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(絵本)江戸土産二編
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(Ehon) Edo miyage nihen (Souvenir of Edo, Part Two)
(絵本)江戸土産二編
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Author of preface: Shôtei Kinsui (Shôtei Shujin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kikuya Kôsaburô (Kinkôdô)
Author of preface: Shôtei Kinsui (Shôtei Shujin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kikuya Kôsaburô (Kinkôdô)
Japanese
Edo period
Preface: 1850 Summer
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 18.1 x 12.2 cm (7 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.523
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 490
Signed
artist signature: Hiroshige hitsu
廣重筆
廣重筆
InscriptionsArtist Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Artist seal: Ichiryusai
Artist seal: Ichiryusai
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)