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潮干のつと
Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts from the Ebb Tide)
潮干のつと
Japanese
Edo period
1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
Dimensions
27.3 x 19.4 cm (orihon)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2006.1809
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #158 (this impr.); Keyes, Ehon (2006), #25; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #466-7; Gentles, Masters of the Japanese Print, Asia Society (1964), cat. no. 92 (this impr.)
Signed
Kitagawa Utamaro zu
喜多川歌麿図
喜多川歌麿図
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)