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Kosode no sugatami (Kimono in a Looking Glass)


小袖のすがたみ
Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Publisher: Urokogataya
Japanese
Edo period
1682 (Tenna 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 21.2 x 15.2 cm (chûbon)
Double-page illustrations: 21.2 x 28.0 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2000.1260
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Art Mus., Hishikawa Moronobu ten (2000), cat. no. 131; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #15
Signed Yamato eshi Hishikawa egaku
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; by 1982, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2001)