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Title
滑稽図案
Alternative Title
Kokkei zuan, a collection of humorous designs
Creator
Kanzaka, Sekka
Date Created and/or Issued
1903
Publication Information
Japan
Contributing Institution
UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information
Copyrighted
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Rights Holder and Contact
Kanzaka, Sekka, 1866-1942, Japanese
Description
Annotations/Markings: No seals or signature. Descriptive inscriptions on each page. Front cover printed in English, "Kokkei Zuan, a collection of humorous designs by Sekka Kamisaka the author of 'Kairo' / Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto, Japan."
Medium: Ink and colors on paper
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.
citation: 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. 250.
Biography/History: 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.
Acquisition: Lee Institute Permanent Collection
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
1 v. (30 woodcuts); 26 x 18 cm.
Form/Genre
color woodcuts
Sotatsu-Korin School
books
Identifier
ark:/13030/hb796nb99x
ucm_li_1997_016
Language
Japanese
jpn
Subject
Design

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