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(五十三次)北斎道中画譜
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(Gojûsan tsugi) Hokusai dôchû gafu (Hokusai's Album of the Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido)
(五十三次)北斎道中画譜
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Author of preface: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Kogetsudo Bunsuke
Author of preface: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Kogetsudo Bunsuke
Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 15.8 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.573
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Signed
No artist signature.
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)