Ônishi CHINNEN
(Japan 1792–1851)
- Title
- Sonan Gafu
- Alternative title:
- Illustrated book by Sonan
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Tenpo era 1830 - 1844 → Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Year
- 1834
- Media categories
- Print, Book
- Materials used
- bound book: 29 leaves, 25 prints, colour woodcut
- Dimensions
-
27.2 x 16.8cm leaf; 27.3 x 18.1 x 1.5cm closed book; 27.2 x 34.0cm open book:
1 - Turtles swimming in the water; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf d and leaf e
2 - (Two figures); 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf e and leaf f
3 - Cranes; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf f and leaf g
4 - (Single woman); 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf g and leaf h
5 - (Turtles' archery); 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf h and leaf i
6 - God of wealth; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf i and leaf j
7 - Camellias; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf j and leaf k
8 - Seven flowers in autumn; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf k and leaf l
9 - Bellflowers; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf l and leaf m
10 - Touting for customers; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf m and leaf n
11 - Crossing the river by a boat; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf n and leaf o
12 - Wisteria and a sparrow; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf o and leaf p
13 - Lady Murasaki; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf p and leaf q
14 - Cats; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf q and leaf r
15 - (Woman by sea); 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf r and leaf s
16 - Making tubs; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf s and leaf t
17 - A flounder; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf t and leaf u
18 - Chinese children; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf u and leaf v
19 - Doves; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf v and leaf w
20 - (Ancient noble man and woman); 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf w and leaf x
21 - Two birds and persimmon; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf x and leaf y
22 - Persimmon seller; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf y and leaf z
23 - Playing koto; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf z and leaf aa
24 - Mt. Fuji; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf aa and leaf bb
25 - God of wealth and longevity; 20.2 x 31cm; image; verso leaf bb and leaf cc
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated u.r. [verso leaf cc], in Japanese, ink "Tenpô mizunoe tatsu ku-gatsu/ Chinnen [ninth month of 1832/ Chinnen]".
- Credit
- Purchased 1980
- Accession number
- 191.1980.a-cc
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 97. cat.no. 24
Ukiyo-e to Shin hanga: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints 1990, 1990, 243 (colour illus.).
