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Ehon tsûhôshi (A Treasury of Instructional Illustrations)


絵本通宝志
Tachibana Morikuni (Japanese, 1679–1748)
Author: Tachibana Morikuni (Japanese, 1679–1748)
Blockcutter: Tanba Heizaemon (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Fujimura Zenemon (Japanese)
Publisher: Shibukawa Seiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
colophon: 1729 (Kyôhô 14)

Medium/Technique woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 22.4 x 16 cm (8 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.1545
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed artist/author (colophon): sakusha gakô Naniwa Tachibana shi Sôbei
奥付け作者画工浪速橘氏宗兵衛
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)