illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.99.4
Title: Object: Ehon Noyama gusa 絵本野山草 (Picture-book of Wild Flowers)
Description: Illustrated book. Vol. 4 of five volumes. Botanical compendium. Woodblock-printed.
Producer name: Print artist: Tachibana Yasukuni 橘保国; Published by: Shibukawa Seiemon
Cultures/periods: Edo Period; Horeki Era
Production date: 1755
Production place: Published in: Osaka-shi
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 22.30 centimetres; Width: 15.80 centimetres
Curator's comments: Hillier and Smith 1980 A botanical compendium which maintains on each page the highest standards of design and of effective use of the black and white medium. Literature: 'Kokusho somokuroku', vol. I, Tokyo, 1970-7, p. 499. Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, p. 319.
Bibliographic references: Hillier & Smith 1980 / Japanese Prints: 300 Years of Albums and Books (27); Hillier 1987 / The Art of the Japanese Book (Fig. 145)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1979
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1979,0305,0.99.4
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.99 (Hillier no.)

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