Image

Nakamura Hōchū

Morning glories and coxcombs (Asagao to oshareno)

Description

Maker

Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, fl. 1790-1813)
Kinkado of Edo (Japanese), publisher
Tampankan (Japanese), printer

Title

Morning glories and coxcombs (Asagao to oshareno)
Korin gafu (An album of pictures by Korin)

Period

Meiji

Year

late 1800s-early 1900s

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Image: 26.2 x 37.3 cm (10 5/16 x 14 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom center in pencil:EGR322

Identification

Edition

Edition: First edition published 1802; this is from a reprinted edition of the late 19th-early 20th century

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1316

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Korin Gafu and the Rimpa Tradition in Japanese Printmaking

Mar 08, 2002 – Jun 02, 2002

Label copy

This print and the one to the right illustrate the differences in quality among different editions of the Korin gafu. The blotting of color in the flowers is executed with more subtlety in the example at right.

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

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Tombstone

Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, fl. 1790-1813)
Kinkado of Edo (Japanese), publisher
Tampankan (Japanese), printer

Morning glories and coxcombs (Asagao to oshareno); Korin gafu (An album of pictures by Korin), late 1800s-early 1900s

Polychrome wood block print

Image: 26.2 x 37.3 cm (10 5/16 x 14 11/16 inches)

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1316

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