Kusudama [picture]
薬玉 [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 5744770
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- Tōkyō : Hakubunkan, Meiji 35 [1902]
- 東京: 博文館 , 明治35 [1902]
- 1 print : col woodblock printing ; 23 x 31 cm
- Summary:
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The custom of hanging this ornament, 'Kusudama' on May 5th was to pray for the good health and longevity. The ornament is normally made of 5 colours and contains herbal incense.
- Notes:
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- Printmaker's seal and signature present.
- Title taken from the reference source by Nanako Yamada.
- English title 'Ornamental paper ball' devised by cataloguer based on unpublished notebooks by Richard Clough.
- English title 'Ornamental scent bag' devised by cataloguer based on information provided by an independent scholar.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-152422143
- The print was produced as a kuchie frontispiece in a literary magazine titled Bungei kurabu, dai 8-kan, dai 7-gō. Not created to accompany a particular literary piece in the issue.
- Richard Clough notebook v. 1, no. 106.
- The print was produced as a kuchie frontispiece in a literary magazine titled 文芸倶楽部, 第八巻, 第七号. Not created to accompany particular literary piece in the issue.
- Cited In:
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- Yamada, Nanako. Mokuhan kuchi-e soran 69.37
- 山田奈々子. 木版口絵総覧 69.37
- Subject:
- Women -- Japan -- Portraits
- Also Titled:
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- Ornamental paper ball
- Ornamental scent bag
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Clough Collection of kuchie (frontispiece prints).
This collection contains 465 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Engraving
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1908
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1902
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