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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga sanpen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 3)


(伝神開手) 北斎漫画 三編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Ôta Nanpo (Japanese, 1749–1823)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
undated

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 15.1 cm (8 11/16 x 5 15/16 in.), hanshibon
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number1997.840
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed no artist signature
Marks unidentified red seals
朱印(不明)
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.