This is acclaimed as one of the most beautiful books published in the Edo period (1615-1868) due to the sensitive capture in woodblock print, by the block carver and the printer, of the distinctive brushwork and subtle coloring of Bosai’s paintings.
- Titles Kyōchūzan (Mountains of the Heart) (Proper)
- Artist Kameda Bosai, Japanese, 1752 - 1826@Published by, Izumiya Shojiro II, Japanese, 1769 - 1822@Block cutter:, Asakura Hachiemon, Japanese
- Medium ink and color on paper (40 pages, 29 images)
- Dimensions 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (26 x 18.1 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by an anonymous friend, AFI.445.2010
- Work Type book of woodblock prints
- Classification Books
- Marks Sealed
- Provenance Sotheby's London sale June 1, 1978; purchased by R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Raphael, CA, for Dr. Roy Ward, Watkinsville, Georgia; 2010 purchase by the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art