# The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 2)

- By: Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, d. 1819)
- Date: 1800s
- Medium: One of a set of two woodblock printed folding-books; ink and color on paper
- Classification: Bound Volume
- Dimensions: Book: 26 x 37.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.); Book page: 25.2 x 18.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.118.2)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.118.2/1991.118.2_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Ogata Korin (1658-1716) was one of the most admired artists of Rimpa, or "decorative school painting." These books by the charming later-generation Rimpa artist Hochu record Korin's inventive designs.