Title
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
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