Meisho hokkushû shohen (Collection of Hokku on Famous Places, Part 1)

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Meisho hokkushû shohen (Collection of Hokku on Famous Places, Part 1)

名所発句集初編

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Author: Den Keien Gogaku (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Jôsuke (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Dimensions 18.2 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.) (kohon)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number1997.377

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 303

Signed Gako Keisai Eisen Ga

Marks Keisai Eisen

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)