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絵本和漢誉
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Ehon wakan no homare (The Glories of Japan and China)
絵本和漢誉
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Yamazaki Yoshishige (Japanese)
Publisher: Kamiya Tokuhachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Egawa Sentarô (Japanese)
Author: Yamazaki Yoshishige (Japanese)
Publisher: Kamiya Tokuhachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Egawa Sentarô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper with grey tones
Dimensions
Overall: 22.4 x 16.2 cm (8 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2019.920
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 504; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 268; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 263; Forrer (1982) 104.
Signed
artist signature: Saki no Hokusai Gakyôrôjin Manji hitsu
前北斎画狂老人卍筆
前北斎画狂老人卍筆
Provenance2019, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)