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畫本錦之嚢
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Ehon nishiki no fukuro (The Brocade Bag Picture Book)
畫本錦之嚢
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Author of preface: Bunkado Shujin (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Bunkado Shujin (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1828 (Bunsei 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
22.2 x 15.4 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.604
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 302
Signed
Artist signature: Toto eishi Keisai Eisen ga
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)