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Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of One Hundred Worlds1910

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Printed page with Japanese-script characters arranged in vertical columns on cream paper, with fluid brush-style letterforms in black ink
Japanese woodblock print depicting two women in patterned robes working at a small loom beneath a thatched roof, with a latticed shoji window at left and muted gray-green washes suggesting an overcast sky.
Woodblock print of a round woven basket rendered in dark brown, with green foliage, a white flower with yellow center, and blue accents visible through the latticed openings, on a cream background.
Ink painting on paper, rotund bald figure in dark robes seated beside a large white rounded form, rendered in loose fluid brushwork with minimal detail on a cream ground.
Woodblock print of a small white dog curled among layered folded fabrics with floral and geometric patterns in pink, red, blue, and gray, with a black-handled hand mirror in the foreground.
Ink and wash painting on paper depicting a row of tall, rounded gray forms with jagged dark tops rising against a green and blue background over a white ground, rendered with fluid, loose brushwork.
Double-page woodblock print of a mountain landscape with layered hills in green, teal, and blue against a pale pink sky, with clusters of white blossoms along the slopes in a flat, stylized Japanese manner.
Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a blue-and-white patterned kimono with a dark outer robe, reading papers, hair styled in a traditional updo, seated on a small ornamental stand with a checkered cloth beneath.
Japanese woodblock print of a dark elongated boat on stylized grey-blue water, filled with white lilies, pink peonies, red carnations, and yellow blossoms with green foliage spilling over the side.
Japanese woodblock print depicting an autumn garden landscape, with vivid red and dark green maple foliage filling the upper portion, a rooftop partially visible at top center, and a winding stream or path receding into a misty gray ground below.
Japanese woodblock print of a court noble in a voluminous blue robe and tall black lacquered hat, seated in a garden beside crossed bamboo poles, white flowering shrubs at left, and grasses with yellow and blue blooms at right, rendered in flat areas of color with minimal line detail.
Japanese landscape painting with flat, graphic style; thatched-roof farmhouses with green latticed gable windows clustered among blossoming trees, a winding stream in the foreground, and soft grey mountains receding into a pale background.
Japanese painting on paper, a curving blue-grey river or sky band sweeps across the composition, with a flock of cranes in silhouette flying through the passage; autumn grasses rendered in fine brushwork fill the lower foreground, silvered tones throughout.
Woodblock print or painted illustration of several green plants emerging from a pale, snow-covered ground against a cream background, rendered in flat, stylized forms with varied leaf shapes.
Printed Japanese colophon page with columns of vertical black text on cream paper, a rectangular box enclosing two large characters at center left, and a red square seal at lower left.
Japanese painting on paper, aerial landscape view of a white sandy shore or snow-covered island surrounded by stylized blue waves rendered in fine white line patterns. A small red torii gate and pine trees with flat green and brown forms dot the landmass.
Ink and wash drawing in gray tones, a large dark rounded hill dominates the upper half with a diamond-lattice triangular form on its face and jagged tree silhouettes along its crest; below, dense crosshatched grasses surround a small structure with a gridded window, with a pale circle resembling a moon at upper left.
Japanese woodblock print or painting on paper depicting large overlapping leaves in deep green and dark brown-black, with clusters of pale lavender blossoms on delicate branches above and soft pink rounded flowers at lower left, against a cream ground with flat, decorative color application.
Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting a figure in a dark navy kimono with a teal obi and white head covering, standing on an earthen path between flooded rice paddies rendered in pale green and pink, viewed from a slightly elevated angle with flat, simplified forms.
Fan-shaped painting on grey-mounted paper depicting seven overlapping faces of Noh theater characters and masks, including figures in black court caps, a white-faced female mask with flowing hair, and a bald elderly face, rendered in flat areas of black, red, blue, and green with fine ink linework.
Japanese woodblock print depicting a white dragon against a dark gray background, shown in close diagonal composition with the snarling face at upper left and a clawed foreleg at lower right, amber-colored eyes and visible teeth rendered in flat planes with fine gray detail lines.
Woodblock print of a court figure seen from behind, seated and wearing a tall black kammuri cap and layered robes in green, red, and purple, surrounded by scattered white flower petals on a pale cream ground.
Artist or Maker
Kamisaka Sekka
Japan, 1866-1942
Title
Flowers of One Hundred Worlds
Date Made
1910
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
One from a set of (three) woodblock printed albums; ink and colors on paper
Dimensions
11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (30.16 x 22.54 cm) each
Credit Line
East Asian Art Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2005.78c
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art