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Ehon hitori geiko


Hokusai gafu
繪本獨藝古
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Kawachiya Tasuke (Bunkindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
undated, about 1832

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 17.8 x 11.6 cm (7 x 4 9/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number2019.963
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 500
Signed author signature (preface): Itamoto Bunkindô Shûjin shi
板元文金堂主人誌
ProvenanceBy 1918, Henry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; gift of the Estate of Henry Adams to the MFA [see note]. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)

NOTE:
The Museum's object ledger lists this book as a gift of the Estate of Henry Adams, but does not include the date. Possibly given on January 22, 1920 with other objects donated by the Estate on that date.