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Ehon sazareishi (A Picture Book of Pebbles)


絵本さ々れ石
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Author of preface and text: Tokusôshi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Endô Matsugorô (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1766 (Meiwa 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 22.7 x 16.0 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.481.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 168
Signed Tôto Gakô Suzuki Harunobu Hitsu
Marks Artist seal: Harunobu
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)