Volume 1 from Tale of Bunshō (Bunshō sōshi)
Object Information
Object Information
Description
- Object no:
- J 1011.1
- Title:
- Volume 1 from Tale of Bunshō (Bunshō sōshi)
- Artist and production place:
- Unknown
Japan
Nonoguchi Ryūho (formerly attributed to)
Japan
- Production date:
- Late 17th century
- Dimensions:
- 300 mm x 226 mm x 7 mm (height x width x depth)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Ink (material) Gold leaf Gold pigment Silk
- Language:
- Japanese (language)
- Collection:
- Japanese collection
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Object name:
- Codex
- Description:
- Manuscript book, Volume 1 from 'Tale of Bunshō' (Bunshō sōshi), the text illustrated with paintings in ink, colours and gold on paper, bound with silk covers; made in Japan in the late 17th century. Part of a 3 volume set telling the popular tale of Bunshō, a poor laborer whose piety is rewarded with success and happiness.
Description
- Collection:
- Japanese collection
- Object category:
- Inside upper cover
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