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女重寳記
Onna chôhôki (A Women's Treasury)
女重寳記
Katsushika Ôi (Japanese, active about 1818–after 1854)
Author: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Author: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 17.9 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.); ôhon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.425
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kobayashi Tadashi, "The Floating World ...," in Carpenter, ed., Hokusai and His Age (2005), p. 95, figs. 2-3
Signed
Ôi Eijo Hitsu
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)