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Buyû sakigake zue nihen (Pictures of Valiant Warriors, Part Two)


武勇魁図絵 二編
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Blockcutter: Egawa Sentarô (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
After 1847

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 22.6 x 15.7 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in.) (chûbon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.381
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
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)