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Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidō)

Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidō)

1909
(Japanese, 1866–1942)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
ink and color on paper
John L. Severance Fund 1989.85.20
Location: not on view

Description

Kamisaka Sekka made preparatory drawings for his Flowers of a Hundred Worlds series on tracing paper with ink and color. The freehand sketches are much looser than the finished, printed compositions.
  • ?–1989
    (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1989–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).
    Imagining the Garden. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).
    Brimingham Musuem of Art, Alabama (5/23/2004 - 8/1/2004): "Kamisakka Sekka: Rimap Master - Pionerr of Modern Design," exh. cat. no. 252-B2, p. 263.
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