Catalog record · 目録番号 57084

Ehon tatoe no fushi

絵本譬喩節

Artist / 作者: Kitagawa Utamaro喜多川歌麿
Date / 年代: 1789
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 598 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

Illustrated book, woodblock print. 3 volumes. 'Kyoka' anthology. Covers: Original, buff-coloured, printed with brown Chinese bellflower and seven treasure pattern. Title slips: Handwritten, later addition: Ehon tatoe no fushi, setsu, getsu, ka on white slips sprinkled with brass filings, pasted in top right corner of covers. Contents: (vol. 1) 9 leaves: 3 single pages of preface, 7 double-page illustrations, 1 single-page illustration; (vol. 2) 7 leaves: 1 single-page illustration, 6 double-page illustrations, 1 single-page illustration; (vol. 3) 8 leaves: 1 single-page illustration, 7 double-page illustrations, 1 single page of artist's signature and announcement; advertisement and colopho…

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1789 (New Year; preface dated) · bm

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