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繪本忠經
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Ehon chûkyô (Illustrated Classic of Loyalty)
繪本忠經
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface and text: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Shinbei (Kobayashi Shinbei, Sûzanbô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugita Kinsuke (Japanese)
Author of preface and text: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Shinbei (Kobayashi Shinbei, Sûzanbô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugita Kinsuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface and colophon: 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book: ink on paper (color on frontispiece)
Dimensions
Overall: 22.9 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 1/8 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Gift of Yamato Bunkakan
Accession Number2019.969
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 497; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 240; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 261
Signed
Artist: Katsushika saki no Hokusai Iitsu rôjin ga
葛飾前北斎為一老人画
葛飾前北斎為一老人画
Provenance1963, gift of Yamato Bunka-kan to the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)