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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga nihen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 2)


(伝神開手) 北斎漫画 二編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Rokujuen (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
undated; first edition 1815 (Bunka 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; limited color
Dimensions (chûbon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.834
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

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)