A comprehensive collection of 138 illustrated chirimenbon (crepe books)

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A comprehensive collection of 138 illustrated chirimenbon (crepe books)
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CultureJapanese
Titles
  • A comprehensive collection of 138 illustrated chirimenbon (crepe books)
Datelate 19th–mid- 20th century
MediumPolychrome woodblock print on crepe paper
DimensionsVariable
Credit LineGift of Paul and Barbara Schwartz
Object number2019.660.1-.138
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance[Various book sellers and antique dealers]; Paul and Barbara Schwartz Collection (acquired between 1983-2010); given to MFAH, 2019.

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Front cover
Takejirō Hasegawa
Momotaro or Little Peachling
c. 1911 or c. 1940
Polychrome woodblock print on crepe paper
2019.660.1
Front cover
Takejirō Hasegawa
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
c. 1911
Polychrome woodblock print on crepe paper
2019.660.2
Chigusa (volume 1)
Kamisaka Sekka
Chigusa (volume 1)
1903 (Meiji 36)
Woodblock printed book; ink, metallic ink, and color on paper
2010.1385.1
Ehon mushi erami
Kitagawa Utamaro
Ehon mushi erami
1788 (Temmei 8)
Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and mica on paper
2010.1386
Gin sekai
Kitagawa Utamaro
Gin sekai
1790
Woodblock printed book; ink, metallic pigments, and color on paper
2011.653
Hokusai soga
Katsushika Hokusai
Hokusai soga
1820
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
2013.169
Umi no sachi (volume 1)
Katsuma Ryusui
Umi no sachi (volume 1)
1762
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
2010.1866.1
front cover
Migita Toshihide
Kunyo juhachiban
1894–1902
Album of 12 woodblock printed diptychs; ink, color, mica, and lacquer on paper
2013.461
Chigusa (volume 3)
Kamisaka Sekka
Chigusa (volume 3)
1903 (Meiji 36)
Woodblock printed book; ink, metallic ink, and color on paper
2010.1385.3
Chigusa (volume 2)
Kamisaka Sekka
Chigusa (volume 2)
1903 (Meiji 36)
Woodblock printed book; ink, metallic ink, and color on paper
2010.1385.2
Overall recto.
Carolus Clusius
Exoticorvm Libri Decem: Quibus Animalium, Plantarum, Aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum Fructuum historiae describuntur (Ten Books of Exotics: In Which Animals, Plants, Herbs, and Other Foreign Fruits of History Are Described)
1605
Book
BF.2022.11
Diminutive Nudes, A Collection, Vol. 1
Kevin Katz
Diminutive Nudes, A Collection, Vol. 1
1999, printed 2000
Intaglio ink prints from contact prints on ultra-violet sensitive plates
2003.911.A,.B