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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga jûyonhen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 14)


北斎漫画 十四編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hyakunyuo (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions 22.5 × 15.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number1997.875
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

ProvenanceBy 1918, Henry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; gift of the Estate of Henry Adams to the MFA [see note]. (Accession date: July 31, 1998)

NOTE:
The Museum's object ledger lists this book as a gift of the Estate of Henry Adams, but does not include the date. Possibly given on January 22, 1920 with other objects donated by the Estate on that date.