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Ōhie Toshio
A History of Eye-catching Books1984

Not on view
Hardcover book with salmon-red cloth cover, featuring a gold embossed geometric stepped pattern at center and gold East Asian script on the spine
Illuminated manuscript opened to two pages of dense Latin text in Gothic script, with a blue and red decorated initial capital on the left page; parchment leaves with ruled lines and occasional marginal annotations.
Photograph of an open medieval manuscript with two pages of dense Latin text in Gothic script, with red rubricated headings; pages yellowed with age
Illuminated manuscript open to two pages: left with red and black Latin text in gothic script, right with a miniature painting of a robed figure seated in a landscape with a castle, surrounded by an ornate border of gold acanthus scrolls, flowers, and birds on a blue and gold ground.
Two illuminated manuscript books displayed open, showing Gothic script text in Latin with decorated initials and miniature paintings. Upper volume features an Annunciation scene with a kneeling figure, a standing angel, and a white dove, framed by a gilded border with small roundels. Lower volume shows two circular miniatures with figures in blue and gold on a text page with red and blue decorated initials.
Manuscript page with two columns of dense Latin text in Gothic script, red decorative heading at top, and one large red and blue decorated initial capital letter mid-page, page numbered 23.
Artist or Maker
Ōhie Toshio
Japan, born 1949
Title
A History of Eye-catching Books
Place Made
Japan, Tokyo
Date Made
1984
Medium
Hardcover book with slipcase; pink mountain goat leather with on-lays of orange and blue mosaic leathers, gold tooling
Dimensions
Book: 10 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 11/16 in. (26.99 x 19.37 x 4.29 cm); Slipcase: 10 9/16 x 7 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (26.83 x 19.69 x 5.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John Solt
Accession Number
M.2012.107.1
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art