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女房三十六歌仙
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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 (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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)