Yamato ezukushi | 大和絵づくし

Item Overview

Title

Yamato ezukushi | 大和絵づくし

Alternative title

Yamatoe tsukushi [variant title]
大和繪つくし [variant title]
Yamatoezukushi [variant title]

Illustrator

Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694
菱川師宣, approximately 1618-approximately 1694

Date Created

[1680]

Date

1680

Place of Origin

[Tokyo] : 鱗形屋三左衛門, 延宝8 | [Tokyo] : Urokogataya Sanzaemon, Enpō 8

Language

Japanese

Collection

Wahon Literacies: A Collection of Books for the Study of Japanese Book History
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Suzuki subject: 芸術－絵画－画帖・絵本
製版 [seihan] (woodblock printing).
Preface written and signed by "闇計" in Ōsaka: "津の国それすいたの住／闇計" ; postscript by Yamatoeshi Hishikawa Kichibē: "大和絵師菱川吉兵衛尉."

Colophon

Published by Urokogataya Sanzaemon in Enpō 8 [1680]: "延宝八庚申年五月上旬／板本所／大伝馬三町目鱗形屋三左衛門."

Provenance

Bequeathed by Mr. Julian C. Wright, a collector and art teacher, in 1978.

Physical Description

Extent

大本 or 美濃本 [ōhon/minobon]. 21 unnumbered leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 268 x 187 mm

Page layout

四周単辺 [shishū tanpen] (within single border) of 23.3 x 16.6 cm. 喉丁付 [nodo chōzuke] (paging on gutter).

Binding note

袋綴 [fukurotoji] (pouch binding). 縹色・元表紙 [hanadairo motobyōshi] (light indigo original cover).

Condition note

良刷 (good printing) ; 疲れ (worn-out) ; 総裏打ち [sō-urauchi] (fully-lined) ; 少破損有 (lightly-damaged).

Keywords

Resource type

text

Subjects

Authors in art
Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694
菱川師宣, approximately 1618-approximately 1694
Yamatoe