illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.45.1
Title: Object: Nihon eitai gura 日本永代蔵 (Japan's Treasury for the Ages)
Description: Illustrated book. Vol. 1 from a set of two volumes in six parts. Tales of the 'floating world' (ukiyo-zoshi). First edition. Woodblock-printed. [JH.45, vol. 1, image 1] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 2] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 3] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 4] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 5] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 6] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 7] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 8] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 9] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 10] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 11] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 12] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 13] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 14] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 15] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 16] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 17] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 18] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 19] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 20] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 21] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 22] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 23] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 24] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 25] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 26] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 27] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 28] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 29] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 30] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 31] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 32] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 33] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 34] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 35] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 36] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 37] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 38] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 39] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 40] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 41] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 42] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 43] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 44] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 45] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 46] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 47] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 48] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 49] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 50] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 51] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 52] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 53] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 54] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 55] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 56] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 57] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 58] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 59] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 60] [JH.45, vol. 1, image 61]
Producer name: Print artist: Yoshida Hanbei (吉田半兵衛); Author: Ihara Saikaku (井原西鶴); Published by: Kaneya; Published by: Morita Shotaro
Cultures/periods: Edo Period; Genroku Era
Production date: 1688
Production place: Published in: Osaka-shi; Published in: Kyoto-shi
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Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres; Width: 18 centimetres
Curator's comments: Hillier and Smith 1980 First edition of one of the best known of Saikaku's 'Ukiyo-zoshi', many times reprinted in modern times. Although unsigned, the illustrations are typical Hambei. Saikaku was the best-known novelist of the Edo period. Literature: 'Kokusho somokuroku', vol. 6, Tokyo, 1970-7, p. 373. Mizutani, Futo, 'Kohen shogetsu soga shi', Tokyo, 1936, p. 125.
Bibliographic references: Hillier & Smith 1980 / Japanese Prints: 300 Years of Albums and Books (16); Smith 1988 / Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan (Books:5); Hillier 1987 / The Art of the Japanese Book (Figs. 57-58)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 1979
Acquisition notes: According to label in volume, collected by S Bing.
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1979,0305,0.45.1
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.45 (Hillier no.)

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