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絵本古金襴
Ehon kokin ran (A Picture Book of Ancient Gold Brocade)
絵本古金襴
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shinroku (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shinroku (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1763 (Hôreki 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
21.2 x 15.2 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.492.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #25; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 166; Brown, p.144
Signed
Artist signature: Zuko Suzuki Harunobu hitsu
Marks
Artist seal: Harunobu
Red collector's seal inside back of chitsu.
Red collector's seal inside back of chitsu.
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)