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Hyakki yagyô shûi


Hyakki shûi
百鬼拾遺
Toriyama Sekien (Japanese, 1712–1788)
Publisher: Enshûya Yashichi
Blockcutter: Inoue Shinshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 22.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2009.3758
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed 遠州屋弥七
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 21, 2009)