Details

Subjects:

Art, Japanese -- 19th century.
Art, Japanese.
Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868.
Art, Japanese -- Edo period.
Art, Japanese -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.
Art, Japanese -- Meiji period.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, Japanese -- 19th century.
Illustrations (layout features)
Paintings (visual works)
Sketchbooks.
Sketches.

Summary:

Three volumes containing paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, birds and flowers. There are also at least two human figures.
Most of the pictures are accompanied by a short text in Japanese.

Notes:

Title transcribed from the spine of each volume, where it is given in English.
There is no indication in English of author, illustrator, provenance or date. The paper and binding appear to be 19th century.

Cited as:

Japanese Sketches (Ms. Codex 3). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

122383109

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