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Sanshichi zenden nanka no yume, dai san pen (Life is a Dream: The Story of Sankatsu and Hanshichi, Part 3)


Saihen Yumeawase nanka koki
三七全伝南柯夢
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Kyokutei Bakin (Japanese, 1767–1848)
Blockcutter: Asakura Ihachi (Japanese, active during early 19th century)
Blockcutter: Kimura Kahei (Japanese, active during early 19th century)
Calligrapher: Shimaoka Settei
Calligrapher: Susuki (Suzuki) Bujun (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Chubon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.902.1-13
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 145
Signed Katsushika Hokusai Tokimasa ga
Marks Sealed as Raishin
ProvenanceIseya (Oka) Chuemon (a book lender). Between 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)