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Willow Branches

Willow Branches

柳の糸

Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions 20.5 x 8.8 cm (8 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

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

Accession Number53.2665

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hokuba gasen (picture and inscription by Hokuba)
北馬画讃

Marks Artist's seal: Hokuba

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; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)