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Shin kasane gedatsu monogatari (A New Story of Kasane's Liberation)


新累解脱物語
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Kyokutei Bakin (Japanese, 1767–1848)
Publisher: Kawachiya Tasuke (Bunkindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1807

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions L: 16 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.705.1-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 138
Signed Calligrapher: Shima Gomuroku; Artist signature: Katsushika Hokusai ga
Marks Artist seal: 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)