Caption

Cabinet de lecture au Japon, Reading room in Japan, print, Buhot. Cabinet de lecture au Japon', printmaker: Félix Hilaire Buhot, c. 1873, Félix Hilaire Buhot, printmaker, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 66 mm x width 137 mm, Japanese, public library, A rectangular ink print shows a group of people seated indoors on a patterned mat in front of a low railing and a window with a landscape view; three figures on the left wear patterned robes and one holds a folding fan while another leans forward, and a seated figure on the right wears a richly decorated garment with a sword resting at their side; simple line drawings depict clouds and distant hills outside the window, and there is a vertical column of decorative marks and calligraphic strokes at the right edge of the print.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B29_061

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Rights managed

Available size

48.6Mb (8.1Mb) / 17.0in x 11.1in / 5093 x 3337 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cabinet de lecture au Japon Reading room Japan print Buhot printmaker Félix Hilaire Buhot c 1873 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 66 mm x width 137 mm Japanese public library rectangular ink print group people seated indoors patterned mat front low railing window landscape view three figures left wear patterned robes holds folding fan another leans forward seated figure right wears richly decorated garment sword resting side simple line drawings depict clouds distant hills outside vertical column decorative marks calligraphic strokes right edge print