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碁盤人形 (複製)
Puppeteer Holding Puppet on Go Board
碁盤人形 (複製)
After: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1820s design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.4 x 18.6 cm (8 7/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.136
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #102; the original: Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #281; Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), #107
DescriptionGroup C copy.
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.25211, RES.53.136
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.25211, RES.53.136
Signed
Hokusai aratamete Iitsu hitsu
北斎改戴斗筆
北斎改戴斗筆
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)