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Moon-viewing, from the book Ehon Chitose no haru (Picture Book of Eternal Spring)


絵本千歳春 月見
Tsukioka Settei (Japanese, 1710–1786)
Japanese
Edo period
1772 (Meiwa 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions One page; 21.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2776
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné https://pulverer.si.edu/node/737/title/1
DescriptionThis illustration reprinted in Onna geibun sansai zue, vol. 2. 女芸文三才図会
The intact book Onna geibun sansai zue: 2009.3775.1-4 (volumes 2-5 only)
In this posthumous edition of the book, several pages at the beginning of each volume are printed in black, pink, and green, with the remaining illustrations in ink only.
Signed (this picture unsigned)
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)