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The Kōrin Picture Book

光琳画譜

1800s

Nakamura Hōchū 中村 芳中

(Japanese, d. 1819)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Set of two woodblock printed folding-books; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Book: 26 x 37.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi 1991.118
Public Domain
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Location
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This set of books is in the orihon, or folding-book format.

Description

Nakamura Hōchū prized the design acumen of earlier painter Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) and honored him with this two-volume set of woodblock printed images. While Hōchū sampled the original compositions from Kōrin’s works, the prints in these books are heavily inflected with his own loose, whimsical drawing style.
A pair of vertical woodblock-printed books features textured, muted tan covers marked by age and staining. Each cover is adorned with a vertical pink-tinted label containing black ink calligraphy on the left side. On the right book, a large pale rectangle is faded into the paper. Dark marks and subtle creases scatter across the surfaces, while distinct characters at the bottom of the labels identify the volumes as "Heaven" and "Earth."

The Kōrin Picture Book

1800s

Nakamura Hōchū

(Japanese, d. 1819)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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