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Avenue of Crested Curtains, from Vol. 8 of Soga monogatari (The Tale of the Soga Brothers)


曽我物語 八
Japanese
Edo period
1663 (Kanbun 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions One page; 22.5 x 16.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2765
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The complete book, in 12 volumes: National Diet Library online collection; https://hamasakaba.sakura.ne.jp/u04soga/8404/840408/sub840408.html
DescriptionThe right sheet of a two-page spread that follows directly from the two-page spread preceding it, so that this page is actually the third of four continuous images showing the camp of Yoritomo's hunting party in the foothills of Mount Fuji.
Signed Unsigned
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)