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Ōhie Toshio
Children's Culture, Writing and Play1988

Not on view
Closed hardcover book in half-binding with glossy black spine and corners, pale gray-beige cover boards, and a cream-colored page block with a burgundy edge visible
Two small books stacked at an angle; the top cover features a gold ground with a large black semicircle, a diagonal red and brown stripe, and incised characters in an ancient script along the left edge; black spine and cream pages visible.
Two stacked square lacquerware boxes with high-gloss finish; the top lid features bold diagonal panels in black and deep red; gold-toned interior edges visible, with a row of Japanese characters inscribed along one side.
Ink drawing with crosshatching technique depicting a human face in profile merged with an open book, the spine and pages forming the top and side of the head, rendered in fine parallel lines with subtle reddish-brown and purple tones on a white ground, with a cursive signature below.
Geometric abstract painting with a white ground scattered with small gold stars and cross-shaped marks. Two deep crimson diagonal bands intersect to form a chevron or arrow shape at right, edged with narrow copper-orange borders. Text along the bottom edge reads "CHILE" and "2000."
Abstract geometric composition with gold, white, red, and salmon curved and rectangular forms; white central field scattered with small gold star and cross motifs
Artist or Maker
Ōhie Toshio
Japan, born 1949
Illustrator
Kami Shōichirō
Japan, born 1933
Title
Children's Culture, Writing and Play
Date Made
1988
Medium
Hardcover book with slipcase: blue leather with on-lays of red, pink, green, gray and yellow leathers, gold tooling, end-sheets of paper; tipped in woodblock printed illustrations; slipcase: tea green paper, blue leather edges
Dimensions
Book: 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (19.69 x 13.65 x 3.15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John Solt
Accession Number
M.2012.107.7
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art