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［江戸おやま絵本］美人福徳三十二面相
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[Edo oyama ehon] Bijin fukutoku sanjûni mensô
［江戸おやま絵本］美人福徳三十二面相
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1740s?
Medium/Technique
Wooblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 15.3 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2009.3659.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 467 (no date given); Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 160 (later printing, dated 1778)
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: July 21, 2009)