Nishikizuri onna sanjūrokkasen 錦摺女三十六歌僊

Object Details

• Artist

  Chobunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 (1756-1829)

  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) (illustration on sheet 4 only)

• Calligrapher

  36 female students of the Hanagata calligraphy school (supervised by Hanagata Giyu ????)

• Block carver

  Yamaguchi Matsugoro 山口松五郎

  Yamaguchi Seizo 山口清蔵

• Publisher

  Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo) 西村屋与八

• Description

  1 volume and original wrapper in wood case in modern case

• Marks

  Owner's seal: Pulverer

• Provenance

  To 2007

  Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pulverer, Germany, to 2007

  From 2007

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pulverer in 2007

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Exhibition History

  Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books (April 6 to August 11, 2013)

  Kasen'e of the Edo period (1600-1868): The Transformation and Originality of the Courtly Beauty in Ehon (Illustrated Books) (January 8 to February 5, 2010)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pulverer

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase, The Gerhard Pulverer Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial fund in appreciation of Jeffrey P. Cunard and his exemplary service to the Museum as chair of the Board of Trustees (2003-2007)

• Type

  Book

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Pulverer, Gerhard

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Gerhard Pulverer collection

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Books