A World of Things (Momoyagusa)
Artist
Kamisaka Sekka
(Japanese, 1866-1942)
CultureJapanese
Date1909-10
Mediumbook of color woodblock prints
Dimensions11 13/16 x 17 9/16 x 3/4 in. (30 x 44.6 x 1.9 cm)
Classificationsprints
Credit LineGift of Ruth and Sherman Lee
Object number89.10.2
DescriptionBook consisting of 22 inscriptions and images. The Cover has a written inscription with red seal. The 22 works are: .1 printed inscription, .2 separated fan blades with painted figures, .3 willow (?) and white blossoms, .4 burdened peasant and orange flowering tree, .5 richly dressed woman (?) in a punt beneath willow (?), .6 prunus blossoms (?) with black bark, .7 three peasants pulling with ropes a not visible water craft, .8 three red-maked geese (?) behind fir branches, .9 silver moon behind white grasses, .10 sleeping (?) with fan, .11 three figures in conversatio in front of two flower bedecked closed carriages,
.12 three hydrangea (?) blossoms and green leaves, .13 three dancing geishas, .14 two red-crested roosters (?) behind green bamboo railing, .15 hanging blue and white blossoms (begonias?) and green leaves, folded fan, .16 seated boy palying a flute, nestliing against the side of a reclining water buffalo, .17 two puppies studying a snail, .18 a green monster or demon, .19 a silver river, .20 printed inscription with red seal.On View
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