Kocho (B) Butterflies / Nakayama Tadashi

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Accession Number: 2011/2.49
Title: Kocho (B) Butterflies
Artist: Nakayama Tadashi
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: born 1927
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1993
Object Creation Place: Asia; Japan
Creation Place 1: Asia
Creation Place 2: Japan
Credit Line: Gift of Sheila and Ronnie Cresswell
Dimensions: 30.16 cm x 35.88 cm (11 7/8 in. x 14 1/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Print
Primary Object Type: color print
Physical Description: The girl on the right is looking at the butterflies in the center of the printing. The butterflies are in blue, yellow, white and pink colors, and they respond to the color and patterns in the background.
Primary Keywords: blue; butterfiles; girl; patterns (design elements)
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; arthropods; colors; descriptors; design elements; insects; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; visual and tactile
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2438 x 3118
File Size: 1017 KB
Record: 2011/2.49
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.49/2011_2_49.jpg

In public portfolios: Adolescence (124); Children and childhood (267); Girlhood (313)

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Full citation: "Kocho (B) Butterflies; Nakayama Tadashi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.49/2011_2_49.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.