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Kyôka momosaezuri (Verse Twitterings of a Hundred Birds)


狂歌ももさえずり
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Compiled by: Soyoan Chinori (Japanese)
Author of second preface: Sensoan Ichindo (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1805 (Bunka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 26.2 x 18.2 cm (ôhon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.685
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Narasaki p. 223
Signed Artist signatures: Toto gako gakyojin Hokusai
Marks Red collector's seal on first page
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)