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「絵本」 浄瑠璃絶句
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Ehon jôruri zekku (Pictures of Jôruri Plays with Chinese Verses)
「絵本」 浄瑠璃絶句
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Kadomaruya Jinsuke (Shûseikaku) (Japanese)
Copyist: Hokutei Bokusen (Japanese)
Publisher: Kadomaruya Jinsuke (Shûseikaku) (Japanese)
Copyist: Hokutei Bokusen (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.798
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 495; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 188; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 256
Signed
Toto gako Katsushika Hokusai hitsu
Marks
Seal: Raishin
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)