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Ehon kokin ran (A Picture Book of Ancient Gold Brocade)


絵本古金襴
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shinroku (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1763 (Hôreki 13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 20.6 x 15.2 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.491
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 166 Brown, p.144
Signed Artist signature: Zuko Suzuki Harunobu
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 31, 1998)