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
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 487 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Signature
Painted by Tani Bunchō
Seals
Kyakutō Jicchi
; Hokkyō
; Tōan