Japanese sketches : manuscript, [18--?]

Timespan:

19th century; Edo period, 1600-1868; Meiji period, 1868-1912

Date:

1800

Description:

Three volumes containing paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, birds and flowers. There are also at least two human figures.; Most of the pictures are accompanied by a short text in Japanese.

Language:

Japanese

Subject:

Art, Japanese -- 19th century; Art, Japanese; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period; Art, Japanese -- Meiji period, 1868-1912; Art, Japanese -- Meiji period

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); illustrations (layout features); paintings (visual works); sketchbooks; sketches; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

3 v. : ink and watercolor on paper; 21 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title transcribed from the spine of each volume, where it is given in English.; There is no indication in English of author, illustrator, provenance or date. The paper and binding appear to be 19th century.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 3