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Kokon meika gaen shohen (Paintings by Famous Artists, Past and Present, Part One)


古今名家画苑 初編
Nomura Bunshô (Mokufûô Bunshô) (Japanese, 1860)
Publisher: Kawagoeya Matsujirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wan'ya Teisuke (Sadasuke) (Japanese)
Publisher: Okadaya Kashichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Kin'emon (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Ihachi (Seireikaku) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Kichibei (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Sasuke (Kinkadô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kobayashi Shinbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Sahei
Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1862 (Bunkyû 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 17.8 x 11.8 cm (7 x 4 5/8 in.); kohon
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number2019.1177
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed front endpaper: artist: Mokufûô Bunshô sha
見返し:木風翁文紹写
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.