'Cymbidium Dotterel var. Oyamazaki,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection' / Ikeda Zuigetsu
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- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.70
- Title
- 'Cymbidium Dotterel var. Oyamazaki,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Maurice Seevers
- Period
- Japan, Showa Era (1926-1989)
- Dimensions
- ()
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- still life
- Physical Description
- Slightly above center is an arch of four orange and red blooms. Behind the blossoms are leaves which also make a slight curve from lower center to upper right. The background is a light yellow/orange which gradients to white in the lower third.
- Subject Matter
- These woodblock prints are from the series Rankafu (A Record of an Orchid Collection), which was commissioned by adamant orchid cultivator and enthusiast Kaga Shôtarô during the early 20th century. Kaga had fallen in love with orchids years before in 1917 while mountaineering in Java. Due to the economic hardships placed on Japan after losing the Second World War, Kaga was concerned about the survival of his orchid collection in Kyoto at his Villa Oyamazaki, which at its peak had housed 10,000 plants. Kaga selected woodblock printing as the appropriate method to capture the memory of his orchids. He enlisted the skilled painter Ikeda Zuigetsu, to execute this momentous task. Ikeda created the drawings from which the woodblocks were carved. Sadly, Zuigetsu passed away in 1944 before the completion of the project, and due to Kaga’s falling fortune after the war, only 83 works were printed. Kaga managed to publish three hundred copies, many of which were sent to various scientific institutions such as botanical gardens and universities all over the world. Recently a reprint of the original edition has been released in Japan.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 961 x 1392
- File Size
- 121 KB
- Record
- 1983/1.371.70
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"'Cymbidium Dotterel var. Oyamazaki,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'; Ikeda Zuigetsu." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-1.371.70/1983_1.371.70.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.