Album of sample prints labeled as "Squares", Vol. 1 of 12

Object Details

• Artist

  Ogata Gekko 尾形月耕 (1859-1920)

  Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891)

  Ohara Koson 小原古邨 (1877-1945)

  Nakabayashi Chikuto 中林竹洞 (1776-1853)

  Okuhara Seiko 奥原晴湖 (1837-1913)

  Chikuseki II (active 1900-1950)

  Terazaki Kogyo 寺崎廣業 (1866-1919)

  Nomura Yoshikuni 野村美邦 (1855-1903)

• Publisher

  Daikokuya

• Description

  Vol. I of XII (Vol. X now missing) from a set of print sample albums. Daikokuya, Tokyo publisher. Paper label affixed to front cover of each, inscribed in ink: "Squares". Each volume with (originally) 20 prints by various artists (some prints now removed or missing).

  The album is numbered on the cover with a rubberstamp as to its place in the series. However, the prints are numbered consecutively through the whole set of albums: 1 through 240. This is done with a rubberstamp on the album page above each print.

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Robert O. Muller Collection

• Type

  Print

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1920s, 1930s

• Name

  Terazaki, Kogyo, Daikokuya, Ogata, Gekko, Shibata, Zeshin, Chikuseki II, Nakabayashi, Chikuto, Nomura, Yoshikuni, Okuhara, Seiko, Ohara, Koson

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Sweet pea, Art, Jay, Snow, Moon, Mantis, Flowers, Lily, Stork, Pine tree, Mountains, Rain, Peony, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Crow, Cherry blossom, Children, Wisteria, Buffaloes, Vegetable, Trees, Cats, Carp, Autumn, Owl, Robert O. Muller collection, Outer space, Demon, Birds, Youth, Plants, Lotus, Animals, Insects, Morning glory, Dogs, Japanese Art, Chicken, Sparrow, Bamboo

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints