AlbumsJapanese19th century

A Compendium of Seals on Japanese and Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings (Wakan shoga inshū)

late 19th century

Classification

Albums

Medium

Double-sided accordion-fold album; red and black ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Meiji era, 1868-1912

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Full album, pages fully extended: H. 32 x W. 938.9 cm (12 5/8 x 369 5/8 in.) Album closed: H. 32 x W. 22.9 x D. 3.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 x 1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Ex-collections: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908); Ernest Goodrich Stillman (1884-1949; Harvard Class of 1908)

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