Album of Sample Prints, Vol. XII of XII

Object Details

• Artist

  Yamamoto Shoun 山本昇雲 (1870-1965)

• Publisher

  Daikokuya

• Description

  Vol. XII 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.

  In this set, Volume XII, what would have been print #230 was removed by Robert Muller and added to his "collection" -- see S2003.8.3363.

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Robert O. Muller Collection

• Type

  Print

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• Date

  1920s, 1930s

• Name

  Daikokuya, Yamamoto, Shoun

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Fans, Lantern, Art, Night, Snow, Moon, Geisha, Monkeys, Ducks, Rain, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Swords, Wood-gathering, Stream, Children, Woman, Business, Rabbits, Boats and boating, Drums (Membranophones), Robert O. Muller collection, Outer space, Demon, Birds, Animals, Sleeping, Mouse, Dogs, Japanese Art, Horses, Turtles, Octopuses, Smoking

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints