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Collections

Kawanabe Kyōsai
Kyōsai's Treatise on Painting (Cover)1887

Not on view
Japanese woodblock-printed book cover in slate blue with a central circular title cartouche in black characters, surrounded by a mythological creature, swirling clouds, and sun and moon motifs in tan and coral

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Kyōsai's Treatise on Painting (Cover), 1887, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Title
Kyōsai's Treatise on Painting (Cover)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1887
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Slip cover having woodblock printed illustration adhered to cloth over paperboard
Dimensions
Volumes: 10 1/8 x 23 15/16 in. (25.8 x 60.8 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.517.5
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art