Illustrated Book of Floral Arrangements in the Mishō Style

Medium

Monochrome woodblock printed book

Dimensions

a: 8 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 1/4 in. (21.9 × 14.9 × 0.6 cm) b: 8 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 3/16 in. (21.9 × 14.9 × 0.5 cm) c: 9 × 6 3/16 × 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.7 × 0.6 cm) d: 9 × 6 × 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm) e: 9 × 6 × 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm) f: 10 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 in. (25.4 × 18.4 × 1 cm) g: 10 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 in. (25.4 × 18.4 × 1 cm) h: 10 × 7 1/8 × 3/8 in. (25.4 × 18.1 × 1 cm) i: 10 1/8 × 7 × 1/2 in. (25.7 × 17.8 × 1.3 cm) j: 12 1/8 × 8 5/8 × 3/8 in. (30.8 × 21.9 × 1 cm)

Classification

Illustrated Books

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo (1615–1868)–Shôwa period (1926–89)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1960

Accession Number

JIB175a–j

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