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秀雅百人一首
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Shûga hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Eminent Poets)
秀雅百人一首
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Yanagawa Shigenobu II (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Author of preface and text: Ryokutei Senryû (Japanese)
Author of preface: Sekiguchi Akizane (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Yanagawa Shigenobu II (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Author of preface and text: Ryokutei Senryû (Japanese)
Author of preface: Sekiguchi Akizane (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper (slight color on title page and first fives sheets)
Dimensions
Overall: 18.1 x 11.8 cm (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.904
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 4 (1990), p. 240; Hillier (1980) 264; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 265
Signed
artist signature: Saki no Hokusai Manji Rôjin
前北斎卍老人
前北斎卍老人
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)