Japanese Print "Haru no iro 春の色 (Spring Colours)" by Suzuki Rinsho
Artist:Suzuki Rinsho
Title:Haru no iro 春の色 (Spring Colours)
Date:1794 (New Year, preface)
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Source:British Museum
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Description:
Illustrated book, folding album, colour woodblock print. 1 volume. One hundred and eighty-one poems and seven colour-printed illustrations. Covers: Original, dark blue, painted in gold with horizontal bands of mist and flowering plum tree. Title slip: Original, printed on buff slip pasted in top left corner of cover. Contents: 22 leaves: 1 double-page preface, 1 double-page illustration Nihombashi at the New Year by Torin, 1 double page of poem, 1 double-page illustration Old man playing the flute by Torin, 1 double page of one Chinese-style poem by Ota Nampo and other poems by seven others, 1 double page of poem, 1 double-page illustration Mirror-polisher by Utamaro, 2 double pages of poem, 1 double-page illustration Momotaro quelling demons by Rinsho, 2 double pages of poem, 1 double-page illustration People crossing a log bridge by Shunman, 1 double-page illustration Manzai performance by Rinsho and Shunman, 2 double pages of poems, 1 double-page illustration Spring hobbyhorses by Shigemasa, 2 double pages of poems, 1 double page of poem and publisher's colophon. With mica. Inscribed, signed and sealed.
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