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三都の友絵
Mitsu no tomoe [Santo no tomoe] (Friends of the Three Capitals)
三都の友絵
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Takashima Chiharu (Japanese, 1777–1859)
Author of postface: Kyôkadô Shimandô
Takashima Chiharu (Japanese, 1777–1859)
Author of postface: Kyôkadô Shimandô
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
25.3 × 17.6 cm (9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.); ôhon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.567
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai kenkyû 53 (2014)
Signed
Artist signatures: Hokkei ga; Hokkei yusai
Marks
Artist seals: Chiharu, Aoigaoka
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; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)