Shashin kachō zue

By

Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Ōsaka, Okadaya, Bunka 2 [1805]

Notes

Author and imprint taken from last page. The title page consists of a poem in Chinese praising the work.

Text and illustrations printed within black-ruled border.

Printed on double leaves.

Illustraions are hand-colored wood-block prints.

Kokusho sōmokuroku. Vol. 2, p. 167. Lists this title as "Kachō shashin zue."

This is the first series of this title. The volumes consist of hand-colored paintings which deal with flowers and birds. The author was famous genre painter of the late Edo period and the progenitor of the Kitao School.

Subjects

19th century , Birds , flower , Hand coloring , Japan , Pictorial works , Woodcuts (prints)

Call Number

895.6 K647 1805

Language

Japanese

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.160108