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Source Description
A very rare Japanese pattern book which contains 373 tipped-in slips of paper with sketches in ink, some lightly colored. Yoyusai seems to have compiled the album not strictly to use as patterns but as a collection of motifs and sketches he liked.
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Document identity
localId
38655
label
Designs for Inro and Other Lacquers
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
38655
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Designs for Inro and Other Lacquers
description
A very rare Japanese pattern book which contains 373 tipped-in slips of paper with sketches in ink, some lightly colored. Yoyusai seems to have compiled the album not strictly to use as patterns but as a collection of motifs and sketches he liked.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [accessioned 1991].
date
1801 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
sketchbooks
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
19.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 7 5/8 in. (27 x 19.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Date] Kyowa gan kanoto-tori ku-gatsu; [Translation] First year of Kyowa (1801) ninth month; [Signature] Hara Kumejiro
med
ink and colors on paper
creator_ids
5481
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0f9d35693b6b9814
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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ce022b5e9853490f
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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7b3bec63fdcbc19c
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no
hasDescription
no