The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of November 7, 2024
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa), Vol. 2
1909–10
(Japanese, 1866–1942)
Sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
This volume from a set of three woodblock printed albums displays the graphic design prowess of Kamisaka Sekka. The images were first distributed one by one to subscribers to the series but later were reissued in bound form, like this book, for mass consumers. Each print features a vignette taken from nature or Japanese literature. Many of the scenes have a long history in Japan, originating in the 900s or 1000s and having been interpreted by all manner of artists since that time. Sekka’s selections hew closely to precedents from the Rinpa style originated by painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu (c. 1570–c. 1640) and calligrapher Hon’ami Kōetsu (1558–1637).- Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".1989 CMA: "Year in Review 1988," Bull., 76 (Feb. 1989), p. 73, no. 180, repr. p. 73
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.23.2