The Burke Collection
Honchō gasan (本朝画簒 / Collection of Japanese Paintings)
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Artist

Tani Bunchō

(谷文晁; 1763–1840)

Catalogue information

Edo period, 1809

Eight-volume book; illustrations printed in ink and light color on paper

5 books 23.5 x 16 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.);
1 book 23.7 x 15.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.);
1 book 22.8 x 15.8 cm (9 x 6 1/4 in.);
1 book 22.7 x 16.1 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Postscript, in vol. 8: “Bunchō, the first month of 1809”

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Additional details

Signature

Painted by Tani Bunchō

Seals

Kyakutō Jicchi; Hokkyō; Tōan