PrintsJapanese

Keinen's Album of Birds and Flowers (Keinen kachō gafu)

1892

Artists

Imao KeinenArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock-printed book (4 volumes); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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