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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.349.10
People
Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中, Japanese (d. 1819)
Published by Ômiya Yohei
Printed by Matsuda Shinsuke
Title
Three Puppies, from the Kōrin gafu (Kōrin Picture Album)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 光琳画譜
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
1802
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/354392

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock-printed book (28 detached leaves); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet: 27.1 x 39 cm (10 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: signature on colophon: Kyōwa mizunoe inu no toshi, Tōto ryokan no robata nite, Hōchū sha kore (Hōchū drew these, by the fireside at an inn in the Eastern Capital)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby, London, lot 186 (1993), sold; [through Robert G. Sawers, London (1993)], to; Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, Bethesda, MD (1993-2018), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.349.10
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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