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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga shohen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 1)


(伝神開手) 北斎漫画 初編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hanshû Sanjin (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
undated

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; limited color
Dimensions Overall: 22.8 x 15.7 cm (9 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number1997.832
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed no artist signature
ProvenanceBy 1918, Henry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; gift of the Estate of Henry Adams to the MFA [see note]. (July 31, 1998)

NOTE:
The Museum's object ledger lists this book as a gift of the Estate of Henry Adams, but does not include the date. Possibly given on January 22, 1920 with other objects donated by the Estate on that date.