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Yanagi no ito (Willow Silk)


柳の絲
Tsutsumi Tôrin III (Japanese, about 1743–1820)
Suzuki Rinshô (Japanese, 1732–1803)
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1797 (Kansei 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 25 × 18.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.1050
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #129; Hillier, p. 47; Brown, p. 172; Narasaki p. 148
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: September 9, 2011)