illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.36
Title: Object: (Hinagata) Matsu no tsuki　(雛形) 松の月 (Moon through the Pines (a Pattern Book)); Object: Ehon kimono no moyo (Picture-book of Kimono Designs (MS title))
Description: Illustrated book. One volume. Collections of women's dress patterns. Woodblock-printed. [JH.36, image 1] [JH.36, image 2] [JH.36, image 3] [JH.36, image 4] [JH.36, image 5] [JH.36, image 6] [JH.36, image 7] [JH.36, image 8] [JH.36, image 9] [JH.36, image 10] [JH.36, image 11] [JH.36, image 12] [JH.36, image 13] [JH.36, image 14] [JH.36, image 15] [JH.36, image 16] [JH.36, image 17] [JH.36, image 18] [JH.36, image 19] [JH.36, image 20] [JH.36, image 21] [JH.36, image 22] [JH.36, image 23] [JH.36, image 24] [JH.36, image 25] [JH.36, image 26] [JH.36, image 27] [JH.36, image 28] [JH.36, image 29] [JH.36, image 30] [JH.36, image 31] [JH.36, image 32] [JH.36, image 33] [JH.36, image 34] [JH.36, image 35] [JH.36, image 36] [JH.36, image 37] [JH.36, image 38] [JH.36, image 39] [JH.36, image 40] [JH.36, image 41] [JH.36, image 42] [JH.36, image 43] [JH.36, image 44] [JH.36, image 45]
Producer name: Print artist: Take Hiratsugi; Published by: Kawase Ishimachi; Published by: Tsugifuji Kembei; Print artist: Buheiji (武平次)
Cultures/periods: Edo Period; Genroku Era (circa)
Production date: 1690 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Edo
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Dimensions: Height: 23 centimetres; Width: 16.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: Hillier and Smith 1980 The two opening illustrations are very much in Moronobu's style. The last of the 'kimono' designs is signed Eshi (artist) Hiratsugi. There are two variant, later editions in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, one with MS title dated 1697, the other with printed title 'Gozen hinagata' dated 1729. Needless to say, the reference to the nobility is designed to appeal to the social pretensions of the townsmen who bought the book, which is a masterpiece of design and black and white printing.
Bibliographic references: Hillier & Smith 1980 / Japanese Prints: 300 Years of Albums and Books (18); Royal Academy 1981 / The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868 (135); Hillier 1987 / The Art of the Japanese Book (Figs. 667-668); Guth 1996 / Japanese Art of the Edo Period (fig. 109)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1979
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1979,0305,0.36
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.36 (Hillier no.)

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