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(伝神開手）北斎漫畫 四編
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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga yonhen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 4)
(伝神開手）北斎漫畫 四編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hôzan Gyôô (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Hôzan Gyôô (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
undated
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 15.7 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.937
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 4.I.B.
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)