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Gyokaifu (Fish and Shellfish)


[Ryakuga] Gyokaifu
魚貝譜 略画魚介譜
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Publisher: Suharaya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1802 (Kyôwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 26.6 x 18.0 cm (ôhon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2006.1747
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 2 (1989), p. 549
Signed Keisai hitsu
Seal of Tsuguzane
Marks Red seals inside front and back covers, and on title page
吉清 on title page and inside back cover
Another square seal in seal script on frontispiece
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)