A World of Things (Momoyagusa)
Artist
Kamisaka Sekka
(Japanese, 1866-1942)
CultureJapanese
Date1909-10
Mediumbook of color woodblock prints
Dimensions11 13/16 x 17 1/2 x 5/8 in. (30 x 44.5 x 1.6 cm)
Classificationsprints
Credit LineGift of Ruth and Sherman Lee
Object number89.10.3
DescriptionBook consisting of 22 inscriptions and images. The Cover has a written inscription with red seal. The 22 works are: .1 printed inscription, .2 village and blossoming cherry trees, .3 green trees and silver-blue waves (a strom?), .4 silver grasses, black hut, white moon, .5 peaches (?), a black and a green leaf, .6 walking woman at a crossroads, .7 green dragon with claw, black background, .8 openwork round basket with flowers, .9 seated Hotwi (?) with fan, .10 two paddle-shaped fans, .11 green trees with blue-spotted black trunks,
.12 tops of three hills with blossoming white trees in thte mist, .13 seated woman reading, .14 proww of a flat boat (punt?) with flowers, .15 brightly colored fall landscape, .16 seated samurai (?) contemplating a white-flowering bush, .17 silver branches, silver birds in flight, blue river, .18 green plants in the snow, .19 printed inscription with red seal.On View
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