Some Japanese Flowers

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Artist/Maker	Kelly & Walsh Limited (publisher) Unknown
Place of origin	Japan (made)

Decorative Japanese paper cover for Some Japanese Flowers Vol. I by Kazumasa Ogawa containing six collotypes, depicting Japanese flowers, with lithographic overprinting in colour. The paper is decorated with a repeating pattern representing waves and is printed with the title and information about publication.

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Categories	Photographs Prints
Object type	Cover
Title	Some Japanese Flowers (series title)
Materials and techniques	Decorated Japanese paper Japanese Paper
Brief description	Cover, for Some Japanese Flowers Vol. I by Kazumasa Ogawa, published by Kelly & Walsh Ltd, Japan, ca. 1894
Physical description	Decorative Japanese paper cover for Some Japanese Flowers Vol. I by Kazumasa Ogawa containing six collotypes, depicting Japanese flowers, with lithographic overprinting in colour. The paper is decorated with a repeating pattern representing waves and is printed with the title and information about publication.
Dimensions	Volume height: 40.4cm Volume width: 29.8cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions	'SOME JAPANES [sic] FLOWERS. / VOL I / K. OGAWA / PHOTOGRAPHER / TOKYO JAPAN / IN COLLOTYPE / SOLE AGENTS / KELLY ANS WALSH / LIMITED / yOKOHAMA, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, AND SINGAPORE.' (Printed on the front of the cover) 'Present to Prof. West, with the Compliment of the Publisher, November 1894.' (Inscribed in ink inside the cover)
Credit line	Given in memory of Digby Collins by Conny Collins
Subject depicted	Wave Pattern
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2799-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191740/some-japanese-flowers-cover-unknown/

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