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新形小紋牒
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Shingata komonchô (New Textile Patterns)
新形小紋牒
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Ryûtei Tanehiko (Japanese, 1783–1842)
Publisher: Osakaya Shohachi (Japanese)
Author of preface: Ryûtei Tanehiko (Japanese, 1783–1842)
Publisher: Osakaya Shohachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 17.8 x 12 cm (7 x 4 3/4 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.947
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 217; Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 4 (1990), p. 637
Signed
artist signature: Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前ほくさい為一翁筆
前ほくさい為一翁筆
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)