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Ehon hana kazura (A Picture Book of the Vine of Flowers)


絵本花蘰
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Author of preface: Tokusôshi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 22.5 x 15.8 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.488.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 167
Signed Gakô Suzuki Harunobu hitsu
Marks Artist's 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)