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諸職畫鑑
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Shoshoku ekagami (Mirror of Images of Various Professions)
諸職畫鑑
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Blockcutter: Shunpûdô Noshiro Ryûkô
Publisher: Suharaya Ichibei
Blockcutter: Shunpûdô Noshiro Ryûkô
Publisher: Suharaya Ichibei
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1795 (Kansei 7); colophon: 1794 (Kansei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 26.3 x 18.2 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2006.1540
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 4 (1990), p. 579
Signed
artist (colophon): Tôto Keisai Kitao Masayoshi
奥付け：東都 蕙斎北尾政美
奥付け：東都 蕙斎北尾政美
Marks
red collector's seal
Printed black artist and blockcutter's seals
Printed black artist and blockcutter's seals
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: October 16, 2006)