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(伝神開手）北斎漫畫 六編
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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga rokuhen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 6)
(伝神開手）北斎漫畫 六編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Ôta Nanpo (Japanese, 1749–1823)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Ôta Nanpo (Japanese, 1749–1823)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
undated
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.933
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. 186; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 254; Forrer 6.I.B.
Signed
artist signature: Tôto gakô Hokusai aratame Katsushika Taito; author signature:Shokusanjin Bunpôdô
東都畫工北斎改葛飾戴斗
食山人文宝堂
東都畫工北斎改葛飾戴斗
食山人文宝堂
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)