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Banshoku zukô (Designs for All Artisans)


万職図考
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Author of preface: Nanritei Kiraku (Japanese, active in 1804–1835)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Gunkyokudô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
prefaces: 1835 (volume 3 gives date as Tenpô 6; volume 2 as kinoto hitsuji)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 23 x 16.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.1153.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed vol. 2: artist (front endpaper): Katsushika Taito sensei ga; vol. 3: artist (front endpaper): Katsushika Taito sensei hitsu
巻二: 見返:葛飾戴斗先生画; 巻三: 葛飾戴斗先生筆
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)