Kamisaka Sekka
Chigusa (volume 2)

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Artist Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)Japanese, 1866–1942

Publisher Unsôdô (founded 1891)founded 1891

CultureJapanese

Titles

Chigusa (volume 2)
A Thousand Grasses

Date1903 (Meiji 36)

Printed inKyoto, Japan

MediumWoodblock printed book; ink, metallic ink, and color on paper

DimensionsBlock (each): 9 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (23.8 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet (each): 9 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (23.5 × 35.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Elizabeth S. and Marjorie G. Horning Asian Art Accessions Endowment, Nanako and Dale Tingleaf, the Tachibana Fund for Japanese Art, and Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz

Object number2010.1385.2

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Department

Asian Art

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BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS

ProvenanceResearch Ongoing
Exhibition HistoryKamisaka Sekka Rimpa Master - Pioneer of Modern Design", Kyoto/Birmingham AL; The Asahi Shimbun; 2003.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Cover, recto: inscribed in ink, upper right: [inscription]
Cover, recto: inscribed in ink, upper center: [Chigusa, two]
Cover, recto: inscribed in ink, left center: [inscription, possibly artist signature]

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