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Komoncho
新形小紋帳
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Komoncho
新形小紋帳
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Ryûtei Tanehiko (Japanese, 1783–1842)
Publisher: Osakaya Shohachi (Japanese)
Author: Ryûtei Tanehiko (Japanese, 1783–1842)
Publisher: Osakaya Shohachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
18.5 x 12.9 cm (7 5/16 x 5 1/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.908
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 217; Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 4 (1990), p. 637
Marks
Two red seals on first page of preface, possibly Koume and Babcock
ProvenanceProbably by 1903, part of the library of the department of the Art of Asia, Museum of Fine Arts; 1997, catalogued by the MFA; 1998, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)