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絵本武蔵鐙
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Ehon Musashi abumi (The Stirrups of Musashi, A Picture Book)
絵本武蔵鐙
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Akita Taigi (Japanese)
Publisher: Kobayashi Shinbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Hokurindô
Blockcutter: Egawa Tamekichi (Japanese)
Author of preface: Akita Taigi (Japanese)
Publisher: Kobayashi Shinbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Hokurindô
Blockcutter: Egawa Tamekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tempô 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 16 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.967
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 502; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 263
Signed
Nanajûnana-rei Saki no Hokusai aratame Gakyô Rôjin Manji hitsu
七十七齢 前北斎改 画狂老人卍筆
七十七齢 前北斎改 画狂老人卍筆
Marks
Seal: mountain over water
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)