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Sketch Book of Sakura (Cherry Blossoms)
桜花譜
Sakamoto, Kōnen, 1800-1853
Artist
text
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1830
1853
monographic
place of publication not identified]
[publisher not identified]
[1830 to 1853]
jpn
1 online resource.
The sakura (cherry blossom) is the most famous flower of Japan, the beauty of which has long inspired artists in Japan. Created in the middle of the 19th century, Ōka-fu (A sketch book of cherry blossoms) contains the names and illustrations of 29 varieties of sakura, which are painted on silk with delicate brushwork. The artist, Sakamoto Kōnen (1800-53), studied herbal medicine under his father, Sakamoto Jun'an, physician-in-ordinary to the sovereign lord of Kishū Domain (present-day Wakayama Prefecture). Sakamoto Kōnen also worked in Kishū Domain as a physician. The richly bound book bears the ownership stamp of the Kishū Tokugawa family and is presumed to have been dedicated to the lord of Kishū by the artist.
Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
Original resource extent: 1 book ; 29.6 x 35.3 centimeters.
Original resource at: National Diet Library.
Content in Japanese.
Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
1830 to 1853
Cherry trees
Flowers
Japan
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