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Title
蝶千種
Alternative Title
A thousand butterflies
Creator
Kanzaka, Sekka
Date Created and/or Issued
1904
Publication Information
Kyoto, Kinki, Japan
Contributing Institution
UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Rights Holder and Contact
Kanzaka, Sekka, 1866-1942, Japanese
Description
Annotations/Markings: No signature, seals, or inscriptions.
Medium: ink and colors on paper
Scope/Content: Reproduced in Donald A. Wood and Yuko Ikeda, eds., Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master--Pioneer of Modern Design (Kyoto and Birmingham: National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and Birmingham Museum of Art, AL, 2003), pl. 251.
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master--Pioneer of Modern Design" organized by The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 8/20/03 to 10/13/03, Sakura City Museum of Art 11/8/03 to 12/21/03, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1/29/04 to 4/25/04, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama 5/23/04 to 8/1/04.
Scope/Content: Artist also known as 神坂雪佳. Better known as Kamisaka, Sekka, 1866-1942. See Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master--Pioneer of Modern Design, exh. cat. Birmingham Museum of Art and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. 2003.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type
image
Format
2 v. (49 woodcuts); 19 x 25 cm. ea.
Form/Genre
color woodcuts
books
Meiji
Sotatsu-Korin School
Identifier
ark:/13030/hb096nb42q
ucm_li_1997_017a,b
Subject
Butterflies

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