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Shinji andon shohen (Festival Lanterns, volume 1)


神事行燈 (巻1)
Ôishi Matora (Japanese, 1792–1833)
Author of preface: Norikiyo (Japanese)
Publisher: Oyô Kôbaien (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1829

Medium/Technique woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 22.8 x 15.8 cm (9 x 6 1/4 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number2019.1186
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed colophon (artist): Ôishi Matora zu; owner of blocks: Oyô Kôbaien zôhan; advertisement indicating publishers: Eirakuya Tôshirô, Izumiya Ichibei; preface (author): Norikiyo shutsu
奥付け:大石真虎図; 尾陽紅梅園蔵板; 広告:永楽屋東四郎、和泉屋市兵衛; 序:乗清述
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)