yuki hyakushu 三才雪百首 (A World of Snow in One-hundred Verses)
- Description
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Illustrated book. One volume from a set of three. Anthology of comic verses with three illustrations. Colour woodblock-printed.
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- Production date
- 1828-1830
- Dimensions
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Height: 22.50 centimetres
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Width: 16 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
A set of three anthologies, based on the classical trilogy 'setsugekka' (Snow, Moon and Flowers), each with three colour prints. The 'Sansai' of the title derives from Chinese philosophy and implies the separate principles of Heaven, Earth and Man. Thus, the three prints in each book obliquely relate to Heaven, Earth and Man: for example, in the 'Moon' volume Heaven is invoked by the moon in a pine-tree; Earth, by 'chidori' flying over waves; and Man, by a figure in an autumn field.
Literature:
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, p. 274.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.293.a
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.293A (Hillier no.)
