Calendar / Serizawa Keisuke
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.48.1
- Title
- Calendar
- Artist
- Serizawa Keisuke
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1895-1984
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- mingei
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- stencil
- Physical Description
- This print of a calendar for the month of January, 1964, is dominated by red. Blues and purples round out the composition. Sundays are indicated with red numbers and purple boxes, while the rest of the calendar days sit in red boxes with the numbered date showing as paper through negative space. The year 1963 is printed at top center in a rounded and pointed red rectangular shape. Birds, flowers, and kanji are used to decorate the upper register.
- Subject Matter
- Serizawa, designated as a Living National Treasure in 1956, is known for his textile design. This calendar, on handmade mulberry paper, uses katazome technique, in which a paste resist is applied through a stencil. Colors are tapplied through dyeing or painting.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- document genres
- document genres by form
- herbaceous plants
- information forms
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- prints by function
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3248 x 4144
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2010/2.48.1
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.48.1/2010_2_48_1.jpg
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"Calendar; Serizawa Keisuke." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.48.1/2010_2_48_1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.