Shelfmark
Idd8.3.horiz.02
Author
Title
大日本物産圖會.
Dai nihon bussan zue. Making Nishiki-e in Tokyo.
Dai nihon bussan zue. Making Nishiki-e in Tokyo.
Varying form of title
Other title: Products of Greater Japan
Varying form of title
Other title: Dainippon Butsu-san Zukai
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edo [Tokyo] : Okura Magobei, [1877?].
Physical description
1 sheet : col. ill. ; 17 x 24 cm.
Language
In Japanese.
Note
Style of illustrations: Ukiyo-e School.
Note
The publication was probably timed for the August 21, 1877 opening of the first National Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
Note
It shows men and women engaged in paper-cutting, printing, bookbinding, fan-making, displaying and selling. Fans are hung from the ceiling, and at the front of the shop are landscape nishikie, portrait nishiki-e, and books strung up for display.
Binding
Presumably removed from an orihon abum with washi remnants on the verso and the fold to centre; mounted in a white folder.
Subject
History China 19th century.
Subject
Art, Chinese 19th century.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Andō, Hiroshige, 1842? - 1894 illustrator.
Added entry--place
Japan Tokyo.
Language code
jpn
Identifier
B54227