Ehon haya manabi, shohen (A Picture Book for Learning to Draw Quickly, Part One)

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Ehon haya manabi, shohen (A Picture Book for Learning to Draw Quickly, Part One)

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Uragami Kôsa (Japanese)
Author: Uragami Kôsa (Japanese)
Publisher: Sakaiya Sadashichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847 (preface) 1848 (colophon)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Overall: 17.6 x 12.3 cm (6 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.); chûbon

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number2019.900

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol.1 (1989), p. 499

Signed artist signature: "Naniwa Uragami Kôsa ga"
浪華浦川公左畫

InscriptionsKôsa no in
公左の印

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; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 7, 2019)