Ehon Edo miyage nanahen (Souvenir of Edo, Part Seven)

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Ehon Edo miyage nanahen (Souvenir of Edo, Part Seven)

画本江戸みやけ七編

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Author of preface: Shôtei Kinsui (Shôtei Shujin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kikuya Kôsaburô (Kinkôdô)

Japanese

Edo period

undated; 1850-1867

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Overall: 18.3 x 12.2 cm (7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in.); chûbon

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number1997.518

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 490

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
廣重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryusai
一立斎

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)