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画本千字文
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Ehon senjimon (The Illustrated Thousand Word Classic)
画本千字文
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Murakami Shôdô (Japanese, 1776–1841)
Author of preface: Masu Minsai (Japanese)
Publisher: Tennôjiya Ichirôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Okada Mohei (Japanese)
Murakami Shôdô (Japanese, 1776–1841)
Author of preface: Masu Minsai (Japanese)
Publisher: Tennôjiya Ichirôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Okada Mohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
colophon: 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 15.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.925
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 495; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 243; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 264
Signed
artist signatures: Katsushika saki no Hokusai Iitsu ga; Shôdo
葛飾前北斎為一画
松堂
葛飾前北斎為一画
松堂
Marks
seal: Shikô
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)