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Album for Viewing and Admiring Calligraphy and Painting (Shoga Kanshōjō),
1929–30
Various artists
Japanese
Shōwa era, 1926–1989
2003-305 a-f
Information
Title
Album for Viewing and Admiring Calligraphy and Painting (Shoga Kanshōjō)
Dates
1929–30
Maker
Medium
Album of six double leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Leaf (each): 27 x 35.4 cm. (10 5/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Album: 27 x 18 x 2.5 cm. (10 5/8 x 7 1/16 x 1 in.)
Case: 27.2 x 18.5 x 3.3 cm. (10 11/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Earl and Virginia Miner
Object Number
2003-305 a-f
Place Made
Asia, Japan
Inscription
Titleslip on album cover, ink on silk:
Title: [][soku] jō [][]帖. At lower left of title paper appears “Written by Kikusui” (Kikusui dai ) (菊水題). A relief seal resembling an apple appears beneath, and reads Kikusui (菊水). (The seal is the same as that of the lower inscription associated with the first painting (Leaf b). Second seal at right of inscription on the first painting (rounded—is it another seal belonging to Kikusui, or is it individual B?)
Outer case inscription, ink and gold on paper:
Reads: Shoga Kanshōjō 書畫觀賞帖, 1 sq. relief seal (underneath appears the number 11)
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seal: sq. relief seal (individual A) on case is the same as one associated with the inscription on Leaf c.
Culture
Period
Materials
–2003 Earl and Virginia Miner (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2003.
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