Kocho (A) Butterflies / Nakayama Tadashi

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Accession Number: 2011/2.53
Title: Kocho (A) 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: 22.23 cm x 29.85 cm (8 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Print
Primary Object Type: color print
Physical Description: The girl on the right is looking at the colorful butterfly in the middle of the printing, there are a few more butterflies flying around the girl. The background is composed of plain patterns and lines.
Primary Keywords: butterfiles; girl; patterns (design elements)
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; arthropods; descriptors; design elements; insects; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2457 x 3445
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 2011/2.53
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.53/2011_2_53.jpg

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

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Full citation: "Kocho (A) Butterflies; Nakayama Tadashi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.53/2011_2_53.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.