Tôshisen ehon shichigon zekku (Illustrated Tang Poems Written in Seven Word Quatrains)

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Tôshisen ehon shichigon zekku (Illustrated Tang Poems Written in Seven Word Quatrains)

唐詩選畫本　七言絶句

Suzuki Fuyô (Rôren) (Japanese, 1752 – 1816)
Author of preface: Suzuki Fuyô (Rôren) (Japanese, 1752 – 1816)
Blockcutter: Sugita Kinsuke (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1814

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper

Dimensions 22.9 x 15.7 cm (9 x 6 3/16 in.) (chûbon)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number1997.463

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 259

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; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)