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（伝神開手）北斎画式
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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai gashiki (Hokusai's Drawing Method)
（伝神開手）北斎画式
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1818 (Bunsei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 26.5 x 18 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.); ôbon
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2019.942
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 7 (1990), p. 306; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 204; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 283; Forrer (1985) pp. 189-90.
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: October 7, 2019)