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Some Japanese Flowers

Cover
ca. 1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSome Japanese Flowers (series title)
Materials and techniques
Decorated 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
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Accession number
E.2799-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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