Album of Birds and Flowers (Kacho-ga)
Object Label
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japan exported large quantities of all types of objects, at a range of prices, to the West. Fashionable consumers purchased and displayed these objects in their homes. An item such as this fine album would have been prized not only for its exotic beauty but also for its sensitivity to the natural world, evident in the closely observed pictures of birds, insects, and plants.
Caption
Kubota Tosui Japanese, 1851–1911. Album of Birds and Flowers (Kacho-ga), late 19th–early 20th century. Album leaf, ink painting on silk, 9 1/4 x 8 3/4in. (23.5 x 22.2cm) each image. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas Colville, 2001.123. No known copyright restrictions
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Album of Birds and Flowers (Kacho-ga)
Date
late 19th–early 20th century
Period
Meiji Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Album leaf, ink painting on silk
Classification
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 8 3/4in. (23.5 x 22.2cm) each image
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Colville
Accession Number
2001.123
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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