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Ehon jôruri zekku (Pictures of Jôruri Plays with Chinese Verses)


「絵本」 浄瑠璃絶句
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Gekkotei Bokusen (Japanese)
Publisher: Matsuya Zenbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Kadomaruya Jinsuke (Shûseikaku) (Japanese)
Copyist: Hokutei Bokusen (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color (limited) on paper
Dimensions Chûbon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.796
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 495; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 188; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 256
Signed Tôto gako Katsushika Hokusai hitsu
Marks Seal: Raishin
ProvenanceOther: effaced seal. Between 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 31, 1998)