Scene from The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 1)

Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, d. 1819)

1800s

Medium
color woodblock printed book
Classification
Bound Volume
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
Credit line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

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.