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Ukiyo gafu shohen: Keisai ukiyo gafu


浮世画譜初編: 渓斎浮世画譜
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
(undated)

Medium/Technique woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 22.9 x 15.8 cm (9 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number2019.1100
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.