{"id":197,"date":"2014-12-19T16:08:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T16:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/2014\/12\/19\/winter-morning-glory\/"},"modified":"2019-08-30T17:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:59:37","slug":"winter-morning-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/2014\/12\/19\/winter-morning-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter morning glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Philip Montgomery<\/strong><\/em>
\nHead of the McGovern Historical Collections<\/strong><\/em>
\n

\"Morning<\/a>
Morning Glory, woodblock print, Meiji Period (1868-1912), MS 67 , William Schull PhD papers, box 123, folder 12.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe Christmas season is here along with damp, grey skies. My\u00a0to-do list is longer than usual, and my\u00a0cure for holiday despair is eating sweets or spending money. First of all I am grateful I can do both, but neither one is a cure for what ails me. Since other people may also have the pre-Christmas blahs, I thought a little bit of sunny, glorious spring might\u00a0chase the blues away and get me back into the holiday spirits. So here is a little present from the McGovern Historical Center to you.
\nThis Meiji Period (1868-1912) color woodblock print is of a Japanese morning glory. The print is located in MS 67,\u00a0The William J. Schull, PhD Papers, box 123, folder 12.
\nMy good friend Izumi HIRANO did some research on this woodblock print. \u00a0Izumi\u00a0is a doctoral candidate in archival science at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. She called upon some of her friends to answer questions about the print.
\nIzumi said, “First of all, the letters on the left-side show the variety of the\u00a0flower.There is a rule for the elements that consist of the name, from the top,\u00a0\u2460leaf color \u2461pattern on leaf \u2462quality and form of leaf \u2463color of\u00a0flower and pattern on petal \u2464the way the flower blooms \u2465information on\u00a0petal layers
\n“Thus,\u2460\u9752\u6c34\u6676\u3000Ao-sui(or zui) shoo\u30fb\u30fb\u30fbleaf color
\n\u2461\u6591\u5165 Fuiri\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fbpattern on leaf
\n\u2462\u83ca\u6c34\u722a\u5dfb\u8449\u3000Kikusui-tsumemaki-yoo\u30fb\u30fbquality and form of leaf
\n\u2463\u7167\u7d3a\u3000Shookon\uff08or Terikon\uff09\u30fb\u30fb\u30fbcolor of flower
\n\u2463\u9aed\u4ea4\u3000Hige-majiri\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fbpattern on petal
\n\u2464\u9ce5\u7532\u5165 Torikoo-iri\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fbthe way the flower blooms
\n\u2465\u7345\u5b50\u7261\u4e39 Shishi-botan\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fbinformation on petal layers
\n“When you read the long name from the top, that is the name of the variety.\u00a0Everybody involved know the rule and how you call a particular feature\u00a0of a flower, so one could guess what a particular morning glory look\u00a0like by reading its name.”
\nEvidently, Japanese horticulturalists fell in love with the lowly morning glory just as the Dutch fell in love with the tulip. The Japanese gardeners raised the morning glory to an art form.
\nThere is a little\u00a0more to the story of this print including its relationship to the science of genetics and the hunt for this particular print. So enjoy. Have a happy holiday, and while you dream of sugar plum fairies, take a stroll through an imaginary garden filled with morning glories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Philip Montgomery Head of the McGovern Historical Collections The Christmas season is here along with damp, grey skies. My\u00a0to-do list is longer than usual, and my\u00a0cure for holiday despair is eating sweets or spending money. First of all I am grateful I can do both, but neither one is a cure for what ails […]<\/p>\n

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