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Book/Printed Material A Sketch Book of Sakura (Cherry Blossoms).

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Title

  • A Sketch Book of Sakura (Cherry Blossoms).

Summary

  • The sakura (cherry blossom) is the most famous flower of Japan, the beauty of which has long inspired artists in Japan. Created in the middle of the 19th century, Ōka-fu (A sketch book of cherry blossoms) contains the names and illustrations of 29 varieties of sakura, which are painted on silk with delicate brushwork. The artist, Sakamoto Kōnen (1800-53), studied herbal medicine under his father, Sakamoto Jun'an, physician-in-ordinary to the sovereign lord of Kishū Domain (present-day Wakayama Prefecture). Sakamoto Kōnen also worked in Kishū Domain as a physician. The richly bound book bears the ownership stamp of the Kishū Tokugawa family and is presumed to have been dedicated to the lord of Kishū by the artist.

Names

  • Sakamoto, Kōnen, 1800-1853 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1830 to 1853]

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  1830 to 1853
  • -  Cherry trees
  • -  Flowers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 book ; 29.6 x 35.3 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667437

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sakamoto, Kōnen, Artist. A Sketch Book of Sakura Cherry Blossoms. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1853, 1830] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667437/.

APA citation style:

Sakamoto, K. (1830) A Sketch Book of Sakura Cherry Blossoms. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1853] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667437/.

MLA citation style:

Sakamoto, Kōnen, Artist. A Sketch Book of Sakura Cherry Blossoms. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1853, 1830] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667437/>.