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Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): God of Thunder (Raijin)

Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): God of Thunder (Raijin)

1909
(Japanese, 1866–1942)
Overall: 27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Kamisaka Sekka made preparatory drawings for his Flowers of a Hundred Worlds series on tracing paper with ink and color. The freehand sketches are much looser than the finished, printed compositions.
  • ?–1989
    (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1989–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 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. cat. no. 252-B2, p. 263
  • Kamisakka Sekka: Rimpa Master - Pioneer of Modern Designs. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (September 9-October 19, 2003).
  • {{cite web|title=Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): God of Thunder (Raijin)|url=false|author=Kamisaka Sekka|year=1909|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.85.1