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Iroha biki monchô


いろは引紋帳
Author: Tanaka Kikuo (Japanese)
Publisher: Matsuzaki Hanzô (Kyûkodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 15.7 cm (2 15/16 x 6 3/16 in.); yokobon
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number2019.1061
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

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.