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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga jûhen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 10)


北斎漫画 十編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Keirodai Rôjin
Publisher: Kadomaruya Jinsuke (Shûseikaku) (Japanese)
Copyist: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Copyist: Gekkotei Bokusen (Japanese)
Copyist: Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (Japanese, 1787–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions 22.5 × 15.8 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.866
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
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)