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Tosa School,
Japanese
Untitled, ca. 1650
ink, colors, gold and silver on paper
8 1/4 x 9 13/16 in. (21 x 24.8 cm)
Untitled, ca. 1650
ink, colors, gold and silver on paper
8 1/4 x 9 13/16 in. (21 x 24.8 cm)
Object Type:
Painting
Technique:
Painting
Period:
Edo (Japan, 1615-1868)
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard L. Mellott
Accession Number:
2015.10.10
Commentary
The Tosa School produced hundreds of such albums over 500 years when their "production line" studios painted works of both deluxe quality and "affordable" quality for a wide variety of patrons. The work in question falls into the second group, probably owned by a merchant family interested in "the classics" and not wanting a woodblock printed version, which were produced from the 1650s onward.
Professor Bruce Coats
Scripps College
Medium
ink, colors, gold and silver on paper
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