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北斎画譜中編
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Hokusai gafu chûhen (An Album of Pictures by Hokusai, volume 2)
北斎画譜中編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
undated
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.7 x 15.8 cm (8 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.922
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
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)