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Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一

Ōson’s Picture Album (鶯邨画譜 Ōson gafu)

Maker

Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1829, b in Edo, worked in Kyoto and Edo, Japan)
Matsuzawa Rōsen (Japanese), publisher

Title

Ōson’s Picture Album (鶯邨画譜 Ōson gafu)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1817

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

27.3 x 18.6 x 1 cm (10 3/4 x 7 5/16 x 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Inscription on inside of back cover, bottom right in pencil: Hoitsu



Label: Octagonal label adhered to inside of front cover, top right with inscription in ink: 31.408/Hoitsu


Seals: Red square seal stamped on last page, bottom left.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

31.408

Type

Exhibition History

A Medley of Irises
Jun 13, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026
Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Jun 01, 2007 – Sep 23, 2007

Label copy

Hoitsu belonged to the Rinpa school of painting. The flat, decorative arrangement of plant forms and the juxtaposition of a poetic text inscribed in fluid cursive script are typical of that tradition. Here the printed forms are once again without outline. Bush clover (hagi) is one of the “seven grasses of autumn.”

Korin Gafu and the Rimpa Tradition in Japanese Printmaking
Mar 08, 2002 – Jun 02, 2002

Label copy

This illustration is clearly the source for the anonymous print of the same subject included in this exhibition.

Prints from the Korin Gafu ("Album of Korin Pictures") and Printed Books from the Nineteenth Century
Jun 02, 1994 – Jul 28, 1994
Prints from the Korin Gafu ("Album of Korin Pictures") and Printed Books from the Nineteenth Century
Jan 18, 1991 – Mar 10, 1991

Image use

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Tombstone

Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1829, b in Edo, worked in Kyoto and Edo, Japan)
Matsuzawa Rōsen (Japanese), publisher
Ōson’s Picture Album (鶯邨画譜 Ōson gafu), 1817
Woodblock printed book
27.3 x 18.6 x 1 cm (10 3/4 x 7 5/16 x 3/8 inches)
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 31.408

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