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(Kyôka) Ehon kagamigusa


(教歌) 絵本鑑草
Ehon wakamidori
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Blockcutter: Takeuchi Heishirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Suzuki Ihei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
colophon: 1761 (Hôreki 11)
Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 15.4 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.989.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #24 (as "Ehon wakamidori"); Asano, "Ehon Kagamigusa," in Ukiyo-e Art 168 (2014) and Ukiyo-e Art 170 (2015)
Signed artist (colophon): gakô Suzuki Harunobu hitsu
奥付け：画工鈴木春信筆
Marks seals of Harunobu and Takeuchi Heishirô
春信、竹内平四郎の印章
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: August 23, 2011)