絵本小倉山|Picture Book of Ogura Hill (Ehon ogurayama) 絵本小倉山
Medium
Set of three woodblock-printed books bound as one volume; ink on paper
Dimensions
each: 9 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (23 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.838
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of Edo-period Japan with *Picture Book of Ogura Hill (Ehon Ogurayama)*, a masterful 1749 creation by Nishikawa Suken, a leading ukiyo-e artist for his elegant depictions of women (bijin-ga). This enchanting set of three woodblock books, bound as one, illustrates the famed *Ogura Hyakunin Isshu*—a classic anthology of 100 waka poems by Japan's greatest poets, compiled in the 13th century on Kyoto's scenic Ogura Hill. Each pairs with Sukenobu's delicate, evocative images, blending poetry and visual storytelling in a format known as ehon, or "picture books," which were...
About the Artist
Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 (Japanese) · 1671 –1750
Japanese, 1671–1750