Flowers and Grasses
| Title | Flowers and Grasses |
|---|---|
| Artist | Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854) |
| Date | 1841 19th century |
| Medium | folding-album with six leaves of paintings; preface in ink on paper; paintings in ink and color on silk |
| Classification | Bound Volume |
| Origin | Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) Japan |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Flowers and Grasses, 1841. Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854). Folding-album with six leaves of paintings; preface in ink on paper; paintings in ink and color on silk; album, closed: 28.9 x 19.6 cm (11 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund, 1976.56 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Flowers and Grasses” is a work by Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854), dated 1841. It is executed in folding-album with six leaves of paintings; preface in ink on paper; paintings in ink and color on silk and classified as bound volume. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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This work is attributed to Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854). Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.
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Dated to 1841. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Browse more public-domain art from Japan.
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Made available through the The Cleveland Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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