2020.20: Shasei sōka moyō (Patterns of Flowers and Grasses from Life)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2020.20
- People
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Furuya Kôrin 古谷紅麟 (1875 - 1910)
- Title
- Shasei sōka moyō (Patterns of Flowers and Grasses from Life)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 写生草花模様
- Classification
- Books
- Work Type
- book
- Date
- 1907
- Period
- Meiji era, 1868-1912
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/368474
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock printed book in two volumes; ink and color with metallic pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- ohon: H. 25 × W. 18 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Akao Shoubundou, Kyoto (by 2018)], sold; to [The Boston Book Company, Jamaica, Plain, MA (by 2018-2020)], sold; to The Harvard Art Museums.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Ralph C. Marcove International Understanding Through Arts and Crafts Foundation
- Accession Year
- 2020
- Object Number
- 2020.20
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Two-volume wood-block printed design album (zuanchō) featuring floral designs by Kyoto designer Furuya Kōrin, printed by Unsōdō.
Verification Level
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