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Nyôbô sanjûrokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets)


女房三十六歌仙
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1801

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 25.1 x 18.7 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/8 in.) (orihon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.385
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #132; Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #88; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #131; Keyes, Ehon (2006), #31; Pekarik, The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (1991; full repro. and translation)
Signed Hosoi Chobunsai Eishi Hitsu
Marks Hosoi, Chobunsai
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)