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(Shoshoku ehon) Katsushika shin hinagata


[諸職絵本]葛飾 新鄙形
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Egawa Tamekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 22.4 x 16 cm (8 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.961
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Rei nanajûnana saki no Hokusai Iitsu aratame Gakyô rôjin Manji hitsu (age 77)
齢七十七 前北斎為一改 画狂老人卍筆
Marks seal of mountain over the second of the 8 trigrams (dui)
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)