- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.99.4
- Title
- Object: Ehon Noyama gusa 絵本野山草 (Picture-book of Wild Flowers)
- Description
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Illustrated book. Vol. 4 of five volumes. Botanical compendium. Woodblock-printed.
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- Production date
- 1755
- Dimensions
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Height: 22.30 centimetres
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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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.99.4
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.99 (Hillier no.)