illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.506.3
- Title
- Object: Seitei kacho gafu 省亭花鳥画譜 (Seitei's Bird-and-Flower Painting Manual)
- Description
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Illustrated book. Vol. 3 of three volumes. Birds and flowers. Colour woodblock-printed.
- Production date
- 1890-1891
- Dimensions
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Height: 24.90 centimetres (covers)
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Width: 16.70 centimetres (covers)
- Curator's comments
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Hillier and Smith 1980
Literature:
Brown, Louise Norton, 'Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan', London and New York, 1924, p. 202.
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, p. 466.
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, p. 427, (the artist's name is sometimes read as 'Shotei').
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Conservation Credit Line: Conservation of this book was supported by the Toshiba International Foundation
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.506.3
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.506 (Hillier no.)