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Hokusai soga (Hokusai's Rough Sketches)


北斎麁画
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Sakabito
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1820 (Bunsei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 26.4 x 17.9 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.); ôbon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.940
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ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 7 (1990), p. 307; Hillier (1980) 205; Forrer (1985) pp. 188-9 Bb
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)