illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1991,1112,0.88.6
- Title
- Object: Fuso shoga fu 扶桑書画譜 (Calligraphy and Painting Album of Fusang)
- Description
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Illustrated book, vol. 6 of six. Compilation of calligraphy and painting by various artists, scholars and poets. Woodblock-printed.
- Production date
- 1889
- Dimensions
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Height: 30 centimetres
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Width: 17.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Album compiled in six volumes by Kawafuku Sakujūrō and Ōkawa Genkū, published in 1889. In Chinese mythology, ‘Fusang’ was a land to the east, sometimes identified with Japan. Each volume contains numerous pieces by calligraphers, painters, Confucian scholars and poets, with over 300 in total, with prefaces and postscripts. Major figures appear, but some of the contributors are little known today.
Contributors to vol. 6 include:
Mishima Chushu
Kondo Nanshu
Tsukamura Yokoku
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1991
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1991,1112,0.88.6
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: SJ.88
