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Inscribedon cover: [watercolor blotches by MP or CP]; on plate II: [pink watercolor on far left flower, bird's breast, splotches]; on plate IV: [pencil lines]; on plate VI: [pencil sketches of flower, brushstrokes]; on plate VIII: [pencil sketch of flower]; on plate XXXII: [watercolor sketch of flower]
Keinen Kacho Gafu [Bird and Flower Albums by Keinen]: Summer
Artist
Imao Keinen
(Japanese, 1845 - 1924)
Maker/Publisher
Nishimura Soemon, Kyoto
(Japanese)
Datepublished 1891
Dimensions14 1/2 x 10 x 3/8 in. (36.8 x 25.4 x 1 cm)
Classification(s)
- Prendergast
Credit LinePrendergast Archive and Study Center, Williams College Museum of Art
Terms
- birds
- flowers
- Japan
- book
Object numberA.1.195
DescriptionCollection of Japanese bird and plant portraits illustrating different birds in carefully selected summer settings. Watercolor blotches and pencil sketches by Maurice and/or Charles Prendergast appear throughout the album. Blocks were carved by Tanaka Jirokichi after designs by Keinen, then printed by Miki Jinzaburo and Tanaka HarubeiInscribedon cover: [watercolor blotches by MP or CP]; on plate II: [pink watercolor on far left flower, bird's breast, splotches]; on plate IV: [pencil lines]; on plate VI: [pencil sketches of flower, brushstrokes]; on plate VIII: [pencil sketch of flower]; on plate XXXII: [watercolor sketch of flower]
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