Scene from The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 2) (1800s): Art, History and Details
Scene from The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 2) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, color woodblock printed book. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Scene from The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 2) (1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, d. 1819).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Ogata Korin (1658-1716) was one of the most admired artists of Rimpa, or "decorative school painting." These books by the charming later-generation Rimpa artist Hochu record Korin's inventive designs.
Object facts
- Title: Scene from The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 2)
- Date: 1800s
- Creator attribution: Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, d. 1819)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Type: Bound Volume
- Technique: color woodblock printed book
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Department: Japanese Art
- Accession number: 1991.118.2.d
Collection credit
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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