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北斎女今川
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Hokusai onna imagawa (Hokusai's Instructions for Women)
北斎女今川
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of text: Sawada Kichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Author of text: Sawada Kichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
undated
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink 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 Number2019.950
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 491; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 266; Hiller (1980) 258; Forrer (1985) pp. 163-4 (advertisement sheet 29).
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)