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絵本東遊
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Azuma asobi (Pleasures of the East)
絵本東遊
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Sensoan Ichindo (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Sensoan Ichindo (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1799–1800 (Kansei 11–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
26.7 x 18.3 cm (ôhon)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.665
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 59; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 83, pp. 43-6; Michener, Floating World (1954), #21; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 235
Signed
Artist signature: Gako Hokusai
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)