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Ukiyo-e gafu (An Ukiyoe Album, Part One)


浮世絵畫譜 初編
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Author of preface: Akitsu (Japanese)
Publisher: Artist unknown
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 22.7 x 15.5 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.597
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Artist signature: Keisai Yoshinobu hitsu.
Artist signature: Keisai Yoshinobu hitsu
Marks Artist seal: Keisai, Eisen-no in
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)