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Kawamura Kihō, author

Kihō’s Sketchbook (Kihō gafu), 1827

Description

Maker

Title

Kihō’s Sketchbook (Kihō gafu)

Year

1827

Medium

Woodcut illustrated book with mica-stencilled paper wrappers

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

25.7 x 17.5 x 1.1 cm (10 1/8 x 6 7/8 x 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription on inside of left side cover (when open), top left corner in pencil:$RMDr 6904New blue-cloth binder bears Isseido label on inside of top (right side when open) cover , top right corner.

Identification

Edition

First

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2003.39.6

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan

June 1 - September 23, 2007

There is a classic literary association made between the first song of the Japanese bush warbler (uguisu) and the plum (ume), which together indicate the New Year. Compare this rendition of a Japanese bush warbler with the two Sadanobu II prints on the wall behind you.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Kihō’s Sketchbook (Kihō gafu) with the accession number of 2003.39.6. To request a higher resolution file, please submit an online request.