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Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa)

1909

Kamisaka Sekka

(Japanese, 1866–1942)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
ink and color on paper
John L. Severance Fund 1989.85
Location: Not on view

Description

This is the cover for a group of 22 preparatory drawings for Kamisaka Sekka's print series Flowers of a Hundred Worlds.
  • ?–1989
    (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1989–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan. H. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 2, 1990, pp. 38–78. Mentioned: p. 76, cat. no. 183 25160106
    Wood, Donald Alan, Yūko Ikeda 池田祐子, and Kurt A. Gitter. Kamisaka Sekka: Rinpa no keishō [神坂雪佳: 琳派の継承 = Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa master, pioneer of modern design]. Kyōto: Kyōto Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan, 2003. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 252-B2, p. 263
    Lemonedes, Heather. “Imaging the Garden: The garden is a ground plot for the mind. —Thomas Hill, The Gardener’s Labyrinth (1577).” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 55, no. 6 (November/December 2015): 4–6. Reproduced: p. 3 (1989.85.20 only) archive.org
    Ehrlich, Linda C. The Films of Kore-Eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Reproduced: p. 183, fig. 2 (1989.85.4 only)
  • {{cite web|title=Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa)|url=false|author=Kamisaka Sekka|year=1909|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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