illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.390.1
- Title
- Object: Kyosai gadan 暁斎画談 (Kyosai's Account of Painting)
- Description
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Illustrated book. Vol. 1 of four volumes in two parts. Part I: the artist's thoughts on painting; part II: the artist's biography. Japanese and English synopsis. Colour woodblock-printed.
- Production date
- 1887
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.50 centimetres
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Width: 17.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
Part I gives Gyosai's thoughts on painting; part II, a life of the artist by his pupil Baitei Gaso. One of the novelties of the book is the introduction of a synopsis in English (of a kind) of the Japanese text. The artist's ability to reproduce any Japanese style is remarkable and alarming.
Literature:
Dawes, Leonard G, 'Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Japanese Illustrated Books', London, 1972, p. 196.
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, p. 310.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.390.1
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.390 (Hillier no.)