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Ehon ukiyo bukuro (Illustrated Sack of the Floating World)


Suzuki Harunobu ehon (Suzuki Harunobu Picture Books)
書名 絵本浮世袋
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 22.1 x 15.3 cm (hanshibon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.484
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Tôto gakô Suzuki Harunobu hitsu (on last page), Harunobu ga (in painting on p. 1)
Marks Artist seal: Harunobu
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)