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Bunrei Gafu

Book
1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hobusho-Kai (publisher)
Bunrei, Mori Maekawa (artist)
Place of origin
Japan (made)
Yokohama (published)

Pap, Japan, prints.
Bunrei Gafu. Studies of Birds and Plants. Mori Maekawa Bunrei. Published by Hobusho-kai. Dated 1885.

Object details

Object type
Book
Titles
  • Bunrei Gafu (assigned by artist)
  • Studies of Birds and Plants (popular title)
Brief description
Pap, Japan, prints.
Bunrei Gafu. Studies of Birds and Plants. Mori Maekawa Bunrei. Published by Hobusho-kai. Dated 1885.
Copy number
Volume 2
Marks and inscriptions
(Many of the illustrations are direct copies of the pictures in BAIREI HYAKUCHO GAFU, but much larger.)
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.2595-1925

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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