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Nakamura Hôchû, The Korin Album, 1802

view the entire series at the NYPL Digital Gallery

From the Library of Congress Floating World exhibit:

Ogata Kôrin (1658-1716) developed a stylized approach to form and design that was recognized as a unique development in world art--a way of looking at and depicting the world that became known as "Rinpa" (or "Rimpa"). After 1803, artists Sakai Hôitsu (1761-1828), Nakamura Hôchû (d. 1819), and others brought about a revival of Kôrin's distinctive art.

The Korin Gafu (gafu = album) is one the signature works of Japanese book illustration. Hôchû's book is "only loosely based on Korin's compositions and rendered in a consciously less polished Bunjin style" (pdf on Rimpa painting). It is known to have influenced Bernard and Monet (who had a copy of the album).

I haven't found an English-language reprint, but a French edition is currently in print.

Previously: Japan's First Illustrated Book