Letter Box (Yôsha bako), from the series Illustrations of Traditional Useful Objects, Waiting for the Moon, a Set of Ten (Ko jitsuyôgu zushiki, Tsukimachi, jûban no uchi)

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Letter Box (Yôsha bako), from the series Illustrations of Traditional Useful Objects, Waiting for the Moon, a Set of Ten (Ko jitsuyôgu zushiki, Tsukimachi, jûban no uchi)

「故実用具図式　月待十番之内　用捨箱」

Bokujin (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 12.9 x 18.1 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number53.2659

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Bokujin ga
墨人画

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: December 10, 1953)