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銀世界
Gin sekai (The Silver World)
銀世界
Japanese
Edo period
1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
25.7 x 19.0 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.) (ôhon)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2006.1748
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #138; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #473
Signed
Kitagawa Utamaro sei
喜多川歌麿製
喜多川歌麿製
Marks
2 printed seals, black ink, seal script
Lower seal reads 歌麿 (Utamaro)
Lower seal reads 歌麿 (Utamaro)
InscriptionsNone
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: October 16, 2006)