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北斎画譜下編
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Hokusai gafu gehen (An Album of Pictures by Hokusai, vol. 3)
北斎画譜下編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Sankin Gaishi Ogasa
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Sankin Gaishi Ogasa
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1849 (Kaei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.4 x 15.5 cm (8 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.906
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 7 (1990), p. 307; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 266; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 257; Forrer (1985) pp. 191-195
Signed
signature for author of preface: Sankin Gaishi Rôshônen
山禽外史老小年
山禽外史老小年
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)