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画本彩色通 二編 初編 (バリアシオン)
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Ehon saishiki tsû, nihen shôhen (The Knowledge of Color, Parts One and Two; variation with volumes bound in partially reversed order)
画本彩色通 二編 初編 (バリアシオン)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hôkaishi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kobayashi Shinbei (Japanese)
Author: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hôkaishi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kobayashi Shinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
title page and colophon: 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1); preface of volume 2: 1847 (Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 12.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.915
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 494; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 263; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 265
Signed
artist signature:Gakyô Rôjin Manji hitsu
画狂老人卍筆
画狂老人卍筆
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; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 7, 2019)