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絵本八代草
Ehon yachiyo gusa (A Picture Book of Ageless Grasses)
絵本八代草
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Author of preface and text: Tokusôshi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Author of preface and text: Tokusôshi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Preface: 1768 (Meiwa 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
22.7 x 16.2 cm (chûbon)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.482
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #108; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 171
Signed
Artist signature: Toto Gako Suzuki Harunobu Hitsu
Marks
Artist seal: Harunobu
Red collector's seal inside back cover of chitsu
Red collector's seal inside back cover of chitsu
ProvenanceBunshichi Kobayashi (b. 1864 - d. 1923), Japan. 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)